Wesolow v. Town of Lowell

¶ 1. This case raises the question of whether 17 V.S.A. § 2661 permits a petition for reconsideration of an article “passed over” by vote of town residents at town meeting. The trial court concluded that it does. We affirm.

¶ 2. The facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff Edward Wesolow was among the signers of a petition to place two articles on the *423warning for the Town of Lowell’s 2012 annual meeting. One of those articles was an advisory article expressing opposition to a wind power development in town. The Lowell selectboard warned the article, designated “Article 8,” and the article was duly…