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Council wants 'nominated' in charter language to preserve confirmation role
Summary
The council urged replacing 'appointed' with 'nominated' across the charter so that council confirmation remains the converting action; corporation counsel said the adjustment was appropriate.
The Danbury City Council recommended the charter language be amended to use the term "nominated" rather than "appointed," asserting that a nomination followed by council confirmation better preserves the council’s constitutional role. A council member summarized the concern plainly: "A nomination is not an appointment. The council's charged to take this nomination and turn it really into an appointment."
Commissioners asked whether the change applied only to a single chapter or should be uniform; council members said the recommendation was intended to be applied throughout the charter. Corporation counsel reviewed the draft language and said the suggested adjustment was appropriate for the revision, leaving further drafting details to the commission.
