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	Town meeting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Town meeting is a form of local government commonly practiced in the U.S. region of New England, but uncommon elsewhere in the United States.
		Between sessions the board of selectmen interprets the policy set at Town Meeting and is assigned numerous duties including: approving all town non-school expenditures, authorizing highway construction and repair, serving as town purchasing agent for non-school items, issuing licenses and overseeing the conduct of all town activities.
		Day-to-day operations of cities and towns are governed by a town council or selectboard, which is fully empowered to act on most issues, but all town budgets (and those of other independent taxing authorities) must be approved by plebiscite; explaining the board's budget request to the voters is the principal business of Town Meeting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Town_meeting (2068 words)

	Maine Municipal Association - Citizen's Guide to Town Meeting - Ten questions you’ve always wanted to ask.
		Town Meeting serves many of the same functions as the Legislature in Augusta and the Congress in Washington, passing laws and adopting a budget.
		Some say Town Meeting is the "purest form of democracy," because citizens, not their representatives, participate directly in the making of their laws and the raising and spending of their taxes.
		Towns that collect taxes only once a year are the greatest users of this; towns that have two tax collections a year and therefore an earlier flow of cash into the town coffers, usually do not have to rely on hired money.
	www.memun.org /public/local_govt/town_meeting.htm (3229 words)

	andoverma.gov - Town Meeting
		All Town Meetings are usually held on the campus of Andover High School on Shawsheen Road at the Field House or the Collins Center depending on the number of expected voters at a meeting.
		Town Meeting Schedule - The Annual Town Meeting for the election of officers shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in March, each year.
		Town Clerk - Is the chief election official, custodian of the Town's records, and recording secretary of the meeting.
	andoverma.gov /townmeeting (2522 words)

	New Rules Project - Governance - New England Town Meeting
		A New England town meeting, except in Rhode Island, is called by the Board of Selectmen--the town's plural executive--which issues a warrant or warning of the place date and time of the meeting.
		Proponents of the town assembly emphasize that it is the purest form of democracy that ensures that all policy decisions are in the public interest since no intermediaries are placed between the voters and the public decisions.
		To address the Town Meeting, a speaker must be recognized by the Moderator and, once recognized, a speaker should first give [his] or her name and address for the record.
	www.newrules.org /gov/townmtg.html (1182 words)

	Francestown.info: Town Government
		The first tier is Town Elections, held the second Tuesday in March; the second is Town Meeting, open to all registered voters and held the 2nd Saturday in March at the Francestown Town Hall.
		Meetings of all town boards are open to the public and meeting agendas are posted at the town offices and the post office.
		All Planning Board Meetings are open to the public (with the exception of executive sessions) and are posted in a public notice at the Town Hall Annex and the Post Office.
	www.francestown.info /towngov.shtml (924 words)

	New Page 0 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		No Town Meeting is Medfield may act on the articles of the Warrant unless there is a quorum of 250 voters.
		Town Meeting establishes policy and procedures of town administration; it adopts, amends, and repeals town bylaws and zoning laws.
		In addition to the Annual Town Meeting, Special Town Meetings may be called by the Selectmen in response to a petition signed by 200 voters, or at any time the Selectmen deem necessary.
	www.town.medfield.net /Town_meeting.htm (399 words)

	Town of Scituate Massachusetts, Town Clerk - Open Meeting Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		No chance meeting or social meeting shall be used in circumvention of the spirit or requirements of this section to discuss or act upon a matter over which the governmental body has supervision, control jurisdiction or advisory power.
		All meetings of a governmental body shall be open to the public and any person shall be permitted to attend any meeting except as otherwise provided by this section.
		The records of each meeting shall become a public record and be available to the public; provided, however, that the records of any executive session may remain secret as long as publication may defeat the lawful purposes of the executive session, but no longer.
	www.town.scituate.ma.us /clerk/openmeeting.html (1297 words)

	CIS: Citizen's Guide to Town Meetings
		As an event, it is a gathering of a town’s eligible voters, and is referred to as “the Town Meeting.” As an entity, it is the legislative body for towns in Massachusetts, and is referred to simply as “Town Meeting.” So you may say, “I went to the Town Meeting.
		The town counsel is a lawyer who either works for the town as an employee, or is a private lawyer who counts the town among his or her clients.
		Depending on a town’s by-laws, members of the finance committee are appointed by the selectmen or moderator, or elected by voters or the Town Meeting.
	www.sec.state.ma.us /cis/cistwn/twnidx.htm (4195 words)

	The Berkley Bell, Berkley Massachusetts News
		In an open Town Meeting, the minimum number of voters who may conduct business is established by the individual town's by-laws.
		Towns have three general ways: First: The moderator: reads a budget item; calls for a recommendation from the finance committee on that item; calls for debate on that item; and calls for a vote on that item.
		Suppose that a town's by-laws require that 2/3 of the voters, not a simple majority, vote to approve the budget for it to pass.
	www.knddesign.com /bb/12-04-govt.html (1217 words)

