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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: | [[Town_Meeting:History]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Participants]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:When and Where]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:The Warrant]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Procedures]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Opening Ceremonies]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Speaking at Town Meeting]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Rules of Debate]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Motions]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Parliamentary Motion Guide]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Voting at Town Meeting]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Reconsideration]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Adjournment]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Dissolution]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Current Practices]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:General]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Amending Motions]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:During Town Meeting]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Speaking Guidelines]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:After Town Meeting Adjourns]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Referenda]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Proposition 2½ and Overrides]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Operating Budget Overrides]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Debt Exclusions]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Finances]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:The Budget Process]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Revenues]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Borrowing]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Reserve Fund]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:The Tax Rate]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Fiscal Administration]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:How to Run for Election]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:How to Run a Campaign]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:How to Prepare an Article for the Warrant]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:How to Prepare a Motion for Town Meeting]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:How to Become Informed]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:How to Resign from Town Meeting]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[Town_Meeting:Town Meeting Members Association]] | ||
[[Town_Meeting: | [[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 | |||
Revision as of 08:56, 24 April 2014
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:Opening Ceremonies
Town_Meeting:Speaking at Town Meeting
Town_Meeting:Parliamentary Motion Guide
Town_Meeting:Voting at Town Meeting
Town_Meeting:Current Practices
Town_Meeting:During Town Meeting
Town_Meeting:Speaking Guidelines
Town_Meeting:After Town Meeting Adjourns
Town_Meeting:Proposition 2½ and Overrides
Town_Meeting:Operating Budget Overrides
Town_Meeting:The Budget Process
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
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