Section 4-1 Composition
The Board of Selectmen shall consist of the First Selectman, Deputy First Selectman and three other Selectmen.
Section 4-2 General Powers and Duties
A) The Board of Selectmen shall have all the powers and duties hereinafter conferred upon said Selectmen and all those powers and duties which, on the effective date of this Charter, were conferred by the General Statutes upon Boards of Selectmen, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Charter. The First Selectman may, as needed, appoint a member of the Board of Selectmen to serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member of the several regular and special Town boards, commissions and agencies. Notification of such appointment shall be presented in writing to the affected board or commission.
B) The Board of Selectmen shall, at least once each calendar year, call a general meeting of the chairpersons of all Town boards, agencies and commissions and Town elected and appointed officials. The purpose of these meetings shall be to coordinate the activities of all Town officers, boards, agencies and commissions.
C) The Board of Selectmen may recommend to special Town meetings the creation, consolidation or abolition of boards, commissions, departments and offices, and may recommend to special Town meetings the adoption of a proposed ordinance or the repeal of an existing ordinance. The Board of Selectmen may appoint, by resolution, special and temporary boards, commissions and committees as it may deem necessary and appropriate; said special and temporary boards, commissions and committees shall terminate no later than eighteen months after their creation. Upon appointment, the Board of Selectmen shall provide each such board, commission, or committee with specific written charges and a specific date by which it shall report back to the Board of Selectmen.
D) Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the Board of Selectmen shall regulate the internal operation of boards, commissions and offices which it fills by appointment. General Statutes prescribe the manner in which minutes are filed and notices of meetings and agendas are published. The Board of Selectmen shall make all rules and regulations relating to the purchasing and bidding procedures for the Town. The Board of Selectmen, or their appointees, shall present the Board of Finance a program concerning municipal improvements of proposed capital projects for the ensuing fiscal year and for four fiscal years thereafter. Estimates of the costs of such projects shall be submitted annually to the Board of Selectmen by the Capital Improvement Plan Advisory Committee in accordance
with Section 7-24 of this Charter. No later than February fifteenth of each year, the Board of Selectmen shall meet with the Board of Finance to recommend those projects to be undertaken during the ensuing fiscal year and a method of financing the same.
(Amended 11/93; 11/98)
Section 4-3 Appointments
The Board of Selectmen shall have the power to appoint such personnel and members of boards, commissions and other similar bodies as are provided in this Charter. No member of the Board of Selectmen, including the First Selectman, during the term of office for which elected and for one year thereafter, shall be eligible for appointment to any other salaried office or position of profit with the Town.
Section 4-4 Organization
The newly elected Board of Selectmen shall meet on the fourteenth day following its election. The meeting shall be called to order by the First Selectman and the oath of office administered to all members. At said organizational meeting the Board of Selectmen shall elect a Deputy First Selectman who shall serve as acting First Selectman in the event of the temporary absence or temporary disability of the First Selectman.
Section 4-5 Procedure
At the first meeting of the Board of Selectmen following each Town election, said Board of Selectmen shall fix the time and place of their regular meetings to be held in accordance with the provisions of Connecticut General Statutes '1-21, as amended. The Board of Selectmen shall, by resolution, determine its own rules of procedure. All regular meetings and special meetings of the Board of Selectmen for the transaction of business shall be open to the public and shall afford to the electors of the Town an opportunity to address the Board of Selectmen with suggestions, petitions and complaints. The votes of all meetings shall be recorded as prescribed by Connecticut General Statutes '1-21, as amended. Three members of the Board of Selectmen shall constitute a quorum. Emergency ordinances, resolutions or votes
shall be adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of those members present.
(Amended 11/93)
Section 4-6 Emergency Ordinances
Upon a declaration by the First Selectman or Deputy First Selectman that a state of public emergency exists in the Town affecting the public health, safety or welfare, the majority of the Board of Selectmen shall be empowered to adopt regulations or ordinances which shall become effective immediately. No public hearing shall be required. This regulation or ordinance shall be automatically repealed when the First Selectman or Deputy First Selectman shall declare that the emergency no longer exists, but in no event beyond the thirty-first day from the adoption of the ordinances.
(Amended 11/93)
Section 4-7 Vacancies in the Board of Selectmen
If a vacancy shall occur in the office of the First Selectman, the Deputy First Selectman shall assume the office of the First Selectman with all the powers and duties of an elected First Selectman. Such person shall serve until a successor has been appointed and duly qualified as provided in Connecticut General Statutes '9-222. If a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Board of Selectmen, other than in the office of the First Selectman, the successor shall be appointed and duly qualified as provided in Connecticut General Statutes '9-222.
Section 4-8 Compensation
The members of the Board of Selectmen, its employees and appointed personnel shall receive such compensation as may be determined by the budget submitted to and adopted at the Annual Town Budget Meeting or Special Town Meeting called for that purpose.
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