3-01 COMPOSITION AND OTHER OFFICE-HOLDING
(a) The members of the Board of Selectmen shall be a First Selectman and 2 Selectmen.
(b) During his term of office, the First Selectman shall have no other full time employment nor shall he hold any paid civil office under the government of the United States, the State of Connecticut, or any subdivision thereof, except that of Notary Public.
(c) No member of the Board of Selectmen shall, during his term of office, hold or be appointed to any other office or employment in the government of the Town of Newtown, except as provided in subsection (e) of Section 3-10 of this Charter. 9
3-10 FIRST SELECTMAN, POWERS, DUTIES AND COMPENSATION
(a) The First Selectman shall be the Chief Executive and Administrative Officer of the Town and shall have the powers and duties of First Selectman prescribed by this Charter and by the General Statutes. He shall be responsible to the Board of Selectmen for the administration of departments under the direct supervision of the Board and shall execute or cause to be executed Town ordinances and regulations or resolutions voted by the Board of Selectmen.
(b) The First Selectman shall preside over meetings of the Board of Selectmen. At the first meeting following its election, the Board of Selectmen shall choose a member of the Board who shall preside in the absence or disability of the First Selectman, and who, as Town Agent, shall perform such other duties of an absent or disabled First Selectman as the Board may designate by resolution or regulation.
(c) The salary for the First Selectman shall be set by the Legislative Council during the budget making process of each odd numbered year. The salary may be fixed at different rates for each year of the 2 year term. The salary shall not be changed during the 2 year term of office.
(d) In the event that the First Selectman shall find that a state of emergency exists within the Town, requiring immediate action to protect the health, safety or general welfare of the citizens, he may declare, by resolution, the exact nature of the state of emergency and simultaneously publish such resolution by the most effective means available and take such actions as he thinks shall be in the best interest of the Town. The declaration shall be effective for a period of time not to exceed 5 calendar days, except that such effective time may be extended upon the approval by the Legislative Council that a state of emergency exists and the approval of all of the proposed actions necessary to deal with such emergency.
(e) The First Selectman shall be an ex officio member of all boards and commissions of the Town, but he shall be without vote except in the Board of Selectmen. He shall be given reasonable notice of all meetings of boards and commissions by their Chairmen or Secretaries and may in writing appoint another member of the Board of Selectmen to represent him at any meeting of such boards or commissions.
3-20 BOARD OF SELECTMEN, GENERAL POWERS, MEETINGS AND REGULATIONS
(a) The Board of Selectmen shall generally supervise the administration of the affairs of the Town, except those matters which by the General Statutes or this Charter are exclusively committed to the Board of Education or other departments.
(b) The Board of Selectmen shall be responsible for coordinating the activities of all the departments of the Town and for reviewing the present and future needs of the Town. It may, by resolution or regulation, require such reports and joint meetings as may be useful in the performance of its duties.
(c) A majority of the Board of Selectmen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. The Board may make regulations for the conduct of its meetings and for the execution of its duties. It shall by regulation provide for regular meetings and a procedure for calling special meetings. 10
3-30 BOARD OF SELECTMEN, SPECIFIC POWERS
(a) Except for the power granted to the Board of Education by the General Statutes, the Board of Selectmen shall have the sole power, subject to the provisions of the General Statutes and of this Charter:
(1) To incur indebtedness in the name of the Town and to provide for the due execution of contracts and evidences of indebtedness issued by the Town, subject to the provisions of subsection (g) of Section 6-50 of this Charter;
(2) To take, purchase, lease, sell, or convey real or personal property of or for the Town, subject to the provisions of Section 7-90 of this Charter;
(3) To institute, prosecute, defend or compromise any legal action or proceeding by or against the Town, subject to the approval of the Legislative Council and, when relevant, the affected department, commission or board;
(4) To defend the Town by legal action or proceeding;
(5) To apply for any financial assistance by the State of Connecticut and the United States Government including grants to fund any appropriation, subject to the provisions of Section 6-60 of this Charter; and
(6) To accept public highways, to approve the layout of public highways and related drainage, slope or other easements, to approve the acquisition of real property or interests in real property for the purpose of widening or realignment of existing public highways, and to grant utility easements across Town owned property necessary to serve that property.
(7) To submit annually to the Board of Finance a proposed Budget for the next fiscal year.
(b) The Board of Selectmen shall have such other powers and duties as are provided for boards of selectmen by the General Statutes and this Charter, and may exercise any of the powers conferred on towns by Section 7-194 of the General Statutes, to the extent that the Legislative Council has not already acted by ordinance or resolution on such subjects and to the extent that such powers have not otherwise been granted or limited by this Charter to other boards, commissions or Town officers.
3-40 CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The First Selectman, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, shall appoint a clerk of the Board of Selectmen who shall keep minutes of meetings and record all motions and votes and other actions of the Board of Selectmen and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Selectmen shall direct.
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