3.2.1. 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 law. He shall be the official head of the town for all ceremonial purposes, for military purposes and for the purpose of receiving civil process. He shall establish and be responsible for the administrative and personnel policies for town offices and employees, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, and shall execute or cause to be executed the town ordinances, regulations, resolutions and policies voted by the Board of Selectmen. The First Selectman, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, shall generally supervise the administration of the affairs of the town, except those matters which by the general statutes, by charter, or by ordinance, are exclusively committed to the Board of Education or other boards. He shall preside over meetings of the Board of Selectmen.
3.2.2. Within thirty days after the Board of Selectmen takes office, the First Selectman shall designate each of the other members of the Board of Selectmen as an ex-officio member without vote, of one or more of the town boards. The ex-officio members shall regularly attend the meetings of the boards to which they have been appointed and shall report to such boards and to the Board of Selectmen matters relating to the mutual interests of such bodies.
3.2.3. The First Selectman shall hire and dismiss employees of the town, except employees of the Board of Education and except employees whose employment is otherwise provided by law, and shall give notice of each hiring or dismissal to the Board of Selectmen at its next meeting. Such hiring or dismissal may be overruled only by a majority vote of the Board of Selectmen at its next meeting following such notification.
3.2.4. The First Selectman shall have responsibility for the care, maintenance and operation of all buildings, lands, apparatus and property which are subject to the control of the Board of Selectmen.