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The legislative body of the Town of Amherst is a Representative Town Meeting, consisting of 240 elected Town Meeting members, 24 from each of 10 precincts plus 14 ex officio members: the five members of the Select Board, the five members of the School Committee, the President of the Library Trustees, the Chair of the Finance Committee, the Moderator, and the Town Manager. The Annual Town Meeting usually begins in late April or early May.

Annual Town Meeting continues Monday, May 12, 2008 continuing with Article 12 - Libraries. The Warrant and current Unofficial Results are available in the Meeting Warrants, Results, Attendance and Related Information section below. The Amherst Regional Middle School Auditorium has been reserved for these possible meeting dates: May 14, 19, 21, 28 of 2008.

General Information for Town Meeting Members:

New! General Town Meeting Information Page
Zoning Primer (PDF - 72KB)

Annual Town Election April 1, 2008 Results

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Moderator:

Harrison Gregg (Email: moderator@amherstma.gov)

Town Meeting Members:

Alphabetically (PDF - 144KB)(updated 4/2008)

By Precinct (PDF - 143KB) (updated 4/2008)

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Town Meeting Coordinating Committee:

New! 2008 Nomination to Town Meeting Coordinating Committee (PDF - 8KB)

Email the Town Meeting Coordinating Committee at townmeeting@amherstma.gov.

Click here for instructions on how to distributed information to the Town Meeting email

list maintained by the Town Meeting Coordinating Committee.

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Meeting Warrants, Results, Attendance and Related Information:

04/28/2008 Annual Town Meeting

     Warrant (PDF - 36KB) (HTML)
     Results (PDF - 88KB) (HTML) (updated 05-06-2008)
     Attendance by Precinct (PDF - 52KB)(updated 05-06-2008)
     Tally Votes (updated 05-06-2008)

          Article 12 - Procedural Motion to Postpone Consideration of
                           Elementary School and Regional School Budget
                          to 5.21.08 as Amended by L. Maley (PDF - 51KB)

Article 12 - Motion 1 - Planning/Conservation/Inspections - Finance
Committee Main Motion (PDF - 51KB)

Article 12 - Motion 2 - Community Services O'Connor Amendment to
Increase by $28,288 (PDF - 51KB)

Other Related Information:

     Finance Committee Report to Town Meeting (PDF - 643KB) (HTML)
   New! FY 09 Finance Committee Report to Town Meeting - Supplemental
              Report(PDF - 158KB)
   New! Report of the Joint Capital Planning Committee (PDF - 2.1MB)
     New! Community Preservation Act Committee
              Report to Annual Town Meeting 2008 (PDF - 285KB)
   New! Planning Board Reports to Town Meeting:
           Article 25, Density Calculations (April 2008) (PDF - 119KB)
           Article 26, 500-502 Sunderland Road Rezoning(April 2008) (PDF - 984KB)
           Article 27, Municipal Parking District (April 2008) (PDF - 131KB)
           Article 28, Design Review Districts (April 2008) (PDF - 142KB)
           Article 29, Steep Slopes (April 2008) (PDF - 144KB)
           Article 30 & 31, Inclusionary Zoning (April 2008) (PDF - 178KB)
           Article 32, Main/Dickinson/High Street Rezoning (April 2008) (PDF - 114KB)

11/28/2007 Special Town Meeting (concluded 11/28/2007)

Warrant (PDF - 36KB) (HTML)

Results (PDF - 59KB) (HTML) (updated 11-30-2007)

Attendance by Precinct (PDF - 44KB)(updated 11-29-2007)

Tally Votes:

Article 1 - Office Uses, Part C, Main Motion (PDF 47KB)

Planning Board reports to Town Meeting:
Article 1, Office Uses (Nov 2007) (PDF - 62KB)

11/05/2007 Special Town Meeting (concluded 11/28/2007)

Warrant (PDF - 57KB) (HTML)

Results (PDF - 59KB) (HTML) (updated 11-30-2007)

Attendance by Precinct (PDF - 65KB)(updated 11-29-2007)

Tally Votes:

Article 16 - Zoning Map - College/South East Street (PDF - 47KB)

Article 15 - Spring Street Rezoning and General Business
Lodging Uses - Motion B, 1 (PDF - 49KB)

Article 12 - Accessory Light Manufacturing (PDF - 48KB)

Other Related Information:

Local Growth Control - Zoning (Nov 2007) (PDF - 44KB)

SP - SPR Comparison (Nov 2007) (PDF - 48KB)

Zoning Board of Appeals Positions on the Fall 2007 Town
Meeting Zoning Articles (Nov 2007) (PDF - 51KB)

     Planning Board reports to Town Meeting:
           Article 17, College/South East Street & Belchertown
               Road Rezoning(Nov 2007) (PDF - 56KB)
           Article 10, R&D Overlay District*(Nov 2007) (PDF - 64KB)
           Article 11, Research & Industrial Uses (Nov 2007) (PDF - 86KB)
           Article 12, Accessory Light Manufacturing (Nov 2007) (PDF - 68KB)
           Article 15, Spring Street Rezoning* (Nov 2007) (PDF - 78KB)
           Article 16, College/So. East Rezoning* (Nov 2007) (PDF - 74KB)
                             -Article 16 Minority Report (Nov 2007) (PDF - 11KB)
           Article 18, 500-502 Sunderland Road Rezoning* (Nov 2007) (PDF - 50KB)
         * Note: These reports are text-only. Accompanying maps can be
                     obtained in hard copy at the Amherst Planning Department in
                     Town Hall.

2007 Fall Finance Committee Report (Oct, 2007) (PDF - 96KB) (HTML)

Get on the Bus for On-Site Inspections for Zoning Changes for Fall
Special Town Meeting on Saturday, Oct 27th at 1PM (PDF - 25KB)

     Community Preservation Act Committee Recommendation to
              Town Meeting (Oct 2007) (PDF - 100KB)
     Map of Cushman Brook Wildlife Corridor for STM Article 7 (Oct 2007) (PDF - 2,537KB)

Prior to 11/05/2007:

Warrants, Results and Attendance Archive

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Election and Town Meeting Calendar

For more information on Town Meeting warrants, contact the Select Board Office by e-mail at selectboard@amherstma.gov, by phone at 259-3001, by fax at 259-2405, or by mail at 4 Boltwood Avenue, Amherst, MA.

Amherst Town Government Act provisions regarding Town Meeting: 2. Representative Town Meeting.

Proposed Charter provisions regarding Town Council to replace Town Meeting: Article 2. Legislative Branch.

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