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Footnote continued:Section 12.2 Saving Clause(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)discussion concerning the appointment, employment,performance, evaluation, health or dismissal of a publicofficer or employee, provided that such individual mayrequire that discussions be held at an open meeting;strategy and negotiations with respect to pending claims andlitigation;to consider matters concerning security strategy or thedeployment of security personnel, or devices affecting publicsecurity;to discuss the selection of a proposed real estate sitepurchase or lease if publicity regarding such informationwould cause a likelihood of increased cost of the propertyunder consideration;to discuss the matters described in Sec. 1-19(b) of theGeneral Statutes.If any section or part of any section of this Charter shall be heldinvalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect theremainder of this Charter nor the context in which said section or part thereofso held invalid may appear, except to the extent that an entire section or partof a section may be inseparably connected in meaning and effect with thesection or part of a section to which such holding shall directly apply.Section 12.3 General LawsAll general laws of the State of Connecticut applicable to towns shallcontinue in full force and effect, except insofar as the provisions of thisCharter can legally be and are inconsistent therewith.Section 12.4 Effect of Changes in General StatutesThe provisions of this Charter shall automatically changeconcurrently with changes in corresponding sections of the General Statutes,except to the extent that, as a matter of law, the provisions of this Chartermay be and remain inconsistent therewith.*At present, Minority representation provisions are included in GeneralStatutes, Title 9, Sections lBB (Selectmen) and 204, (Board of Education),and Section 167a which includes the following list:Total Membership Membership from one Party3 24 35 46 47 58 59 6more than 9Two-thirds of total membershipSection 12.1 Amendment of CharterARTICLE 12MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONSSection 12.5 TransitionsTo accommodate changes according to this Charter from prior lawas to elective versus appointive offices, as to changes in terms of offices, andas to changes in the number of members on any given board, commission orother agency, the following shall obtain following the effective date of thisCharter:(a)(b)Each person duly holding office as of said date, whose termhas not expired, shall continue to hold such office until theend of that term for which he was in office immediately priorthereto, or until earlier vacating same by virtue ofresignation, death, ineligibility, removal from office, or othercause.As each office is vacated pursuant to (a) above, steps will bepursued which are consistent with causing the provisions ofthis Charter to be implemented at the earliest possible date:This Charter may be amended in the manner prescribed by law.-35--36-