[Ord. of 9-8-2014]
The Town hereby joins with such other adopting municipalities
of the Western Connecticut Planning Region to create a regional council
of governments to be known as the "Western Connecticut Council of
Governments" ("WCCOG"), by adopting the provisions of C.G.S. §§ 4-124i
through 4-124P, as amended by Public Act 13-247, and further amended
by Public Act 14-217, §§ 228 and 256.
[Ord. of 9-8-2014]
At the conclusion of the Transitional Period, the Town shall
be a member of the Western Connecticut Council of Governments.
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Except as provided in §
16A-6 below, the Western Connecticut Council of Governments shall have such powers, purposes, rights, duties and responsibilities of regional councils of governments as are set forth in the Connecticut General Statutes, currently and as they hereafter may be amended.
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The Mayor shall be the representative of the Town to the Western
Connecticut Council of Governments. The legislative body of the Town
may appoint, in the manner provided by ordinance, an elected official
to serve as an alternate representative in the absence of the Mayor.
The Mayor may send the alternate to meetings in his or her stead;
and the alternate in that instance shall be entitled to the same rights
and privileges as the Mayor. The Town shall notify the Western Connecticut
Council of Governments, in writing, of the appointment of an alternate
under this section. The Town shall be entitled to one vote in the
affairs of the Western Connecticut Council of Governments.
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The Town shall remain a member of HVCEO as it continues to operate
and wind down as a regional council of elected officials and regional
planning agency until the end of the Transitional Period. After the
Transitional Period ends, the Town also may create, together with
the other former HVCEO member municipalities, an unincorporated association
to assume and administer all rights, privileges and obligations of
HVCEO that the Transitional Executive Committee, in its sole discretion,
deems unacceptable for assumption by the Western Connecticut Council
of Governments. The Mayor shall be the Town's representative
to such association.
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The Mayor shall serve as a member of the Transitional MPO Board,
which has been created by HVCEO to temporarily perform the functions
of the MPO for the municipalities in the former Housatonic Valley
Planning Region beginning on January 1, 2015, and until such time
as the Governor redesignates an MPO to serve that former region or
the Western Connecticut Planning Region pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 134.
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Pursuant to § 8-36a of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Town hereby withdraws as a member of HVCEO, effective as of the expiration of the Transitional Period. Sections
16-15 through 16-19 of the Code of Ordinances are repealed effective as of the end of the Transitional Period, except that the Transitional MPO Board referred to in §
16A-7 hereof shall continue in existence for such time period as determined by its members.