The Town Meeting, serving as the legislative body of our government, convenes tonight to vote on Articles 2 through 25. See you there!
The Annual Town Meeting will begin on Monday, May 5th at 7:30 PM at Tewksbury Memorial High School, 320 Pleasant Street.
Click here to view the Annual Town Meeting Warrant
Important Note: Articles 26 & 27 related to the MBTA COMMUNITIES MULTIFAMILY OVERLAY DISTRICT will not be voted on. Click here to view a detailed explanation
Click here to view the Town Manager’s Supplemental Handout
Click here to view the Finance Committee Recommendations
Click here to view the Planning Board Recommendations – Economic Development Articles
Click here to view the Planning Board Recommendations – MBTA & Floodplain Articles
Town bylaw requires the Annual Town Meeting to be divided into three sections.
Section One
o Article 1. Annual Town Election – Accomplished on April 5, 2025
Section Two – Monday, May 5th at 7:30 PM (Articles 2 – 25)
o Article 2. Elected official salaries
o Article 3. Consent calendar
o Article 4. Budget article
o Article(s). Budget related articles
o Article(s). Amend Personnel bylaws
o Article(s). Amend Town bylaws
o General articles
*If Section Two is completed before 11 pm the Annual Town Meeting shall adjourn to Wednesday at 7:30 pm to act on Section Three articles.
Section Three – Wednesday, May 7th at 7:30 PM (Articles 28 – 33)
o Amend zoning by laws
Articles 26 & 27 related to the MBTA COMMUNITIES MULTIFAMILY OVERLAY DISTRICT will not be voted on.
Article 28 – Click here to view the Proposed Changes to the Floodplain District
Article 33 – Click here to view the Proposed Changes to the Town Center Overlay District
A Special Town Meeting within the Annual Town Meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 7th at 7:00 PM
o Click here to view the Special Town Meeting Warrant
o Click here to view the Finance Committee Recommendations (on Page 2)
TOWN MEETING OVERVIEW
The Town of Tewksbury has an Open Town Meeting form of government meaning that any registered voter may vote at Town Meeting. Town Meeting is the legislative body of the Town. It convenes annually on the first Monday in May at 7:30 pm and conclude at 11 pm. Subsequent meetings shall begin at 7:30 P.M. on Wednesday and Thursday of the same week and conclude at 11:00 P.M.
Town Meeting considers and adopts an annual operating budget. It also considers and acts upon other matters which require Town Meeting action such as zoning changes, street acceptances, by-law additions and amendments. The business of each Town Meeting is contained in a document known as “the Warrant” which includes all matters on which the Town will act. The Warrant is posted on the Town website and mailed to each dwelling two weeks before any town meeting. Articles are inserted in the Warrant by the Select Board or by Citizen Petition.
All registered voters may participate in Tewksbury’s Open Town Meeting. Participants display prominently ribbons which are given out at check-in before the beginning of the meeting and returned at its conclusion.
Only Tewksbury residents who are registered voters are allowed in the voting sections of Town Meeting. Unregistered voters and non-residents may request admission by signing their names and addresses on the Visitor’s Log at the entrance of Town Meeting. The Moderator shall designate a place set apart from the general assembly where such persons may sit. The Moderator shall also set apart a space where accredited representatives of the press shall sit.
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