Town of Old Lyme, CT Article II Planning Commission

[Adopted 4-20-1957]

§ 20-5 Membership; terms of office.

The Planning Commission shall consist of five members who shall be electors of the Town holding no salaried municipal office and shall be elected at the biennial election of the Town to be held on the first Monday of October 1957. One member shall be elected to serve until the first Monday of October 1958; one member shall be elected to serve until the first Monday of October 1959; one member shall be elected to serve until the first Monday of October 1960; one member shall be elected to serve until the first Monday of October 1961; one member shall be elected to serve until the first Monday of October 1962; and one member shall be elected to serve from the day following the first Monday of October 1958 until the first Monday of October 1963; and, at the biennial Town election in 1959 and at each biennial Town election thereafter, one member shall be elected to serve for a term of five years to begin with the day following said election and one member shall be elected to serve for a term of five years to begin one year and a day after said election.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: The following amendment was adopted effective 6-30-1975: "The terms of the regular members of said commission begin on the second Tuesday next following the day of the municipal election at which the regular members are elected."

§ 20-6 Alternate members.

[Added 4-1-1965]

A. There shall be three alternate members of the Planning Commission who shall be electors of the Town and who shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen for terms specified in Chapter 101, Officers and Employees, Article V, Terms of Office. After the effective date of this section, the Board of Selectmen shall appoint three alternate members of the Planning Commission to serve until the first Monday of October 1965.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

B. In the event a regular member of the Planning Commission shall be absent or disqualified, the Chairman shall designate an alternate member to so act, choosing alternates in rotation so that they shall act as nearly an equal number of times as possible.

[Added 2-27-1989]