Politics & Government

Wayland Town Meeting Resumes Tonight

After a lengthy break, Wayland's 2012 Annual Town Meeting resumes tonight. We're here to remind you where we've been so far.

It's been more than 11 days since Wayland's 2012 Annual Town Meeting last convened a session. During the break, you're been through an entire week of Spring Vacation, and we're willing to bet Town Meeting has been far from your mind. So here's what you need to know going into tonight's fifth, and presumably final, session.

When/Where: Monday at 7:30 p.m. at . This session will take place in the auditorium, NOT the gymnasium. Because of the room change, please use the main entrance of WMS.

Other Factors:

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  • The fifth session of Wayland's 2012 Annual Town Meeting will open with Article 27 of 31. The meeting will begin anew with Article 27. "The re-start is consistent with the Moderator's rule that a session end with an article, not mid-discussion," according to information posted on the Town of Wayland website.
  • Article 27 will likely feature a new, main motion, assuming it is approved by the Board of Selectmen who will meet at 6:45 p.m. tonight specifically to discuss and approve the motion. (For information about the changed motion, see "")
  • Electronic voting will NOT be available for tonight's session.
  • For a recap of action taken on articles so far, see "." We'll update our article with action taken on the remaining articles after tonight's meeting.
  • Wayland Patch will Live Blog tonight's session just as we have . Because of the delay between sessions of Town Meeting, we'll need to launch a new blog. The new blog will launch at 7:15 p.m. on the front page of Wayland Patch.


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