Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 315 - Soil and Water Conservation District and Council on Soil and Water Conservation › Section 22a-315-12 - Election of the board of directors

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Number.
Each board of directors shall consist of at least eight (8) and
				no more than eleven (11) directors and no more than five (5) alternates, to be
				specified in each district's bylaws. Each director or alternate shall reside or
				own land within the boundaries of such district and shall be elected pursuant
				to this section.
(b)
Initial Election of Directors and Alternates.
(1) Any person who, on the effective date of
			 this section is a supervisor or alternate of an existing board of supervisors
			 shall continue to serve as such supervisor or alternate until the election of
			 directors and alternates for the five districts established in section
			 22a-315-11
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(2) Not less than thirty (30) nor more than
			 ninety (90) days after the effective date of these regulations, the executive
			 director of the Council, in consultation with each chairman of the board of
			 supervisors of the existing eight (8) districts, shall notice, call and conduct
			 a special meeting in each of the five (5) districts to elect a board of
			 directors and alternates for each district.
(3) At the request and direction of the
			 chairman of the Council, each chairman of the board of supervisors for each of
			 the eight (8) districts shall form committees to nominate candidates for
			 directors and alternates to the five (5) districts. Eligible voters who attend
			 the special meeting may make additional nominations. Each nomination shall
			 include the candidate's qualifications, including his or her residency or land
			 ownership within the district, and the initial term of office to which each
			 candidate is nominated. A person eligible to be nominated need not be present
			 to be nominated and elected.
(4)
			 Directors and alternates elected at the special meeting shall serve staggered
			 terms. Four (4) directors shall serve terms of two years and such portion of
			 the third year until that year's annual meeting; three (3) directors shall
			 serve terms of one year and such portion of the second year until that year's
			 annual meeting; and any remaining director(s) shall serve terms until the next
			 annual meeting. Alternates shall serve terms of one year. Each of these
			 directors and alternates shall serve from the date of their election.
(5) Any vacancies arising before term
			 expiration among the initially elected directors shall be filled by an
			 alternate selected pursuant to subsection (f) of this section. Alternates
			 selected to fill such vacancies shall serve the balance of the unexpired
			 term.
(6) Not more than sixty (60)
			 days after the special meeting and the initial election of directors and
			 alternates, the chairman of the Council shall call a meeting of each newly
			 elected board of directors to elect a chairman, vice-chairman, recording
			 secretary and treasurer of each such board of directors by a majority vote of
			 such directors.