(a)
There shall be 3 districts from which Legislative Council members are elected.
(b)
The districts as presently established shall continue until the assembly and senatorial districts of the State of Connecticut are revised in accordance with Article Third, Section 6 of the Constitution of Connecticut.
(1)
Within 60 days of the completion of said revision, the Registrars of Voters shall prepare proposed Legislative Council District lines for 3 districts having as nearly equal population as is practicable.
(2)
Within 6 months of the completion of each such assembly and senatorial redistricting, the Legislative Council shall adopt, by at least seven (7) affirmative votes, final Legislative Council District lines.
(a)
At each regular Town Election, there shall be elected:
(1)
A Board of Selectmen consisting of the First Selectman and 2 Selectmen;
(2)
A Legislative Council consisting of 4 members from each Legislative Council District as established in Section 3-10;
(3)
A Board of Finance consisting of six members;
(4)
Three alternate members of the Planning and Zoning Commission;
(5)
Three alternate members of the Zoning Board of Appeals; and
(6)
Two members of the Board of Managers of the Edmond Town Hall.
(b)
At each regular Town Election members of the Board of Education, the Planning and Zoning Commission, Board of Assessment Appeals, Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Police Commission shall be elected and the number to be elected shall be determined by the number of members whose terms expire on or before the December 1st after the election.
(c)
At the regular Town Election following the Presidential Election, the Town Clerk shall be elected.
(d)
At the Presidential election, there shall be elected Registrars of Voters.
(e)
Regarding the Board of Education:
(1)
The number of votes given to an elector in an election year shall be equal to the number of seats up for election in said year.
(2)
Each political party shall have the right to nominate as many persons as there are vacancies on the Board, and those names shall be placed upon the ballot.
(3)
If the number of candidates who would be elected exceeds the maximum number established in the town Charter, then only the candidates of such political party with the highest number of votes up to the limit of such maximum shall be elected. The next-highest-ranking candidates, not from such political party, shall be elected, up to the number of places to be filled in each election.
(a)
All vacancies in elective office shall be filled at the next regular Town Election except where prohibited by the General Statutes or at a special election called as provided in Section 9-164 of the General Statutes by the Board of Selectman or by application of Resident Electors.
(b)
The person appointed pursuant to Section 2-31 to fill a vacancy in an elective office shall serve only until a successor is elected to fill the vacancy at a special election or at the next regular Town Election and has qualified. A person elected to fill a vacancy and a person appointed to fill a vacancy, which is not to be filled at the next regular Town Election because such election is prohibited by the General Statutes, shall serve the remainder of the term.
(a)
An Annual Town Budget Referendum [see Section 6-25] shall be held on the fourth Tuesday of April for adoption of the Town Budget. If necessary, additional budget referenda shall be held as provided in Subsection 6-25(b). The Legislative Council may recommend a referendum to approve Special Appropriations or Real Property Dispositions in excess of the Legislative Council's authority as established in Subsection 6-35(e).
(b)
There shall be a right of petition for a referendum from any of the following:
(1)
Any Special Appropriation made by the Legislative Council pursuant to Section 6-35 of this Charter;
(2)
Any proposed ordinance rejected, enacted, modified and enacted, or repealed by the Legislative Council pursuant to Section 5-05 of this Charter; and
(3)
Any vote by the Legislative Council to acquire, reserve or dispose of Real Property or an interest in Real Property taken in accordance with Subsections 8-05(b) and 8-10(d) of this Charter.
(c)
The exclusive procedure to obtain a referendum authorized by Subsection 3-25(b) shall be by petition signed by at least 5% of the Resident Electors listed in the last-completed registry list and filed with the Town Clerk no later than the close of business on the seventh day following the date on which the Legislative Council acted. The seven day period commences on the day that notice of the action of the Legislative Council is filed with the Town Clerk, unless the notice is filed after 12 noon in which case the period will commence on the next business day.
(d)
The form of any petition shall be submitted to the Town Clerk prior to being circulated and shall include the following:
(1)
The entire resolution acted upon by the Legislative Council that the petitioners desire to have acted upon by referendum.
(2)
A statement of the action the Legislative Council took with regard to such resolution.
(3)
A statement that the undersigned petitioners are opposed to the action of the Legislative Council and petition that the resolution be presented to the voters.
(4)
A circulator's statement meeting the requirements of the General Statutes shall appear on every sheet on which a petitioner's signature appears.
(5)
The date on which the circulator began to circulate the petition shall be set forth in the statement of the circulator.
(e)
No signatures on any petition circulated prior to the taking of action by the Legislative Council shall be counted in determining whether sufficient signatures have been received to force a referendum.
(f)
Upon receipt of a timely filed petition for referendum the Town Clerk shall immediately determine the number constituting 5% of the last-completed registry list, verify whether or not said number of electors have signed such a petition and report said fact to the Board of Selectmen.
(g)
Upon notice from the Town Clerk that a petition bearing sufficient verified signatures has been received, the Board of Selectmen shall warn a referendum to be held not less than 7 nor more than 14 days after the receipt of said petition by the Town Clerk, 5 or more days prior to the date of the referendum according to Subsection 1-25(b). In computing said 5 days, the day of the referendum shall be excluded, but the day of publication, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays shall be included. Eligibility to vote at a referendum shall be determined by Section 7-6 of the General Statutes. The referendum shall be held between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. on the date set by the Board of Selectmen.
(h)
The question to be voted upon by referendum shall be the same resolution as was acted upon by the Legislative Council, without amendment.