[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Thompson 10-24-1960; amended 2-10-1981; 2-10-1998; 9-24-1998; 6-18-2007; 10-28-2015 (Ord. No. 10-015). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 5-30-2023]
The Town of Thompson hereby adopts and accepts the provisions
of Connecticut General Statutes Section 7-136 and creates a Municipal
Economic Development Commission to be known as the "Thompson Economic
Development Commission." The Economic Development Commission shall
consist of five members and two alternate members to be appointed
by the Select Board. The two-year terms of the members shall be staggered
every other year.
The members shall have all the power and duties as set forth
in the Connecticut General Statutes for municipal economic development
commissions, and any vacancy in membership of the Commission shall
be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the chief executive
authority as provided for in Section 7-136 of the Connecticut General
Statutes, as amended.
The Economic Development Commission shall have two alternate
members to be appointed by the Select Board, the first with a term
expiring December 31, 2007, and the second with a term expiring December
31, 2008, and their successors shall each be appointed to two-year
terms expiring December 31 of the respective odd- or even-numbered
year.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The original final paragraph of Ord. No. 10-015,
regarding the number of members of the Economic Development Commission,
which immediately followed this section, was repealed 5-30-2023.
