§ 6 - Transportation and collection site
§ 3-6. Requirements generally
(a) All warnings for meetings for the election of city or ward officers, and for general meetings of all the legal voters of said city, for any purpose, shall be issued by the mayor and published in the manner and for the length of time designated in chapter 55 of Title 17 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated relating to local elections as the same may be amended from time to time.
(b) Upon request of the city council by resolution or upon petition signed by five percent of the legal voters, filed with the chief administrative officer no later than the deadline established in chapter 55 of Title 17 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated as the same may be amended from time to time, the mayor shall insert in the warning for the annual city meeting any special article for any legal purpose beyond the jurisdiction of the city council, said purpose to be set forth in said article as stated in such resolution or petition and the chief administrative officer shall prepare suitable ballots in sufficient quantities for the vote upon such article; provided, however, that any petition for the insertion of any article calling for the resubmission, reconsideration or recision of any question previously submitted to the legal voters of said city shall be filed not later than the deadline established for requesting reconsideration or recision of a prior vote as specified in section 2661 of Title 17 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated as the same may be amended from time to time; and provided further, that no question previously submitted to the legal voters of said city shall be more than once resubmitted or presented for reconsideration or recision except upon request of the city council by resolution. Each page of a petition filed under this section shall bear the full text of the petition, each signature to such petition shall be witnessed, each signer of such petition shall set after his or her signature his or her legal address within the city, and any part of such petition not conforming to these requirements shall be invalid.