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2 WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 MARCH <strong>29</strong>, 2018<br />
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Seniors ........................................................................................6<br />
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By Adam Swift<br />
Editor<br />
Read this, <strong>Lynnfield</strong><br />
Looking to pick up a good<br />
book? Next month, try joining<br />
in with the rest of the<br />
town for the public library’s<br />
Community Read.<br />
During April, events and<br />
community discussions are<br />
planned around the books<br />
“Wonder” and “We’re All<br />
Wonders,” both written by<br />
R.J. Palacio.<br />
$9.99<br />
Results are in on<br />
Town Meeting survey<br />
By Adam Swift<br />
Editor<br />
The big takeaways from<br />
a recently tabulated Town<br />
Meeting survey are that voters<br />
want to see electronic voting<br />
and check-ins, but don’t<br />
want a change in the quorum<br />
for the meetings.<br />
Nearly 1,300 residents responded<br />
to a survey mailed<br />
out by Town Clerk Trudy<br />
Reid along with the town’s<br />
census forms.<br />
The survey is part of the<br />
effort by the Town Meeting<br />
Study Committee, formed<br />
last year with the goal of<br />
looking at ways to get more<br />
residents to Town Meeting<br />
and make it run more efficiently.<br />
“The biggest takeaways<br />
from the survey are that people<br />
want electronic voting<br />
and check-ins and time limits<br />
on presentations, questions,<br />
and comments,” said Jack<br />
Adelson, chairman of the<br />
study committee. “They also<br />
want earlier start times and<br />
earlier finish times. The most<br />
overwhelming vote in the<br />
whole survey is that there<br />
be no change in the quorum<br />
numbers.”<br />
<strong>Lynnfield</strong> Town Meeting<br />
needs a quorum of 175 voters<br />
to conduct business.<br />
The electronic voting and<br />
check-in was implemented<br />
on a trial basis during last<br />
year’s fall Town Meeting. At<br />
the end of the night, voters<br />
were polled and an overwhelming<br />
number said they<br />
supported electronic voting.<br />
Adelson said the study<br />
committee is not making any<br />
further recommendations for<br />
the April 30 Town Meeting in<br />
other than continuing with<br />
the electronic voting and<br />
check-in.<br />
“We need more time to<br />
work through things, but we<br />
have a great foundation with<br />
this survey and report,” said<br />
Adelson.<br />
Other information tabulated<br />
from the survey shows<br />
that 74 percent of respondents<br />
hear about town meetings<br />
from their local newspapers,<br />
and that the biggest<br />
factors keeping residents<br />
from attending meetings are<br />
work and the length of the<br />
meetings.<br />
“Both books appeal to a<br />
variety of ages and reading<br />
levels, and all are invited<br />
to participate,” said Holly<br />
Mercer, the library director.<br />
“Events and community discussions<br />
are planned around<br />
the book’s themes of kindness<br />
and friendship throughout<br />
the month of April.”<br />
The library is partnering<br />
with <strong>Lynnfield</strong> for Love and<br />
their “One Love” event on<br />
April 7.<br />
First time participants • Boxing gloves with sign-up<br />
In addition to the survey,<br />
Adelson said the committee<br />
members studied town<br />
meetings from several other<br />
towns and found that some<br />
of the measures implemented<br />
in those towns include<br />
reducing the quorum after<br />
the meeting starts, providing<br />
childcare, limiting the time<br />
for presentations and comments,<br />
and not starting any<br />
new articles after 10:30 p.m.<br />
“We’ve already seen positive<br />
change at Town Meeting<br />
already,” said selectmen<br />
Chairman Christopher Barrett.<br />
“I’m fine deferring any<br />
further recommendations to<br />
the October Town Meeting,<br />
there is a lot of information<br />
here.”<br />
Tuesday night, selectmen<br />
closed the warrant for the<br />
Town Meeting on Monday,<br />
April 30. Articles on the warrant<br />
include the $54.8 million<br />
town budget and several articles<br />
related to zoning changes<br />
for the proposed 154-unit<br />
senior housing project at the<br />
Sagamore Spring golf course<br />
and the Wills Brook housing<br />
project also proposed for<br />
Main Street.<br />
Other events include all<br />
ages book talks, a community<br />
member panel discussion,<br />
and storytimes at Market-<br />
Street.<br />
The <strong>Lynnfield</strong> Rotary is<br />
providing support as part of<br />
its Education and Literacy<br />
Initiative.<br />
More details on the community<br />
reading events are on<br />
the <strong>Lynnfield</strong> Library’s website<br />
at www.lynnfieldlibrary.<br />
org/wonderful.<br />
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