Town of Windham - File #: 14-172

• File #: 14-172
• Version: 1
• Type: Order
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/9/2014
• In control: Town Council
• On agenda: 5/27/2014
• Final action: 5/27/2014
• Title: To approve the warrant for the 2014 town meeting.
• Code sections: A02. - Town Council, A05. - Budget, A08. - The Town Meeting

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/27/2014	1	Town Council	approved	Pass

I.      Council Action Requested.

Title

To approve the warrant for the 2014 town meeting.

Body

II.      Basis for Council Action.

Council approval of this item is required because;

1. according to Article VIII, Section 1 of the Charter, there shall be "[a]n annual Town Meeting for the consideration of the budget and the transaction of other Town business which voters are authorized to vote upon shall be held on the first Saturday following the second Tuesday in June,"
2. the provisions of 30-A M.R.S.A. §2521 requires that such meetings be called by warrant signed by a majority of the "selectmen" (i.e. municipal officers),
3. pursuant to Article II, Section 1 of the Charter "[t]he Town Council, hereinafter called the 'Council', shall be and constitute the municipal officers of the Town" and

III.      Issue Summary.

Please refer to the attached draft warrant for town meeting.