RESOLUITON
Motion/Request:
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MOTION to adopt a Resolution Establishing the Rules of Procedure for the Twenty-eighth Town Council.
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Background:
In accordance with Chapter III; Section 3 of the Town Charter “Town Council”
SECTION 3. PROCEDURE
At the first meeting of the Town Council following each biennial Town election, said Town Council shall by resolution fix the time and place of its regular meetings and provide a method for the calling of special meetings. It shall by resolution determine its own rules of procedure. Such rules shall include a reasonable amount of time to be allotted at the beginning of each regular Town Council meeting for hearing residents and property owners of the Town. All meetings of the Town Council for the transaction of business shall be open to the public and the votes shall be recorded as prescribed by the General Statutes. Six (6) members shall constitute a quorum, but no ordinance, resolution, or vote, except a vote to adjourn or to fix the time and place of the next meeting, shall be adopted by less than five (5) affirmative votes. The Town Council and its authorized committees and subcommittees shall keep for public inspection a journal of all its proceedings, including all roll call votes, which shall be the official record of its proceedings. The record so kept shall be authenticated for each meeting by the signature of the chairman and filed with the Town Clerk.
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