[Amended 11-20-2019 STM, Art. 13]
The Select Board shall give legal notice of
the date of closing the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting and the
last date for receiving Articles for insertion therein.
Posting of Warrant - Attested copies of the
warrant for the Annual Town Meeting shall be posted at least seven
(7) days before the date of holding the same. Attested copies of any
Special Town Meeting Warrant(s) shall be posted at least fourteen
(14) days before the time of holding the same. Attested copies of
the Warrant shall be posted at the Ashland Town Hall and in one public
place in each Precinct of the Town of Ashland, MA. Notification of
a Special Town Meeting shall be made by posting Attested copies of
the Warrant in the Ashland Town Hall and in one public place in each
Precinct of the Town of Ashland, MA.
[Amended 5-7-2014 ATM, Art. 27]
The presence of at least twenty-five (25) citizen
voters at any Annual or Special Town Meeting shall be required for
the transaction of any business or to take any action on Articles
or reports calling for the appropriation or transfer of moneys.
The Moderator shall preside over the Town Meeting.
All Articles in the Warrant shall be taken up
in the order of their arrangement in the warrant unless otherwise
decided by a majority vote.
When a report of a committee is placed in the
hands of the Moderator, it shall be deemed to be properly before the
Meeting for its action thereon, and a vote to accept the same shall
discharge the committee but shall not be equivalent to a vote to carry
out its recommendations without a special vote to adopt it.
The Annual Town Election of the Town of Ashland
for the election of town officers and for determination of all other
matters to be decided by ballot of the voters shall be held on the
third Tuesday in May.
[Amended 11-19-2008 STM, Art. 16]
The Annual Town Meeting shall be held on the
first Wednesday in May. Unless Town Meeting votes otherwise, the Annual
Town Meeting shall continue on the following Monday evening and successive
evenings thereafter until the warrant has been dissolved.
No Town Board, Committee, Commission, Department,
or Officer shall hold a meeting on any date that a Town, State, or
Federal Election is being held. No Town Board, Committee, Commission,
Department, or Officer shall hold a meeting outside of Town Meeting
while a Town Meeting is in session.
[Added 5-3-2023 ATM by Art. 10]
Any individual who wishes to address the Town Meeting shall,
when recognized by the Moderator, complete their remarks in three
minutes, or less, unless extended by leave of the Moderator and yield
the floor.