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REVISED: DATES for 2020 Annual Town Meeting and 2020 Annual Town Election

BOS vote new dates in light of COVID-19 for June 2020 (instead of May)
Posted on: April 7, 2020 - 1:23pm

The Berlin Board of Selectmen voted unanimously on April 6, 2020 to move the dates for BOTH the 2020 Annual Town Meeting and the 2020 Annual Town Election due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

This change, while unprecedented, was done out of an abundance of caution and with an eye towards public safety and gathering the best and most-updated information possible before proceeding to Town Meeting.

Please click here to see the Revised Notice of 2020 Annual Town Meeting and 2020 Annual Town Election official posting document.

The pertinent details are repeated below this line:

The Berlin Board of Selectmen has hereby

rescheduled the dates for the 2020:

 

Annual Town Meeting

Monday, June 22 at 7:30 p.m.

Berlin Memorial School

34 South Street, Berlin, MA

 

AND

 

Annual Town Election

Monday, June 29, 2020 from 12:00 Noon to 4:00 p.m.

Lower level, Room 114, Berlin Town Office Building

23 Linden Street, Berlin, MA

 

Voted unanimously on April 6, 2020BERLIN BOARD OF SELECTMENChristine Keefe         Lisa Wysocki             Margaret Stone

 

.Notes:  

  • The warrant for the 2020 Annual Town Meeting has closed (Feb. 18, 2020).
  • Annual Town Meeting was originally scheduled for May 4, 2020.
  • Annual Town Election was originally scheduled for May 11, 2020.
  • The Pre-Town Meeting & Budget Forum scheduled for Thursday, April 16 at the 1870 Town Hall has been canceled. It will be rescheduled and publicized for a future date to be determined.

This action has been taken in light of the:

  • World Health Organization’s naming COVID-19 as a pandemic (Mar. 11, 2020);
  • Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s: (1) Emergency Declaration (Mar. 10, 2020) and (2) Executive Order barring gatherings in excess of ten (10) people (Mar. 23, 2020);
  • Joint Declaration of Emergency for the Town of Berlin, retroactive to Mar. 10, 2020, by votes of: (1) Board of Health, Mar. 17, 2020; and (2) Board of Selectmen, Mar. 23, 2020; and
  • Statutory power reserved for the Berlin Board of Selectmen to extend the date for Annual Town Meeting, but in no event later than June 30th (Mass. Gen. Law Ch. 39, Sec. 9).