There shall be a Town Council consisting of nine (9) members,
hereinafter referred to as the Council. No member of the Council shall
hold any other office, or position, on any board or commission including
but not limited to any Charter Revision Commission under the government
of the Town of Wolcott, except as hereinafter provided.
The Council shall appoint a clerk, who shall keep a record of
all proceedings of the Council in accordance with Connecticut General
Statutes.
The Council shall, at its first meeting or as soon thereafter
as possible, establish by resolution a place and time for holding
its regular meetings, and shall meet at least once a month. Said Council
shall provide a method for the calling of special meetings and no
matter shall be considered at such special meetings which was not
included in the call.
The Council shall operate under Roberts Rules of Order Newly
Revised unless or until such time that said Council determines its
own rules and procedures except as herein provided. A bare majority
shall constitute a quorum provided no ordinance, resolution or vote,
except a vote to accept minutes of the previous meetings, to adjourn,
or to fix the time and place of the next meeting, shall be adopted
by less than five (5) affirmative votes. All ordinances or resolutions
shall be confined to one subject which shall be clearly stated in
the title.
The Council shall keep for public inspection, minutes in accordance
with Connecticut General Statutes, which shall be the official record
of its proceedings. The record, so kept, shall be authenticated for
each meeting by the signature of the presiding officer upon its acceptance
by the Council.
The electors shall have the power to propose to the Council
any ordinance or resolution appointing or removing officials, appropriating
money, authorizing the levy of taxes or fixing the tax rate. Such
a proposal shall be made by filing with the Town Clerk a petition
making such proposal signed in ink or indelible pencil by not less
than fifty qualified electors of the Town on the last completed voting
list. The Town Clerk shall notify the Chairman of the Council within
7 days upon receipt of the petition. If the Council shall fail or
refuse to adopt the proposed ordinance within 32 days after the Council
meeting following the filing of the petition with the Town Clerk,
a second petition may be filed with the town Clerk for a referendum
on such proposed ordinance or other measure. Such second petition
shall be signed in ink or indelible pencil by not less than 5% of
the qualified electors of the Town on the last completed voting list
and shall be filed within 52 days after the filing of the original
petition. Such proposed ordinance or other measure shall be submitted
to a referendum not less than 10 nor more than 20 days after the filing
of such second petition, and if it shall receive a majority vote at
such referendum, it shall be enacted, provided not less than 25% of
the qualified electors of the Town on the last completed voting list
shall have voted at such referendum. Any referendum held under this
section shall be conducted in the manner provided in the General Statutes
and the Town Clerk shall proceed in the manner set forth therein.
No ordinance or other measure which shall have been adopted in accordance
with the provisions of the section shall be repealed or amended by
the Council except by petition and vote of the electors as provided
herein.
The form of petition for initiative or referendum shall be as
follows:
WARNING: ALL SIGNATURES SHALL BE IN INK OR INDELIBLE PENCIL.
We, the undersigned electors of the Town of Wolcott, hereby
present this petition under the provisions of Sections 308 or 309
of the Town Charter, (here insert the word "initiating" or the words
"requesting the repeal of") the following ordinance or other measure
(here insert the text of the ordinance or other measure) and we certify
that we are electors of the Town of Wolcott residing at the addresses
set opposite our names, and that we have signed this petition on the
dates opposite our names and not more than once. (Here follow the
signatures, dates and addresses.)
Signature
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Number Street
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Each page of such petition shall contain a statement, signed
under penalties of false statement as defined in Section 53a-157b
of the Connecticut General Statutes, by the person who circulates
the same, setting forth such circulator's name and address, and
shall be in the form as follows: "I certify that I am an elector in
the Town of Wolcott and each person whose name appears on this page
signed the same in person in my presence and such person is known
to me or has satisfactorily identified himself/herself to me." Any
page of a petition which does not contain such a statement by the
circulator shall be invalid.