The voters of the town reserve to themselves the right to approve certain actions through a vote at a municipal election or town meeting and to that end establish a town meeting with secret ballot as hereinafter provided.
The town meeting is governed by the provisions of Titles 30-A and 21-A of the Maine Revised Statutes.
The provisions of Title 30-A to the contrary notwithstanding, only the following are subject to disposition through a municipal election, preceded by a public hearing, or through a town meeting as provided herein:
(1) 
Amendment, change, revision or repeal of the comprehensive plan, or adoption of a new comprehensive plan.
(2) 
Sale of real property excepting property acquired for non-payment of taxes.
(3) 
Any expenditure greater than $125,000, as long as that expenditure does not cause the unencumbered surplus to fall below an amount equal to the equivalent of 2 1/2 months of current year operating budget, — per item, project, or an aggregate of same, for:
(a) 
Acquisition of real property;
(b) 
Acquisition of motor vehicles or equipment; or
(c) 
Repair, renovation, or new construction of buildings or structures.
(4) 
Unless an emergency appropriation under § 6.09(2), any appropriation greater than $125,000:
(a) 
From the unencumbered surplus; or
(b) 
Which is supplemental to the current annual budget.
The town meeting consists of two parts, viz: the public hearing and the secret ballot.
The public hearing will be held at the regularly scheduled council meeting immediately preceding the second Tuesday in June for open debate with secret ballot vote on the second Tuesday in June. The public hearing must consider the proposed capital program; other issues eligible under § 14.03 may come before the public hearing.
The town clerk must make provision for a sample ballot to be posted on the town website and at the Municipal Offices, the U.S. Post Office(s) in Kittery and Kittery Point, the Community Center, and the Resource Recovery Facility, at least 14 days prior to the public hearing.
Voters of the town may at any time propose discontinuance of the town meeting by filing with the town clerk a petition requesting referral to referendum. The petition must be signed by a number of qualified voters of the town totaling not less than 10% of the number of qualified voters of the town who cast votes in the previous gubernatorial election. The council shall call a public hearing in the manner prescribed in § 2.14 subsection 2, to be held within 30 days from the clerk's receipt of the petition, and shall within 60 days after the public hearing hold a special election for the purpose of submitting to referendum the question of discontinuance. If the majority of legal votes cast at referendum favor discontinuance, the powers vested in the town meeting are conferred upon and exercised by the town council.