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,[1] 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.
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Editor's Note: See C.G.S. § 7-1 et seq.
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.
A. 
Subject to the provisions of § C312 of this Charter, not less than 5% of the voters of the Town, as determined from the latest official lists, may at any time petition over their personal signatures for the enactment of any proposed lawful ordinance by filing such petition, including the complete text of such ordinance, with the Town Clerk. The Chairman of the Town Council shall call a Town meeting, to be held within 30 days from the date of such filing, unless prior to such meeting such ordinance shall be enacted by the Town Council. The call for such meeting shall state the proposed ordinance in full and shall provide for a "yes" or "no" vote as to its enactment. If 250 voters, constituting a majority of the persons entitled to vote, voting at such meeting shall vote "yes," then such ordinance shall take effect on the 10th day thereafter without further action of the Town Council.
B. 
Any such proposed ordinance shall be examined by the Town Attorney before being submitted to the Town meeting. The Town Attorney is authorized to correct the form of such ordinance for the purpose of avoiding repetitions, illegalities and unconstitutional provisions, and to assure accuracy in its text and references and clearness and preciseness in its phraseology, but not materially changing its meaning and effect.