In re Town Board

Certain electors of the Town of Halfmoon, Saratoga County, dissatisfied with salary raises provided in the town’s budget adopted for the fiscal year 1975, filed a petition with the town clerk requesting that a referendum be held pursuant to section 91 of the Town Law for the purpose of voting upon the adoption of the budget. The town board and its supervisor, individually, have commenced this special proceeding by order to show cause, requesting, inter alia, that the relief sought by the electors, i.e., a referendum to approve a town budget, be adjudged unauthorized and unpermissible under…