[0:00] Welcome to the Fair Haven Town Meeting
overview. My name is Mark Sylvia. I'm
[0:05] the Fair Haven Town moderator and today
we're going to walk through what town
[0:11] Meeting does, how it functions, and
share information on procedures and
[0:18] rules for town meeting. In this
overview, we'll cover the following
[0:24] forms of local government. What does
town meeting do? forms and frequency of
[0:30] town meeting, how town meeting actually
works, who the other participants are,
[0:36] and what resources are available to
learn more about the town meeting
[0:40] process and how it works in Fair Haven.
So, let's start with forms of local
[0:46] government in
Massachusetts. In Massachusetts, there
[0:49] are 351 cities and towns. That's broken
down into 59 cities. Many we're familiar
[0:56] with like New Bedford, Fall River, and
Boston. But there are others that have a
[1:02] council manager form of government such
as Franklin, Lel, and Worcester. There
[1:07] are also 292 towns. In all 292 towns,
there are select boards. Some have town
[1:15] managers or town administrators or
executive secretaries. But in certain
[1:20] instances, towns either have an open
town meeting form of government or a
[1:25] representative town meeting form of
government. In Massachusetts, that's
[1:29] broken down to 260 towns have open town
meeting and 32 have representative town
[1:38] meeting. Fair Haven happens to be one of
those communities that has a
[1:42] representative town
meeting. So, we now know there are two
[1:46] different town meetings. There's the
open town meeting and the representative
[1:50] town
meeting. Open town meeting is where any
[1:54] town resident who is a registered voter
can go and vote. And a representative
[1:58] town meeting is one where you elect
representatives to go to town meeting
[2:04] and vote on your behalf. So, as I
mentioned, Fair Haven's a representative
[2:08] town meeting, but in either case, open
or representative, what exactly does
[2:12] town meeting do? Well, town meeting is
the legislative body for towns in
[2:18] Massachusetts. In cities, they have city
councils. In towns, they have town
[2:22] meeting. And if you can believe it, we
have well over 400 years of history of
[2:26] town meetings in Massachusetts with the
first town meeting happening in Plymouth
[2:31] in 1622.
Town Meeting is a local legislative body
[2:36] that has the power to create or amend
town bylaws, zoning bylaws, adopt the
[2:44] budget, or approve other spending
priorities. To boil it down more
[2:50] specifically, the Secretary of State
Citizens Guide to Town Meeting, which is
[2:54] a a great reference,
identifies three things specifically
[2:59] that town meetings do. They set the
salaries for elected officials. They
[3:04] vote to appropriate money to run the
town. And they vote on the town's local
[3:08] statutes, which in towns are called
bylaws. As I mentioned earlier, there
[3:13] are two types of town meeting.
Representative, which is fair haven, and
[3:17] open, which by example, a Kushnet,
Matapo, Marian, and Rochester all have
[3:22] open town meeting form of government.
Forms and frequency of town meeting
[3:28] include with representative town
meeting. You elect town meeting members
[3:32] and that's again Fair Haven is the
example. They're elected by precinct. In
[3:37] Fair Haven, we have six precincts and so
there are town meeting members elected
[3:40] from each of those six
precincts. They serve for a specified
[3:45] term. So the standard term for a town
meeting member is three
[3:49] years. Only elected town meeting members
may vote at a town meeting. That's what
[3:53] makes it representative is that you have
to be elected as a town meeting member
[3:57] to actually vote at town meeting. And
the number of town meeting members in
[4:01] Fair Haven is set by special act. We are
the largest representative town meeting
[4:08] in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. As it relates to open
[4:12] town meeting, as I mentioned, any town
voter may vote at a town
[4:17] meeting. The frequency of town meetings
are regardless of whether you're an open
[4:23] town meeting or a representative town
meeting is there is always an annual
[4:27] town meeting. And that's primarily to
set the budget for the next fiscal year.
[4:33] And from time to time, there may be
special town meetings. And it's called
[4:36] special town meeting because they're not
planned like the annual town meeting.