	San Pedro Town Board holds open meeting
		The practice of holding open meetings had almost been discontinued by the previous town board.
		A contributing factor to the lack of open meetings no doubt is the apathy of the public.
		A number of topics such as dog eradication (unable to do due to lack of poison pills); the marina and the land swap (proposed exchange of town board lands for central government land with sand.) Regarding the land swap or land lease, the board is now waiting for the recommendation of Commissioner of Lands.
	www.sanpedrosun.net /old/45board.html (725 words)

	Portsmouth Herald Local News: Open Space bond moves to Town Meeting
		The $3 million open space bond appears as Article 12 and could be used to acquire conservation easements and/or open space in town.
		He said development in town would be a bigger benefit to the taxpayers in town.
		Bailey proposed an amendment to reduce the amount of the bond to $1 million and include in the article that it would follow provisions set in state RSA 41:14-A. That state law allows 50 voters to sign a petition forcing a town meeting vote before a particular piece of land could be purchased.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2003news/02092003/news/12036.htm (980 words)

	Maynard Town Charter - Introduction
		It formalizes the town meeting as the legislative branch of town government.
		The Town of Maynard was incorporated as a town in 1871.
		The warrant and the results of the town meeting votes were just the beginning in what has become a yearly right of the voters of Maynard to determine how this town is governed.
	web.maynard.ma.us /gov/charter/intro.htm (1408 words)

	Representative to hold town meeting, open county office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The meeting, to be held in the Cleveland County Commission chambers, is the final stop in an all-day visit.
		The congresswoman begins her local visits by speaking at the Shelby Woman's Club's monthly meeting at North Lake Country Club, said President Libbey Lavendar.
		Thursday night's town meeting is scheduled to last one hour.
	www.shelbystar.com /news1999/_disc4/00000183.htm (227 words)

	www.oreilly.com -- Press Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Open Source Town Meeting is for software developers, corporate IS managers, entrepreneurs, and others who want to take advantage of the open source development and business models.
		The Open Source Town Meeting is a followup to the private Open Source Summit that O'Reilly hosted for a small group of key open source developers in April 1998.
		Another outgrowth of that meeting is Open Source Developer Day, a daylong workshop for those who want to learn how to develop and market open source software, which takes place from 9:00am-4:30pm the day of the Town Meeting.
	www.oreilly.com /www/oreilly/press/osdd_town_meet.html (398 words)

	Marion, MA Town Government
		The Town of Marion has an open town meeting form of government.
		Special town meetings may be held as needed to take care of any issues that cannot be addressed at the annual town meeting.
		There is one annual town meeting which is held on the fourth Monday in April and typically runs for 2 nights.
	www.townofmarion.org /government.html (93 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At their April 21 meeting, the three selectmen present changed the voting date to coincide with the recently-scheduled state bond-issue vote.
		Austin pointed out another problem with the wording of the petition question: under state law, "town meeting" is the meeting at which town officials are elected, so China's town meeting is now the November vote.
		(since the balloting is technically a special town meeting); eight school budget articles; a request to accept the China Village Fire Association's old truck and authorize selectmen to sell it; and a request to accept an easement as part of the Wing Road reconstruction project.
	www.pivot.net /~townline/HTML/20030426ff10.htm (466 words)

	Charter Commission
		She gave background of what the Charter Commission has done thus far and explained that the purpose of this Public Hearing is to get feedback from the Community as to what they want to see in the Charter.
		According to Marilyn Contreas, there were some town governments who went from Open Town Meeting to Representative Town Meeting and back to Open meeting.
		He said he thinks the Town is run very well and he doesn’t see any change necessary in town government.
	www.angelfire.com /ma4/charter/june19hearing.html (1691 words)

	New England Town Meeting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		No Town Meeting in Hanover may act on the articles of the Warrant unless there is a quorum of voters.
		Town Meeting authorizes funds for the operating budgets of all town departments and approves borrowing of money and issuing of bonds.
		Town Meeting establishes policy and procedures of town administration; it adopts, amends and repeals town by-laws and zoning laws
	www.cohassetrealestate.com /infop/meet.html (282 words)

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		In Francestown, Town Meeting is essentially a two-tiered process, the first tier is Town Elections, held the second Tuesday in March; the second is Town Meeting, open to all registered voters and held the 2nd Saturday in March at the Francestown Town Hall.
		The Town Clerk's office is the local repository of records, and keeps track of local births.
		Working with the Selectmen and various town officials, the Planning Board is responsible for preparing the annual Capitol Improvement Plan, which is included in the Annual Report.
	www.countrybrokers.com /page4.html (574 words)

	Town Meeting, 1949
		With this in mind, we thought it would be instructive to take a look at Town Meeting 50 years ago, hoping it would lend us new insight for the one upcoming in April and May, 1999 (current warrant articles here).
		In 1949, the Town Clerk was an elective office, and the salary allotted was $2343.
		At the meeting, a committee of three was appointed to create a committee of 25 to plan the celebration.
	www.concordma.com /magazine/apr99/tm1949.html (960 words)

