(A) As authorized by Public Act 87-512 of the Connecticut General Assembly, and subject to a final determination by the Board of Selectmen, pursuant to § 4(b) of said Act as to whether the town shall be governed by the provisions of said Act, the town hereby acts to establish the Niantic River Gateway Commission.
(B) The Niantic River Gateway Commission shall have the authority and responsibility provided for said Commission in said Act.
(C) There shall be six members of said Commission, three of whom shall be electors of the town who shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen. The East Lyme members shall be appointed within 60 days from the date that the Town First Selectman receives notice from the Waterford First Selectman that the Town of Waterford has adopted an ordinance establishing the Commission. The East Lyme members shall be appointed for terms to expire on the first Monday in January of the next even-numbered year following their appointment. Upon the expiration of said terms, one member shall be appointed for a term of two years, and two members shall be appointed for terms of four years. Thereafter, each of said terms shall be filled upon its expiration for four years. Any vacancy that may from time to time occur among East Lyme members shall be filled by the Board of Selectmen.
(D) The town reserves the right to vote not to be governed by the provisions of said Act in accordance with § 7 of this Act.
(Ord. passed 10-21-1987; Ord. passed 1-22-2001)
Editor’s note:
TM Volume 16, page 123
TM Volume 22, page 60