Town Meeting:Town Meeting in Lexington

This wiki is designed to familiarize new Town Meeting Members with the workings of Town Meeting. It can also serve as a reference for all participants in Lexington government including Town officials, committee members, and other citizens.

Besides describing procedures and practices, the wiki gives a short history of Town Meeting in Lexington and contains practical advice on being elected to Town Meeting and on how to become an informed and effective Town Meeting Member. Additional useful information is contained in a document called TOWN OF LEXINGTON BOARD AND COMMITTEE HANDBOOK, available from the Town Clerk's office.

Town_Meeting:History

Town_Meeting:Participants

Town_Meeting:When and Where

Town_Meeting:The Warrant

Town_Meeting:Procedures

Town_Meeting:Opening Ceremonies

Town_Meeting:Speaking at Town Meeting

Town_Meeting:Rules of Debate

Town_Meeting:Motions

Town_Meeting:Parliamentary Motion Guide

Town_Meeting:Voting at Town Meeting

Town_Meeting:Reconsideration

Town_Meeting:Adjournment

Town_Meeting:Dissolution

Town_Meeting:Current Practices

Town_Meeting:General

Town_Meeting:Amending Motions

Town_Meeting:During Town Meeting

Town_Meeting:Speaking Guidelines

Town_Meeting:After Town Meeting Adjourns

Town_Meeting:Referenda

Town_Meeting:Proposition 2½ and Overrides

Town_Meeting:Operating Budget Overrides

Town_Meeting:Debt Exclusions

Town_Meeting:Finances

Town_Meeting:The Budget Process

Town_Meeting:Revenues

Town_Meeting:Borrowing

Town_Meeting:Reserve Fund

Town_Meeting:The Tax Rate

Town_Meeting:Fiscal Administration

Town_Meeting:How to Run for Election

Town_Meeting:How to Run a Campaign

Town_Meeting:How to Prepare an Article for the Warrant

Town_Meeting:How to Prepare a Motion for Town Meeting

Town_Meeting:How to Become Informed

Town_Meeting:How to Resign from Town Meeting

Town_Meeting:Town Meeting Members Association

Town_Meeting:Ethics

Revision History

This is the fourth version of Town Meeting in Lexington, released in December 2008.

Funding for this update came from the League of Women Voters of Lexington and the Lexington Town Meeting Members Association. Fifth Edition

Expanded and updated content. Converted to wiki format.

Contributors: Edith Sandy, Glenn P. Parker, Andrei Radulescu-Banu, Kathryn R. Colburn, Molly Nye, Vicki Blier

Fourth Edition

Contributors: Marge Battin, Norm Cohen, Donna Hooper, Deb Mauger, Edith Sandy, Frank Sandy

The contributors to the fourth version would like to thank the contributors to the first, second and third editions.

Third Edition

Margaret Counts-Klebe - Project Director

Contributors: Marge Battin, Norm Cohen, Pat Costello, Jim Courtemanche, Marge Daggett, Andy Friedlich, Donna Hooper, Hank Manz, Gretchen Reisig

Second edition

Shirley Frawley - Copy Editor

Contributors: Marge Battin, Marge Daggett, Gloria Holland, David Kaufman, Marilyn Mairson, Ephraim Weiss

First edition

Project Director: Elizabeth H. Clarke

Editor: Martha Wood

Contributors: Susan Beck, Kenneth Briggs, Jr., Marthur Kalil, Judith Marshall, Sam Silverman