Town Meetings shall be called by the Council
when allowed or required by the terms of this Charter. Town Meetings
shall be called in the manner provided for by the Connecticut General
Statutes. Town Meetings shall be called to consider and act upon resolutions
providing for the purchase or sale of real estate used or reserved
for Town purposes by the Town; or for the acceptance of gifts of real
estate to be used or reserved for Town purposes; or for special appropriations
in an amount exceeding $150,000 recommended by the First Selectman
and approved by the Council and the Board of Finance; or for any resolution
calling for the issuance of bonds, notes or other borrowing.
No Town Meeting shall increase the appropriation,
borrowing or bond issue above the amount recommended by the Council.
Action on any such appropriation or borrowing shall become effective
only after it has been first approved by the Council and then approved
by the Board of Finance and then adopted at a Town Meeting by a majority
of qualified voters present at such meeting.
Each Town Meeting shall be called in accordance
with the Connecticut General Statutes. Each Town Meeting shall choose
a Moderator who shall preside at the Town Meeting and any adjournment
thereof. The Town Clerk shall serve as Clerk of all Town Meetings,
and in the absence of the Town Clerk, an Acting Clerk may be designated
by the Moderator. Electors of the Town and other persons qualified
to vote at Town Meetings pursuant to the Connecticut General Statutes
may vote at Town Meetings. Subject to the terms of this Charter and
the Connecticut General Statutes, Town Meetings shall be conducted
in accordance with standard parliamentary procedure, and voting on
any main motion shall be by paper ballot. Such paper ballots shall
be distributed, collected and counted by the Registrars of Voters
and the Town Clerk, who shall assist the Moderator, act as tellers
and generally supervise the operation of the paper ballot procedure.
