§ 2-11. Membership; number; appointment.

There shall be established a Board of Ethics in and for the town.

(a)

Composition. The Board shall consist of five (5) regular members. The members shall elect a Chairman and a Secretary.

(b)

Eligibility. Members shall be electors of the Town of Greenwich and hold no other office.

(c)

Appointment process.

(1)

Members shall be nominated by the Board of Selectmen and appointed by the Representative Town Meeting.

(2)

Vacancies in the membership of the Board shall be filled for the unexpired portion of a term in the same manner as regular and alternate appointments.

(d)

Establishment of unique designations.

(1)

Each of the five (5) appointed positions on this Board is assigned a unique designation to facilitate auditing of the appointment process over the course of time. Each designation contains a letter followed by a number. The teller identifies the category of membership; "R" indicating a regular member and, should this Board ever be assigned alternate members, "A" indicating an alternate member. The number following the letter uniquely identifies each position within the respective category.

(2)

The initial association of position designations to names of appointed members shall be established by resolution adopted by the appointing authority, the Representative Town Meeting.

(e)

Length and types of terms.

(1)

Terms for appointed regular members and alternates shall be for a period of three (3) years.

(2)

In the subsections below, "Current Term" refers to a term to which someone has been both appointed before January 1, 2018, and which appointment expires after January 1, 2018.

(3)

When appointing a new member to this Board, the new member will receive the position designation previously assigned the person she or he is succeeding and such designation will be indicated on all notices of nomination and appointment including, but not limited to, the call and the minutes of the Representative Town Meeting, the agendas of the committees of the Representative Town Meeting and, where appropriate, the agenda and minutes of the Board of Selectmen.

(4)

Effective January 1, 2018, Current Terms shall expire on June 30 and commence on July 1 according to the designations in subsection (f)(1).

(5)

Each regular member and alternate member appointed heretofore and serving on January 1, 2018, shall continue to serve such term to which such member was appointed. Such term shall be extended to expire on June 30 following the date on which their current appointment was scheduled to expire.

(6)

Appointed members of the Board shall hold office until their successors shall have been appointed and shall qualify.

(f)

Designation of Board Positions.

(1)

The positions for the five (5) appointed regular members shall be designated positions R1 through R5. These terms for these positions are defined as follows:

(R1):

The Current Term for regular member (R1) shall expire June 30, 2018. Terms thereafter shall be for a period of three (3) years.

(R2):

The Current Term for regular member (R2) shall expire June 30, 2018. Terms thereafter shall be for a period of three (3) years.

(R3):

The Current Term for regular member (R3), shall expire June 30, 2019. Terms thereafter shall be for a period of three (3) years.

(R4):

The Current Term for regular member (R4) shall expire June 30, 2019. Terms thereafter shall be for a period of three (3) years.

(R5):

The Current Term for regular member (R5) shall expire June 30, 2020, Terms thereafter shall be for a period of three (3) years.

(Ords. & Reg., § 6-7, 3/8/1965; as amended 6/9/1969; RTM 10/23/2017.)