The Town of East Haddam adopts an ordinance creating a Recreation
Commission, consisting of nine members appointed by the Board of Selectmen
to serve as follows: three members to serve for a three-year term;
three members to serve for a two-year term; and three members to serve
for a one-year term.
The terms of the members shall run from July 1, and after the
initial appointments, all appointments shall be for terms of three
years, except when filling vacancies caused by resignation, removal
or death, in which case the appointment shall be for the unexpired
portion of the term of the member being replaced.
The Board of Selectmen may remove any member for cause and may
fill any vacancy. The Board of Selectmen shall attempt to appoint
members representing as nearly as possible a cross section of the
population of East Haddam, including both youth and senior citizens.
It shall be the function of the Commission:
A. To make a continuing study of recreational activities in the Town
of East Haddam.
B. To keep a continuing inventory of recreational needs and available
resources in the Town.
C. To formulate short- and long-term recreational goals and objectives
for the Town.
D. To advise the Board of Selectmen, as well as other boards, commissions
and agencies, regarding the recreational needs of the Town.
E. To make an annual report to the Town in the manner employed by other
Town commissions and agencies.