charteractions

A C T I O N S :

As approved at a Special Board of Selectmens' Meeting Tuesday, September 16, 2003 at 8am in Town Hall Meeting Room...revisions made by Secretary of the State's Office for clarity.
C H A R T E R R E V I S I O N Q U E S T I O N S :

Shall the Charter of the Town of Weston, Section 2.2 Annual and Special Meetings, be amended to change the Annual Town Budget Meeting starting time to 8:00pm and the ending time to 11:30pm.

Shall the Charter of the Town of Weston, Secion 2.7 Petition for a Special Town Meeting for Enactment of Ordinances or Other Action, be amended to change the required personal signatures to not less than 5% of qualified voters.

Shall the Charter of the Town of Weston, Section 2.7 Petition for a Special Town Meeting for Enactment of Ordinances or Other Action, be amended to give the board of Selectmen the discretion to reject a petition that is materially the same as a matter that previously has been voted upon by referendum.

T H E S E A R E T H E C H A N G E S S E N T T O S T A T E O F C O N N E C T I C U T F O R N O V . 4 t h B A L L O T :

T H I S I S T H E R E P O R T S U B M I T T E D B Y T H E C H A R T E R R E V I S I O N C O M M I S S I O N :

The Board of Selectmen sent along changes to the State as per vote at meeting of August 21, 2003 as recommended by Charter Revision Commission.
Previously...after the Board of Selectmen voted (item added to the August 7, 2003 regular meeting agenda), the Charter Revision recommendations on 2.2 and 2.7 go to the State of Connecticut...Weston LWV statement (originally made for the Charter Revision Commission's Public Hearing) placed in the record of the Board of Selectmen's PUBLIC HEARING. Board of Selectmen's Proposed Charter Revision PUBLIC HEARING, Thursday. August 7, 2003 at 7pm, Town Hall Meeting Room - took ten minutes.

P U B L I C H E A R I N G - C H A R T E R R E V I S I O N R E S C H E D U L E D
NowJULY 31st (instead of July 24th), 2003, 7:30pm, Town Hall Meeting Room
Weston Charter Revision Commission Proposes the following changes (text to come):

Section 2.2 - Increase time for Annual Budget Meeting by one hour
Section 2.7 - Raise minimum number of petitioners to call for enactment of an ordinance or ather action from 50 persons to 5% of qualified voters
Section 2.7 - Give Board of Selectmen discretion to reject petition for special Town Meeting to vote on the petition if the object is materially the same as a matter that had been previously voted on by referendum.

On June 26, 2003, the following changes were approved:

Section 2.2

(Change starting time of town meetings [we assume this refers to "Annual Town Budget Meeting" - which is Section 2.2] to 8P.M. and ending time to 11:30PM.)

Section 2.7

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

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The Board of Selectmen shall call a special Town Meeting, to be held not less than ten nor more 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. Provided, however, that if the proposed ordinance or other action which is the object of the petition is materially the same as a matter that previously has been voted upon by referendum, than the Board of Selectmen, in their discretion, may reject such petition and not call a special Town Meeting.