[4:40] But there are instances where town
meeting must vote on matters related to
[4:45] the town. And so a special town meeting
may be called. All right. So, we talked
[4:50] about forms of town meeting,
representative versus open, how town
[4:55] meeting members participate in the
process. Now, let's talk a little bit
[4:59] more specifically about how town meeting
works. A little more detail on annual
[5:05] versus special town meetings. Annual
town meeting, every town must have an
[5:09] annual town meeting and it's typically
held between February and May. It can be
[5:16] in June, but that requires a special act
or charter to specify that. And the
[5:21] whole reason why you want it done um
well before July 1st is because July 1st
[5:26] is when the fiscal year starts. The
annual town meeting is always called by
[5:30] the select board and there is a
requirement of 7 days notice prior to
[5:37] the actual town meeting happening. So,
the warrant, which I'll go into more
[5:41] detail in a few minutes, is the notice
to the town that they're having this
[5:46] meeting, and it must be posted at least
seven days prior to holding that
[5:50] meeting, and that's under state
statute. I also mentioned special town
[5:55] meetings. That's anything in addition to
annual town meetings. They may be called
[6:01] at any time during the year. They can be
called either by the select board or
[6:06] upon request by 200 registered voters.
So there are two pathways there for a
[6:11] special town meeting to be called. And
unlike the annual, it requires 14 days
[6:16] notice. And the reason why is people
don't anticipate a special. They know
[6:21] when their annual is, but if you have a
special, that's usually something
[6:25] unique. And so they want more time to
notify the public of that actual
[6:30] meeting. So let's talk a few minutes
about town meeting members and what
[6:33] their responsibilities are. So as I
mentioned previously in a representative
[6:38] town meeting form which fair haven is
members are elected by their precinct to
[6:42] vote on articles that come before annual
or special town
[6:46] meetings. Those town meeting members
represent the citizens in their
[6:50] precincts and certainly vote on matters
that will affect their precincts as well
[6:55] as the entire town. And it's the
responsibility of town meeting members
[6:59] to debate articles and make motions that
they feel are important on any topic
[7:06] that's in the warrant. So a town meeting
member comes to town meeting, they're
[7:10] representing their precinct, they also
have the perspective of the whole town
[7:14] and they actually debate and ultimately
vote on all of the matters that come
[7:19] before them. It's a pretty important
responsibility. Now, some interesting
[7:23] town meeting facts about Fair Haven. We
have approximately
[7:27] 429 elected town meeting members, the
majority of which are divided among the
[7:32] six precincts, but there are also
atlarge town meeting members like
[7:35] members of your select board or the
school committee. It's also interesting
[7:39] that if the state representative or
state senator for the district lives in
[7:44] Fair Haven, they automatically become
town meeting members. Town meeting
[7:47] members in Fair Haven generally serve
for three-year terms and they're
[7:51] staggered a third, a third, a third.
quorum for that town meeting is 100 town
[7:55] meeting members and as I mentioned
earlier fair haven actually has the
[7:59] largest representative town meeting in
Massachusetts. So we talked broadly
[8:04] about responsibilities of town meeting
members. We talked about the difference
[8:08] between open town meeting and
representative town meeting. So let's
[8:13] talk a little bit more specifically
about Fair Haven. in Fair Haven's town
[8:17] meeting um and the town as a whole were
divided into six precincts. So there are
[8:23] six voting precincts in the town and so
town meeting members are elected from
[8:28] each of those six
precincts. Prior to a town meeting um
[8:34] there are precinct meetings for each one
of those
[8:37] precincts. In those meetings they you
would elect a chair. If there are any
[8:42] vacancies in your precinct for town
meeting, you can fill vacancies at that
[8:46] precinct meeting. Um, or you can also
discuss any of the town meeting articles
[8:52] that are on the warrant or really any
issues that you want to bring up related
[8:56] to your precinct. As I mentioned, you
elect a chair. The role of the chair for
[9:00] each precinct is to call and organize
those precinct meetings, conduct those
[9:06] meetings. Each precinct has two
appointments to the finance committee.
[9:11] It's the chair that makes those
appointments and then the chair
[9:14] communicates. They're the communicator.
They're the coordinator between the
[9:18] precinct and the town moderator and the
town clerk on any town meeting related
[9:23] issues. So, it's an important role. Um,
it's one that is a resource to all of
[9:28] the town meeting members in that
precinct. And it's one that uh is
[9:33] elected each year at a precinct meeting.
So, we talked about town meeting
[9:38] members, we talked about the precincts.
