[Code of Bylaws, § 2-1; Bylaws
Art. 4 § 9, 3-7-1970]
All elected boards and committees shall keep an attendance record
of all members at all regular and special meetings called by the board
or committee. Such attendance record shall be made a part of the written
annual report to the board of selectmen.
[Code of Bylaws, § 2-2; Bylaws
Art. 4 § 10, 3-7-1970; Bylaws
Art. 28, 5-4-1974; Bylaws Art.
31, 5-1-2001]
All elected and appointed boards and committees of the town
shall submit to the town clerk, on a form approved by the town clerk,
all minutes of meetings, special or regular, within 30 days following
a meeting. Minutes of executive sessions shall be submitted as soon
as publication will not defeat the purposes of the executive session.
[Code of Bylaws, § 2-18; Bylaws
Art. 2 § 1, 12-6-1975; Bylaws
Art. 5, 4-5-1980; Bylaws Art.
49, 4-4-1987]
The annual meeting for the transaction of town business, other
than the election of town officers, shall be held on the first Tuesday
in May at 7:00 p.m. and if there is unfinished business subsequent
adjourned meetings shall be held on the following weekday evenings
consecutively at 7:00 p.m. until final adjournment. The annual meeting
for the election of town officers shall be held on the last Tuesday
in April.
[Code of Bylaws, § 2-19; Bylaws
Art. 1 §§ 1, 2, 3-2-1968; Bylaws Art. 49, 4-4-1987; Bylaws
Art. 56, 5-2-2006]
Notice of every town meeting, whether the annual or a special
meeting, shall be given by posting an attested copy of the warrant
therefor at the post office, library, and senior center in the town
and in addition at available public places in West Millbury, Bramanville,
Dorothy Pond and East Millbury.
[Code of Bylaws, § 2-20]
(a) Every
town officer, the chairperson of each multiple member body, the head
of each department and the head of each division within the said departments
shall attend all sessions of the town meetings at which warrant articles
pertinent to their agency are or may be acted upon for the purpose
of providing the town meeting with information pertinent to all such
matters as appear in the warrant for the town meeting.
(b) In
the event any town officer, chairperson of a multiple member body,
department head or division head is to be absent due to illness or
other reasonable cause, such person shall designate a deputy to attend
to represent the office, multiple member body, department or division.
If any person designated to attend the town meeting under this section
is not a voter, such person shall, notwithstanding, have a right to
address the meeting for the purpose of compliance with this section.
[Code of Bylaws, § 2-26; Bylaws
Art. 3 § 1, 11-12-1940]
All articles in the warrant for any town meeting shall be taken
up in order of their arrangement, unless otherwise decided at the
town meeting by a majority vote.
[Code of Bylaws, § 2-27; Bylaws
Art. 3 § 2, 3-7-1959; Bylaws
Art. 17, 2-10-1987; Bylaws Art.
49, 4-4-1987; 5-7-2019 ATM by Art. 26]
Except as designated otherwise in this paragraph, at all Town
Meetings the main floor of the meeting place shall be reserved for
qualified voters only and no vote, either by ballot or other form,
shall be received by the meeting from any qualified voter seated in
any portion of the meeting place other than the main floor. Non-registered
voters, members of the press, and other guests will be admitted to
a designated seating area on the main floor indicated by signage,
except those non-voters employed by the Town may be admitted to the
main floor by special pass.
[Code of Bylaws, § 2-28; Bylaws
Art. 3 § 5, 11-12-1940]
No motion shall be received at an adjourned town meeting for
the reconsideration of any vote passed at a prior meeting unless notice
of such reconsideration shall have been given at the meeting at which
the vote was passed; provided, however, that this section may be suspended
in any particular case by a vote of three-fourths of those present
and voting.
[Code of Bylaws, § 2-29; Bylaws
Art. 3 § 6, 11-12-1940]
After an article in the warrant for a town meeting has once
been acted on, it shall not be again considered at the same meeting,
except by a majority vote of those present and voting.
[Code of Bylaws, § 2-30; Bylaws
Art. 3 §§ 7, 8, 3-11-1950; Bylaws Art. 33, 4-4-1981; Bylaws
Art. 6, 10-7-1986]
A quorum for a town meeting shall be 100 registered voters.
[Code of Bylaws, § 2-31; Bylaws
Art. 3 § 9, 3-6-1971]
All committees formed or established by the town meeting shall
report as directed by the town meeting. If no report is made as directed
or within a year after its appointment, a committee shall be discharged
unless the town meeting shall have granted an extension of time.
[5-4-2021 ATM by Art.
19]
Any motion requiring a two-thirds favorable vote may be declared
by the Moderator without a count, unless the vote so declared is immediately
questioned by seven or more voters or a count is requested by the
Moderator.