This Charter shall become effective on October 11, 1966, except
that Chapter II shall become effective on January 1, 1966. The effective
date referred to in all chapters of this Charter except Chapter II
shall be October 11, 1966.
(11-8-1994)
As of the effective date of this Charter, all General Laws and
Special Acts applying to the Town, all ordinances and bylaws of the
Town, and all rules and regulations of commissions, boards, departments
and agencies of the Town shall continue in force, except insofar as
they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter, until they
are amended or repealed by ordinance of the Council or the appropriate
body having jurisdiction. All Special Acts or parts of acts relating
to the Town inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter are repealed.
This Charter may be amended in accordance with the provisions of the
General Statutes. Should any provisions of this Charter be declared
unconstitutional, such action shall not affect the validity of any
other provisions hereof.
All appointive and elected officers whose terms of office have
not expired and employees of the Town on the effective date of this
Charter whose offices or employments are not specifically abolished
by this Charter shall continue in their respective offices and employment
until such time as they may be promoted, transferred, retired or removed
in accordance with the provisions of this Charter.
(11-8-1994)
All Town records, property and equipment of any commission,
board, department or office or part thereof, all the powers and duties
of which are assigned to any other commission, board, department or
office by this Charter, shall be transferred and delivered intact
to the commission, board, department or office to which such powers
and duties are so assigned. If part of the powers and duties of any
commission, board, department or office or part thereof are by this
Charter assigned to another commission, board, department or office,
all Town records, property and equipment relating exclusively thereto
shall be transferred and delivered intact to the commission, board,
department or office to which such powers and duties are so assigned.
The action of all boards and commissions of the Town of Southington
shall be by the vote of all the members of the said boards and commissions
present at a meeting duly called and held at which a quorum is present.
A person's gender shall not be a qualification, determination
or basis for the imposition or receipt of any duty, benefit or obligation
hereunder nor for holding public office or employment. When the context
or application of this Charter may so require, the feminine gender
shall include the masculine and the masculine, the feminine; the neuter
gender shall include both masculine and feminine and the masculine
and feminine, the neuter.
(11-8-1994)
(a)
Private business or professional enterprise. A conflict of interest
exists if the officer, official, employee, member of any Town agency
or member of his or her household, including a domestic partner, spouse
or minor dependent, has a private, financial or personal interest
in the outcome or is the owner, shareholder, member, partner, officer,
employee or other participant of, or in, a private business or professional
enterprise that will be affected by the outcome of any matter under
consideration before him/her.
(b)
Speculative or investment activities. A conflict of interest exists
if the officer, official or employee, or any member of any Town agency
has such interest in any matter as it relates to investment activities
that shall benefit from use of confidential information gained from
such officer, official or employee, or member of any Town agency.
(c)
Town employees (full-time, part-time). All full-time employees of
the Town shall devote all their time and effort in the fulfillment
of their assigned duties during those hours when it is customary for
the Town to conduct business, such hours to include meetings held
outside customary business hours where the employee's presence is
necessary to facilitate Town business and is job-related. All part-time
employees of the Town shall be available to fulfill their duties to
facilitate Town business during hours in which Town business is customarily
conducted. No full-time employee shall engage in any activities other
than Town business during hours in which the Town customarily conducts
its business, unless such activity conforms with established Town
policies set by any board, commission or agency, the Deputy Town Manager
or the Town Manager. The Town Planner, Assistant Town Planner, Town
Engineer or Assistant Town Engineer, Building Inspector or Zoning
Enforcement Officer is specifically prohibited from engaging in any
activity (in which they have a personal interest or private financial
interest as herein defined) relating to the purchase and sale or development
of land or buildings (other than their personal residences).
(d)
Duty to disclose and abstain. Any Town official, member of a board,
commission or agency or employee who has a personal financial or private
interest in any action, legislative or otherwise, by any Town agency
and who is a member of, participates in discussion with, or gives
an official opinion to such Town agency, shall disclose on the written
records of such agency the true nature and extent of such interest
and refrain from any comment or vote on the matter and remove himself/herself
from the panel until the matter has been dispensed. The failure of
any officer, official, or employee or member of any appointed or elected
board or Town agency to disqualify himself or herself from action
in any situation where a conflict of interest exists shall constitute
a violation of this section. This section shall not apply to:
(e)
Litigation. No Town official, member of a board, commission or agency
or employee of the Town shall appear on behalf of a private interest
before any agency of the Town nor shall he/she represent private interests
in any action or proceeding against the Town in any litigation when
such appearance or representation would be in conflict with or would
tend to impair his/her independence of judgment and action in the
performance of his/her official duties as such Town official, member
of a board, commission or agency, or employee. An elected Town official
shall not appear before a Town agency (except on behalf of constituents
in the course of performing his/her duties as a representative of
the electorate) when such appearance or representation would be in
conflict with or would tend to impair his/her independence of judgment
and action in the performance of his/her official duties as such Town
official. Any Town official, member of a board, commission or agency
or employee may appear before a Town agency in the performance of
official, public or civic obligations.
(f)
The provisions of this section may be supplemented or enlarged by
the Town Council by means of an ordinance.
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The Town Planning and Zoning Commission shall prepare and adopt a plan of development pursuant to provisions of § 8-23 of the Connecticut General Statutes, which such plan shall be adopted by said Commission on or before June 1, 1992, and thereafter shall be amended or confirmed at least every ten (10) years.
(11-8-1988; 11-8-1994)
