This article is adopted under the authority of C.G.S. § 9-185, as amended.
[Adopted 1-20-1993]
In lieu of Constables who would otherwise be elected in 1993 and thereafter under the provisions of C.G.S. § 9-200, there is hereby established a body of six Constables, to be appointed for two-year terms by the Board of Selectmen. Such Constables shall be appointed at a meeting of the Board of Selectmen to be held on any date between November 15 and December 15, inclusive, of calendar year 1993 and each odd-numbered year thereafter. The terms of such Constables shall begin on the first day of January next succeeding their appointment.
Not more than three members of the body of Constables may be members of the same political party.
Any vacancy occurring for any reason among the Constables appointed hereunder shall be filled by the Board of Selectmen for the remainder of the vacating Constable's term.
Should any Constable 1) resign his/her office, 2) fail to take his/her oath of office on or before the 30th day after the date on which his/her term begins, 3) lose his/her status as an elector of the Town of Voluntown or 4) change his/her political party affiliation such that more than three Constables are members of the same political party, such Constable's office shall become vacant immediately upon the effective date of the earliest to occur of the acts listed hereinabove.