CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION Page
1-01 Incorporation ................................................................................................. 1
1-10 Rights, Obligations and Actions Continued ................................................... 1
1-20 Powers of Town ............................................................................................. 1
1-30 Effect of Charter ............................................................................................ 2
1-40 Legislative Bodies ......................................................................................... 2
1-50 Chief Executive Officer ................................................................................. 2
1-60 Mandatory Voting at Meetings ...................................................................... 2
CHAPTER TWO - ELECTIONS AND ELECTIVE OFFICES
2-01 Town Elections .............................................................................................. 2
2-10 Voting Districts .............................................................................................. 2
2-20 Eligibility ........................................................................................................ 3
2-30 Minority Representation ................................................................................ 3
2-40 Vacancies in Elective Offices ........................................................................ 3
2-50 Two-Year Term Offices .................................................................................. 5
2-51 Registrar of Voters ........................................................................................ 5
2-60 Board of Assessment Appeals ...................................................................... 5
2-70 Board of Education ....................................................................................... 5
2-80 Board of Managers of the Edmond Town Hall .............................................. 5
2-90 Planning and Zoning Commission ................................................................ 6
2-100 Zoning Board of Appeals .............................................................................. 6
2-110 Board of Police Commissioners .................................................................... 7
2-120 Duties and Compensation of Town Clerk ...................................................... 8
2-130 Board of Finance .......................................................................................... 8
CHAPTER THREE - BOARD OF SELECTMEN
3-01 Composition and Other Office-Holding ......................................................... 8
3-10 First Selectmen, Powers, Duties and Compensation ................................... 9
3-20 Board of Selectmen, General Powers, Meeting and Regulations ................. 9
3-30 Board of Selectmen, Specific Powers ........................................................... 10
3-40 Clerk of the Board of Selectmen ................................................................... 10
CHAPTER FOUR - APPOINTIVE BOARDS
4-01 General Provisions ....................................................................................... 11
4-10 Terms of Office .............................................................................................. 11
4-20 Minority Representation ................................................................................ 12
4-30 General Powers and Procedures and Compensation .................................. 12
4-40 Removal for Cause ....................................................................................... 12
4-50 Board of Fire Commissioners ....................................................................... 12
4-60 Board of Ethics ............................................................................................. 13
4-70 Parks and Recreation Commission .............................................................. 15
4-80 Building Appeals Board ................................................................................. 15
4-90 Public Building and Site Commission ........................................................... 15
4-100 Conservation Commission ............................................................................ 16
4-110 Trustees of the Cyrenius H. Booth Library .................................................... 16
CHAPTER FIVE - ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
5-01 Office of Financial Director ............................................................................ 16
5-10 Tax Collector ................................................................................................. 18
5-20 Town Assessor .............................................................................................. 19
CHAPTER FIVE - ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES (Cont.) Page
5-30 Building Inspector ......................................................................................... 19
5-40 Town Attorney ............................................................................................... 19
5-60 Civil Preparedness Director .......................................................................... 19
5-70 Department of Public Works ......................................................................... 20
5-80 Employees .................................................................................................... 20
5-90 Regular Constables ...................................................................................... 20
5-100 Other Officers and Departments ................................................................... 21
CHAPTER SIX - FINANCE AND TAXATION
6-01 Bond Repayment .......................................................................................... 21
6-02 Annual Audit .................................................................................................. 21
6-11 Preparation of the Annual Budget ................................................................. 21
6-12 Duties of the Board of Finance ..................................................................... 22
6-13 Duties of the Legislative Council ................................................................... 23
6-14 Annual Budget Referendum ......................................................................... 24
6-20 Laying of Taxes ............................................................................................. 25
6-30 Special and Emergency Appropriations ........................................................ 26
6-50 Action By Town Meeting ............................................................................... 27
6-60 Non-Recurring Expenditures ........................................................................ 27
6-70 Transfers ....................................................................................................... 27
6-80 Education Special Appropriations and Transfers Funding ............................ 28
6-90 Expenditures and Accounting ....................................................................... 28
6-100 Impact Statements ........................................................................................ 29
CHAPTER SEVEN - LEGISLATIVE BODIES
7-10 The Legislative Council ................................................................................. 30
7-20 Organization Meeting - Chairman and Vice Chairman - Rules ..................... 30
7-30 Clerk ............................................................................................................. 30
7-40 Meetings ....................................................................................................... 30
7-50 Ordinances ................................................................................................... 31
7-51 Regulations ................................................................................................... 32
7-60 Emergency Ordinances ................................................................................ 32
7-70 Town Meetings .............................................................................................. 32
7-80 Authority Regarding Special and Emergency Appropriations ....................... 33
7-90 Acquisition or Disposition of Real Property ................................................... 33
7-100 Right of Referendum ..................................................................................... 35
CHAPTER EIGHT - TRANSITION AND MISCELLANEOUS
8-01 Effective Date ................................................................................................ 36
8-02 Definition of Department ............................................................................... 36
8-10 Annual Town Report...................................................................................... 36
8-20 Justices of the Peace .................................................................................... 36
8-30 Ordinances Applicable to the Borough of Newtown ...................................... 36
8-40 Oaths of Office .............................................................................................. 37
8-50 Amendment of the Charter ........................................................................... 37
8-60 Schedules of Superseded Acts ..................................................................... 37
8-70 Savings Clause ............................................................................................. 37
8-80 Gender Statement ........................................................................................ 38
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