The Town Clerk shall be appointed by the Town Manager for an
indefinite term and may be removed only by the Town Manager. In addition
to the powers and duties prescribed for town clerks by the Connecticut
General Statutes, the Town Clerk may act as the clerk of the Council,
keep a journal of its proceedings, which shall be a public record,
and perform such other duties as may be assigned by this Charter or
by the Town Manager. The Town Clerk shall have such deputy clerks
as the Town Manager shall determine. The Town Clerk shall receive
such compensation as the Town Manager may determine. All fees collected
by the Town Clerk, except those collected on behalf of the state,
shall be paid into the Town Treasury.
There shall be a Town Attorney who shall be an attorney at law
admitted to practice in this state, who shall be appointed by the
Council for a term of two years, beginning with the first Council
meeting in January, following each biennial election, and may be removed
by the Council by at least six affirmative votes. In the event of
a vacancy for whatever cause arising in the office of Town Attorney,
the Council shall fill said vacancy for any remaining unexpired portion
of the term. It shall be the duty of the Town Attorney to be the legal
advisor of the Council, Town Manager, and all departments, officers,
boards, commissions, and agencies of the Town; to represent the Town
in all litigation in which the Town or any department, officer, board,
commission or agency thereof is a party, except as otherwise provided
by the Council; and to prepare on request of the Town Manager, the
Council, or any member thereof ordinances and resolutions for consideration
by that body. The Town Attorney shall have such clerical and other
assistants as the Council may determine by ordinance. The Town Attorney
shall receive such compensation as the Council may determine.
The Town Manager shall appoint a Director of Health with Council approval. The Director of Health shall perform such functions and have such powers and duties as are prescribed by the Council and imposed by the Connecticut General Statutes on Directors of Public Health. The Director of Health shall have the duty of enforcing the laws, ordinances, and regulations concerning public health. The Director of Health shall receive such compensation as the Town Manager may determine and shall have such assistants and employees appointed by the Town Manager in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Article IX of this Charter, as the Council may determine by ordinance. Nothing herein shall prevent the Town of Rocky Hill, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes, from joining an existing public health district or from cooperating with other towns in the formation of a new health district.
There shall be a Director of Human Services, appointed by the
Town Manager. The Director shall have all of the powers and duties
relating to poor, infirm and dependent persons vested by law or as
otherwise provided in the Connecticut General Statutes and shall have
such other powers and duties as the Council may prescribe.
There shall be an Open Space and Conservation Commission of seven members appointed in accordance with the Connecticut General Statutes. They shall be appointed by the Town Council to two-year terms beginning on the first Council meeting in January following the biennial election. The Commission shall advise and make recommendations to the Town Manager, the Council, and other boards and commissions of the Town regarding the development and conservation of natural resources, including water resources within the territorial limits of the Town, and shall have such powers and perform such other duties as are conferred upon it by the Connecticut General Statutes, the Council and the Town Manager. Members shall serve without compensation. The Open Space and Conservation Commission shall have such professional, technical and clerical assistants as the Council may determine by ordinance, to be appointed by the Town Manager in accordance with Article IX of this Charter.
There shall be an Economic Development Commission of six members appointed by the Council, which shall have all the powers and duties vested in it by the Connecticut General Statutes or as may be conferred on it by ordinance. They shall serve for a term of two years, beginning on the first Council meeting in January following the biennial election. Vacancies shall be filled by the Council in accordance with the provisions of this Charter and the Connecticut General Statutes. All members shall serve without compensation. The Town Manager shall appoint, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Article IX of this Charter, such employees of the Economic Development Commission as the Council may determine by ordinance.
There shall be a Planning and Zoning Commission appointed by
the Town Council consisting of five members and three alternate members
to be appointed on the first Council meeting in January following
the biennial election for two-year terms. No more than three members
and two alternate members of said commission shall be members of the
same political party. All members shall serve without compensation.
The Commission shall have all the powers and duties conferred or imposed
upon Planning and Zoning Commissions in towns by the Connecticut General
Statutes or may be conferred on it by ordinance.
A.
A seven-member Public Buildings Commission shall be appointed by
the Town Council for two-year terms beginning on the first Council
meeting in January following the biennial election. All members shall
be electors of the Town and shall not be members of any other board,
commission or committee, either appointed or elected under the government
of the Town. Four members shall be knowledgeable in the building trades,
with no more than four members being of the same political party.
The members shall serve without compensation.
B.
In the case of any construction or remodeling of a Town building
where the cost will exceed $1,000,000, the Council shall grant to
the Commission, by resolution, those duties and powers as it deems
appropriate, including but not limited to review of preliminary and
final plans in consultation with staff. In all other cases, the Council
may, in its discretion, grant to the Commission, by resolution, those
duties and powers as it deems appropriate under the circumstances.
There shall be a Personnel Review Board consisting of three
members appointed by the Council for two-year terms, who shall be
electors of the Town, not more than two of whom shall be members of
the same political party. Of those at least one member shall be knowledgeable
in personnel administration. Vacancies shall be filled by the appointment
of a person of the same political affiliation as the member whose
place they take, for the unexpired portion of the term, each term
to begin on the first Council meeting in January following the biennial
election. The members of the Personnel Review Board shall serve without
compensation.
A.
The Personnel Review Board shall hear appeals from any action pertaining
to any disciplinary action suspending, demoting or removing any full-time
employee or regular part-time employee (working 20 hours or more weekly
on an annualized basis) and not represented by a bargaining unit and
report, in writing, to the person taking the action appealed from
its findings and decisions therein;
B.
The Board shall adopt rules for the conduct of hearings;
C.
The Board shall report, in writing, the recommended decision on disciplinary
actions to the appointing authority.
The Council shall appoint for a two-year term an Auditor in
accordance with the provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes
to annually examine and to certify to the financial records of the
Town. The Auditor shall receive such compensation as the Council may
determine.
Vacancies in appointive offices and boards responsible to the
Council from whatever cause arising shall be filled by the Council
for the unexpired term of office. All full terms of office shall begin
on the first Council meeting in January in the year of appointment
and shall be deemed to end on the day before the first Council meeting
in January or when their successor is appointed.