So let's spend a few minutes on the role
[9:42] of the town moderator. So the town
moderator is the person who presides
[9:47] over the town meeting. They're
responsible for the orderly conduct um
[9:52] of those town meetings. Uh that includes
ensuring that there's equal emphasis on
[10:00] the rules that any determination of um
questions regarding points of order or
[10:08] uh the rules and procedures that the
moderator interprets them evenly and
[10:12] equitably. Um the town moderator
declares the outcome of all votes um and
[10:17] will determine matters of procedure.
That's a definition that's in state
[10:22] statute. The moderator role is
established by state law. So every town
[10:26] that has a town meeting has an elected
moderator and that moderator's duties
[10:30] and responsibilities are outlined in
state law and can also be further
[10:34] defined in local bylaws or charter. The
moderator is elected to a three-year
[10:40] term. In Fair Haven, in addition to uh
presiding over town meeting, the
[10:45] moderator also has certain appointing
authority responsibilities. So in Fair
[10:50] Haven, the town moderator jointly
appoints the atlarge member of the
[10:54] finance committee along with the
chairman of the finance committee and
[10:58] the chair of the select board. And the
moderator also jointly appoints um the
[11:04] two Fair Haven members to the Greater
New Bedford Regional Vocational
[11:07] Technical High School Committee along
with the chair of the school committee
[11:12] and the chair of the select board. It's
also the case that from time to time the
[11:17] moderator may be designated as the
appointing authority for special
[11:21] committees and so in Fair Haven most
recent example of that is the charter
[11:25] committee town meeting through a article
on the warrant authorized and approved
[11:31] the creation of a charter committee and
as part of that designated the moderator
[11:37] as the person who would be the
appointing authority for the charter
[11:40] committee. So, those are some of the
roles and responsibilities of the town
[11:44] moderator. So, now let's talk about the
actual warrant. You've heard me talk a
[11:48] little bit about the warrant in this
presentation. So, it's important to not
[11:53] only understand what the warrant is, but
how the warrant is organized. So, the
[11:59] warrant is actually the agenda for town
meeting. It is defined in state law.
[12:05] Just to give you a few of those
highlights. Under state law, the warrant
[12:10] is what every town meeting must be
called through. So in other words, that
[12:14] is the agenda. That is what has to be
posted 7 days before the annual or 14
[12:21] days before the special. It lists all
the matters to be voted on at town
[12:26] meeting as well as specifies the date,
time, and location. And so anything that
[12:31] is not on that warrant cannot be taken
up at town meeting. And then it's
[12:36] important to emphasize that the warrant
is actually prepared by the select
[12:41] board. At the end of the day, it's the
select board that determines generally
[12:46] what is going to be included on the
warrant from a town meeting. The only
[12:51] difference is petitioned articles, which
I'll get into in a moment. But
[12:54] ultimately the select board organizes
the warrant and then signs it. Which
[12:58] means once it's signed by the select
board and it's posted, that's it. It
[13:02] cannot be changed after that. So what
are those agenda items that are included
[13:08] in the warrant? They're actually called
articles and they're in order. So in
[13:13] this example that you can see here,
there's article one, article 2, article
[13:17] 3. Those are each of the items to be
voted on at town meeting and they're
[13:21] referred to as articles. As I mentioned,
the warrant is intended to be there to
[13:27] warn the voters of the matters that are
going to be discussed. And the articles
[13:30] are those specific
matters. And as I mentioned previously,
[13:35] those are the only items that can be
acted on at a town meeting and must be
[13:40] acted on through what's called a motion.
Once a motion is made and seconded on
[13:44] any one of these articles, then town
meeting members can debate them and then
[13:48] vote on them. In addition to that
warrant, what else do town meeting
[13:52] members get to prepare for town meeting
day? So there are a number of things
[13:57] that are provided to town meeting
members. It is the case on an annual
[14:01] basis certainly that town
administration, the moderator, town
[14:05] meeting members, precinct chairs
identify ways to improve the materials
[14:09] that are provided to town meeting
members. But in general, town meeting
[14:12] members will receive the town warrant
and report of the finance committee,
[14:16] which also includes a letter from the
town moderator. There are instances
[14:20] where fiscal information is provided by
the finance director. And all of that is
[14:24] mailed to town meeting members and made
available on the town website at the
[14:29] precinct meetings that are held. Motions
are distributed. Many times motions will
[14:34] be distributed in advance of town
meeting at the preview and any updates
[14:40] on the day of town meeting also provided
um on the town's website and at these
[14:46] precinct meetings updates may be shared
with town meeting members. On the day of
[14:49] town meeting, there's also material
that's provided in the lobby included
[14:54] updated motions, other materials
regarding articles, and then the town's
[14:59] annual report, which is something that's
approved by town meeting, and also
[15:03] provided the day of town meeting. So,
there is a lot of information that's
[15:06] provided. There is information that's
posted on the town moderator page, the
[15:10] town meeting page, and information
that's provided through the select board
[15:15] and the finance committee. So, we now
know what the warrant is. We know what
[15:20] articles are. We know what materials are
provided. I just want to run through
[15:26] with all of you what to expect the day
of town meeting. So, what are the town
[15:30] meeting procedures that we follow
whenever we have an annual town meeting
[15:34] or a special town meeting? So, the first
order of business is always to call the
[15:38] town meeting to order. We need to
indicate that a quorum of town meeting
[15:43] members are present and that the warrant
that agenda has been properly posted. At
[15:47] the annual, we'll do opening ceremonies.
