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f <br /> Town of Mashpee Charter <br /> Adopted May 8, 2004 <br /> SECTION 2-6: WARRANTS <br /> Every town meeting shall be called by a warrant issued by the board of selectmen, which shall <br /> state the time and place at which the meeting is to convene and, by separate articles, the subject t <br /> matter to be acted upon. The publication of the warrant for every town meeting shall be in <br /> accordance with a town by-law governing such matters. <br /> SECTION 2-7: INITIATION OF WARRANT ARTICLES <br /> (a) Initiation-All subjects to be acted on by a town meeting shall be placed on warrants <br /> issued by the board of selectmen. The board of selectmen shall receive all petitions <br /> addressed to it which request the submission of particular subject matter to the town <br /> meeting and which conform to the requirements of section ten of chapter thirty-nine <br /> of the General Laws. All requests for the inclusion of subject matter shall be in <br /> writing, but shall not otherwise be required to conform to any particular style or <br /> form, except that each request for a particular subject shall be submitted as a separate <br /> petition. <br /> Whenever the board of selectmen determines a special town meeting is to be called,it <br /> shall give notice by publication in a local newspaper and by a written notice ' <br /> h ; <br /> distributed to all town agencies of its intention to do so. The board of selectmen shall <br /> include in the warrant for such special town meeting the subject matter of all <br /> petitions which are received at its office on or before five o'clock in the afternoon of <br /> the fifth business day following such publication which are in conformity with the <br /> provisions of general laws concerning petitions of voters and which specifically "„',;u <br /> request that the subject matter be included on the warrant for said special town <br /> meeting. <br /> The proponents of each proposed warrant article shall file with each subject proposed <br /> to be included as an article in a town meeting warrant a brief statement of explanation <br /> of the proposal. <br /> Forthwith following the filing of a proposed warrant article and in no event later than <br /> the publication of the warrant for the town meeting including such warrant article, or <br /> such other deadline as may be established by the board of selectmen, the proponents <br /> shall file with the board of selectmen all available plans, specifications, cost <br /> estimates and other supporting data necessary for fair consideration of the proposal <br /> by the town meeting. The town may, by by-law,provide a process for the disposition I <br /> of warrant articles for which adequate and sufficient explanatory material has not <br /> been provided. <br /> (b) Referral - Forthwith following receipt of any proposed warrant article the board of ” <br /> selectmen shall cause a copy of the proposal to be mailed to the residence of the <br /> chairperson of the finance committee, a copy to be posted on the town bulletin board r <br /> and shall cause such other distribution to be made of each such proposal as may be F " <br /> required by law or by by-law. <br /> 5 <br />