Resources Related to Town Meeting

Jones Library

Materials in the Reference Department:

Town of Amherst Fiscal Year 2009 Proposed Budget – July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009
Town of Amherst Fiscal Year 2008 Proposed Budget – July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008
Draft Open Space and Recreation Plan (OSRP) Spring 2008
Town Meeting Warrant and handouts for Annual Town Meeting Spring 2008
Land Development Brochure for the Town of Amherst (Jan. 2008) – A Citizen’s Guide to the Project Review and Approval Process
Town Meeting Handbook, 7th edition, March 2007 prepared by League of Women Voters of Amherst
Manual of the General Court 2005-06
General Bylaws of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts, amended through November 2005
The Amherst Town Government Act, signed December 29, 2001
Zoning Primer: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Zoning prepared by the Planning Department, Amherst, MA, 1996

DVD’s of TMCC Events recorded by ACTV at the Front Desk

Annual Town Meeting Warrant Review & New Member Orientation (4/21/09)
Town Meeting "Bus" Tour (4/19/09)
TMCC Forum "How to Fund Human Services?" (4/14/09)
Fall Town Meeting Warrant Review (10/23/08)
Budget Forum: Our Money: Where does it go? Where should it go? (10/21/08)
Annual Town Meeting Warrant Review (4/17/08)
Town Meeting Bus Tour (4/13/08)
JCPC/CPAC Informational Forum (4/9/08)
Town Meeting Coordinating Committee Zoning Panel (11/1/07)
TMCC Budget Orientation (4/24/07)

Internet resources on History of Amherst & Town Meeting (external links)

The Handbook of Amherst, Massachusetts, by Frederick H. Hitchcock (1894)
The History of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts ( Town Meeting Records) compiled & published by Carpenter & Morehouse (1896).