The 2024 Dalton Town Meeting is on May 6th at Wahconah High School at 7:00 p.m. Many important decisions will be made about Dalton at this meeting, include over a MILLION DOLLARS in capital expenditures. Please come and participate — your vote matters!

*** Please consider arriving 15-20 minutes early to Wahconah, as you will need to sign in with the Town Clerk in order to vote. ***

Residents of Dalton can attend the Town Meeting to vote on the next fiscal year's budget expenditures. This annual meeting is a lot like the House of Representatives "power of the purse," and is facilitated by a moderator using parliamentary rules (here is a link to simplified Robert's Rules of Order). It's very important part of Massachusetts town government!

The Massachusetts Secretary of State has put out a short Guide to Town Meetings, which you can download here:

https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/cis/download/Guide_to_Town_Meetings.pdf

For Dalton's 2024 Town Meeting, you can read a description of the Warrant Articles in the Motions and Explanations document, which you can download as a PDF via this link:

Town of Dalton Motions & Explanations for FY25 Town Warrant

Below is a link to the "motion and explanation" for the sidewalk petition, which is Article 1 on the Town Warrant. Because it's a citizens initiative, you won't see it listed in the Town's motions and explanations, so I'm providing it here instead:

Article 1 — Sidewalk Petition — Motion and Explanation for FY25 Town Warrant