There shall be the following administrative officers:
A. Director
of Public Works; shall be responsible for Highway Division, Water
and Sewer departments, and Parks and Grounds Maintenance Division.
B. Director
of Economic and Community Development.
C. Director
of Emergency Management.
H. Zoning
Enforcement Officer.
J. Town
Administrator.
1. The Town Administrator shall be directly responsible to entire Board
of Selectmen under the direct supervision of the Mayor.
K. Finance
Director.
1. Shall have direct supervision over the Finance Department of the
Town including the Treasurer, Collector of Revenue, and the Assessor
and carry out the responsibilities in accordance with the approved
Town of Putnam job description.
The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Board of Selectmen,
may appoint and remove the Municipal Attorney who shall be an attorney-at-law
or a firm of attorneys-at-law admitted to practice in this state.
Commencing with the 2019 municipal election, the Municipal Attorney
shall serve a four-year term commencing on the fourth Tuesday following
the municipal election. The Municipal Attorney shall appear for and
protect the rights of the Town in all actions, suits, or proceedings
brought by or against it or any officers, employees or agencies in
all matters affecting the Town. The Municipal Attorney shall: be the
legal advisor to all municipal officers and agencies in all matters
affecting the municipality and upon written request furnish them with
a written opinion on any question of law involving their respective
powers and duties; upon request, prepare or approve forms of contracts
or other instruments to which the municipality is a party or in which
it has an interest; have the power, with the approval of the Board
or District Authority, to compromise or settle any claims by or against
the municipality; for all legal work performed for any agency not
funded by general Town taxation, the Municipal Attorney shall charge
those agencies directly; upon request of the Board of Selectmen, attend
Town meetings. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Selectmen
from retaining special counsel when the needs of the Town or District
so require.
The Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Revenues, Building Official,
and such other municipal officers and employees as may be required
to do so by the Board shall, before entering on their respective official
duties, execute to the Town, in the form prescribed by the Board and
approved by the Municipal Attorney, and file with the Town Clerk,
a surety company bond in a penal sum to be fixed by the Board, conditioned
upon the honesty and/or faithful performance of such official duties.
Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Board, if it deems
it to be in the best interests of the municipality, from prescribing
a name schedule bond, schedule position bond, or blanket bond, or
from prescribing which departments, offices, agencies, boards, or
commissions shall be covered by a specific type of bond. Premiums
for such bonds shall be paid by the Town or the District.
Salaries of all employees in the service of the Town shall be
determined by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Board
of Selectmen, in conformity with a systematic pay plan for the positions
involved, upon recommendation of the Mayor, provided nothing herein
shall be construed to limit the power of the Board of Education to
fix the compensation of the professional employees of the school system.