May 11, 2020 Special Meeting

Rescheduled
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
DATE / VENUE / QUORUM
 
The May 11, 2020 Special Town Meeting has been recessed and continued to:
Saturday, August 8, 2020 @ 9:00 am
 
The Special Town Meeting has been recessed several times under authority of the Town Moderator's Declarations after consultation with local public safety officials and the Select Board, due to the public health and safety risks posed by the coronavirus COVID-19, as provided for under MGL Ch. 39:10A  and  Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2020.  
 
Under the Moderator's most recent 4th Declaration, the Special Town Meeting has once again been recessed and continued to be held outdoors on:
Saturday, August 8, 2020 @ 9:00 am 
Arthur Kenney Turf Field  -- 189 Park Street
 
QUORUM

The North Reading Select Board at their meeting on July 20, 2020 voted to reduce the quorum requirement for the August 8, 2020 Special Town Meeting (postponed from May 11, 2020) from 150 voters to 15 voters. 

This vote was taken in consultation and with the approval of the Town Moderator pursuant to Chapter 92 of the Acts of 2020, which allows that the number of voters necessary to constitute a quorum shall not be less than 10 percent of the number that would otherwise be required at any Town Meeting held during the Governor’s March 10, 2020 Declaration of a State of Emergency.