Ledyard’s general government and the budget of the Board of Education are overseen by 10 very wise elected men and women. If you don’t believe me, you should just go to their meetings and see for yourselves (about their wisdom), you can find their meeting schedules at www.town.ledyard.ct.us. By the way if you do believe me I’ve got a bridge to sell you. Please reply by comment regarding your interest in the bridge.
So of the ten you’ve got 1 Mayor, elected at large by the voters for 4 years terms and 9 Town Councilors elected at large for two year terms. The Town Councilors are presided over by an august Chairman, elected from amongst themselves (ussually the high voter getter of the Republican (I mean majority) party. The Town Council further splits itself into four subcommittees who go off in a room to try to figure things out and package them back up and present the business to themselves with a neatly tied bow on it. The four subcommittees are: Finance, Land Use/Planning/Public Works, Community Services, and Administration. I hope you are following all this…
The Mayor kind of does his own thing, meaning, of course that he is like an army of one. He or she is the chief elected official and in addition to kissing babies ( I wouldn’t let the current Mayor kiss mine), also gets to preside over the various administrative and operational tasks associated with general government. Top experts are still working on what that actually means. However, we have determined for certain the following: there are lots of meetings to attend with lots of coffee to drink and hopefully some other sugar filled goodies (that are definitely a perk for the job). If these duties appeal to you perhaps you should consider running. I’ve heard that the current Mayor won’t be interested in running again. Actually, that remark came from his own lips.
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