The bylaw changes will first need to be approved by the Attorney General and review takes approximately ninety (90) days before the new bylaws will become official.
Spring is here. Delightfully unfolding all around us in Medfield. We have a wonderful place to call home as April turns towards May. And in the spring, I have the pleasure and privilege of inviting you to attend our Annual Town Meeting on Monday evening, May 1, 2023 at 7:00pm. We come together as a legislative body. We conduct the business of the town as citizen legislators. And we do it as friends and neighbors.
Please join us. We discuss, debate, deliberate, and decide. We focus on the important matters described in the town’s 2023 Warrant Report. We have 32 Articles to consider this spring, including budgets and local laws and regulations.
Please join us. The home of the town meeting is the Amos Clark Kingsbury High School gymnasium. Respecting schedules and time demands, we legislate in one-evening (usually). By charter, we gather on the first Monday of May. We come together live and in-person. We speak directly with one another. Every Medfield voter is invited, and every attendee participates as a legislator with a voice and a vote.
Please join us. We continue a heritage of direct, open, democratic, participatory self-government. We hear from our Warrant Committee. Our executive branch of government faces the community. Our collective judgement sets the budget and town objectives for fiscal year 2024. Our collective determinations set the course for Medfield’s future.
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Let’s go!
It would be great to see you at the high school on May 1. Be well.
Respectfully,
Scott F. McDermott
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Posted onAugust 23, 2022|Comments Off on Medfield Town Moderator is Reaching Out: Can We Talk?
From Town Moderator, Scott McDermott –
Medfield Town Moderator is Reaching Out: Can We Talk? Scott McDermott using a series of Open Forums and Open Letters to connect with the community. He has important appointments to make and would like to have ‘a conversation with the town.’
I have 6 or 7 appointments to make (4 SBC and perhaps 3 to WC), so it is an important time for me to have a conversation with the town.
Attached is the pdf. version of my first Open Letter. Here is a link to the Letter on the town website:
I appreciate any promotion on this effort. And, beyond the focus on the upcoming appointments (which are important), I also want to listen, learn, and discuss two other topics: (i) Town Meetings of the Future; and (ii) Power of Volunteerism in Community.
Posted onJune 22, 2022|Comments Off on Trinity passed at STM, almost unanimously
The special town meeting (STM) last night went quickly, and resulted in a virtually unanimous vote to proceed with the Land Disposition Agreement (LDA) with Trinity Financial to build 334 units of rental apartments (25% affordable) in the existing buildings at the former Medfield State Hospital site. Over 800 residents were spread out between the gym, a tent in front of MHS, and a separate air conditioned area for seniors in the MHS library.
The Select Board and Trinity signed the LDA last night. Next Trinity will begin its permitting.
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The proposed new School Building Committee bylaw was the sole controversial issue at the annual town meeting (ATM) last night. It passed by a vote of 162 – 149.
Posted onMay 3, 2022|Comments Off on ATM fails to gain quorum – town will try again next Monday
The annual town meeting (ATM) failed to achieve a quorum (250 voters) last night. As a result the town meeting was postponed to 7 PM next Monday at the Medfield High School gym. The attendance got to only about 200.
Dick Judge suggested that all in attendance be exempted from their property taxes, and all in attendance agreed.
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Calling all Town of Medfield registered voters! Join us on Monday, May 2nd at 7pm in the Medfield High School Gymnasium for our Annual Town Meeting. Find more information at https://town.medfield.net/2090/2022-Annual-Town-Meeting
Posted onFebruary 7, 2022|Comments Off on Moderator seeks members for charter review committee
From the Moderator –
The Board of Selectmen voted to request Scott McDermott, Town Moderator, appoint seven members to a charter review committee to draft charter amendments or bylaws which will govern the appointment of Medfield’s next school building committee. The committee will offer their amendments or bylaws as an Article for consideration at our Annual Town Meeting on May 2. The appointment of the committee was authorized by the passage of an article sponsored by citizen petition at the 2021 Annual Town Meeting. The Moderator expects that the thrust of committee’s work will be from late February to early April. Any Medfield registered voter interested in serving on the committee should send an email to Scott at: medfieldtownmoderator@medfield.net no later than February 15.
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