Members of the Town Meeting shall be electors of the Town and
all others entitled by the General Statutes to vote at Town Meetings.
At least five calendar days prior to a Town Meeting (excluding the day that the notice is published and the day of the meeting), the Board of Selectmen shall prepare and cause to be published a notice of the date, time, place, and call of the meeting in accordance with the definition of "Publication of Notice" in §
1.03 of this Charter. The notice shall include either the complete text of the items of business or ordinance(s) to be considered, or a reference to such items of business or ordinance(s) and a statement that a copy of the complete text of such items of business or ordinance(s) is available at the office of the Town Clerk.
A moderator appointed pursuant to this section shall preside
at all Town Meetings and shall conduct such meetings in accordance
with Robert's Rules of Order. The Town Meeting moderator and
three alternates, each of whom shall serve a four-year term, shall
be appointed by majority vote of the Board of Selectmen in compliance
with statutory requirements for minority representation. Each may
be discharged by such a majority vote. The Town Clerk shall designate
which alternate shall preside at a Town Meeting in the moderator's
absence.
An Annual Town Meeting shall be held each year in the month of January on a date established by the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of presenting the Annual Report, as described in §
7.03I of this Charter. Such Annual Town Meeting may coincide with a regular or special meeting of the Board of Selectmen. Any other item of general interest to the Town may be placed on the call of the Annual Town Meeting either by vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Selectmen or by the filing of a petition signed by 50 persons eligible to vote at a Town Meeting requesting that an item be placed on the call of the meeting. Such petition shall be filed with the Town Clerk no later than December 15 of the prior calendar year. A non-binding vote may be taken on any item on the call of the Annual Town Meeting.