[HISTORY: Adopted by the Special Town Meeting
of the Town of East Hampton 5-23-1967 (Ord. No. 4.02). Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The Town of East Hampton hereby creates a Water
and Sewer Commission, and designates said Commission as the Water
and Sewer Authority of the Town of East Hampton with all the powers,
purposes and objectives set forth in Chapters 102 and 103 of the Connecticut
General Statutes, as amended, and grants such Commission power to
construct and operate a water distribution system within the Town
of East Hampton, subject to the provisions of Chapters 102 and 103
of such statutes.
[Amended 12-2-1976 STM; 2-8-1980 STM; 7-29-1987 STM]
Said Commission shall consist of seven electors
of the Town of East Hampton, who shall be appointed by the Town Council
and serve without compensation. The seven members shall serve for
terms of five years. When terms end or resignations occur after June
30, 1987, the Town Council shall allow two positions to remain vacant
to reduce the membership from nine to seven members. Terms shall expire
on June 30 in each year. Whenever a vacancy occurs, the Council shall
appoint a successor to hold office for the unexpired portion of the
term. A Commissioner shall continue in office until his successor
is appointed.
[Added 4-9-2013[1]]
Pursuant to Town Charter Sections 3.2 and 3.3, based upon merit
and fitness alone, the Town Manager shall appoint a Public Utilities
Administrator to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Water Pollution
Control Authority.
The Commission shall elect a Chairman from among
its own members at the first meeting and annually thereafter at the
first meeting held after the first day of July in each year. The Commission
shall appoint a Clerk, who need not be a member of the Commission,
an attorney, and such other employees as it may deem necessary, and
shall prescribe and define their duties. The Clerk shall keep a complete
record of the proceedings of the Commission and, when ordered by the
Commission, shall file the same with the Town Clerk. All such records
shall be open for public inspection at reasonable hours. Meetings
of the Commission may be called by the Chairman or any two members
upon 24 hours' notice thereof.
The Commission shall maintain proper accounting
and financial records, and shall make an annual report to the Council.
The Commission shall prepare annually a budget of estimated revenue
and expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year.
A Commissioner may be removed for inefficiency
or neglect of duty or misconduct in office by the Town Council after
a hearing conforming to recognized standards of due process of law;
a Commissioner shall be removed only after opportunity to be heard
in person or by counsel before the Town Council, at least 10 days
prior to which he shall have been given a copy of the charges against
him. In the event of the removal of any Commissioner, a record of
the proceeding, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall
be filed in the office of the Town Clerk of East Hampton.
