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§ 3-127. Department heads and other officers
(a) On or before the first day of June 1999, and whenever a vacancy shall occur, the applicable board of commissioners shall deliver to the mayor a list of individuals who are qualified, in the commission's view, to be appointed as director of aviation, cemetery superintendent, general manager of the Burlington electric department, chief engineer of the fire department, police chief, executive director of the Church Street marketplace district, superintendent of the parks and recreation department and director of the department of public works respectively. Such list shall not contain less than two names unless there is concurrence between the commission and the mayor as to the individual to be appointed, in which case only that name may be presented to the mayor. The mayor shall appoint the department head from the list presented, such appointment to occur no later than fifteen (15) days after the list has been presented. Reappointments shall be the responsibility of the applicable commission. However, the mayor shall be regarded as a voting member of each such commission on the question of reappointments. The initial two terms of any occupant of such positions may not exceed one year in length, from and after the July 1st following the date of appointment and until a successor has been appointed and qualified. Thereafter, the reappointment may be for a term not less than one year nor more than three years in length. The mayor may remove any such officer during the term of his or her office for negligence, incapacity or bad conduct as determined by the mayor with the concurrence of the applicable commission. The mayor and the applicable commission shall be responsible annually to approve the goals and objectives of and to evaluate the performance of the above-referenced department heads.
(b) All officers whose terms of office are not herein or by general law otherwise specified, shall, except as herein otherwise provided, hold their offices for the specified terms from the first day of July following their appointment, and until their successors are appointed and have qualified.
