[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Groton as
indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-4-1935 ATM, Art. 8 (Article I of the Compiled
Bylaws); amended in its entirety 10-7-1969 STM, Art. 2]
[Amended 3-26-1973 ATM, Art. 19; 4-23-1979 ATM, Art. 5; 11-10-1980 STM, Art.
5; 5-9-1988 ATM,
Art. 38; 10-6-1994 STM, Art. 10; 5-12-1997 ATM, Art. 40; 5-8-2000 ATM, Art. 38; 4-27-2009 ATM, Art. 20]
A.
The Spring
Town Meeting by default shall be held on the last Monday in April.
If the Select Board determine it infeasible or undesirable to hold
the Spring Town Meeting on the last Monday in April, then, on a year-by-year
basis, the Select Board may establish a different date, sometime in
March, April or May, upon which to hold the Spring Town Meeting so
long as they provide formal public notice of that date at least six
weeks prior to the date established.
[Amended 4-30-2012 ATM, Art. 24; 10-1-2018 ATM by Art. 14]
B.
The Fall
Town Meeting by default shall be held on the third Monday in October.
If the Select Board determine it infeasible or undesirable to hold
the Fall Town Meeting on the third Monday in October, then, on a year-by-year
basis, the Select Board may establish a different date, sometime during
September, October or November, upon which to hold the Fall Town Meeting
so long as they provide formal public notice of that date at least
six weeks prior to the date.
[Amended 4-30-2012 ATM, Art. 24; 10-1-2018 ATM by Art. 14]
C.
Adjourned
sessions of the Spring and the Fall Town Meeting shall be scheduled
for subsequent Monday evenings, unless an alternative day is approved
by a majority of those present and voting.
[Amended 4-26-1977 ATM, Art. 7; 3-17-1984 ATM, Art. 14; 6-1-1992 STM, Art. 5; 4-24-1993 STM, Art.
19; 12-4-1996 STM, Art. 30]
A quorum for any Special Town Meeting shall
consist of 2% of the registered voters of the Town as of the preceding
January.
[Amended 4-23-1979 ATM, Art. 5]
Every Town Meeting shall be called by posting
attested copies of the Warrant calling the same in two or more public
places in the Town 14 days at least before the day appointed for said
meeting.
[Amended 3-26-1973 ATM, Art. 19; 4-23-1979 ATM, Art. 5; 11-10-1980 STM, Art.
5; 3-16-1985 ATM, Art. 25; 10-6-1994 STM, Art. 10; 5-12-1997 ATM, Art. 41; 9-23-2002 STM, Art. 2; 10-25-2004 STM, Art. 13; 4-27-2009 ATM, Art. 20]
A.
All business, other than the election of officers
and the determination of such matters as by law are required to be
by ballot, shall be held at 7:00 p.m. of the first session of the
Spring Town Meeting. The election of officers and other voting by
ballot shall be held on the fourth Tuesday following the first session
of the Spring Town Meeting, at which time the polls shall remain open
from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.
B.
No elected or appointed Town board shall hold a regular
meeting when a Town Meeting is in session.
[Added 3-26-1973 ATM, Art. 20]
At any Annual or Special Town Meeting, no motion
to reconsider shall be made at the initial or an adjourned session
except by the affirmative vote of 2/3 of the voters present and voting.
[Added 10-15-2012 ATM,
Art 15]
The moderator may, without a count being taken, make public
declaration of all votes requiring a two-thirds vote by statute, and
such declaration shall be final unless the ruling of the moderator
is immediately contested by seven or more voters.
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Editor's Note: Former § 81-6, Distribution of reports,
was repealed 4-27-2009 ATM, Art. 20.
[Adopted 2-4-1935 ATM, Art. 8 (Article IV of the Compiled
Bylaws)]
[Amended 3-14-1966 ATM, Art. 48]
The Town Clerk shall furnish for publication
in the Annual Town Report an abstract of the official records of all
elections and Town Meetings held during the preceding fiscal year.
He shall also furnish for the same purpose an abstract of the vital
statistics concerning only residents of Groton and the number of entries
of vital statistics for nonresidents for the preceding calendar year.
