[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Georgetown 3-13-1913 Annual Town
Meeting (Article 1 of the 1973 Bylaws and Regulations). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 5-6-1996 ATM, Art. 17; 9-30-1996 STM, Art. 7]
The Annual Town Meeting shall be called to open
on the first Monday in May, and the hour for the Annual Town Meeting
shall be 7:00 p.m., and the annual town election shall be held on
the Monday following the Annual Town Meeting.
[Amended 3-2-1953 ATM]
One hundred of the legal voters of the town
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the town
at all town meetings except such parts of meetings as are devoted
exclusively to election of officers, and that for the transfer of
money or moneys, 25 shall constitute a quorum.
[Amended 2-2-1915 ATM; 5-1-1989 ATM, Art. 17]
The warrants for all town meetings shall be
directed to either of the constables or other person who shall serve
the same by posting true and attested copies thereof, one at the post
office, one at the town office and one each at Perley Elementary School,
Erie Fire Engine House and Municipal Light Building, seven days at
least before the time of holding said meeting.
[Amended 6-11-1990 ATM, Art. 20]
The Board of Selectmen shall annually cause
to be reproduced and made available to legal voters and real estate
taxpayers residing in the town, not less than seven days prior the
Annual Town Meeting, the reports of the officers of the various departments
and boards of the town and reports upon such matters directed by the
town and these bylaws. They shall have the custody and supervision
of the distribution of same.
Beginning with the year 1914, each decennial
valuation of estates of the town made by the Assessors, or an abstract
thereof, together with a list of poll tax payers, shall be printed
in conjunction with the next annual town report.
It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to at
once notify in writing all members of committees that may be elected
or appointed at any town meeting, stating the name of the committee
and the business upon which they are to act.
It shall be the duty of the member designated
as Chairman or first named of any committee chosen by the town to
promptly call the members thereof together for organization.
It shall be the duty of all committees to report
in writing at the Annual Town Meeting next following their appointment
upon all matters referred to them, unless otherwise instructed.
[Added 3-19-1973 ATM, Art. 30]
A committee instructed to proceed under "§ 141-8 of the Code of the Town of Georgetown" shall hold at least one public hearing as soon as may be after it has been organized. Upon completion of its studies, it shall draft a report, file a copy with the Town Clerk which shall be a public record, advertise another public hearing on the recommendations contained in its draft report, post a notice in the office of the Town Clerk, hold such hearing at which such recommendations may be discussed by the public, and may thereafter redraft its recommendations prior to submission for the warrant for the town meeting. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall not invalidate any vote taken at a town meeting but the Town Clerk shall insert the words "§ 141-8 of the Code of the Town of Georgetown has not been complied with" in the warrant at the end of the article.
The reports of all officials shall be placed
in the hands of the Selectmen for printing and publishing as soon
as possible, not later than the 15th day of January of each year.
The Town Accountant shall in his annual report
state specifically the objects for which the debt of the town was
increased, if any, during the preceding year, and shall render a classified
statement of all receipts and expenditures of the town in such detail
as to give a fair and full exhibit of the objects and methods of all
expenditures; and the Town Treasurer and all other persons having
to do with the receipt or disbursement of the town's money shall so
keep their accounts and render their bills as to enable the Accountant
to readily make such classified statement.
[Added 6-16-1997 ATM, Art. 2]
The Moderator may take all votes requiring a
2/3 majority in the same manner in which he or she conducts the taking
of a vote when a majority vote is required.