We don't typically do that for a special
[15:51] town meeting because they're smaller and
they're usually on week nights, not on
[15:56] Saturdays like the annual. As moderator,
I'll provide instructions to town
[16:00] meeting members and offer procedural
motions uh so that we have rules of
[16:04] procedure outside of Robert's rules,
which of course is what helps to guide
[16:09] us. But we create some of our own rules
to make town meeting more efficient and
[16:14] equitable. We'll then have the chair of
the select board and chair of finance
[16:19] committee typically make opening
statements. We will then go into any
[16:24] other procedural motions regarding the
warrant that are required or any other
[16:28] instructions. And then we move into
article presentations, debates, and
[16:33] votes. And so we go through each article
in the warrant. There's a motion and a
[16:37] second. There's presentation on that
article, debate and then we vote and
[16:41] then the final order of business in any
town meeting is to adjourn. So I talked
[16:46] about uh rules of procedure and so there
are a number of different rules that
[16:51] govern how town meeting operates. Our
bylaws reference Robert's rules of
[16:58] order, which lays out how you make a
main motion, how you amend that main
[17:03] motion, what different um other motions
can be made procedurally like indefinite
[17:08] postponement. Our bylaws indicate that
we generally follow Robert's rules of
[17:12] order. There are also state laws that
drive or direct how we vote at a town
[17:18] meeting. That includes that zoning
bylaws and borrowing authority uh in
[17:24] each instance require twothirds of town
meeting members to vote favorably in
[17:28] order for those to pass. And a bill of
prior year, which is a bill from a
[17:31] previous fiscal year, depending on if
it's at the annual or the special, state
[17:35] law defines what that quantum of vote
is. For an annual, it's four-fifths of
[17:40] those present in voting and for a
special, it's 9/10. And then we have
[17:44] traditions. Some of those traditions we
adopt through rules of procedure at the
[17:50] beginning of town meeting and others are
traditions that we follow um that have
[17:56] been traditions passed on from town
meeting to town meeting. And some of the
[18:00] examples of traditions are uh whenever
we vote on a fiscal item, we always vote
[18:06] on the higher figure first. It's also a
tradition that the select board
[18:10] generally make all main motions and the
finance committee second those motions.
[18:14] Those traditions have been followed for
decades and are um part of what makes up
[18:21] the town meeting rules that we follow.
It's important I think that we also take
[18:25] a few minutes to talk about when we
actually take up an item, how do you do
[18:29] that? How do you make motions? How do
you make changes? And how do you
[18:35] ultimately vote on a particular article?
So a motion as it's defined is a formal
[18:41] proposal by a member to take certain
action. So in other words, if and we
[18:46] used an example here, article 10 from a
previous town meeting. It was community
[18:50] preservation program fire escapes. The
article itself reads exactly what action
[18:56] is being asked of for a town meeting to
take and who's asking for that and how
[19:02] much. So you can see in the article
language itself, it explains an amount
[19:06] of money to be transferred from a
previous town meeting to fund a
[19:11] particular project at the Fair Haven
High School. Then it explains who's
[19:15] asking for that money, in this case the
community preservation committee, how
[19:18] much is being requested and what's being
recommended by, in this case, this the
[19:24] select board and the finance committee.
