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Wayland Town Meeting Procedures Review Committee hearings

The Wayland Town Meeting Procedures Review Committee, which consists of David Bernstein, Dennis Berry, Steven Correa, Peter Gossels, Miranda Jones, Richard Stack and William Steinberg, meets every Thursday in the Selectmen’s Room at the Town Building at 7:30pm.  The committee will hold a public hearing in the large Hearing Room at the Town Building on the following evenings to hear presentations concerning the following articles in the warrant for the annual Town Meeting scheduled to begin on May 13.

• March 11 at 7:30pm: Article 22 (Australian Ballot proposal)
• March 25 at 7:30pm: Article 20 (electronic voting proposal)
• April 8 at 7:30pm: Article 30 (Town Web site proposal to allow the public to post arguments and information concerning articles in town meeting warrant)

Proponents and opponents of each of these articles are invited to submit a written presentation to the committee by mailing, delivering or e-mailing to MaryAnn DiNapoli at the Town Building at least three days prior to the meeting at which their article is scheduled to be discussed and considered. The proponent of each such article will have an opportunity to make an oral presentation (with audio-visual assists if requested) at the beginning of each hearing to consume no more than 10 minutes. After members of the committee have had an opportunity to put questions to the proponent, an opponent will then be given an opportunity to make an oral presentation similarly supplemented to consume no more than 10 minutes, followed by questions from members of the committee. Members of the public will be given an hour to ask questions and to offer comments or arguments concerning the merits of the article under consideration. The committee may vary the format of each meeting based on its experience and needs. The committee plans to submit a report of its doings and recommendations concerning each of the aforesaid articles prior to Town Meeting.