All Town Meetings shall be called to order by the Town Council
Chairperson or a member of the Town Council. A moderator shall be
elected and all business conducted in the manner provided by the General
Statutes, as amended, except as otherwise provided in this Charter.
The Town Clerk shall serve as Clerk of all Meetings but, in case of
an absence, the Meeting shall select an Acting Clerk.
All ordinances adopted by the Town Council, except emergency
ordinances, shall be subject to overrule by referendum. All resolutions
or votes of the Town Council, except those making appointments or
removals or regulating exclusively the internal procedure of the Town
Council shall be subject to overrule by referendum. The procedure
required is as follows:
A. After the publication of any ordinance or the making of such resolution
or the taking of such vote, a petition, signed by not less than 300
voters, must be filed with the Town Clerk requesting it be put to
referendum. The effective date of such ordinance, resolution, or vote
shall then be suspended. Said petition shall conform to the requirements
of Section 7-9 and Section 7-9a of the General Statutes, as amended.
Said petition shall contain the full text of the ordinance, resolution,
or vote proposed to be repealed. The Town Clerk shall, within five
days after receipt of the last page of said petition, determine whether
the petition and affidavits are sufficient as prescribed by law, and
if so, certify said petition to the Town Council.
B. The Town Council shall fix the time and place of such referendum,
which shall not be less than seven days nor more than 14 days after
the certification of said petition. Notice thereof shall be given
by publication in full of the ordinance, resolution, or vote, in the
manner provided by law for the calling of a Town referendum.
C. Such ordinance, resolution, or vote shall be submitted to the voters qualified to vote in a Town Meeting for a "Yes" or "No" vote on the ballot or voting machine. The referendum shall be held in accordance with Section
7-7 of the General Statutes, as amended, and after the polls are closed, a Moderator appointed by the Registrars of Voters shall cause the vote to be counted and the ordinance, resolution or vote so referred shall take effect immediately unless a majority of those voting thereon shall have voted in favor of overrule.