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§40-2. Quorum. One hundred (100) registered voters shall constitute a quorum of a Special Town {; Meeting. Quorum for an Annual Meeting shall be zero(0). History: Amended 8-25-1986 STM, approved by Attorney General on 10-17-1986. §40-3. Majority Voting Requirement. No article within any Annual or Special Town Meeting Warrant shall be moved for consideration after 10:00 p.m. without a two-thirds vote of the Town Meeting. History: Amended 5-4-1987 ATM, Article 70, approved by Attorney General on 9- 21-1987. §40-4. Warrant. History: Amended 5-7-1984 ATM approved by Attorney General on 9-17-1984. { History: Amended 5-1-1989 STM,Article 58 approved by Attorney General on 7-5-1989. History: Amended 10-2-1995 ATM Article 22 approved by Attorney General on 12-1-1995. History: Amended 10-7-1996 ATM Article 55 approved by Attorney General on 12-9-1996. History: Amended 5-5-1998,ATM Article 36 approved by Attorney General on 8-12-1998. A. Every Annual and Special Town Meeting and every annual and special election shall be a called in pursuance to a Warrant. The Warrant shall be directed to the Constable or to some other person designated by the Board of Selectmen, who shall forthwith give notice at least ; thirty (30) days before such meeting or election by posting a copy of said Warrant, one (1) at Town Hall and one (1) at each of the Town bulletin boards, and by causing to be published in a newspaper of general circulation with the Town of Mashpee a copy of said Warrant. h B. The Finance Committee, in accordance with the requirement to make recommendations to the Town (Chapter 5, Article III, Section 5-9) shall publish and distribute to every voter registered to vote in Mashpee as of thirty (30) days prior to such meeting a copy of said warrant containing a report and recommendations with respect to the articles in said warrant by the third Monday of the month preceding the Town Meeting, provided that any two (2) or more registered voters who reside in the same household shall be entitled to only one copy of such warrant. The Finance Committee, shall in addition to the foregoing, publish and deliver to the Clerk 500 copies of said warrant for distribution to the public at large on a first-come, first-serve basis. : §40-5. Warrant Articles. A. The articles shall be considered in the order in which they appear in the Warrant. History: Amended 2-1-1988 STM, Article 15, approved by Attorney General on AIM 3-16-1988. (1) Consent Calendar: The Board of Selectmen, at its discretion, may designate certain Warrant articles that it believes to be non-controversial, to be part of a Consent Calendar. Early in a Town Meeting in which a Consent calendar has been designated, the Moderator shall advise the meeting that he is about to call that calendar. Before calling the calendar, however, the Moderator shall give the Board of Selectmen an opportunity to offer a single motion to amend, as to dollar amount only, any or all of the designated articles. That motion shall not be debatable. The Moderator shall then call the calendar. If a voter objects to any particular Article being included in the Consent Calendar, they should say the word "HOLD" in a loud voice when the number is called. If two (2) or more voters object to inclusion of an article in the calendar,the article shall then be removed from a the Consent Calendar and restored to its original place in the Warrant to be thereafter moved, debated and voted upon in the normal order. After the completion of the call of the calendar, all remaining articles on the calendar shall be moved and voted as a group,without debate. History: Added 10-4-1999 ATM, Article 15, approved by Attorney General on 1-11-00. B. Limitations of articles appropriations are prohibited at Special Town Meetings except as follows: