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A representative town meeting, also called "limited town meeting", is a form of municipal legislature particularly common in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and permitted in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. Representative town meetings function largely the same as open town meetings, except that not all registered voters can participate or vote ...
In 2006 the City Council approved a $48 million bond issue to repair and restore the building. Aldermen from the Independent Party who believed the public should decide on a spending program that large succeeded in getting the issue put to a referendum in 2007, which defeated it.
Northwestern Connecticut Council of Governments [3] (Warren area) South Central Regional Council of Governments [20] (New Haven area) Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments [21] (Norwich-New London area) South Western Regional Planning Agency [22] (Stamford-Norwalk area) Valley Council of Governments [23] (Derby/Shelton area)
Towns traditionally have a town meeting form of government; under the Home Rule Act, however, towns are free to choose their own government structure. Nineteen of the towns in Connecticut are consolidated city-towns, and one is a consolidated borough-town. City incorporation requires a Special Act by the Connecticut General Assembly. All cities ...
Under Connecticut's Home Rule Act, any town is permitted to adopt its own local charter and choose its own structure of government. The three basic structures of municipal government used in the state, with variations from place to place, are the selectman–town meeting, mayor–council, and manager–council. [5]
Town Meeting is typically held annually in the spring, often over the course of several evenings, but there is also provision to call additional special meetings. Open town meeting is direct democracy, while its alternatives, representative town meeting and town council, are representative democracy.
Pages in category "Connecticut city council members" The following 112 pages are in this category, out of 112 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Connecticut Public Transportation Council is an independent state board that acts as an advocate for commuters on the Metro-North, Hartford Line, and Shore Line East railroads as well as transit commuters that use buses like CT Transit in the state of Connecticut. The Council holds regular, public meetings once a month (except in the summer ...