Section 10-1 Legislative Powers
A) The legislative power of the Town shall be vested in the Town Meeting, with all powers conferred by the General Statutes and by this Charter.
B) All Town Meetings, including Special Town Meetings and Town Meeting by petition, as hereinafter provided, shall be warned and conducted in accordance with the provisions of Connecticut General Statutes '7-3 through '7-8b, inclusive, provided, however, that the provisions of this Charter, where inconsistent with the aforesaid General Statutes, shall govern. All Town Meetings of the Town of East Windsor shall be held starting at 7:30 p.m. and shall observe a curfew of twelve midnight. Meetings shall be held in accordance with Roberts Rules of Order.
(Amended 11/93)
Section 10-2 Members of the Town Meeting
Members of the Town Meeting shall be electors of the Town and all others entitled to vote at Town Meetings pursuant to the General Statutes.
Section 10-3 Annual Town Meeting
The Annual Town Meeting shall be held during the month of December each year to accept the Annual Town Report and to transact any other business properly coming before the Town Meeting.
Section 10-4 Special Town Meetings
Special Town Meetings may be called from time to time by the Board of Selectmen, and as required by this Chapter.
Section 10-5 Town Meeting by Petition
A) Upon petition filed with the Town Clerk and signed by twenty persons entitled to vote at Town Meetings, petitioning for the warning and convening of a Special Town Meeting, said petition to be in accordance with the provisions of Connecticut General Statutes '7-1 and to contain the matter or text of the proposed ordinance or resolution to be considered at said Special Town Meeting, the Town Clerk shall, within ten days, determine whether or not the petition contains the required number of valid signatures, and if it does shall so certify to the Board of Selectmen within said ten days. Said petition may propose consideration of any proper matter to come before a Town Meeting. Upon receipt of such certification from the Town Clerk, the Board of Selectmen shall, within fourteen days
thereafter, cause to be convened a Special Town Meeting, which meeting may be adjourned from time to time as the interest of the Town requires. At said Special Town Meeting, the only matters that may be considered shall be those matters set forth in said petition.
B) Any ordinance or resolution so proposed in such a petition shall be examined by the Town Counsel prior to submission to the Town Meeting; and prior to or at said Town Meeting, Town Counsel shall give his opinion, orally or in writing, with respect to the form of the proposal and its conformity to and relationship with existing constitution, statutes, special acts, ordinances and regulations.
C) Provision for referendum shall be in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes '7-7, i.e., the requirement of two hundred signatures of qualified electors of the Town.
Section 10-6 Annual Budget Meeting
There shall be an Annual Budget Meeting as is provided in Section 8-4 of this Charter.
Section 10-7 Organization and Procedure
A) The First Selectman shall call the meeting to order and the meeting shall choose a moderator. All business shall be conducted as provided by Chapter 90 of the General Statutes.
B) The Town Clerk shall serve as Clerk of all Town Meetings, but in the absence of the Town Clerk, an acting clerk may be chosen by the meeting.
C) All action at a Town Meeting shall be adopted by a majority vote of the qualified voters present and voting at the meeting, unless otherwise provided by this Charter.
Section 10-8 Actions Requiring a Town Meeting
A) Adoption of the Annual Budget as herein before provided, or any resolution making an appropriation of more than twenty-thousand dollars ($20,000) not included in the Annual Budget.
B) Any resolution authorizing the issuance of notes, other borrowing or issuance of bonds in any amount.
C) Any sale of real estate or any interest herein of the Town, except property acquired by tax foreclosure, and any purchase of real estate or interest therein.
D) Real estate leases and/or real estate lease options to which the Town is a party for terms in excess of three years.
E) The discontinuance or abandonment of Town roads, the establishment of Town roads and the acceptance as Town roads of existing or proposed roads.
F) Initial applications for federal or state grants involving the expenditure of Town funds.
G) The Town Meeting shall have the sole power to enact and repeal ordinances consistent with this Charter and the General Statutes.
H) In addition to all the matters requiring Town Meeting approval, the Board of Selectmen may bring before a Town Meeting, including a Special Town Meeting, for its consideration any other matter the Board of Selectmen considers of sufficient importance to warrant a Town Meeting.
I) The Town Meeting shall not act upon any appropriation which has not been recommended or referred to the Town Meeting by the Board of Finance.
(Amended 11/93)
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