SECTION 2.7  Petition for Special Town Meeting for Enactment of an Ordinance or Other Action.
 

Except as provided in Section 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6 of this Charter, not less than fifty qualified voters may at any time petition over their personal signatures for the enactment of any proposed lawfull ordinance or other action by filing such petition, including the complete text of such ordinance, or proposed other action, with the Town Clerk.

Any such proposed ordinance or other action shall be submitted to the Town Attorney for examination before being submitted to the Town Clerk.  The Town Attorney is authorized to correct the form of such ordinance or other action for the purpose of avoiding repetitions, illegalities and other unconstitutional provisions, and to assure accuracy in its text and references and clearness and preciseness in its phraseology, but not to change its meaning of effect materially.

The Board of Selectmen shall call a special Town Meeting, to be held not less than ten nor more than thirty days from the date of such filing, unless prior to such meeting such ordinance shall have been enacted or such action taken by the Board of Selectmen.

The Call for such meeting shall state the proposed ordinance or other action in full and shall provide for a "yes" or "no" vote as to its enactment.

Provided that there is a quorum at such meeting of at least five percent of the qualified voters, then if a majority of the qualified voters voting shall vote "yes" than such ordinance or other action shall take effect on the tenth day thereafter without further action of the Board of Selectmen;  otherwise it shall not take effect. 

SECTION 2.6 Petition for Overrule of Action of Board of Selectmen
 

All ordinances, resolutions or other action taken by votes of the Board of Selectmen, except those making appointments or removals or concerned solely with regulating their internal procedure or emergency ordinances adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.5 of this Charter (Section 3.5 - "Emergency Ordinances" on page 8) shall be subject to overrule by a special Town Meeting as follows:
 

(a)  if within twenty days after the publication of any such ordinance or the making of such resolution or taking of such vote, a petition conforming to the requirements of Section 7-9 and 7-9a of the General Statutes and signed by not less than five percent of the qualified voters is filed with the Town Clerk requesting its reference to a special Town Meeting, the effective date of such ordinance, resolution or other action shall be suspended;

(b)  the Board of Selectmen shall fix the time and place of such special Town Meeting, which shall be within twenty days after the filing of the petition;

(c)  notice thereof shall be given in the manner provided by law for the calling of a special Town Meeting;

(d)  an ordinance, resolution or action so referred shall take effect upon the conclusion of such meeting unless at least one hundred voters constituting a majority of those present and voting thereon, shall have voted in favor of overruling.

An Annual Town Budget Meeting shall be convened not later than April 22nd of each year.  It shall be called to order at 8:30PM and if it has not completed its business by 11:00 PM the moderator shall adjourn the Meeting to 8:30PM of successive evenings, except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, until its business is completed.  The meeting may also be adjourned from time to time as otherwise provided in this Charter.

Special Town Meetings shall be called by the Board of Selectmen pursuant to the terms of this Charter and in the manner provided by the General Statutes.