All of the inhabitants dwelling within the territorial limits
of the Town of Hebron, as heretofore constituted, shall continue to
be a body politic and corporate under the name of "The Town of Hebron,"
hereinafter called "the Town," and as such shall have perpetual succession
and may hold and exercise all powers and privileges heretofore exercised
by said Town and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter,
the additional powers and privileges herein conferred and all powers
and privileges conferred upon Towns under the Constitution and General
Statutes of the State of Connecticut.
All property, both real and personal, all rights of action and
rights of every description and all securities and liens in said Town
as of the effective date of this Charter are continued. Nothing herein
shall be construed to affect the rights of the Town to collect any
assessment, charge, debt or lien. The Town shall continue to be liable
for its debts and obligations. If any contract has been entered into
by said Town prior to the effective date of this Charter, or any bond
or undertaking has been given by or in favor of said Town, which contains
provisions that the same may be enforced by any office or agency therein
named which is hereby abolished or superseded by the creation herein
of a new commission, board, agency or office to which are granted
similar powers and jurisdiction, such contracts, bonds or undertakings
shall continue in full force and effect. The powers conferred and
the duties imposed with reference to the same upon any office or agency,
shall, except as otherwise provided in this Charter, hereinafter be
exercised and discharged by the chief executive officer of said Town.
In addition to all of the powers granted to towns under the
Constitution and General Statutes of the State of Connecticut, or
which may hereafter be conferred, the Town shall have all powers specifically
granted by this Charter and all of the powers fairly implied in or
incidental to the powers expressly granted, all powers conferred by
the General Statutes, as amended, and by special acts of the General
Assembly, not inconsistent with this Charter, and all other powers
incident to the management of the property, government and affairs
of the Town, including the power to enter into contracts with the
United States Government or any branch thereof, or any other body
politic or corporate not expressly forbidden by the Constitution or
General Statutes of the State of Connecticut. The enumeration of particular
powers in this and any chapter of this Charter shall not be construed
as limiting this general grant of power, but shall be considered as
an addition thereto.
This Charter shall be the organic law of the Town in the administration
of local affairs. Special acts, ordinances, bylaws, rules, regulations
and resolutions inconsistent with this Charter and superseded by it
shall have no further force and effect after the effective date of
this Charter. Other special acts affecting the Town and all ordinances,
bylaws, rules, regulations and resolutions duly adopted and in force
before the effective date of this Charter shall remain in full force
and effect.
Whenever used in the context of this Charter, the following
words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
A. Town Agency shall mean all of the elected
and appointed boards, agencies, commissions, authorities and committees
of the Town, including the local Board of Education;
B. Supplemental Appropriation shall mean
an appropriation that is in addition to the total amount of the budget
at any given point in time. It is not a transfer within or between
departments;
C. Department shall mean a unit of administration
for budgetary purposes. There need not be a director of a department;
D. Town Officer shall means a member of
a Town Agency as defined in "A." above, those officers and employees
enumerated in Section 802, and all elected officials;
E. Connecticut General Statutes (C.G.S.)
or General Statutes shall mean the Connecticut
General Statutes, Revision of 1958 as the same may be revised from
time to time;
F. Selectmen (plural) shall mean the Board
of Selectmen;
G. Masculine gender shall include the
feminine and the feminine shall include the masculine;
H. Singular shall include the plural and
the plural shall include the singular unless the context otherwise
requires;
I. Day shall mean a calendar day unless
otherwise specified in the Town Charter.
J. Town Government Budget is the total
Town Budget less Hebron Board of Education budget and the Regional
School District #8 ("RHAM") Levy.