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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.

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2026-01-28
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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.
  • Among other changes, this Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No.
  • 220 and does all the following related to the Charter of the Village of Arden: (1) Adds a preamble to the Charter.
  • (2) Amends the boundaries of the Village to include the Sherwood Forest Addition and the Mill Race Addition and, in Section 2 of this Act, makes clear the General Assembly’s inherent power to set the boundaries of a municipality.

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Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE VILLAGE OF ARDEN.
Among other changes, this Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 220 and does all the following related to the Charter of the Village of Arden:

(1) Adds a preamble to the Charter.
(2) Amends the boundaries of the Village to include the Sherwood Forest Addition and the Mill Race Addition and, in Section 2 of this Act, makes clear the General Assembly’s inherent power to set the boundaries of a municipality.
(3) Adds definitions of certain terms.
(4) 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.
(5) Clarifies and amends the procedures for Special Town Meetings.
(6) Clarifies and revises the procedures for enacting, amending, and repealing ordinances.
(7) Provides that a referendum may be called by a majority vote at a Town Assembly Meeting.
(8) Adds a non-voting, alternate member to the Board of Assessors; removes a provision for the election of the Board of Assessors,