FIRST SELECTMAN

The First Selectman is the Chief Executive Officer of the Town, with the powers and duties prescribed by the Town Charter and the Connecticut General Statutes (Title 7, Chapter 91). The FS is the official head of the Town for all ceremonial purposes, military purposes, and for receiving civil process. The FS is responsible, with the approval of the BoS, for the administrative and personnel policies of the town, and for executing town ordinances, regulations, resolutions and policies voted by the BoS. The FS, with the approval of the BoS, supervises the administration of the affairs of the Town, except those matters which are exclusively committed to specific boards. The FS presides over BoS meetings and designates the ex- officio assignments of the BoS members. The FS hires and dismisses employees of the Town, except for the BoE and employees whose employment is otherwise provided by law. (The BoS may overrule such decisions at the next meeting following notification from the FS.) The FS is also responsible for the care, maintenance and operation of all buildings, lands, apparatus and property which are subject to the control of the BoS. .

The FS is elected to a two year term.

The Board of Selectmen meets on the first and third Wednesday of the month, 7:30 p.m., in the Upper Meeting Room at the EL Town Hall.

Agendas and Minutes are available at: http://eltownhall.com/government/boards-commissions/board- of-selectmen/

The CG Statutes that govern the First Selectman are available at: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_091.htm

Current First Selectman as of 12/4/23:

Daniel R. Cunningham- term expires December 2025