[Amended 9-14-2021]
There shall be an Inland Wetlands Commission of the Town of Voluntown established in accordance with Sections 22a-36 through 22a-45a of the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut (Revision of 1958).
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Voluntown 2-9-1988. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Commission shall have all the powers and responsibilities authorized under said General Statutes.
The Commission shall consist of five members and two alternate members, who shall be electors of the Town of Voluntown.
[Amended 9-14-2021]
Commission members shall be elected to serve staggered four-year terms. The alternate members shall be elected biannually.
In the event that any member of the Commission shall cease to be an elector of the Town of Voluntown, his office shall be deemed vacant. Any vacancy in the membership of said Commission may be filled for the unexpired term of such member by the Board of Selectmen.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Sec. 7 of the 1988 ordinance establishing these provisions, regarding the Town agency formerly administering the duties of an Inland Wetland Agency, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 9-14-2021.