SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
ORDINANCE RE: FORMATION AND JOINING OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGAL VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON IN LAWFUL TOWN MEETING DULY ASSEMBLED, THAT THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE BE ESTABLISHED BY THE TOWN OF STONINGTON:
WHEREAS, Southeastern Connecticut has entered a period of complex challenges affecting the region's economy, its tax base, the demand for services, and its infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, dealing effectively with these challenges will require a high level of intergovernmental cooperation; and
WHEREAS, a need exists to establish a formal organization of municipal chief elected officials within Southeastern Connecticut to facilitate intergovernmental cooperation and collective public action at the regional level;
NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained that the Town of Stonington hereby adopts Sections 4-124i through 4-124p of the Connecticut General Statutes, providing for the formation of the Southeastern Connecticut Regional Council of Governments, and does hereby join such Regional Council of Governments when and as such Council is duly established in accordance with said statutes, upon the adoption of said statutes by not less than sixty percent (60%) of the eligible municipalities within the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, as defined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or his designee, and upon certification by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or his designee that a Regional Council of Governments has been duly established.
When the Regional Council of Governments is duly established and the transition period called for in Section 4-124-1(b) of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, has been completed, the Town of Stonington does hereby rescind the ordinance of December 21, 1964 and any amendments thereto that created the Town's participation in the Southeastern Connecticut Regional Planning Agency.
The Town Clerk is directed immediately to prepare and file with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management a certified copy of this ordinance to establish a Southeastern Connecticut Regional Council of Governments.
This ordinance shall become effective fifteen (15) days after publication in a newspaper having general circulation within the Town.
Adopted March 30, 1992
Effective April 20, 1992
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