APPOINTMENT
Motion/Request:
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MOTION to appoint Mr. William Barnes (R) 1 Spruce Street, Ledyard to the Town Council to fill a vacancy left by Councilor Gary Paul, in accordance with Chapter II Section 10 of the Town Charter.
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Background:
1/123/2025: The Republican Town Committee voted to endorse the appointment of Mr. Williams Barnes to fill the vacancy on the Town Council left by Mr. Gary Paul. (Please see attached letter dated 1/14/2025)
In accordance with Chapter II; Section 10 of the Town Charter:
CHAPTER II - ELECTIONS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS
SECTION 10. VACANCIES
Any vacancy in any elective Town office, from whatever cause arising, shall, except as otherwise provided in the General Statutes, be filled by appointment by the Town Council for the period until the next regular Town election. If there shall be a regular Town election before the expiration of the term of any office in which a vacancy occurs, such office shall be filled until said election by appointment as provided herein and subsequently by the election of a person to fill that office for the remaining portion of the term. In filling any vacancy, the Town Council shall select a person of the same political party as that of the former office holder. If such former office holder was elected as an independent or minority party candidate, his successor shall be a member of the political party in which said former office holder was enrolled, or in the case the former office holder was not enrolled in a political party, the vacancy shall be filled by an elector not enrolled in a political party.
Vacancies on the Board of Education shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of the General Statutes.
SECTION 11. ELIGIBILITY
No person shall be eligible for election or appointment to fill a vacancy in an elective Town office who is not at the time of his election or appointment an elector of said Town, and any person ceasing to be an elector of said Town shall thereupon cease ...
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