Charter Revision Commission 2024-2025
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Suggested Charter Changes
The Charter Revision Commission has received and will continue to receive suggested changes to the Southbury Town Charter. Below is a list of major topic items suggested so far and in some cases supporting documentation that describes the changes in more detail. This page will be updated periodically with new input from, but not limited to, the following sources:
- Public input from any public hearings or from public input at Charter Revision Commission meetings.
- Website form submissions (www.southbury-ct.org/charter-revision-submission)
- Email sent to CharterRevision@southbury-ct.gov
- Town employees by various means
- Physical mail sent to:
Town of Southbury
501 Main Street South,
Southbury, CT 06488
Attn: Charter Revision
- Chairman/leaders of town committees, commissions, boards, and working groups
- Internally submitted ideas and comments from Charter Revision Commission members
Major Topics Suggested to Date and Sources:
- Revise Police Protection section with new Chief and Department changes and consider adding new Police Commission for oversight
- Public Hearing Minutes 9/4/2024 (R. Szanto)
- Submitted materials 10/3/24 (R.Szanto)
- Revise Conservation Commission section to better manage town open space and parks without using Public Works department
- Public Hearing Minutes 9/4/2024 (S. Bertram)
- Consider how to improve overall Volunteer Engagement and participation
- Public Hearing Minutes 9/4/2024 (S. Bertram)
- Consider creating Town Manager or Town Administrator position
- Online form 8/25/2024 (D. Colton)
- Online form 8/28/2024 (C. Donovan)
- Online form 8/28/2024 (S. Farrell)
- Submitted materials 9/3/2024 (G. Bertram)
- Public Hearing Minutes 9/4/2024 (S. Bertram, G. Bertram)
- Submitted materials 9/4/2024 (S. Bertram)
- Retain current form of town administration as it currently exists
- Public Hearing Minutes 9/4/2024 (J. Brzezinski)
- Change titles/position names of some positions to be gender neutral
- Public Hearing Minutes 9/4/2024 (C. DeCarli)
- Change term lengths for BOS from 2 years to 4 years, stagger the terms
- Public Hearing Minutes 9/4/2024 (C. DeCarli)
- Change to allow public to select more than (3) three BOS members at each election
- Public Hearing Minutes 9/4/2024 (C. DeCarli)
- Revise Charter to improve long-term planning approaches
- Public Hearing Minutes 9/4/2024 (F. Sell)
- Submitted materials 9/20/2024 (F. Sell)
- Consider merging multiple Historic Commission districts
- Public Hearing Minutes 9/4/2024 (A. Westerman)
- Permit ACH (electronic) payments in addition to checks, Section 704
- Online form 8/28/2024 (C. Donovan)
- Allow Town Budget Lines to go over
- Online form 8/28/2024 (S. Farrell)
- Allow Drive Thru restaurants in Southbury
- Submitted materials 9/3/24 (F. Sergi)
- Add Emergency Management Director to Section 507
- Online form 9/23/24 (S. Schnell)
- Consider waiving tax balances and retaining overpayments less than $5
- Submitted materials 9/23/24 (A. Sholtes)
- Police Chief’s ability/authority to discipline
- Online form 10/17/24 (C. Grillo)
- Police Chief’s authority to determine line-of-work death
- Online form 10/18/24 (C. Grillo)
Links to Supporting Documents