www.WashingtonCT.org The Town of Washington, Connecticut Special Town Meeting

WARNING
TOWN OF WASHINGTON
TOWN MEETING
September 6, 2005

The voters and electors of the Town of Washington are hereby warned that a Town Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 6th, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. at Bryan Memorial Town Hall, Washington, Connecticut, to consider and act upon the following:

A petition received by the Town Clerk and the Board of Selectmen to establish a formal policy regarding the availability and completeness of minutes of Town Meetings.

A copy of all information pertinent to this meeting is available in the Office of the Town Clerk.

Dated at Washington, Connecticut this 30th day of August 2005.

Richard C. Sears
Nicholas N. Solley
Harry H. Wyant
Board of Selectmen

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PETITION

Whereas Town Meetings are very important events in local government, and whereas many citizens are unable to attend Town Meetings but nevertheless desire to know what transpired, we, the undersigned residents of the Town of Washington, under the terms of Sections 7-1 and 7-9 of the General Statutes of Connecticut, request that a Special Town Meeting be held to consider and act upon the following:

To establish a formal policy regarding the availability and completeness of minutes of Town Meetings:

An audio recording of every Town Meeting shall be made by the Secretary of the Meeting. Within 10 days of each meeting, both the audio recording and a complete written transcript shall be filed with the Town Clerk, and the full text of the transcript shall be made available in electronic form for publication on the Town Web Site.

The full transcript aspect of this policy shall be retroactive to May 19, 2005 -- transcripts of all Town Meetings from then through and including the date of this meeting shall also be submitted to the Town Clerk and the Town Web Site within 20 days of this meeting.