AGENDA REQUEST
GENERAL DISCUSSION ITEM
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MOTION to set the Annual Town Meeting to be a Hybrid Format (Video Conference & In-Person) regarding the proposed Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Budget on May 15, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. to be held in the Council Chambers, 741 Colonel Ledyard Highway and to adjourn to a Referendum to be held on May 16, 2023 between the hours of 6:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m.
In addition, should the referendum fail, the subsequent Referenda will be held between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.; in accordance with Chapter VII, Section 6 of the Town Charter.
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Background:
In accordance Chapter VII; Section 6 of the Town Charter:
The annual Town Meeting for the consideration of the budget and the transaction of other business shall be held on the third Monday of May at such hour and at such place as the Town Council shall determine.
The Town Meeting(s) may not alter the amount of any appropriation recommended by the Town Council.
The vote of the Town meeting on the annual budget shall be adjourned to a vote on the voting machines the day following the Town Meeting in the same manner as outlined in Chapter VII, Section 9D and, if approved by a majority of those voting hereon, shall be deemed to be the vote of the Town Meeting.
The Town Meeting may, by failing to approve the budget presented at referendum, refer the entire budget back to the Town Council for further consideration and changes.
Should the referendum on the budget refer the budget back to the Town Council, the Town Council shall reconsider the budget and present it for a second vote on the voting machines three weeks following the previous referendum.
In the event that the second referendum does not approve a budget; the Town Council shall adopt a final budget by the fourth Monday in June. Should both the referenda and the Town Council fail to adopt a final budget by the fourth Monday in June, the budget that was presented at the second refe...
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