[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Suffield 12-29-1988 by Ord. No. 88-06 (Ch. 14, Art. X, of the 1987 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby established the Flood and Erosion Control Board
of the Town of Suffield pursuant to the provisions of Connecticut
General Statutes § 25-84.
The Board shall consist of seven regular members and two alternate
members who shall be the members of the Conservation Commission.
[Amended 12-19-2019]
Regular members shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen
to serve four-year staggered terms. Initial appointments shall be
made of the Conservation Commission members for the balance of their
existing terms. Thereafter, all subsequent appointments shall be made
for four-year terms.
[Amended 12-19-2019]
The Board of Selectmen shall appoint two alternate members for
a term of four years. Initial appointments shall be made of the Conservation
Commission alternate members for the balance of their existing terms.
Thereafter, all subsequent appointments shall be made for four-year
terms.
Should any regular or alternate member of the Conservation Commission
decline to serve on the Flood and Erosion Control Board, the Board
of Selectmen may appoint another elector of the Town.
Within 30 days after the appointment of the members of the Flood
and Erosion Control Board, they shall meet, organize, and from among
the regular members of the Board elect a Chairperson, a Vice Chairperson
and a Clerk. Thereafter, annually during the month in which the original
Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and Clerk were elected as provided
herein, the Board shall elect from among its regular members a Chairperson,
a Vice Chairperson, and a Clerk. Alternate members of the Board shall
not participate in any election of officers of the Flood and Erosion
Control Board. In all other matters, when a regular member of the
Board is unable to act because of absence, illness, or disqualification,
he/she shall notify the Chairperson who shall forthwith designate
one of the alternate members to serve in the place of such regular
member, and such alternate member shall thereupon exercise all the
powers and duties of such regular member until the absence, illness,
or disqualification of the regular member shall have been terminated.
Alternate members shall serve in rotation as near as possible.
The Flood and Erosion Control Board shall fix the time and the
place of its regular meetings and may hold such special meetings as
may from time to time be required. The Board shall prepare an annual
budget and may request an annual appropriation as provided by law.
The Board may, within the limits of appropriations made for the purpose
by the Town, employ clerical and technical assistants or consultants.
The presence of four regular members or, in the absence of proper
designation of an alternate or alternates as provided by the terms
of this chapter, the presence of five regular and alternate members
shall constitute a quorum. No resolution or vote except a vote to
adjourn or to fix the time and place of its next meeting shall be
adopted by fewer than four affirmative votes.
Any member of the Board may be removed by the Board of Selectmen
for cause, but upon request of such member, such removal shall become
effective only after a public hearing.
The Flood and Erosion Control Board shall have all the powers
and duties provided by §§ 25-84 through 25-94 of the
Connecticut General Statutes as they may be amended together with
such other powers as may now or hereinafter be conferred on municipal
flood and erosion control boards by local, state, or federal law.
In order to carry out its duties, the Flood and Erosion Control
Board is empowered to adopt regulations which shall be consistent
with all federal and state law, Town Code, and Charter provisions.
