As used in this section, the word “town” has the meaning ascribed to it by § 7-378 and the words “dire emergency appropriation” mean an appropriation to relieve or assist in the relieving of a situation certified by a board composed of the Governor, the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to be an unusual and serious condition endangering public health and welfare and requiring the immediate expenditure of public funds by a particular town or towns. Any town, upon approval by vote of the majority of the members present and voting at an annual, regular or special meeting of its legislative body, may, without further authority from the General Assembly, issue its temporary notes for the purpose of raising money for a dire emergency appropriation and may issue its bonds for said purpose or for the purpose of paying all or a part of any such temporary notes. All notes or bonds issued under the provisions of this section shall constitute general obligations of the town and shall be obligatory upon the inhabitants thereof in accordance with their terms but no such note or bond shall be included in computing the aggregate indebtedness of a town under subsection (b) of § 7-374 or its borrowing capacity under any public or special act except as may be therein expressly provided. Any power granted by this section shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any power granted to any town under the provisions of any public or special act. Temporary notes under this section shall be issued for a period of not more than two years and in an amount not exceeding one per cent of the grand list of such town, but notes issued for a shorter period may be renewed by the issue of other notes, provided the total period of the borrowing shall not exceed two years and the provisions of § 7-373 shall be deemed to apply to such notes. Bonds issued under this section shall be for a term which shall not exceed ten years and shall, except as otherwise herein provided, be subject to the applicable provisions of the general statutes, provided bonds issued to pay temporary notes shall be issued within two years from the date of the earliest temporary note to be paid in whole or in part with the proceeds thereof.