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| 2009 Boards'/Committees' Meeting Minutes |
| Veterans Memorial |
| Town Library |
Our Town:
| Abington Massachusetts |
| Town Offices |
| Town Hall 781.982.2100 |
| Golf Comm. |
| Library Trustees |
| Planning Board |
January 28, 2009
| Conservation Comm. |
| Council on Aging |
| Finance Committee |
Feb. 25, 2009
Most of these minutes have been scanned from library copies if you notice any errors please let me know.
| Park & Rec |
Agenda
Click here for 2009 minutes of Selectmen, School Committee, Zoning Board of Appeals, Board of
Health, Water Commissioners, Abington Rockland Joint Water Works, Sewer Comm. & Assessors
Health, Water Commissioners, Abington Rockland Joint Water Works, Sewer Comm. & Assessors
January 2009 No meeting
April 6, 2009
Agenda
April 15, 2009
May 11, 2009
May 21, 2009
March 10, 2009
Agenda
May 4, 2009
April 18, 2009
Agenda
Agenda
| Town Charter: 7-10-3 Rules and Journal Each multiple member body shall determine its own rules and order of business unless otherwise provided by the charter or by-law, and shall provide for keeping minutes of its proceedings. Such minutes shall be voted on and approved within sixty (60) days following the date of such proceedings. These rules and minutes shall be a public record kept available in a place convenient to the public at all reasonable times, and copies shall be kept available in the town library. |
Page 15 of Mass. Open Meeting Law Guidelines..
The Law is also silent on the issue of how long a governmental body may take to adopt and make available for public inspection its "official"
minutes. Nonetheless, by implication the Law requires that such minutes be made available to the public within a reasonable period of time
after the conclusion of any given meeting. What is reasonable will depend upon such factors as the length of the meeting in question, the
complexity of issues discussed at the meeting, the staffing and workload of the particular body responsible for preparing the final document,
and the like. Without establishing a hard and fast rule regarding the timeliness of the preparation of "official" minutes, a time frame of two to
four weeks may be considered reasonable under most circumstances.
Release: Both the Open Meeting Law and the Public Records Law include provisions which pertain to the release of minutes of meetings
convened by governmental bodies. In general, the minutes of a meeting become public records from the moment they are created. This is true
regardless of the form in which they may first appear, i.e., stenographic notes, handwritten notes, or tape recordings. The governmental body
may not require that it vote to adopt or approve or release open session minutes before they may be released to the public, even though the
minutes may be only in draft form at the time of the request. The body or custodian of the records may, of course, label the notes or cassette
tape at the time of the release as being in draft, unofficial, or unapproved form, as may be appropriate
The Law is also silent on the issue of how long a governmental body may take to adopt and make available for public inspection its "official"
minutes. Nonetheless, by implication the Law requires that such minutes be made available to the public within a reasonable period of time
after the conclusion of any given meeting. What is reasonable will depend upon such factors as the length of the meeting in question, the
complexity of issues discussed at the meeting, the staffing and workload of the particular body responsible for preparing the final document,
and the like. Without establishing a hard and fast rule regarding the timeliness of the preparation of "official" minutes, a time frame of two to
four weeks may be considered reasonable under most circumstances.
Release: Both the Open Meeting Law and the Public Records Law include provisions which pertain to the release of minutes of meetings
convened by governmental bodies. In general, the minutes of a meeting become public records from the moment they are created. This is true
regardless of the form in which they may first appear, i.e., stenographic notes, handwritten notes, or tape recordings. The governmental body
may not require that it vote to adopt or approve or release open session minutes before they may be released to the public, even though the
minutes may be only in draft form at the time of the request. The body or custodian of the records may, of course, label the notes or cassette
tape at the time of the release as being in draft, unofficial, or unapproved form, as may be appropriate
Agenda
May 11 DNC
May 26, 2009
Agenda
Agenda
June,2009
July 13,2009
Agenda
Agenda
Agenda
Agenda
Agenda
July 27, 2009
August 17,2009
July 20, 2009
Agenda
Agenda
| SAGE |
Agenda
Agenda
| Saving Abington with Green Energy |
August 5, 2009
Sept. 21,2009
Agenda
Agenda
August 25, 2009
Sept. 17, 2009
Sept. 22, 2009
August, 2009
Agenda
Oct. 7, 2009
Click here for 2008 minutes of Library Trustees, Golf Committee, Planning Board, Conservation Commission, Finance Committee, Council on Aging, Park and Recreation Commission,SAGE
Click here for 2008 minutes of Selectmen, School Committee, Zoning Board of Appeals, Board of Health, Water Commissioners, Abington Rockland Joint Water Works, Sewer Comm. & Assessors
October 5,2009
October 7, 2009
October 13, 2009
October 15, 2009
Agenda
Agenda
October 26, 2009
Agenda
October 15, 2009
November 19, 2009
December 10, 2009
October 26, 2009
October 26, 2009
Agenda
November 4, 2009
Agenda
November 10, 2009
Agenda
Agenda
Agenda
November, 2009
December 7, 2009
December , 2009
Agenda
December, 2009
Agenda
January 13, 2010
Agenda
February 3, 2010
Agenda
January 2010
February 1, 2010
December, 2009
Agenda
Agenda
January 21, 2010
Agenda
Agenda
Agenda
March 9, 2010
March 1, 2010
February 27, 2010
Agenda
January 21, 2010
March 18, 2010
Agenda
Agenda
March 3, 2010
Agenda
Agenda
Agenda
April 14, 2010
April 15, 2010
April 29, 2010
April 27, 2010
May 10, 2010
No Meeting
Agenda
Agenda
Agenda
Agenda
January 13, 2010
Agenda
April 2010
May 3, 2010
Agenda
February, 2010
Agenda
April 1, 2010
April 7, 2010
May 5, 2010
May 5, 2010
March 23, 2010
Agenda
May 14, 2010
Agenda
May 17, 2010
Agenda
Agenda
Agenda
Agenda
June 7, 2010
May 2010
Agenda
June 8, 2010
June 2, 2010
June 9, 2010
June 2, 2010
June 16, 2010
June, 2010
Agenda
April 22, 2010
Agenda
Agenda
July 15, 2010