7.1.1. The annual town meeting, which shall also be the annual budget meeting, shall be held on the second Monday in May. It may be adjourned from time to time, including to automatic referendum as set forth in Section 7.3 or the date may be changed by ordinance. Special meetings shall be called by the Board of Selectmen in the manner provided by the General Statutes whenever they deem it necessary, or on application by persons qualified to vote in town meetings, the number of such persons to be not less than two percent (2%) of the total electors of the town as determined from the official list of electors most recently filed with the Town Clerk by the Registrars of Voters.
7.1.2 The matters which the applicants for a special town meeting desire to be acted upon shall, if proper subjects for town meeting action, be put in proper form for the call of the meeting and for a town meeting resolution with the assistance of Town Counsel, and those matters shall be the first items in the call of the meeting. The Board of Selectmen may, at its discretion, add other matters to the call of the meeting.
7.1.3 Five hundred or more persons or five percent (5%) of the total number qualified to vote in town meetings, whichever is less, may petition the town clerk, in writing, at least twenty-four hours prior to any town meeting, requesting that any item or items on the call of such meeting be submitted to the persons qualified to vote in such meeting not less than seven nor more than fourteen days thereafter, on a day to be set by the town meeting or, if the town meeting does not set a date, by the town selectmen, for a “Yes” or “No” vote on the voting machines. Except as provided herein, the manner of conducting such adjourned town meeting shall be as provided by the General Statutes.