[Ref. El. 11-3-1998]
All town meetings shall be called to order by the town clerk
or in the absence of the town clerk by the town manager or the mayor
of the council. A moderator shall be elected and all business conducted
in the manner now or hereafter provided by the general statutes, except
as in this charter otherwise provided. It shall be the duty of the
town clerk to serve as clerk of all town meetings but in the absence
of the town clerk an acting clerk may be designated by the meeting.
[Ref. El. 11-6-1973,
eff. 11-6-1973]
All other ordinances, resolutions or votes, except those making
appointments or removals or regulating exclusively the internal procedure
of the council, shall be subject to overrule by a special town meeting
as follows: If, within ten (10) days after action on a resolution
or vote or after publication of any such ordinance, a petition signed
by not less than five (5) per cent of the electors 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 special town
meeting, the council shall fix the time and place of such meeting
which shall be within ten (10) days after the filing of the petition,
and notice thereof shall be given in the manner provided by law for
the calling of a special town meeting. An ordinance, resolution or
vote so referred shall take effect upon the conclusion of such meeting
unless at least one hundred (100) electors, constituting a majority
of those voting thereon, shall have voted in the negative.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any appointments
of officers, of members of commissions, or of boards made by said
town council, or to the appointment or designation of officers of
the town council, or to rules governing the procedure of the town
council.