Town Meeting:General Decorum

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Sessions of Town Meeting are normally convened at 7:30pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings in Margaret Milne Battin Hall in the Isaac Harris Cary Memorial Building at 1605 Massachusetts Avenue. A session typically lasts for two to three hours, depending on how many Articles are ready to be taken up by Town Meeting.

While Town Meeting is in session, the Moderator rules over activities within the hall as well as any activities within the building deemed to be unreasonable or obtrusive to the operation of Town Meeting.

Smoking is not permitted in the building.

The central seating area on the ground level of the hall is reserved for Town Meeting Members. Citizens may sit in the rear of the hall or the balcony and are asked to enter and leave quietly if Town Meeting is in session.

Town Meeting Members should participate in voice votes only when sitting in their designated precinct or board location and not from the back or sides of the hall. Citizens must not participate in voice votes.

Applause or demonstrations of disapproval are not permitted.

Refreshments may be served and consumed only in the hallway. When Town Meeting is in session, people in the halls are asked to converse quietly.