A. 
An Annual Town Meeting for the consideration of the budget and the transaction of other Town business shall be held on the first Tuesday in May. Special Town Meetings shall be called by the Board of Selectmen under the terms of this Charter and in the manner provided by the CT General Statutes.
B. 
In the call of the Annual Town Meeting, the Board of Selectmen shall state that the budget submitted by the Board of Finance shall be decided in two separate parts for Town Operations and Education consistent with § C8-3 of this Charter. In the call of the Annual Town Meeting, the Board of Selectmen shall recommend a date for a referendum consistent with § C8-3 of this Charter.
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C. 
In the call of the Annual Town Meeting, nonbinding advisory questions for the Town and Education portions of the budget shall be included on the referendum ballot. The potential response to such questions shall be limited to and exclusively listed as "too low," "adequate" or "too high."
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A. 
All Town Meetings shall be called to order by the First Selectman or a designated representative. A moderator shall be elected and all business shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by Robert's Rules of Order. The Town Clerk shall serve as clerk of all Town Meetings, but in the absence of the Town Clerk the meeting may designate an Acting Clerk.
B. 
All actions at a Town Meeting, unless otherwise specified in this Charter, shall be adopted by a majority vote of the qualified voters present and voting at the meeting.
A. 
The Annual Town Meeting shall by majority vote by those attending have the power to amend the recommendation for a referendum date set forth in § C9-1B.
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B. 
If the number of qualified voters present is equal to or greater than four percent (4.0%) of registered Town electors, the Annual Town Meeting shall have the power to amend the budget submitted by the Board of Finance by decreasing or deleting any appropriation or item in an appropriation, but it may not increase any appropriation nor make any appropriation for a purpose not recommended by the Board of Finance.
A. 
The following actions require a Town Meeting:
(1) 
Adoption of any resolution making an appropriation of more than one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) of the total annual appropriation and not included in the annual budget.
(2) 
Any resolution authorizing the issuance of notes or bonds or other borrowing from fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.) to one million dollars ($1,000,000.) not included in the budget and any resolution authorizing the issuance of tax anticipation notes in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.). Any resolution authorizing the issuance of notes, bonds or other borrowing, except tax anticipation notes, of one million dollars ($1,000,000.) or more shall be authorized at a referendum submitted to electors and voters to be conducted as provided in Chapter 152 of the CT General Statutes. The date for the referendum shall be set at a Town Meeting duly called for the purpose of discussing the resolution and setting said date. The date for the referendum shall be set not less than forty-five (45) days nor more than ninety (90) days following the date of said Town Meeting. In the event that the Town Meeting does not set the date for a referendum as required herein, then the Board of Selectmen shall set the date for the referendum.
(3) 
Any sale of real estate or any interest therein of the Town except property acquired by tax foreclosure and any purchase of real estate or interest therein.
(4) 
Real estate leases and/or lease options to which the Town is a party for terms in excess of five (5) years.
(5) 
The discontinuance or abandonment of Town roads.
(6) 
Initial applications for federal or state grants involving the commitment to expend Town funds that have not yet been appropriated.
(7) 
To consider overruling of an ordinance in accordance with the provisions of § C4-7 of this Charter.
(8) 
Any matter deemed by the Board of Selectmen to be of sufficient importance to the Town.
B. 
The Town Meeting shall not act upon any proposal except upon the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen or as provided by §§ C4-7, C4-9 and C9-5 of this Charter nor act upon any appropriation that has not been acted upon by the Board of Selectmen and approved by the Board of Finance.
The Board of Selectmen shall call a Special Town Meeting within twenty-eight (28) days after a petition calling for the same for any proper purpose, signed by not fewer than three percent (3.0%) of the Town electors as determined from the latest official list of registered electors, shall have been filed in the Town Clerk's office. A Town Meeting called by petition hereunder shall take no action with respect to any matter other than those described in § C9-4 of this Charter, and if the action called for involves the expenditure or borrowing of money, no action shall be taken without the approval of the Board of Finance. Any such petition shall clearly state the action to be taken at the Town Meeting and shall conform to the provisions of Sections 7-9 and 7-9a of the CT General Statutes.
A. 
The Board of Selectmen may, not less than five (5) days prior to any Special Town Meeting, remove any item on the call of said meeting and submit the same to the voters by vote on the voting machines as provided in Section 7-7 of the CT General Statutes. The Selectmen shall set the date for such vote not less than seven (7) calendar days nor more that fourteen (14) calendar days following the Special Town Meeting pursuant to the provisions of said Section 7-7 of the CT General Statutes.
B. 
In exercising the above powers, the Board of Selectmen shall first determine that the matter is of sufficient import or significance to merit broad participation by the electors and voters.