(a) 
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, all appointed boards and commissions shall have the powers and duties prescribed by law.
(b) 
Except as otherwise provided by law, all appointed boards and commissions shall elect, as officers, a Chairman, a Vice Chairman and a Secretary within 60 days following the first of February of the even-numbered year. All boards and commissions shall promulgate regulations for the conduct of their meetings and the execution of their duties, including written policy established by each board and commission. Such regulations and policies and any amendments thereto shall be filed with the Town Clerk and shall be public record. Any vacancy in any of the officers' positions on any board or commission shall be filled by the majority vote of the members of such board or commission at the next regularly scheduled meeting following the vacancy.
(c) 
Copies of all minutes taken by each board and commission shall be filed with the Town Clerk within seven (7) business days. The recorded vote of each member thereof on all issues shall be filed with the Town Clerk within two (2) business days. The Town Clerk shall maintain files of such minutes, which shall be public record. Any changes to filing deadlines of minutes or recorded votes adopted by the Legislature and incorporated into the CT General Statutes subsequent to the adoption of this Charter shall supersede this section and shall be deemed to prevail.
(d) 
All appointed board and commission members and any other appointed representatives shall serve without compensation, except that necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties shall be paid from an appropriation for that purpose.
In the event that this Charter shall change the term length or composition of any board, commission or committee and such body was already in existence, any incumbent persons on the effective date of this Charter shall complete the terms for which they were appointed but their successors, if any, shall be appointed as herein provided.
(a) 
All members of appointed Town Boards and Commissions and any appointed representatives and any vacancies therein, shall be appointed, subject to the provisions of Section 202 of this Charter, by the Mayor with the approval of the Town Council by an affirmative vote of not less than a majority of all the members of the Town Council by resolution adopted at a meeting to be held not later than the fifteenth (15th) day of March following each regular Town Election held under the provisions of this Charter. Any vacancy, unless created by the expiration of a term, shall be filled by the appointment of a member of the same political party as the person vacating office. The political party shall be that party to which the vacating member belonged on the date of their most recent appointment.
(b) 
No person shall be eligible to serve as a member of any regular Town Board or Commission or as a representative described in Section 701 of this Chapter, except the Building Code Board of Appeals, unless such person is an elector and a resident of the Town of New Milford.
(c) 
No appointments, to terms commencing on February 1, shall be made by the Mayor between the previous November 1 and the organization meeting of the Town Council.
WHERE SPECIFIED BELOW
Members and - where specified below - alternate members, of the boards, commissions and authorities referenced in this section shall be appointed in accordance with Section 703 of this Charter for terms commencing on February 1 following the organizational meeting of the Town Council set forth in Section 402 of this Charter.
(a) 
The following appointed boards and commissions shall consist of five (5) members, three (3) members appointed for terms of two (2) years and two (2) members shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years. Biennially thereafter three (3) or two (2) members shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years on a rotating basis as terms expire:
(1) 
Building Code Board of Appeals
(2) 
Conservation Commission
(3) 
Ethics Commission
(4) 
Farmland & Forest Preservation Committee
(5) 
Film Commission
(6) 
Historic Properties Commission
(7) 
Pension Committee
(8) 
Sewer Commission
(9) 
Youth Agency
(b) 
The following appointed boards and commissions shall consist of seven (7) members, three (3) members shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years and four (4) members shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years. Biennially thereafter three (3) or four (4) members shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years on a rotating basis as terms expire:
(1) 
9-11 Committee
(2) 
Commission on Aging
(3) 
Economic Development Commission
(4) 
Inland-Wetlands Commission
(5) 
Northville 1-room Schoolhouse
(6) 
Parks & Recreation Commission
(c) 
The following appointed board, commission and authority alternates shall consist of three (3) alternates, two (2) alternates shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years and one (1) alternate for a term of four (4) years. Biennially thereafter one (1) or two (2) alternates shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years on a rotating basis as terms expire:
(1) 
Arts Commission
(2) 
Building Code Board of Appeals
(3) 
Commission on Aging
(4) 
Conservation Commission
(5) 
Economic Development Commission
(6) 
Ethics Commission
(7) 
Farmland & Forest Preservation Committee
(8) 
Film Commission
(9) 
Historic Properties Commission
(10) 
Housing Partnership
(11) 
Inland Wetlands Commission
(12) 
Library Board of Trustees
(13) 
Sewer Commission
(14) 
Traffic Authority
(15) 
Youth Agency
(16) 
Board of Finance Alternates
(17) 
Planning Commission Alternates
(18) 
Zoning Board of Appeals Alternates
(19) 
Zoning Commission Alternates
(d) 
The following appointed boards, commissions and authorities shall exist, whose membership and duties shall be either as described herein or as provided by the ordinance that established such board, commission or authority.
(1) 
Alarm Appeals Board, consisting of three (3) electors. Two (2) members shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years and one (1) member shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years and biennially thereafter one (1) or two (2) members shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years on a rotating basis as terms expire.
(2) 
Arts Commission, consisting of twelve (12) electors. Six (6) of the members shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years and six (6) of the members shall be appointed for four (4) years, and biennially thereafter six (6) shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years as terms expire.
(3) 
Candlewood Lake Authority delegation, consisting of three (3) electors, to serve as New Milford's representatives. Two (2) members for terms of two (2) years and one (1) member for a term of four (4) years and biennially thereafter one (1) or two (2) members shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years on a rotating basis as terms expire.
(4) 
Lake Lillinonah Authority delegation, consisting of three (3) electors, to serve as New Milford's representatives. Two (2) members for terms of two (2) years and one (1) member for a term of four (4) years and biennially thereafter one (1) or two (2) members shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years on a rotating basis as terms expire.
(5) 
Lanesville Fire Substation Trustees, consisting of three (3) electors. Two (2) members for terms of two (2) years and one (1) member for a term of four (4) years and biennially thereafter one (1) or two (2) members shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years on a rotating basis as terms expire.
(6) 
Library Board of Trustees, consisting of nine (9) electors, pursuant to Connecticut General Statute 11-21. Five (5) members shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years and four (4) members shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years and biennially thereafter five (5) or four (4) members shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years on a rotating basis as terms expire.
(7) 
Traffic Authority consisting of three (3) electors. Two (2) members shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years and one (1) member shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years and biennially thereafter one (1) or two (2) members shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years on a rotating basis as terms expire.
(a) 
The Town Council, by a majority vote of the entire Town Council, may create such new offices, boards, commissions and committees as it may determine are necessary or proper for the general health, safety and welfare of the Town and may prescribe their duties by ordinance.
(b) 
The Town Council, by majority vote of the entire Town Council and after a public hearing pursuant to Section 405, may also discontinue any appointed office, board, commission or committee that it may deem no longer necessary or proper for such purposes, including any such office or agency created under this Charter.