The following provisions shall apply throughout this Charter
unless otherwise specified:
(a) Definitions: The following terms (in bold text throughout the document)
shall have the meaning ascribed to them below.
(1)
Financial Impact Statement: The term "Financial
Impact Statement" shall describe a document that includes the analysis
of all costs and liabilities to be incurred by the Town as a result of the use of a Special Appropriation,
grant or gift of real or tangible personal property.
(2)
General Statutes: The term "General Statutes" shall
be used in this Charter when referring to the Connecticut General
Statutes, as amended.
(3)
Legislative Council District: The term "Legislative Council District" shall be used in this Charter as defined in Section
3-10.
(4)
Resident Elector: The term "Resident Elector" shall
describe a person who is registered to vote in the Town and whose principal residence is in the Town. A person
who has filed an application for the retention of electoral privileges
with the Registrar of Voters shall be considered a Resident
Elector for so long as the application for retention of elector
privileges is in effect.
(5)
Town: The term "Town" shall be used in this Charter
as defined in Subsection 1-01(a).
(6)
Town Body: The term "Town Body" shall include the
Legislative Council and each board, commission, and authority defined
herein and any other body or group which is designated a Town
Body by the Legislative Council.
(7)
Town Department: The term "Town Department" shall
include, for example, the offices of the Tax Collector, Town Clerk,
Assessor, Registrar of Voters, Public Works Department, Board of Education,
and any other Town Body to which funds are appropriated
in the Town Budget and any other body or group which
is designated a Town Department by the Legislative Council
on or before October 1st in the year prior to the adoption of the Town Budget. Notwithstanding the foregoing, The Board of Education
shall be exempt from the duties or functions required of Town Departments
under this Charter, only to the extent that such duties or functions
would violate specific provisions of the General Statutes applicable
to boards of education and the administration of such entities.
(8)
Town Election: The term "Town Election" shall be
used for elections held bi-annually on the Tuesday after the first
Monday of November in the odd-numbered years.
(9)
Budget related definitions are contained in Subsection 6-01(a).
(10)
Real property acquisition and disposition related definitions
are contained in Subsection 8-01(a).
(b) Public Notice: In any instance in which public notice is required
the same shall be served by causing its publication in a newspaper
having a substantial circulation in the Town unless a
different method of notice is provided for in the General Statutes.