The members of boards, commissions, committees, authorities
and agencies specified in this chapter, hereinafter referred to as
"Town boards," shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen. Said
Town boards shall have such powers and duties as are prescribed for
such by the General Statutes, except as otherwise specifically provided
by this Charter.
Except as otherwise provided herein, all members of Town boards
shall be electors of the Town and shall have such other qualifications
as the Board of Selectmen may provide. Except as otherwise provided
by vote of the Board of Selectmen, no member of any Town board shall
hold any other office in Town government. Members of Town boards shall
serve without compensation, except that just and ordinary expenses
incurred by said members in the performance of their duties may be
reimbursed, provided that such an appropriation has been authorized
for that purpose.
Any vacancy on any Town board, irrespective of cause, shall
be filled as soon as practical after the acceptance of any resignation
or the determination of said vacancy by the Board of Selectmen, by
vote of the Selectmen for the unexpired portion of said term. In filling
vacancies, the Selectmen shall notify the political parties of any
vacancy in writing. The Board of Selectmen shall have the final authority
for filling vacancies.
Membership on Town boards shall be in conformance with the minority
representation requirements of C.G.S. § 9-167a.
The terms of all Town board members shall commence on the first
Monday in December, except as otherwise provided in this Charter.
There shall be the following appointed Town boards:
A.
A Conservation Commission and Inland Wetlands Agency consisting of
five members and two alternate members, each of whom shall serve four-year
overlapping terms.
B.
A Water Pollution Control Authority consisting of five members, each
of whom shall serve four-year overlapping terms.
C.
A Housing Authority consisting of five members, each of whom shall
serve four-year overlapping terms.
D.
A Parks and Recreation Commission consisting of seven members and
two alternate members, each of whom shall serve four-year overlapping
terms.
E.
A Commission on Aging consisting of seven members and two alternate
members, each of whom shall serve four-year overlapping terms.
F.
An Economic Development Commission consisting of five members and
two alternate members, each of whom shall serve four-year overlapping
terms.
G.
A Commemoration Commission consisting of not less than three with
a maximum of 13 members, each of whom shall serve four-year overlapping
terms.
H.
An Historic Properties Commission consisting of five regular members
and three alternate members, each of whom shall serve four-year overlapping
terms.
I.
A Douglas Library Board of Trustees consisting of nine regular members
each of whom shall serve four-year overlapping terms.
J.
Veteran's Advisory Board constituted as set forth in the Code
of Ordinances of the Town of Hebron.
K.
Such other Town boards as may be established by ordinance, whose
function, composition and terms of members shall be prescribed in
the establishing ordinance.
Each appointed Town board shall, by resolution, determine its
own rules of procedure, provided that all regular and special meetings
shall be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
General Statutes. Such rules of procedure shall be filed with the
Office of the Town Clerk and with the Board of Selectmen. Amendments
to rules of procedures may be made at any meeting, providing that
such amendments are properly on the call of the meeting.
Any member of an appointed Town board may be removed by the
Board of Selectmen by an affirmative vote of three members of the
Board of Selectmen as provided herein:
A.
The Board of Selectmen shall adopt a resolution to remove such member.
The Board of Selectmen shall forthwith serve said member with a written
statement, by certified mail, to the last address of record, stating
why the person should be removed from office.
B.
The member to be removed shall be given, within 15 days of such written
notice, an opportunity for a hearing before the Board of Selectmen,
at which hearing said member may appear with counsel. Any member requesting
a hearing shall not be removed until such hearing has been held.
C.
The final decision with respect to such removal shall be made not
later than 15 days following the close of said hearing. The decision
of the Board of Selectmen in removing a member shall be final.
Any member of an appointed Town board who, without good cause
and timely notification to the Chairman, Vice Chairman or Town staff
of the agency of the reasons for nonattendance, either fails to attend
at least 2/3 of the regularly scheduled meetings of such agency during
any 12 consecutive months or fails to attend three consecutive regularly
scheduled meetings of the agency shall be deemed to have resigned
his office. A record of the "excused" absence shall be so noted in
the attendance section of the meeting minutes. It shall be the duty
of the Chairman of the agency (or, in his absence or disability or
where the Chairman's attendance is the concern, the Vice Chairman)
to inform the Board of Selectmen of the vacancy; provided, however,
that the failure to inform the Board of Selectmen of the vacancy as
required by this Section 710 shall not affect such Town board member's
deemed resignation. Any such vacancy shall be filled pursuant to Section
703 of this Charter.
