Legal Notice

Town of Sterling

Notice of Adoption

 

An Ordinance Providing for the Publication of Summary Notices of Ordinances

 

In order to allow the Town to substantially reduce the costs of publishing notices regarding the adoption or ordinances, it is hereby ORDAINED:

  1.  Whenever the Town is required to publish any proposed ordinance or ordinance in accordance with Section 7-157(a) of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Town may, instead, publish a summary of such proposed ordinance or ordinance, provided that, in any case in which such a summary is published, the Town Clerk shall make a copy of such proposed ordinance or ordinance available for public inspection and shall, upon request, mail a copy of such or proposed ordinance or ordinance to any person requesting a copy at no charge to such person.
  2. Any summary so published shall bear a disclaimer as follows:  “This document is prepared for the benefit of the public, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation.  This document does not represent the intent of the legislative body of the Town of Sterling for any purpose.”
  3. The provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to any proposed ordinance or ordinance which makes or requires an appropriation.
  4. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after publication.

 

The foregoing ordinance was adopted by the electors and qualified voters of the Town of Sterling, acting at a duly called Town Meeting held on July 14, 2010.

 

Dated this 27th day of July 2010 at Sterling Town Hall, 1183 Plainfield Pike, Oneco, CT.

 

                                                            Sterling Board of Selectmen

                                                                    Russell M. Gray

                                                                     Neil H. Cook

                                                                 Dale P. Clark