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[Amended 11-4-2008 ] The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) shall be the chief administrative officer of the Town. As such, he or she shall possess, have and exercise the administrative powers as directed by the Mayor or Acting Mayor, except as otherwise limited by this Charter, state law and/or federal law.

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] The CAO shall be appointed and may be removed or suspended, with or without pay, by the Mayor. The qualifications of the CAO shall be a Master of Business Administration degree, Master of Public Administration degree, or such other education, general executive and administrative experience and ability as are necessary to perform the duties of the office. The CAO shall be appointed on the basis of such factors including, but not limited to, education, municipal and public experience, professional training, and executive and administrative qualifications, and shall be considered an “at will” employee.

The CAO shall devote his or her entire time and business interest to the management of the town's affairs and shall not, during his or her term of office, be an employee of or perform any executive duty for any person, firm, corporation or institution other than the Town of Stratford.

The Chief Administrative Officer shall have the powers and duties hereinafter enumerated and shall be directly responsible to the Mayor for the proper administration thereof: 1. To recommend to the Mayor adoption of such measures as he or she may deem necessary or expedient; 2. To assist the Mayor in the submission to the Council of the Annual Budget as by this Charter required; 3. To perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this Charter or required of him or her by the Mayor; 4. To assist the Mayor in all aspects of labor negotiations, personnel issues, financial management, and any other field of public administration commensurate with his or her knowledge and experience.

There shall be six (6) administrative departments as follows: Public Works, Safety, Health, Economic and Community Development, Finance and Office of Town Clerk, the functions of which shall be prescribed by the Council except as herein provided.

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] The Fire Chief, Chief of Police, Administrator of Emergency Medical Services, Human Resources director and the heads of each administrative department shall be a director, or the CAO may serve as a director of any or all departments until such time as a director is deemed necessary, unless otherwise precluded by law.

Each director shall be chosen on the basis of his or her general executive and administrative experience and ability and of his or her education, training and experience in the class of work which he or she is to administer.

Each director shall be appointed by the Mayor.

The directors of departments shall be immediately responsible to the Mayor for the administration of their departments and their advice in writing may be required by the Mayor on all matters affecting their departments. They shall prepare estimates, which shall be open to public inspection, and they shall make all other reports and recommendations concerning their departments at stated intervals or when requested by the Mayor. In the event of a vacancy in any subordinate office as provided by this Charter the directors within their respective departments may exercise the powers and duties of such subordinate offices.

A director may be removed by the Mayor at any time and is considered an "at will" employee unless superseded by contract or law.

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] The Mayor shall appoint a health officer, an animal control officer, a tax collector, a treasurer, and an assessor and may appoint one or two assistant assessors, all of whom shall be employees of the Town. They shall have all the powers conferred and perform all of the duties imposed upon them by the General Statutes.

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] A certificate of the appointment of each director and each subordinate employee signed by the Mayor shall be filed with the Town Clerk and recorded in the records of the Council

The Director of Public Works shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties necessary for the administration of the department of public works. The department of public works shall be concerned with (a) maintenance of the streets, highways, buildings, lands, including parks and recreation areas, and all other physical assets of the town; (b) refuse collection and disposal; (c) preparation of data for the expansion, construction or repairing of public buildings and other physical assets of the town, including construction, laying out, expansion or repairing of highways, sidewalks, curbs, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, sewerage treatment facilities, seawalls and devices to prevent shore erosion; (d) administration, compilation, maintenance, review...

The department of public works shall be composed of the director of public works, the town engineer, the building inspector, the superintendents of highways, wastewater treatment, sanitation, building maintenance, and parks, and their respective employees.

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] The Director of Safety shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties necessary for the administration of the department of safety. The department of safety shall be concerned with (a) police protection of the town, its citizens, and their individual and collective property; (b) the extinguishing and prevention of fire; (c) emergency medical services; (d) maintenance of all equipment entrusted to its charge; (e) maintenance of disaster and emergency facilities; (f) instruction of all townspeople in matters of safety and fire prevention; (g) the enforcement of all penal statutes of the state and ordinances of the town; (h) the control of stray dogs; (i) such other and further matters as prescribed by the statutes of the state...

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] The department of safety shall be composed of the director of safety, the Chief of Police, the Fire Chief, the Administrator of Emergency Medical Services and their respective employees and/or volunteers.

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] The Animal Control Officer and any such Assistant Animal Control officers as are appointed shall be under the jurisdiction, supervision and control of the chief of police. During the absence or disability of the Animal Control Officer, the Assistant Animal Control Officers shall perform all the duties of the Animal Control Officer.

The Director of Health shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties necessary for the administration of the department of health. The department of health shall be concerned with (a) maintenance of all public health facilities; (b) air pollution control; (c) pollution control of streams; (d) instruction of all townspeople in matters of public health; (e) inspection of premises where food is served to the public; (f) inspection of all devices, outlets, and facilities for the dispensing of drinking water to the public; (g) inspection of all premises where food is sold to the public for private consumption; (h) inspection of all premises maintained for the care of sick or aged persons; (i) enforcement of the sanitary code and state laws relating ...

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] The department of health shall be composed of the director of health, all other employees required by law, and such other employees as have been assigned.

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] The Dirrector of Health shall have all the powers and duties set forth by federal, state and local law.