[Amended 10-26-1976]
Pursuant to the provisions of C.G.S. §§ 8-40 and 8-41,
it is hereby found that there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations
in the Town of Farmington available to families of low and moderate income
at rentals they can afford.
It is hereby declared that a need exists for a housing authority in
the Town of Farmington.
A housing authority to be known as the "Housing Authority of the Town
of Farmington" (hereinafter referred to as the "Authority") be and hereby
is established pursuant to C.G.S. §§ 8-40 and 8-41, as amended.
The Authority shall be vested with all the powers provided in Chapter
128 of the General Statutes of Connecticut, as amended.
The Authority shall be authorized to transact business and to exercise
its powers on the date this article becomes effective.
No Commissioner or employee of the Authority shall acquire any interest,
direct or indirect, in any housing project or in any property included or
planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have any interest, direct
or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services
to be furnished or used in connection with any housing project. If any Commissioner
or employee of the Authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect,
in any property included or planned to be included in any housing project,
he shall immediately disclose the same, in writing, to the Authority, and
such a disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the Authority. Failure
to so disclose such interest shall constitute misconduct in office.
For inefficiency or neglect of duties or misconduct in office, a Commissioner
may be removed by the Town Council as provided in C.G.S. § 8-43.
[Added 11-22-1977 by Ord.
No. 76]
The membership of any person who is absent from three regular meetings
during any six-month period shall terminate as of the time the third such
absence occurs, unless such absences are waived by the Chairman of the Authority
because of illness or other extenuating circumstances. The Chairman of the
Authority shall notify the Town Manager promptly after the third such absence
occurs.
The facilities and services of the various agencies and departments
of the Town of Farmington shall be available to the Authority as it may reasonably
require.