The Town Meeting and Special Town Meeting will be held on Monday, May 4th, at 7:30pm, and on Wednesday, May 7th, at 7:00pm at the Tewksbury Memorial High School.
* The following can be found on the Tewksbury Town Website: https://www.tewksbury-ma.gov/399/Town-Meeting-Information
What is an Open Town Meeting?:
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.
In the government structure of Tewksbury, registered voters attending TM are the “legislators.” Town Meeting members are vested by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Tewksbury’s Charter with the traditional powers of the legislative branch of any level of government: the power to make laws (in this case, called Bylaws) and the power to approve the expenditure of money. No money can be expended by the Town without the approval of Town Meeting. No general or zoning bylaws can be enacted by Tewksbury without the approval of Town Meeting.
You can read these Zoning Bylaws, General Bylaw, and Tewksbury’s Charter on the town website: https://www.tewksbury-ma.gov/696/Charter-Bylaws
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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Review the warrants to be discussed via the following links:
https://www.tewksbury-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7529/Annual-Town-Meeting-Warrant-May-4-2026-PDF
https://www.tewksbury-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7530/Special-Town-Meeting-Warrant-May-6-2026-PDF
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