The text of any article or section shall be controlling. Article
and section headings are intended for informational purposes only.
In computing the period of time of any notice under this Charter,
the day on which the notice is given shall be excluded and the day
on which the matter noticed is to occur shall be included. The same
principle shall govern other computations of time for purposes hereof.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Charter to the contrary,
notice by publication in a newspaper having general circulation in
the Town may be dispensed with in favor of some other means of publication
by the Board of Selectmen if permitted by the General Statutes.
A.
Any written notice of resignation by any member of the Board of Selectmen,
including the First Selectman, or by any other Official which does
not indicate a specific calendar date as the effective date of such
resignation shall constitute a resignation effective upon receipt
of such notice by the board of which such individual is a member or
upon receipt of the same by the Board of Selectmen or the Town Clerk.
B.
Removals.
(1)
An elected or appointed official may be removed from office by the
Board of Selectmen upon its finding of good and sufficient cause for
such removal and after a public hearing before the Board of Selectmen.
The official affected by such removal process shall be given notice
thereof and an opportunity to appear and be heard at the public hearing
before the Board of Selectmen. Willful malfeasance, willful neglect
of duty, inability to serve, conviction of a felony or abandonment
of office, inter alia, shall constitute cause for removal. Such removal
shall require an affirmative vote of four members of the Board of
Selectmen.
(2)
The failure of a member of any elected or appointed board to attend
three consecutively scheduled meetings of such board without having
given the Chairman or another officer of such board prior notice of
such absence with reasons therefor shall be deemed to constitute a
cause for removal pursuant to this section.
C.
Recall.
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If and to the extent the General Statutes may be amended to
authorize the Town to enact a provision to recall elected municipal
officials, the Board of Selectmen shall call, within 120 days of the
effective date of such amendment, a Special Town Meeting for the purpose
of considering the adoption of an ordinance empowering the Town Meeting
to recall elected officials.
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All elected and appointed officers and members of the boards
of the Town shall swear or affirm the faithful performance of their
duties and shall receive a copy of the Code of Ethics, and sign acknowledgement
of receipt.
This Charter may be amended in the manner prescribed in Chapter
99 of the General Statutes entitled "Municipal Charters and Special
Acts," or corresponding successor legislation.
A.
This Charter is intended to avail, make use of and exercise to the
fullest extent home rule powers of the Town under Chapter 99 of the
General Statutes and any other statutes now in effect or hereafter
enacted and any other home rule powers thereof under the Constitution
of the State of Connecticut, the common law or otherwise.
B.
Nothing herein shall be construed as intended to conflict with or
be inconsistent with any General Statute of the State of Connecticut
expressing any substantial public policy of the state. It shall be
construed as an assertion of the Town's full power and authority
to prescribe its organic law for the administration of its local affairs.
C.
If any provision of this Charter or the application of such provision
to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the remainder
of this Charter nor the context in which such provision so held invalid
may appear, except to the extent that an entire section may be inseparably
connected in meaning and effect with the provision to which such holding
shall directly apply.
