Would it be simpler and better to simply try to follow Town By-laws, which were voted on by Town Meeting? Town Meeting should have the Town Meeting warrant in hand!
So says Town Meeting Times.
From: Terenzini, Carter <cterenzini@TempletonMA.gov>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 10:46 AM
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Cc: Tom Harrington
Subject: RE: Voters Guide for ATM
Subject to direction by others to the contrary; it would be my intent to be guided by what Town Counsel advises; It may be as simple as labeling the cover Warrant Articles and Voter’s Guide;
Many Thanks
Carter
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From: AdvisoryCommittee Templeton
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 10:42 AM
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Subject: Re: Voters Guide for ATM
Just a note; in Town Meeting times, which according to Templeton by-laws, is the guide for our town meeting. Page 54 of Town Meeting times, section 19 "if the reading of articles is to be omitted, the warrant should be printed and in the hands of, or available to, every voter." No where does it refer to a voters guide, so I hope the Town Selectmen will follow our own by-laws and follow Town Meeting times; have the warrant at Town Meeting rather than a voters guide, which in my opinion, appears to be another distraction to the voters. Selectmen vote on the warrant, it is the warrant that gets posted in designated places according to state law and it should be the warrant in front of the voters.
respectfully;
Jeffrey Bennett
Chairman, Templeton Advisory Committee
From: Terenzini, Carter
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 7:40:53 AM
To: Hall, Derek
Cc: AdvisoryCommittee Templeton; Caplis, John; Richard, Julie; Morrison, Doug; Diane Haleybrooks; Harris, Carol; Adam D. Lamontagne; Harris, Carol
Subject: RE: Voters Guide for ATM
Good Day Derek:
I know there is a question as to whether or not we must also provide a copy of the entirety of the warrant to people if the reading of a warrant article is to be waived (I’ll be discussing this with the BoS on 05/01 but at this time do anticipate a move to waive the reading on at least four (4) articles). Given the Voter’s guide actually does include the entirety of each and every warrant article as the “anticipated motion” (albeit with some wording added (bold italics) or deleted (with strikethroughs) I would posit we do actually do that. I have referred this question to Town Counsel previously and would expect him to turn his attention to it as we get closer to Town Meeting (concentrating for now on the 18B Voter’s Guide and some other higher priority matters).
I expect him to be able to address it when he comes out for the public presentation on 04/30 or 05/07/07. Once he provides guidance on this I’ll Draft some advice for the Moderator’s Rules for you to review and sign off on. suggest that
