[Referendum of 11-21-1968]
Not later than February first of each year, the Mayor shall submit to the Board of Finance a proposed fiscal budget. Said fiscal budget shall consist of:
(1) 
A budget message outlining the financial policies of the City government and describing in connection therewith the important features of the budget plan;
(2) 
Estimates of revenue, presenting in parallel columns the itemized receipts collected in the last-completed fiscal year and receipts estimated to be collected in the current fiscal year and estimates of the receipts estimated to be collected in the ensuing fiscal year;
(3) 
Itemized estimates of expenditures presenting in parallel columns the actual expenditures for each department, office, agency or activity during the last fiscal year, the amount estimated to be expended in the current fiscal year and the amount estimated to be expended in the next fiscal year;
(4) 
As a separate report thereto, a program previously considered and approved by the Planning and Zoning Board, a budget of proposed capital projects for the ensuing fiscal year and for the four fiscal years thereafter. Estimates of the costs of such projects shall be submitted by each department, office or agency of the City government annually as directed by the Mayor. The Mayor shall recommend those capital projects to be undertaken during the ensuing fiscal year and the methods of financing the same.
[Referendum of 11-8-1972]
The board of finance upon receipt of the proposed fiscal budget from the Mayor shall hold one or more public hearings at which any elector or taxpayer of the City may have an opportunity to be heard on the said proposed budget. Not later than March 31 of each year, the Board of Finance shall submit to the Board of Aldermen the proposed fiscal budget in the form prescribed in Section 1 and make a recommendation as to the tax rate to be fixed for the ensuing fiscal year. The Board of Aldermen shall hold a public hearing on said proposed fiscal budget.
[Referendum of 11-21-1968]
Not later than May seventh of each year, the Board of Aldermen shall adopt and file with the Town Clerk the budget for the ensuing fiscal year and fix the tax rate to be levied on property in the City in the ensuing year. The Board of Aldermen may reduce or delete any item therein by a majority of members present and voting but it will require a vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting to increase the budget or to add any item thereto or increase any item therein.
When as a result of any general municipal or special election it is necessary to break a tie, a special election confined to the tied candidates shall be held within 30 days after such election to determine which candidate is elected.
[Referendum of 11-7-1972; Referendum of 11-8-1983]
The Mayor, Town Clerk, Registrars of Voters, and City constables and appointed members of boards and commissions may be recalled by the electors of the City. Any member of the Board of Aldermen, Board of Education or the elected members of the Planning and Zoning Board may be recalled by the electors of the aldermanic district which that member represents.
An affidavit shall be filed with the Town Clerk containing statements of the grounds for recall. Such affidavit shall be accompanied by a petition signed by the electors of the City, or in the case of the Board of Aldermen or the Board of Education or elected members of the Planning and Zoning Board the aldermanic district, to the number of ten per cent of the electors of the City, or in the case of the Board of Aldermen or the Board of Education or elected members of the Planning and Zoning Board of the aldermanic district and certified by the Town Clerk as correct. A referendum shall be held within 30 days in the district or districts involved, the form of the question being as nearly as may be, "Shall A be recalled?" The voting machines shall provide a means of voting "yes" or "no". If a majority of those voting, which shall represent at least twenty-five per cent of the electors of the City or of the aldermanic district involved shall approve, the elected official or appointed board and commission member whose recall is sought shall vacate his office. If the recall of more than one elected official and/or appointed board and commission member is sought, there shall be a separate question for each. If the elected official or appointed board and commission member resigns, a referendum need not, in his case, be held. If the elected official or appointed board and commission member is recalled, his position shall be filled as provided in this charter.
[Referendum of 11-6-1973]
The electors of the City may introduce legislation before the Board of Aldermen in the following manner: If a petition signed by five per cent of the electors of the City and stating the matter to be considered is filed with the Town Clerk and certified as correct, an election shall be held within 30 days of certification of the petition and the question shall be asked "Shall the following matter be put before the Board of Aldermen?" followed by a statement in detail of the matter. Any matter involving proposed bonding issues shall be expressed and include not only the principal amounts to be bonded but also the total projected interest charges on said proposal as determined by the Director of Finance. The voting machines shall provide a means of voting "yes" or "no" on each question so presented. If a majority of those voting, which shall represent at least 25% of the electors of the City, shall approve, the matter shall be submitted to the Board of Aldermen at its next regular meeting. It will require a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board of Aldermen to disapprove any legislation so introduced.
Any action by the Board of Aldermen shall be subject to overrule as follows: If a petition, signed by five per cent of the electors of the City and specifying the matter to be overruled, is filed with the Town Clerk and certified by him to be correct, an election shall be held within thirty days of date of certification of the petition and the question shall be asked "Shall the following action of the Board of Aldermen be approved?" followed by a statement of the action, and the voting machines shall provide a means of voting "yes" or "no" on each question so presented. Any action so submitted to the voters shall stand approved unless a majority of those voting thereon shall have voted "no" and such majority shall equal in number at least twenty-five per cent of all the electors in the City.