[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Rockport 3-22-1997 (Ch. 1, Secs. 6 and 7, of the 1997 Code of By-laws). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 3-18-2000 ATM; 9-12-2022 STM]
A. 
All meetings of elected or appointed boards and committees shall be held in a public place within the Town unless there is an official state of emergency, a required site inspection in or out of Town, a joint meeting with other municipal or state or federal government officials or a specific legal requirement to meet other than in Town. Action at such extraordinary meetings shall be confined to the declared state of emergency or the specific legal requirement for the meeting and no other Town business may be undertaken. A copy of this § 80-1, Public meetings, shall be given to all Town officials upon their appointment or election. All public meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the Open Meeting Law, MGL c. 30A, §§ 18 through 25.
B. 
All meeting notices shall be posted individually on the Town website as well as on at least one physical bulletin board at Town Hall at least 48 hours prior to the meeting and shall remain posted for at least 18 months. Each posted notice shall include, at a minimum, the committee/board name, time and date of meeting and an agenda for the meeting; provided, however, that only two weeks of such notices shall be maintained on any physical Town bulletin board, with the remaining notices being filed with the Town Clerk.
[Added 4-2-2005 ATM; amended 9-12-2022 STM; 9-8-2025 FTM by Art. G]
All boards, commissions, committees and subcommittees shall file copies of their meeting minutes with the Town Clerk within the next three meetings of the Town agency or within 30 days, whichever is the later, unless the Town agency can show good cause for further delay (MGL c. 30A, § 22). Further, said meeting minutes shall have all the necessary information conforming to MGL c. 30A, § 22.