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File #: 25-2132    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Appointment Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 6/29/2025 In control: Administration Committee
On agenda: 7/9/2025 Final action:
Title: MOTION to reappoint Mr. Michael Cherry (U) 5 Whippoorwill Drive, Gales Ferry, as the Mayor's Representative to the Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority for a two (2) year term ending August 31, 2027.
Attachments: 1. SCCOG - REsoluiton 08-06 SCWA Advisory Board Represenation 2008-04-18, 2. Cherry-Reappointment-Southeastern CT Water Authority-emal-2025-06-24, 3. APPT-ENORS-SCWA--2025-06-24
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APPOINTMENT

 

Motion/Request:

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MOTION to reappoint Mr. Michael Cherry (U) 5 Whippoorwill Drive, Gales Ferry, as the Mayor’s Representative to the Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority for a two (2) year term ending August 31, 2027.

 

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Background:

As Committee Members terms are due to expire the Committee and the Member’s party are asked to provide a recommendation regarding the Members reappointment.

 

Because Mr. Cherry is registered as an Unaffiliated he his reappointment would not be presented a political party.

 

Mr. Cherry has expressed his interest to continue to serve as one of the Town’s Representatives on the Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority.

 

 

 

Administrative Notes:

 

In accordance with Resolution #08-06 “Concerning SCCOG Member Municipality to the Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority Representative Advisory Board” that SCCOG member municipalities were  urged to appoint their Chief Elected Official or Chief Executive as one of their SCWA Members.

 

Ledyard hac followed SCCOG’s recommendation for many years. However, due to other commitments  Mayor Allyn, III was not able to attend SCWA’s monthly meetings; and therefore; he recommended Mr. Mike Cherry serve on the Board as his designee.

 

 

Nominating Committee Recommendation:

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Minority Representation - CGS 9-167a:

In accordance with Chapter IV; Section 8 of the Town Charter “Except as otherwise provided for in this Charter, the Town Council may appoint members to fill vacancies in other offices, boards, and commissions established by this Charter and by ordinance as vacancies may occur, and appointing members to such offices, boards, and commissions as may be created in the future. Such appointments shall be made by the Town Council for such terms and upon such conditions as provided in the respective ordinance”.

 

Chapter IV, Section 9: “In making appointments and removals, the Town Council shall act by the affirmative votes of at least a majority of all its members.

 

All members of boards, commissions, and committees contained in this Charter, or subsequently created under this Charter, except members of the Building Code Board of Appeals, the Fire Marshal, and the Deputy Fire Marshal(s), shall be electors of the Town at the time of their appointment and during their terms of office.”

 

Connecticut General Statutes


Sec. 9-167a. Minority representation. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the maximum number of members of any board, commission, legislative body, committee or similar body of the state or any political subdivision thereof, whether elective or appointive, who may be members of the same political party, shall be as specified in the following table:

Total Membership

Maximum from One Party

3

2

4

3

5

4

6

4

7

5

8

5

9

6

More than 9 Two-thirds of total membership


(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply (A) to any such board, commission, committee or body whose members are elected wholly or partially on the basis of a geographical division of the state or political subdivision, (B) to a legislative body of a municipality (i) having a town meeting as its legislative body or (ii) for which the charter or a special act, on January 1, 1987, provided otherwise or (C) to the city council of an unconsolidated city within a town and the town council of such town if the town has a town council and a representative town meeting, the town charter provides for some form of minority representation in the election of members of the representative town meeting, and the city has a city council and a body having the attributes of a town meeting or (D) to the board of directors and other officers of any district, as defined in section 7-324, having annual receipts from all sources not in excess of two hundred fifty Thousand dollars.

      (b) Prior to any election for or appointment to any such body, the municipal clerk, in cases of elections, and the appointing authority, in cases of appointments, shall determine the maximum number of members of any political party who may be elected or appointed to such body at such election or appointment. Such maximum number shall be determined for each political party in the following manner: From the number of members of one political party who are members of such body at the time of the election or appointment, subtract the number of members of such political party whose terms expire prior to the commencement of the terms for which such election or appointment is being held or made and subtract the balance thus arrived at from the appropriate number specified in column II of subsection (a) of this section.