Midterms are done, time to resume #ObedienceTraining >>> #MaskUp people!! 🤡 Manchester-By-The-Sea's Special Town Meeting @ Nov 14, 2022 6.30PM - CALL TO ACTION
#Agenda2030 #Zoning #Housing #HousingDensity
Special Town Meeting
Monday, November 14, 2022 @ 6:30 PM
Manchester Essex Regional High School
36 Lincoln St, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944
Subject: Zoning Recodification and Updates | Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
http://manchester.ma.us/703/Zoning-Recodification-and-Updates
The above article from Town Moderator Alan Wilson, who is choosing to require masks when in the main auditorium of the special town meeting this coming Monday, November 14, 2022
Voter Handbook for Town Meeting
Public Health Protocol
Town Meeting Warrant
Proposed Zoning Changes Information
Letter to Residents 11-7-22 (Town Meeting May Need 2 Days)
Special Town Meeting is on Monday, November 14 at 6:30 PM at the High School. A second day (November 15) may be needed to complete the voting process.
Masking is required to sit in the auditorium to protect our most vulnerable residents. The cafeteria will be available for those who choose not to mask.
Warrant, zoning descriptions, voter handbook, health protocol and Town Moderator Letters: http://manchester.ma.us/503/Town-Meetings-and-Elections
The town was put on notice with the following letter:
RE: Your unlawful “public health protocol” of November 01, 2022 for the upcoming November 14 meeting
Dear Mr. Wilson,
This letter concerns your so-called “public health protocol” dated November 01, 2022 requiring face coverings in the auditorium for the Manchester-by-the-Sea Special Town Meeting of November 14, 2022. The public health protocol exceeds your lawful authority for the following reasons:
1. The November 01, 2022, protocol announcement recites that you are taking action pursuant to your authority contained in MGL Ch. 39 Sections 15 and 17. Neither of those sections grant you the authority to do anything other than decide questions of order and preside over voting and speaking procedures. Neither of those sections confer any public health powers upon you as moderator.
2. The 2nd paragraph of Section 15 of Chapter 39 provides for further regulation of proceedings at town meetings through town bylaws. That section is likewise silent as to public health measures. It should also be noted that your November 01 announcement of the “public health protocol” recites that it was affirmed by the board of health, as opposed to passage by a town bylaw.
3. Although Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2022 in Section 26 granted moderators the ability to request remote participation at town meetings from the board of selectmen, nothing in that section or the statute authorizes a moderator to even request a face covering requirement, much less unilaterally declare one – with or without the approval of the board of health.
This letter is to put you on notice that your actions with regard to face covering requirements have no lawful basis and are in derogation of both the Massachusetts Open Meeting law and your oath of office.
CALL TO ACTION - To express your concerns about government overreach and the implementation of retro restrictions:
The above articles from Town Moderator Alan Wilson, who is choosing to require masks when in the main auditorium of the special town meeting this coming Monday, November 14, 2022
Web address for town: http://www.manchester.ma.us/343/Select-Board
Physical Address: 10 Central Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944
CALL & EMAIL Board of Selectmen members using extensions below @ 978-526-2000 (Fax: 978-526-2001):
Board of Selectmen
Becky Jaques, Chair, 2024: jaquesb@manchester.ma.us
Ann Harrison, Vice-chair, 2023: harrisona@manchester.ma.us
Catherine Bilotta, 2025: bilottac@manchester.ma.us
John Round, 2023: roundj@manchester.ma.us
Brian Sollosy, 2025: sollosyb@manchester.ma.us
Debbie Powers, Executive Assistant to the Town Administrator and Select Board:
powersd@manchester.ma.us / 978-526-2000
Gregory Federspiel, Town Administrator: federspielg@manchester.ma.us
Return of Masks Mandates in Manchester-by-the-Sea!!!???