(a) 
Administrative Positions and Departments are authorized by this Charter, Ordinance, Resolution, or the Statutes.
(b) 
The Board of Selectmen may recommend to a Town Meeting, as provided in Charter Article III, the creation of such additional administrative offices and departments as it may deem appropriate and necessary to the best interest of the Town.
(a) 
Administrative officers and department heads shall be appointed in the manner hereinafter provided. Appointees of the First Selectman shall be appointed and may be removed in accordance with provisions of Charter § 7-4a.
(b) 
Any vacancy in an administrative office, whatever the cause shall be filled by the appointing authority for such office. Persons appointed to fill vacancies in the administrative offices shall serve for the unexpired portion of the term vacated if such office has a fixed term or shall serve for an indefinite term in the event no fixed term is provided for such office.
(c) 
In making appointments, the appointing authority must follow all guidelines for appointment given in the Charter, Ordinance or Statute authorizing the Office or Department.
(d) 
Appointed Administrative Positions.
Position/Department
Source
Appointing Authority
Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator
42 USC 12101
BOS
Animal Control Officer
CGS § 22-331(b)
BOS
Auditor
BOF
Assessor
CGS § 7-100k
BOS
Building Official (also serves as Demolition Official)
CGS § 29-260
BOS
Director of Emergency Management
CGS § 28-7
BOS
Fire Marshal and Deputy Fire Marshals
CGS § 29-297
Board of Fire Commissioners, Fire Marshal
Municipal Agent for The Elderly
CGS § 7-127b
BOS
Municipal Historian
NA
BOS
Open Burning Official
CGS § 22a-174f
BOS
Town Counsel
NA
BOS
Town Engineer
NA
BOS
Tree Warden
CGS § 23-58
BOS
Veterans' Representative
CGS § 27-135
BOS
Wetlands Enforcement Officer
NA
BOS after consultation with Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission
Zoning Enforcement Officer
NA
Planning and Zoning Commission after consultation with BOS