APPOINTMENT
Motion/Request:
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MOTION to appoint Mr. Gary Schneider (D) 101 Inchcliffe Drive, Gales Ferry to the “Ad Hoc Committee to Develop a Process for Capital Improvement Budding Projects for the Town of Ledyard” as the Representative from the Community at Large, for six-month term in accordance with Res#002-2026/Feb 11.
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Background:
Mr. Schneider has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Master of Science in Industrial Engineering; and is currently employed as the Public Works Director in the Town of Groton. (see application & resume’)
Mr. Schneider has been an active member of the community. He is currently serving as a member of the Permanent Municipal Building Committee and was its former Chairman.
Mr. Schneider believes that small government like Ledyard needed to find subject matter experts within the citizens to support special projects such as the Development of a Process for Capital Improvement Budding Projects”.
Administrative Notes:
The “Ad Hoc Committee to Develop a Process for Capital Improvement Building Projects for the Town of Ledyard” was a short-term six-month assignment. This Committee called for 7 Members, with six members being appointed at the Town Council’s April 22, 2026 meeting.
The seventh position was calling for a member from the Community-at-Large with Construction Management Experience.
Since the Town Council’s April 22, 2026 meeting the following two Appointment Applications have been received
• Mr. Gary Schneider
• Mr. Chuck Warrington
Nominating Committee Recommendation:
5/11/2025: The DTC endorsed Mr. Schneider’s Appointment
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:
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Total Membership |
Maximum from One Party |
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3 |
2 |
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4 |
3 |
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5 |
4 |
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6 |
4 |
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7 |
5 |
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8 |
5 |
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9 |
6 |
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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.