The power and duties of the Registrars of Voters and members
of the Board of Assessment Appeals shall be as provided by Law and
not inconsistent with this Charter and may be provided by ordinance.
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.