Town Meeting members in the April Election

You can find a list of those running for Town Meeting at this link from the Dartmouth Public Libraries.
The Town Meeting is the legislature of our town. Only Town Meeting can appropriate funds, approve the purchase or sale of property, enact bylaws, and many other things. The Massachusetts General Law on Town Meeting can be found here. It is a vital civic function. Dartmouth has a representative Town Meeting. Although any resident can go and speak at Town Meeting, only those elected as representatives can vote. There are 39 Town Meeting members from each ...

...of the ten precincts of the town. Town Meeting members are elected to a 3 year term with 13 elected from each precinct each year. Some precincts have a full complement of town meeting members. Others are chronically short of members.
Looking at the list for this year, you will see that many precincts do not have 13 people on the ballot. The deadline for getting on the ballot has passed but you can still run as a write in candidate. If you would like to serve, have our friends and family write in our name for Town Meeting member. This modest number of votes is usually enough to get you elected to the Town Meeting.
There are usually two Town Meetings a year, one in the spring that is a full day and one in the fall which is in the evening. If you work during the day, as I do, you will have to take a day off to attend the Spring Town Meeting. The town budget is debated and enacted at that meeting. Give it some thought, you will be serving your community and will be up to date on what is occurring in town government.