	Vacancies open for Town Meeting members: 2/18/02
		There are Town Meeting member vacancies in nine of the town's 10 precincts, following last week's deadline to file nomination papers.
		Each precinct is supposed to have 39 Town Meeting members who vote on town financial matters at the representative Town Meeting.
		If voters are interested in serving, they are asked to write in their names under "Town Meeting members" on the ballot when they vote at their precinct.
	www.s-t.com /daily/02-02/02-18-02/a05lo029.htm (158 words)

	City Council Minutes - City Council Open Town Meeting on 02/03/1992
		The Quarterly Open Town Meeting was held on February 3, 1992 at 7:30 p.m.
		Patterson stated that since its inception, the DDDC has always held meetings that are open to the public.
		The May 4, 1992 Quarterly Open Town Meeting will be held in the First District at the Modern Maturity Center on Forest Street at 7:30 p.m.
	www.cityofdover.com /government/citycouncil/councilminutes/593 (2233 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Whilst the meeting is not required by law it is important to us to find out what your priorities are so when we debate updating our development plan we can take the points raised into account.
		Thursday in every month in the town meeting room (infront of the library) when the public are encouraged to speak on any notified subject in the first fifteen minutes.
		Get better litter bins for the town although some have been re-painted and there are two new ones soon to be fitted outside the Co-op.
	www.pocklington.gov.uk /articles/00044.htm (827 words)

	Breaking the ice with Latino community Borough looks to open lines of communication at town meeting By gloria stravelli ...
		The "town meeting" was arranged by Red Bank Councilwoman Jennifer Beck, chair of the borough’s code enforcement committee, which recently drafted a new ordinance governing rental properties in the borough.
		Following the meeting, he said reports of overcrowding in rental units reached borough officials through the police and fire and first aid personnel who responded to calls at the locations, as well as from neighbors.
		Scheduled for a second reading at the Tuesday council meeting, the proposed ordinance requires the names of all tenants be provided so borough inspectors can track changes in occupancy, which requires new registration and new inspections.
	hub.gmnews.com /News/2002/1122/Front_page/072.html (952 words)

	City Council Minutes - City Council Open Town Meeting on 08/03/1992
		The Quarterly Open Town Meeting was held on August 3, 1992 at 7:30 p.m.
		The meeting was held at the W. Reily Brown Elementary School.
		DePrima stated that a meeting has been held for the initial planning for the organization, but the MPO is under the jurisdiction of DelDOT.
	www.cityofdover.com /government/citycouncil/councilminutes/611 (1624 words)

	NewStandard: 6/4/99
		Article sponsor Stephen Cabral told the meeting the building on the property would be razed, the land loamed and seeded for grass and a small parking lot provided on the property.
		Currently some town officials who are not residents sit on boards related to their departments.
		Selectman Enid Silva argued unsuccessfully against the change, noting that the town does not require all its employees to live in Dartmouth and that the expertise department heads are paid for during the work day is needed by some boards.
	www.s-t.com /daily/06-99/06-04-99/b02lo058.htm (477 words)

	At Town Meeting this Spring, the Ashumet Plume Committee will present options open to the town to stop, and possibly ...
		At Town Meeting this Spring, the Ashumet Plume Committee will present options open to the town to stop, and possibly revert, the rapid deterioration of water quality in Great, Green, and Bourne’s ponds
		Ultimately, there is the risk that declining water quality could, in the long-term, undermine the whole economy of the Town.
		Of course, it is difficult to know if, and when, water quality would become so bad that it turns tourists and new residents away or destroys the value of waterfront property and our quality of life.
	geocities.com /ashumet2001/greg6.html (1295 words)

	Greenwood Publishing Group I1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He shows that voter superintendence of town affairs has proven to be effective, and there is no empirical evidence that thousands of small towns and cities with elected councils are governed better.
		Whereas the relatively small voter attendance suggests that interest groups can control town meetings, their influence has been offset effectively by the development of town advisory committees, particularly the finance committee and the planning board, which are effective counterbalances to pressure groups.
		Zimmerman provides a new conception of town meeting democracy, positing that the meeting is a de facto representative legislative body with two safety valves--open access to all voters and the initiative to add articles to the warrant, and the calling of special meetings to reconsider decisions made at the preceding town meeting.
	info.greenwood.com /books/0275965/0275965236.html (253 words)

	Town Meeting Primer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The history of Town Meetings is the history of liberty in Massachusetts.
		This primer encourages Wrentham town residents to participate in Town Meetings which the seal of the Town of Danvers calls "the strongest of all citadels of civil liberty, the purest of all democracies."
		A Town Meeting's action is not valid unless the subject was listed on the warrant, and all action taken at Town Meeting must be within the scope of the article.
	wrentham.ma.us /tmprimer.htm (3258 words)

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