§ 7-62. Membership; terms of office; alternate members.

(a) 

The membership of the Authority shall consist of one member from each member municipality of the Authority. Each municipality's member, including each of the first members of the Authority, shall be appointed in the manner established by the concurrent ordinance adopted by such municipality.

(b) 

Members shall serve for terms of three years, except that the first members of the Authority shall serve terms commencing July 1, 1986, and terminating as follows: Bethel, June 30, 1987; Bridgewater, June 30, 1988; Brookfield, June 30,1989; Danbury, June 30, 1987; New Fairfield, June 30, 1988; New Milford, June 30, 1989; Newtown, June 30, 1987; Redding, June 30, 1988 and Ridgefield, June 30, 1989; provided, however, that members shall continue to serve until their successors are appointed and have qualified. In no event shall the terms of more than 1/2 of the members expire simultaneously. If, because of the addition or reduction of the number of member municipalities, the terms of more than 1/2 of the members would expire simultaneously, then the terms of a sufficient number of members shall be automatically extended for a period of one year. Said extensions shall be based upon the alphabetical order of the member municipalities.

(c) 

Each member municipality may appoint one alternate member of the Authority who shall act in the event of the disability or absence for any other reason of the member of the municipality. Said alternate representative shall have a voice at Authority meetings and vote at Authority meetings if the regular representative from said municipality is absent from the meeting.

Ord. of 3-29-1989, § 4