A. 
The Mayor shall appoint, and may remove with the advice and consent of the Board of Selectmen, the administrative officers provided for in Section 2, and other officials and employees as provided for in Section 3. Said officers and officials shall have powers, duties, and responsibilities and shall be subject to such restrictions and limitations as prescribed with respect to such offices as provided for by the General Statutes, as amended, in ordinances, or other action of the legislative authority or in appropriate directions, from the Mayor and Board of Selectmen and except as otherwise provided by this Charter.
B. 
All officers shall receive such compensation as determined by the Board of Selectmen, subject to inclusion in the annual budget. The terms of all such officers, except as otherwise provided in the Charter, shall be set by the Board of Selectmen. Unless otherwise provided by the Selectmen, officers, department heads and employees need not be residents of the Town.
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.
D. 
Animal Control Officer.
E. 
Fire Marshal.
F. 
Recreation Director.
G. 
Building Official.
H. 
Zoning Enforcement Officer.
I. 
Town Clerk.
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.
A. 
The Mayor, by resolution, with the advice and consent of the Board of Selectmen, may appoint and remove such officials and employees as the needs of the Town require and as mandated by state statutes to include regional partnerships and services, subject to budgetary appropriations.
B. 
The Mayor, subject to the confirmation of the Board of Selectmen, may combine any of the positions provided for in Sections 2 and 3, if, in combining positions, an appointee is qualified to perform such assigned functions.
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.