Town Meeting Begins Tonight. Here's What You Need To Know
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Welcome To Nantucket Current's 2024 Annual Town Meeting Primer
The island's legislative body - its registered voters - will gather on Tuesday, May 7, for Nantucket's annual exercise in democracy: the Annual Town Meeting. Here's what you need to know and some helpful links and opinions on what we'll be voting on this year.
Where: 10 Surfside Road, Nantucket High School auditorium, overflow in the gym
When: Tuesday, May 7th, 5 p.m. sharp, check-in begins at 4:00 p.m.
Need to know: No food or drink is allowed inside the auditorium, except water.
There are 112 warrant articles for debate, including
- 22 zoning articles
- 11 general bylaws
- 19 real estate articles
- 15 home rule petitions
- 27 citizen petitions
Helpful links:
- Town Meeting Warrant With Finance Committee Motions
- Town of Nantucket Voters Guide
- Tax Rate Calculator (to determine the tax rate impact for the debt and capital exclusions based on individual properties’ values)
- Nantucket Land & Water Council warrant article recommendations
- Save Nantucket Jobs (Article 59 advocacy)
- Nantucket Together (Article 59 advocacy)
- Put Nantucket Neighborhoods First (Article 59 advocacy)
Nantucket Civic League's "Meet The Articles" Forum:
Finance Committee's Information Session:
Spending Proposals That Also Require Ballot Votes: