Plain English Breakdown
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE VILLAGE OF ARDEN.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE VILLAGE OF ARDEN.
What This Bill Does
- AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE VILLAGE OF ARDEN.
- This Act deletes the current Charter of the Village of Arden and replaces it with a new charter that differs in several respects.
- Among other changes, this Act adds a preamble to the Charter; amends the boundaries of the Village to include the Sherwood Forest Addition and the Mill Race Addition; adds definitions of certain terms; provides that regular meetings of the Town Assembly are to be held at the Gild Hall or other suitable public physical or virtual venue in the village; clarifies and amends the procedures for Special Town Meetings; clarifies and revises the procedures for enacting, amending, and repealing ordinances; provides that a referendum may be called by a majority vote at a Town Assembly Meeting; adds a non-voting, alternate member to the Board of Assessors; removes a provision for the election of the Board of Assessors, which is transferred it to a village ordinance; requires the Board of Assessors to assess the community standard of living, in addition to the full re
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