West Newbury Select Board Cancels Fall Special Town Meeting

In West Newbury, the Select Board said it will not hold a Special Town Meeting this fall and that the message was issued by the board.

The Select Board says the Annual Town Meeting is intended to conduct town business and that special meetings should be called only for unanticipated matters that cannot wait until the Annual Meeting in April. The board says it began holding fall meetings routinely in recent years even when items were not urgent, that Town Meetings are expensive, and that convening non-urgent sessions wastes taxpayer money. The Select Board says it plans to return to the town's historical approach and concentrate on the spring Annual Town Meeting.