201.00 Notice of Town Meeting
Notice of every Town Meeting shall be given by posting attested copies of the warrant calling the same in at least one public place in each precinct not less than fourteen days before the day appointed for such meeting and the Town Clerk shall mail printed copies of the warrant to the limited Town Meeting members at least fourteen days before the time at which any representative Town Meeting is to be held; provided, however, that no meeting shall be invalidated by reason of any mistake or omission as to mailing copies to Town Meeting members.
202.00 Warrant Articles
All articles in the town warrant shall be taken up in the order of their arrangement unless otherwise decided by a two-thirds vote of those present and voting.
203.00 Appraisement Of Town Property
There shall be chosen at each annual meeting a committee of three (3) persons who shall make an annual appraisement of all property owned by the Town and make a report of their appraisement in the annual Town Report.
204.00 Motions For Expenditures
All questions and motions submitted for the consideration of the Town involving the expenditure of money, and such other motions as may be required by the Moderator, shall be in writing.
205.00 Use Of Check List
On demand of fifteen (15) Town Meeting members the check list shall be used in taking the vote, and the meeting to determine whether by ballot or yea or nay vote, on any motion or resolution properly before a meeting of the Town.
206.00 Reconsideration
No vote shall be reconsidered at the meeting at which it was passed except upon a motion made within one hour after such vote has passed and upon notice that such a motion is to be made, given within a half hour after such vote has passed nor unless such motion to reconsider is made by a person who voted with the prevailing side.
207.00 Motions And Precedence Of Motions
When a question is under debate no motion shall be received, but to adjourn the meeting, to reconsider a previous vote, the previous question, to lay on the table, to commit or amend to refer or postpone to a certain day, or to postpone indefinitely, which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are herein arranged.
208.00 Speaking On A Subject
Town Meeting members, the chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Chairman of the School Committee, and Town Manager, may speak on the same subject not more than twice or for more than ten (10) minutes, without the consent of the meeting. Non-members and citizens may speak on the same subject not more than twice or for more than five (5) minutes without the consent of the meeting. Full time employees of the Town, who are not residents of the Town, may speak on the same subject not more than once or for more than five (5) minutes without the consent of the meeting. Other non- residents may speak on the same subject not more than once or for five (5) minutes and then only with the unanimous consent of the meeting.
209.00 Committees Appointed By The Moderator
All committees shall be appointed by the Moderator, unless otherwise directed by the meeting and it shall be the duty of the member first named promptly to call the committee together for organization.
210.00 First Order Of Business
The first business in order at each adjourned meeting shall be the reading of the records of the previous session by the Town Clerk.
211.00 Rules Of Practice
The powers and duties of the presiding officer, not especially
provided for by law or in the foregoing rules, shall be determined by the rules of practice contained in the Roberts Rules of Order, revised seventy-fifth Anniversary edition, so far as they are adapted to the conditions and powers of the Town.
The powers and duties of the presiding officer, not especially provided for by law or in the foregoing rules, shall be determined by the rules of practice contained in Robert's Rules of Order, most recent edition, so far as they are adapted to the conditions and powers of the Town.
(Article 34, Annual Town Meeting held on May 6, 1996)
212.00 Duty Of Moderator
It shall be the duty of the Moderator to request all persons not Town Meeting members to retire from such portion of the hall as may be designated by the Moderator to be occupied by Town Meeting members during transaction of all Town business.
213.00 Motion To Dissolve Meeting
Any motion, the effect of which would be to dissolve the meeting, if made before every article in the warrant for such meeting has been finally disposed of, shall require the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of those present and voting; but this shall not preclude an adjournment of the meeting to some other time.
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