§ 2-20. Membership; number; appointment.

(a)

Composition.

(1)

The Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency shall consist of seven (7) regular members.

(2)

In addition to seven (7) regular members, the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency shall also include three (3) alternate members.

(b)

Eligibility. Members shall be electors of the Town of Greenwich.

(c)

Appointment process.

(1)

The seven (7) regular members and the three (3) alternate members of this agency shall be nominated by the Board of Selectmen and appointed by the Representative Town Meeting.

(2)

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

(3)

Members and alternate members of the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency shall serve without compensation.

(d)

Establishment of unique designations.

(1)

Each of the ten (10) appointed positions on this agency 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 letter identifies the category of membership; "R" indicating a regular member and "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 four (4) years except for the shorter one-time interim terms for members R5, R6, R7, A2, and A3 as designated in subsection (f), "Designation of Board positions".

(2)

Three (3) types of terms are utilized 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. "Interim Term" refers to a single term of less than four (4) years and which is used once, as specified in subsection (f)(1) below, to accomplish a staggering of the term expiration years of the Board positions for the purpose of limiting the scheduled turnover of agency members in a single year, thus minimizing risk to agency continuity.

(3)

When appointing a new member to this agency, 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 October 31 and commence on November 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 October 31 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 agency positions.

(1)

The positions for the seven (7) appointed regular members shall be designated positions R1 through R7 and the positions for the three (3) appointed alternate members shall be designated positions A1 through A3. These terms for these positions are defined as follows:

(R1):

The Current Term for regular member (R1) shall expire October 31, 2020. Terms thereafter shall be for a period of four (4) years.

(R2):

The Current Term for regular member (R2) shall expire October 31, 2020. Terms thereafter shall be for a period of four (4) years.

(R3):

The Current Term for regular member (R3), shall expire October 31, 2021, Terms thereafter shall be for a period of four (4) years.

(R4):

The Current Term for regular member (R4) shall expire October 31, 2021. Terms thereafter shall be for a period of four (4) years.

(R5):

The Current Term for regular member (R5) shall expire October 31, 2020. The next appointment will be to a two-year (2-year) Interim Term which will expire October 31, 2022. Terms thereafter shall be for a period of four (4) years.

(R6):

The Current Term for regular member (R6) shall expire October 31, 2021. The next appointment will be to a one-year (1-year) Interim Term which will expire October 31, 2022. Terms thereafter shall be for a period of four (4) years.

(R7):

The Current Term for regular member (R7) shall expire October 31, 2021. The next appointment will be to a two-year (2-year) Interim Term which will expire October 31, 2023. Terms thereafter shall be for a period of four (4) years.

(A1):

The Current Term for alternate member (A1) shall expire October 31, 2020. Terms thereafter shall be for a period of four (4) years.

(A2):

The Current Term for alternate member (A2) shall expire October 31, 2021. The next appointment will be to a one-year (1-year) Interim Term which will expire October 31, 2022. Terms thereafter shall be for a period of four (4) years.

(A3):

The Current Term for alternate member (A3) shall expire October 31, 2020. The next appointment will be to a three-year (3-year) Interim Term which will expire October 31, 2023. Terms thereafter shall be for a period of four (4) years.

(Ord., § 2, 10/9/1973; amended 6/9/1975; RTM 10/23/2017.)