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Boxborough Town Meeting
Fall (Special) Town Meeting 2023
Fall Town Meeting will be held Monday, November 6, 2023 at 7:00 PM in the School Gymnasium at Blanchard Memorial School at 493 Massachusetts Avenue, Boxborough, MA.
Read the Boxborough 2023 Guide for Town Meeting
Read the updated Flyers and Sales Policy for Fall Town Meeting 2023
Read the latest Annual Town Report: 2022 Annual Town Report
BXB-TV's recording of Annual Town Meeting May 8, 2023
BXB-TV's recording of Annual Town Meeting May 9, 2023
Boxborough 2023 Town Meeting photos courtesy of Diane Douglas, LCTV photographer
Town Meeting History
Town Meeting is the legislative branch of town government, used to enact local laws, pass budgets and authorize spending of town money. The Town Meeting form of local government is only used in New England.
The Town of Boxborough is currently governed by Open Town Meeting. In an Open Town Meeting, any voter registered in the town may attend, speak on the articles, and vote for or against them. For each Town Meeting, a Warrant is published, listing the date and time of the meeting as well as the articles that will be discussed and voted upon. An Archive of past Town Meeting Minutes is here.
Responsibilities
Read the Massachusetts Guide to Town Meeting
Read the Boxborough Guide to Town Meeting
The responsibilities of Town Meeting are to:
Appropriate funds for operating and capital budgets for the upcoming fiscal year (July 1 to June 30);
Approve all General and Zoning By-Laws.
Accept certain “local option” statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Process and Procedures
Town Meeting convenes for a series of meetings in the Spring (and other times when necessary). A Warrant is made available online, at the Town Hall and by mail to all residents before the Town Meeting, giving information on all the articles to be voted on.
All matters of Town Meeting business are included in the Warrant. Each item of business is called a Warrant article, and Town Meeting can vote only on articles contained in the Warrant. The Select Board determines the content and order of articles in the Warrant, and sets the deadline for closing the warrant. Citizens are afforded the opportunity of submitting warrant articles by acquiring the signatures of 10 or more registered voters.
The Town Moderator, who is elected by the voters each year for a one-year term, presides over the business and conduct of Town Meeting. Operating procedures and rules are dictated by statute, by-laws, tradition, and the rulings of the moderator as guided by “Town Meeting Time: A Handbook of Parliamentary Law” published by the Massachusetts Moderators’ Association.
2023 Warrant Article Presentations
- Article 2/School Committee Presentation (PDF)
- Article 4 Presentation (PDF)
- Article 5/Finance Committee Presentation (PDF)
- Article 8 Presentation (PDF)
- Article 25 Presentation (PDF)
- Article 26 Presentation (PDF)
- Article 27 Presentation (PDF)
- Article 28 Presentation (PDF)
- Article 29 Presentation (PDF)
- Article 30 Presentation (PDF)
- Article 31 Presentation (PDF)
- Article 32 Presentation (PDF)
- Article 34 Presentation (PDF)
- Article 42 Presentation (PDF)
- Article 43 Presentation (PDF)
- Article 45 Presentation (PDF)
- Article 46 Presentation (PDF)
- Article 47 Presentation (PDF)