Sec. 32-205. Adoption of written procedures.
Sec. 32-205. Adoption of written procedures. (a) The board of directors of the
authority shall adopt written procedures in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of
this section for: (1) Adopting an annual budget and plan of operations which shall include
a requirement of board approval before the budget or plan may take effect; (2) hiring,
dismissing, promoting and compensating employees of the authority which shall include
an affirmative action policy and a requirement of board approval before a position may
be created or a vacancy filled; (3) acquiring real and personal property and personal
services which shall include a requirement of board approval for any nonbudgeted expenditure in excess of five thousand dollars; (4) contracting for financial, legal, bond
underwriting and other professional services which shall include a requirement that the
authority solicit proposals at least once every three years for each such service which
it uses; (5) issuing and retiring bonds, notes and other obligations of the authority; (6)
awarding loans, grants and other financial assistance which shall include eligibility
criteria, the application process and the role played by the authority's staff and board
of directors; and (7) the use of surplus funds.
(b) Before adopting a proposed procedure, the authority shall give at least thirty
days' notice by publication in the Connecticut Law Journal and a newspaper having a
general circulation in the town and city of Stamford of its intended action. The notice
shall include (1) either a statement of the terms or of the substance of the proposed
procedure or a description sufficiently detailed so as to apprise persons likely to be
affected of the issues and subjects involved in the proposed procedure, (2) a statement
of the purposes for which the procedure is proposed and (3) when, where and how
interested persons may present their views on the proposed procedure. The authority
may only adopt a proposed procedure by a two-thirds vote of the full membership of
its board of directors.
(c) If the authority finds that an imminent peril to the public health, safety or welfare
requires adoption of a proposed procedure upon fewer than thirty days' notice, states
in writing its reasons for such finding and the authority's board of directors, by a three-fourths vote of the statutory membership, approves the finding in writing, the authority
may proceed without prior notice or hearing or upon any abbreviated notice and hearing
that it finds practicable, to adopt an emergency proposed procedure not later than ten
days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, prior to the proposed effective date
of the proposed procedure. An approved emergency procedure may be effective for a
period of not more than one hundred twenty days and renewable once for a period of
not more than sixty days. If the necessary steps to adopt a permanent procedure, including
publication of notice of intent to adopt, are not completed prior to the expiration date
of an emergency procedure, the emergency procedure shall cease to be effective on
that date.
(P.A. 90-320, S. 6, 14.)