CHARTER SUMMARY 2025

Some Background on Charter Revision

The Town Charter is Fairfield’s Constitution. Nothing is more important than how we govern ourselves.

Per State statute, The Board of Selectmen (BOS) and the Charter Revision Commission (CRC) the Board appoints, are given the authority to propose and put before the voters recommended changes to our Town Charter.   The voters are the ones who decide at the ballot box whether the changes are approved .

The 2024-2025 Charter Revision Commission is in the final stages of providing its proposed changes to the Board of Selectmen. Its initial recommendation is scheduled to be presented to the Board of Selectmen in May.

Summary of Changes

Here is a summary of the CRC's recommended changes as of April 26, 2025:

Helpful Links

The following links are to documents or web pages related to the recommended changes as of April 26, 2025: 

• CRC Recommendation - Redline Version (4-25-2025)

• CRC Recommendation - Clean Version (4-25-2025)

• Emails sent to the CRC 

Provide Input

Fairfielders for Good Government encourages residents to provide feedback to the Charter Revision Commission on these recommended changes prior to the date they are to be sent to the Board of Selectmen for review.  Feedback can be provided to the Commission at this Contact the Commission link. Comments can be sent to the Board of Selectmen at this Contact the Board of Selectmen link.