Registered voters shall have the power to petition the Council to change any lawful ordinance or other lawful measure except an ordinance or resolution appointing or removing officials or specifying the compensation or hours of work of officials and employees. If the Council fails to adopt such ordinance or other measure within 30 days after a petition making such a proposal shall have been filed with the Council, provided such petition shall have been signed, in ink or indelible pencil, by qualified registered voters of the Town equal in number to at least 5% of the registered voters at the last municipal election, the measure shall be adopted or rejected at referendum, which shall be scheduled by the Town Council within 90 days after such proposed ordinance or measure was originally filed with the Council. Said petition shall be accompanied by affidavits signed and sworn to by each circulator of such petition certifying to the authenticity of the signatures on such petition. Said referendum shall meet with the requirements of § C10-2. The Town Clerk shall determine the sufficiency of the petition and the affidavits. No ordinance or other measure which shall have been adopted in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be repealed or amended by the Council except by petition and vote of the registered voters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, revisions to this Charter shall be made in accordance with the General Statutes. Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit the ability of any resident to orally or in writing address the Town Council on any issue.
Registered voters shall have the power to approve or reject at referendum any ordinance or other measure passed by the Council, except an ordinance or resolution appointing or removing officials or employees or specifying the compensation or hours of work of officials and employees. Ordinances or other measures submitted by initiative petition as provided in § C10-1 and passed or rejected by the Council shall be subject to a referendum in the same manner as other ordinances or measures. Within 30 days after enactment of any ordinance or other measure which is subject to referendum, a petition signed, in ink or indelible pencil, by qualified registered voters of the Town, equal in number to at least 5% of the registered voters at the last municipal election, may be filed with the Town Clerk requesting that any such ordinance or other measure be either repealed or submitted to a vote of registered voters. Said petition shall be accompanied by affidavits signed and sworn to by each circulator of such petition certifying to the authenticity of the signatures. The Town Clerk shall determine the sufficiency of the petitions and affidavits. If the Council fails to repeal such ordinance or other measure within 30 days from the filing of such petition, the question of repeal shall be submitted to the registered voters of the Town within 90 days of the Council's passage of such ordinance or other measure. Upon the filing of a sufficient petition, the ordinance or measure shall remain without effect until the registered voters vote on the question. If the vote to repeal fails, the ordinance or measure as passed by the Council shall become effective immediately. At all referenda held pursuant to this section, only registered voters shall be permitted to vote. Notice of such referendum shall be advertised in accordance with the General Statutes at least five days prior to such referendum.
A. 
No resolution authorizing the sale, purchase or other conveyance of any interest in real estate by the Town shall become effective until the same has been approved at a referendum called by the Council for such purpose. Notice of such referendum shall be advertised in accordance with the General Statutes at least five days prior to such referendum. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Council, by resolution, may authorize:
(1) 
The transfer from the Town of any interest in real estate having a value of less than 1% of the total Town budget for the current fiscal year;
(2) 
The acquisition by or on behalf of the Town of any interest in real estate having a price of less than 1% of the total Town budget for the current fiscal year;
(3) 
The acquisition by or on behalf of the Town of any interest in real estate for which there are available monies for such acquisition which have been appropriated for the acquisition of any interest in real estate pursuant to a referendum vote; or
(4) 
The conveyance of any property in the approved Tolland Business Park, regardless of price, by five affirmative votes.
B. 
Said resolutions of the Council shall be adopted in the same manner as provided for in the adoption of ordinances.