[Adopted 5-10-2004 by Ord. No. 04-04;
amended in its entirety 7-8-2019 by Ord. No. 19-18]
The Commission structure:
A. Consist of at least nine members and no more than 11 members.
B. The Mayor shall appoint the Chairman of the Commission. The Chairman
shall not be a Council member.
C. All members shall be appointed by the Mayor, in accordance with the
Charter.
D. The term in office of each member shall be four years.
E. The Mayor shall appoint vacancies.
G. At least one member of the Commission shall be from the Department
of Public Works, selected by the Mayor.
H. At least two members of the Commission shall be high school students, one from each high school, selected by the Board of Education, who shall serve for a period of one year and shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members. The students will not be part of the 11 members or the nine members commission structure as cited in Subsection
A; approved and appointed by the Mayor.
I. At least one member of the Commission shall be from the historic
district; approved and appointed by the Mayor.
J. At least two members shall be veterans from Stratford.
The objectives of the Commission are:
A. Oversight,
disbursement of funds and complete control of the Monument Trust Fund.
B. Raise
public and private funds for the Monument Trust Fund.
C. Periodically
(at least once a year) advise the Town Council as to the status of
the monument located on Academy Hill.
D. Periodically
advise the Town Council as to the status of the Monument Trust Fund.
E. Direct
and advise the Mayor for the repair, improvement and maintenance of
the monuments.