So that's the article, but in order to
[19:27] actually take action on that article,
somebody needs to make a motion. That's
[19:32] the specific formal proposal for town
meeting to take. And so the motion in
[19:37] this instance reads below move adoption
and that the the town vote to transfer
[19:43] that sum of money. It specifies where it
comes from and then any other
[19:48] requirements in that motion. So at the
end you see it reads however that no CPC
[19:54] funds may be spent until the school
committee obtains the necessary
[19:57] additional funds to complete the
project. So all of that is in the motion
[20:00] that is ultimately what town meeting is
being asked to vote on. So that motion
[20:06] gets made. There needs to be a second
from someone and as I mentioned
[20:10] previously under town traditions
typically the select board would make
[20:13] this motion. It would be seconded by the
finance committee. Likely the community
[20:20] preservation committee might make a
presentation on it. And then once that
[20:24] presentation is done, it is left to town
meeting to debate and ultimately vote on
[20:30] it. So town meeting members can get up,
they can speak in favor, they can speak
[20:34] in opposition and then ultimately once
debate is exhausted or someone moves the
[20:39] question, we then go to a vote and then
I will say all those in favor say I.
[20:44] those opposed and then I will call what
that outcome is and we'll move on to the
[20:49] next article. So that's what a motion
ultimately does. I mentioned debate,
[20:54] right? So the motion is made, then it's
seconded and then there's debate. As I
[20:58] mentioned, there's typically a
presentation, not always, sometimes. And
[21:03] then town meeting members can get up,
they can ask questions, they can speak
[21:08] in favor or in opposition, or they can
offer other motions. So that's how it
[21:14] works with town meeting. Let's take a
few minutes to just talk about some of
[21:18] the other participants that play an
important role um in support of what
[21:23] town meeting does. The first that I'll
mention here is the select board. As I
[21:27] mentioned previously, the select board,
they play many roles in the town meeting
[21:32] process. First, they call the annual
town meeting annually. They also can and
[21:37] typically call a special town meeting as
needed unless a citizen's petition does
[21:42] that. They issue the warrant, meaning
they spend the time putting that warrant
[21:46] together. They review all of the
articles and typically we'll make
[21:50] recommendations on every article and
then they sign the warrant and it gets
[21:55] posted which means at that point nothing
else can be added to the warrant and
[22:00] that's what's going to be discussed and
debated at town meeting. In addition to
[22:04] the select board, the finance committee
plays a very important role in the town
[22:09] meeting process. The finance committee,
there's one in every town, every
[22:14] municipality. It's established by
statute. It defines in state law what
[22:20] the function of the finance committee
is, which is to review the town budget
[22:25] and any other finance related issues and
make recommendations to town meeting. In
[22:31] some instances and in some towns, it's
broader than just reviewing financial
[22:35] matters. Uh the town of Plymouth, as an
example, has what's called an advisory
[22:39] and finance committee. They review every
article, regardless of whether it has a
[22:42] financial impact, and make
recommendations to town
[22:46] meeting. For Fair Haven, our finance
committee is made up of 13 members. Two
[22:52] are appointed per precinct and one at
large. Uh the precinct members are
[22:57] appointed by the precinct chair for that
precinct and as I mentioned before the
[23:02] atlarge appointment is made by the
combined votes of the moderator the
[23:06] finance committee chair and the select
board chair. The finance committee
[23:09] reviews all financial articles and makes
a report to the annual town meeting.
[23:13] They make recommendations on all fiscal
articles and they also approve reserve
[23:18] fund transfers. annually there's a
reserve fund set up and so during the
[23:21] year when there isn't town meeting if
there is a departmental need for
[23:25] additional funding instead of waiting
for that next town meeting they can go
[23:29] to the fincom and the fincom can approve
reserve fund transfers. So the finance
[23:34] committee plays a very important role
just like the select board does. There
[23:38] are other participants in that town
meeting process as well and I just
[23:43] wanted to highlight a few. The first is
the town clerk. So the town clerk takes
[23:48] the minutes at town meeting and also
takes attendance to verify that there is
[23:55] a quorum. Whenever there is a question
of the moderator on their determination
[24:01] on a vote and we go to a tally, the
clerk ultimately will tally those votes
[24:08] and work with the tellers that are
appointed for that town meeting. In some
[24:12] instances, there could be secret ballot.
