[Adopted 8-13-1991 by Ch. No. 983 as §§ 10-16
through 10-18 of the 1991 Code]
A. There shall be a Conservation Commission for the Town
consisting of seven members to be appointed by the Town Council. Initial
appointees shall be for the following terms: Three shall be appointed
for three-year terms, two shall be appointed for two-year terms, and
two shall be appointed for a term of one year. Thereafter, as terms
expire, appointments, other than interim appointments, shall be made
in July and shall be for terms of three years. Such Commissioners
shall continue to hold their respective offices until their successors
are qualified. Members of the Conservation Commission shall serve
without pay. The minutes of each meeting of the Commission shall be
filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
B. There shall be one auxiliary member of the Conservation
Commission who shall be appointed by the Town Council for a two-year
term, to be appointed in July of each even year, except for the initial
appointment which shall occur upon passage of this article, for a
term to expire the first even year following passage. The auxiliary
member shall sit as an active member of the Commission when and if
a member of the Commission is unable to serve at a meeting or hearing,
and shall have the same voting rights, powers and duties of the absent
member. The auxiliary member of the Conservation Commission shall
serve without pay.
C. Members of
the Conservation Commission, at the time of their appointment and
for the duration of their term, shall be residents and qualified to
vote in the Town of Westerly.
[Added 3-10-2014 by Ch.
No. 1809]
The duties of the Conservation Commission shall
be as follows:
A. To make recommendations on the use and management
of natural resources, such as soil, water, forests, wildlife and minerals;
B. To gather and disperse information regarding these
natural resources;
C. To make information available to the Town Council,
Zoning Board, Department of Public Works and the Planning Board to
help locate industry, roads, housing, and other developments in such
a way that complementary uses of the Town's natural resources will
not be jeopardized.