Town of East Hampton, CT
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2023-07-11
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Charter and Code of Ethics
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Chapter C Charter
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CHAPTER V BOARD OF FINANCE
- Charter and Code of Ethics
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Ch V BOARD OF FINANCE
- § C-5.1 Election.
- § C-5.2 General powers and duties.
- Ch D Code of Conduct
- Ch E Code of Ethics
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Admissions, Board of
- Ch 6 Agriculture Commission
- Ch 7 Arts and Cultural Commission
- Ch 12 Cemetery Board
- Ch 16 Citation Hearing Procedure
- Ch 18 Commission on Aging
- Ch 20 Conservation-Lake Pocotopaug Commission
- Ch 24 Constables
- Ch 28 Design Review Board
- Ch 33 Economic Development Commission
- Ch 37 Elections
- Ch 41 Emergency Management
- Ch 43 Ethics Commission
- Ch 45 Finance and Budget
- Ch 49 Fire Department
- Ch 53 Fiscal Year
- Ch 57 Flood and Erosion Control Board
- Ch 66 Housing Partnership
- Ch 70 Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency
- Ch 75 Justices of the Peace
- Ch 77 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 Land Acquisition Fund
- Ch 83 Library
- Ch 88 Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments
- Ch 96 Parks and Recreation Department
- Ch 100 Personnel Policies
- Ch 104 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Ch 109 Police Department
- Ch 113 Property, Disposition of
- Ch 117 Purchasing
- Ch 120 Brownfields Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 125 Salaries
- Ch 130 Terms of Office
- Ch 134 Town Meetings
- Ch 138 (Reserved)
- Ch 143 Vacancies
- Ch 146 Water and Sewer Authority
- Ch 152 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 155 Adult-Use Cannabis
- Ch 157 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 161 Amusement Devices
- Ch 165 Animals
- Ch 169 Bazaars and Raffles
- Ch 171 Blight and Nuisances
- Ch 173 Boating and Navigation
- Ch 177 Building Code
- Ch 181 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 192 Excavations
- Ch 196 Fair Housing
- Ch 200 Fees and Charges
- Ch 207 Gas and Oil Exploration
- Ch 211 Historic Districts
- Ch 215 Hotels
- Ch 219 Housing Code
- Ch 223 Insurance
- Ch 228 Junk Dealers
- Ch 232 Littering
- Ch 237 (Reserved)
- Ch 246 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 250 Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 261 Sewer Construction
- Ch 264 Sewer Use
- Ch 269 Solid Waste
- Ch 271 Special Events
- Ch 273 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 278 Taxation
- Ch 282 Towing
- Ch 287 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 291 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 295 Water System Construction
- Ch 299 Water System Use
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
There shall be a Board of Finance consisting of seven members
who shall be elected to four year overlapping terms as provided by
ordinance. No more than five members shall be of the same political
party. The Board of Finance shall have all the powers and duties conferred
on boards of finance by the General Statutes or as they may be amended,
except as otherwise specifically provided by this charter.
Upon receipt and consideration of the town council's policy
statement concerning the proposed annual budgets, the Board of Finance
shall hold one or more public hearings on the proposed annual budgets
and shall with the advice of the town manager, not later than April
15 in each year, present to the council a complete proposed annual
budgets for the ensuing fiscal year. The council may make any alterations
or reductions in the proposed annual budgets that they deem necessary,
except for increasing the total proposed annual budgets and shall
submit same to the town meeting for approval. If the town council
disagrees with the total proposed annual budgets, the council may
reject same and return said proposed annual budgets to the Board of
Finance for further consideration. After further consideration, the
Board of Finance shall submit the final proposed annual budgets to
the council and the council shall submit same to the town meeting
for approval. Upon the establishment of the annual town budget by
the town meeting, the Board of Finance shall fix the tax rate in mills
which shall be levied upon the taxable property in the town on the
grand list of the previous October 1. The Board of Finance shall review
and make recommendations regarding all requests for additional appropriations
to be submitted to the council.