Regardless of how that vote is taken,
[24:16] other than when the moderator calls the
vote, if the town moderator's call is
[24:21] questioned or there's a request to go to
secret ballot, the town clerk oversees
[24:26] that process. Tellers are appointed at
the beginning of town meeting. And
[24:29] again, when seven town meeting members
stand to question the decision of a
[24:34] moderator on a hand vote, it may be that
we have to do a count. And when we do a
[24:39] count, you need tellers. Tellers are
typically they are always town meeting
[24:43] members that are appointed at the
beginning of town meeting. And then
[24:46] there's town council. Town council is
the attorney for the town. Town council
[24:51] plays an important role in town meeting
the day of and even leading up to it.
[24:55] Town council will review all motions and
warrant articles in advance of town
[24:59] meeting to make sure there aren't any
legal issues. And at town meeting, town
[25:05] council is there to advise the moderator
on town meet questions of town meeting
[25:10] procedure and law or on any legal
matters that may come up at town
[25:14] meeting. There are also numerous
appointed officials that play an
[25:18] important role leading up to town
meeting, including the town
[25:22] administrator, superintendent, the
chiefs of police and fire, board of
[25:27] public works superintendent, the
director of finance, planning director,
[25:31] concom. There are a number of appointed
officials that play an important role
[25:36] and other boards and committees. School
committee, planning board, board of
[25:40] health, board of public works, community
preservation committee. There are a
[25:43] number of other committees that may
themselves have sponsored articles on
[25:47] the warrant or may have a role to play
in any one of the articles and they
[25:52] certainly all have budget requests that
are part of the annual budget. There are
[25:56] also petitioners. So I mentioned the
select board creates the warrant and
[26:01] determines what articles appear on the
warrant. But petitioners, citizens can
[26:06] actually collect signatures and place
their own articles on the warrant. Those
[26:10] have to be placed on the warrant.
There's not a question. Once they're
[26:14] filed and those signatures are
certified, they go on the next town
[26:18] meeting warrant. So for an annual town
meeting, it's 10 signatures to place a
[26:23] petitioned article on the warrant. And
for a special, it's 100 signatures. So
[26:28] petitioners play a role not only in
getting articles on the warrant, but
[26:32] also they're usually there to make the
presentation or to argue their case for
[26:37] their article that's on the warrant.
residents and citizens, that's anybody
[26:41] in town or in surrounding communities
can come and observe town meeting. Uh
[26:46] they can speak at town meeting but
cannot vote as long as they get
[26:50] permission from town meeting to do so.
And of course, just like this video
[26:54] that's being produced now, Fair Haven
TV, cable access, print
[26:59] journalists are all critically important
because they bring that democracy
[27:05] directly to residents in the form of for
Faven TV. They produce the actual day of
[27:11] town meeting. It's live and then it's
available thereafter to stream. Any of
[27:16] the other leadup events like the preview
are also covered by Fair Haven TV. We
[27:21] have our local print journalists that
also cover it for local newspapers and
[27:27] there may be others that are from
regional publications that may be
[27:31] interested. It's always very important
for the press and our local access to be
[27:37] participants in this process. That is
the overview of Fair Haven Town Meeting
[27:43] and Town Meetings in general. Before I
end, I just want to point out a few very
[27:47] important resources to get more
information. One is the secretary of
[27:50] state citizens guide to town meetings.
It is an important document that really
[27:54] gives a high level overview of how town
meetings work. There's also the
[27:58] Massachusetts Municipal Association
which is the organization that
[28:03] represents all 351 cities and towns.
There's a wealth of information there
[28:07] including about town meeting but even
more importantly about municipal
[28:11] government in general. the Massachusetts
Department of Revenue, Division of Local
[28:14] Services, they have an enormous amount
of financial information uh about
[28:21] communities. So, for the town of Fair
Haven, if you want to know what the
[28:25] budget is that was finally approved or
what state aid is, the Division of Local
[28:29] Services has that information. And then,
of course, there's always the Town of
[28:32] Fair Haven website. There are a number
of different pages on that website,
[28:36] including the moderator page and town
meeting page that have older versions of
[28:41] the warrants, minutes from town meeting,
town meeting materials. So, it's a good
[28:47] resource to go back and see what's been
done previously, but also what's
[28:50] available for upcoming town meetings.
So, that's the overview of Fair Haven
[28:56] Town Meeting. I really appreciate the
opportunity to share this information
[28:59] with all of you. Um, as always, you can
contact the town moderator to get more
[29:05] information or the town clerk's office
as well.