6.3.1. The Board of Selectmen, when requested by any town department and after approval by the Board of Finance, may make special appropriations from cash surplus or any approved contingency fund in amounts not to exceed in the aggregate in any one fiscal year, ten per cent of the amount appropriated for such department in the current town budget or ten thousand dollars, whichever shall be less. The Board of Selectmen, when requested by any town department and after approval by the Board of Finance, may also transfer unexpended balances from one appropriation to another in accordance with the General Statutes. The Board of Education may transfer unexpended balances from one appropriation to another in accordance with the General Statutes.
6.3.2. Any request by any town department for a special appropriation which shall exceed the amount which the Board of Selectmen is empowered by Section 6.3.1. of this charter to appropriate for that department in any one fiscal year, shall be acted upon by town meeting after approval by the Board of Finance, which approval shall include the authority, by a two-thirds vote of all its members to restore any request eliminated or reduced by the Board of Selectmen pursuant to Section 6.3.5. of this charter.
6.3.3. Special appropriations other than those from cash surplus or any approved contingency fund may be acted upon only by a special town meeting after approval by the Board of Finance.
6.3.4. Projects which are funded entirely by State, Federal, or private grants and which do not require an appropriation of town funds need not be approved by the Board of Finance or at a Town Meeting other than in situations in which the acceptance of such grant has an adverse impact on future operating budgets.
6.3.5. All requests for special appropriations and transfers of unexpended funds shall be made in writing to the Board of Selectmen. The Board of Selectmen shall, within ten (10) days after receipt thereof, forward such requests together with such comments and recommendations as the Board of Selectmen deems advisable, to the Board of Finance; provided, however, that with respect to requests from departments other than the Board of Education, the Board of Selectmen may, after considering the financial condition of the town and the appropriateness and amount of the request, eliminate, reduce or increase the amount of the request after prior notices to the department making the request and an opportunity for the department to submit such reports and information as it deems advisable, and for that purpose may delay for a reasonable time but not more than twenty (20) additional days the forwarding of the request to the Board of Finance. The Board of Finance shall act on all requests for special appropriations or transfers of unexpended funds within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof and shall immediately after acting advise the department making such request and the Board of Selectmen of its action. The Board of Selectmen shall act on such requests within ten (10) days of the earlier of (i) notice of approval of such requests by the Board of Finance or (ii) expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of receipt by the Board of Finance; and shall immediately advise the department making such requests of its action.
6.3.6. The provisions of Section 6.3 of this charter shall not be a limitation on the power of the town to issue bonds or other obligations for appropriations or indebtedness in accordance with the general statutes and Section 7.5. of this charter. The Board of Finance shall recommend the methods for financing a capital expenditure.