Town meetings shall be called by the Chairman of the Town Council
only when required under the provisions of this Charter and in the
manner provided by the General Statutes.
All Town meetings shall be called to order by the Chairman of
the Town Council or the Deputy Chairman in his absence or inability
to function, who shall act as moderator. All business shall be conducted
in the manner provided by Chapter 90 of the General Statutes, as amended, except as otherwise provided in this Charter. The Town
Clerk shall serve as Clerk of all Town meetings, but in his absence
the Assistant Town Clerk shall serve as Clerk of said meeting.
All ordinances and resolutions except emergency ordinances adopted
in accordance with the provisions of § C313 of this Charter,
shall be subject to overrule by a Town meeting as follows: If within
20 days after publication of any such ordinance or adoption of any
resolutions, a petition conforming to the requirements of Section
7-9 of the General Statutes, as amended, and signed by not less than
5% of the voters of the Town, as determined from the latest official
lists of the Registrars of Voters is filed with the Town Clerk requesting
its reference to a Town meeting, the effective date of such ordinance
or resolution shall be suspended and the Town Council shall fix the
time and place of such meeting, which shall be within 20 days after
the filing of the petition, and notice thereof shall be given in the
manner provided by law for the calling of a Town meeting. The Town
Council shall have the right to reconsider the ordinance or resolution
in question and if, within the twenty-day period between the filing
of the petition and time fixed for the Town meeting, the Town Council
shall reverse its action, the Town meeting shall be canceled. An ordinance
or resolution so referred shall take effect upon the conclusion of
such meeting unless a majority of those voting shall have voted in
favor of overruling.