A. 
Term of Office. The Mayor's term of office shall be four (4) years.
B. 
Mayor's Office and Staff. The Mayor's Office shall consist of the Mayor and the following staff: a Chief of Staff and such other Staff as the Mayor may deem necessary. All such staff of the Mayor's Office shall be appointed by the Mayor and may be removed by the Mayor and shall not be included in the Classified Service. All classified employees working in the Mayor's Office shall not be considered to be part of the Mayor's Staff as defined in this Section.
C. 
Compensation.
1. 
Baseline Compensation. The Mayor shall be compensated in an amount equal to the baseline compensation as contained in the budget of the City for the Fiscal Year 2021-2022. ("Baseline Compensation").
2. 
Periodic Increase. Said Baseline Compensation shall be periodically increased, in an interval as set forth in Section 1.C,3, below, by an amount equal to the percentage increase for the twelve (12) month period ending on November 30th as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, as published bimonthly by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or, in the event that publication of such index is terminated, any successor or substitute index, appropriately adjusted, acceptable to the Common Council.
3. 
Permitted Intervals for Increase. The increase in compensation shall only be permitted in the intervals set forth by Article XIX of the Constitution of the State of Connecticut.
A. 
Full time Chief Executive Officer. The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the City and shall devote full time to the duties of the office. Full time shall mean primary occupation.
B. 
Voting Member of All City Boards, Agencies and Commissions. Except as otherwise provided by Law, the Mayor shall be a voting member of all Boards and Commissions appointed by the Mayor. As such, the Mayor shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote.
C. 
Administration of Departments, Agencies and Offices. Except as otherwise provided by Law, the Mayor shall be directly responsible for the administration of all Departments and offices, in charge of persons or Boards and Commissions appointed by the Mayor and shall supervise and direct the same, with the exception of employees of the Common Council.
D. 
Duties. The Mayor shall:
1. 
see that all Laws, including the Ordinances, governing the City are faithfully executed;
2. 
make periodic reports to the Common Council and shall attend and participate in its meetings as provided by this Charter;
3. 
prepare and cause to be made available to the public, as soon as possible after the close of the fiscal year, an annual City report which shall include a summary of the activities of each City Department during the preceding year and a statement of the departments' goals for the next year;
4. 
recommend to the Council such measures as the Mayor may deem necessary or expedient including, but not limited to, measures to organize or reorganize the Departments and Agencies of the City;
5. 
keep the Council fully advised as to the financial condition of the City;
6. 
prepare and submit to the Council an annual budget and such additions, deletions or amendments to the separate budgets provided for in Chapter VI, Section 2;
7. 
negotiate for the purchase of real estate and take options on such real estate in behalf of the City, provided that the Mayor shall expend no more than the amount set by Ordinance for any one option; and,
8. 
exercise such other powers and duties as may be required of the Mayor by Ordinance, Resolution or Order of the Council not inconsistent with this Charter.
E. 
Interactions with the Common Council.
1. 
Diminution or Augmentation of Mayoral Authority. The Council shall not diminish by Ordinance, vote or otherwise, the powers and duties of the Mayor, except those powers and duties imposed on the Mayor by the Council under provisions of this Section.
2. 
Contract Signing Authority. The Mayor shall have the power to sign contracts approved by the Common Council, deeds and other instruments or documents and the Mayor shall have the power to administer oaths.
3. 
Presiding Officer of the Common Council. The Mayor shall be the presiding officer of the Common Council and, as such, shall have no voting privileges including the power to resolve a tie vote.
4. 
Veto Authority. The Mayor may veto any Ordinance or appropriation passed by the Common Council and, in the event the Mayor shall veto any such Ordinance or appropriation, the Mayor shall return the same to the Common Council within five (5) Days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Municipal holidays, following the adoption of such vote with a statement in writing of the Mayor's objections thereto. If the Common Council, by a vote of two-thirds (2/3rds) of the members present and voting at a special meeting called for that purpose within ten (10) Days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Municipal holidays, following receipt of the Mayor's veto, shall readopt said Ordinance or appropriation, it shall thereupon be effective as so readopted.
A. 
Appointment by Mayor and Confirmation by the Common Council. The following Officials shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Common Council: (i) City/Town Clerk; (ii) Tax Collector; and (iii) Assessor. Each said Official shall have the powers and duties vested in each said officer by the Laws of the State of Connecticut and pursuant to Ordinances adopted by the Common Council. They shall devote full time to the duties of their respective offices. Full time shall mean primary occupation.
B. 
Additional Officials Established by Ordinance: Appointment and Confirmation. There shall be such other Officials as may be deemed necessary by the Mayor and the Common Council and whose duties and powers shall be defined by Ordinance. All such Officials shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Common Council.
C. 
Removal Authority of the Mayor. The Mayor shall have the power to remove or discipline non-elected Officials as provided for in Chapter V, Section 4.
All powers and duties had and performed under the Law by the Selectmen of any town, except such as are imposed upon them by the Constitution and the General Statutes relative to the admission of persons to the privileges of Electors, shall be had and performed by the Common Council or as otherwise provided herein. The Common Council shall provide for the performance of all such functions by Ordinance, bylaw, or otherwise, as it shall determine.
There shall be a nine (9) member Board of Education which shall have such duties and powers as may be imposed by Law. Members of such Board, shall be elected in place of the members whose terms expire, each for a term of four (4) years. Each Elector may vote for the full number of members to be elected to each term and the candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected, except that when the number of members of any one political party who would be elected without regard to Section 9-167a of the General Statutes exceeds the maximum number, as determined by said Section, then only the candidates of such political party with the highest number of votes up to the limit of such maximum shall be elected. The next highest ranking candidates, not from such political party, shall be elected, up to the number of places to be filled in such election.
There shall be an Office of the General Counsel. The General Counsel shall serve as the Chief Legal Officer of the City and the Department Head for the Office of the General Counsel. The General Counsel shall be appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Common Council. The General Counsel and the members of the Office of the General Counsel shall be members of the City's Classified Service.
A. 
The Duties of the City Treasurer. There shall be a City Treasurer who shall have and exercise all the powers and duties prescribed for Treasurers of Towns and Cities by the General Statutes and additional powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Common Council.
B. 
Termination of the Office of the City Treasurer. The position of City Treasurer shall be terminated at 11:59:59 P.M. on the Monday following the certification of election of November 2023. All references to the elected City Treasurer shall be deleted from this Charter thereafter and the duties of a treasurer shall be assigned to other officials of the City.