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Lanesborough, Massachusetts had a bizarre conclusion to its annual town meeting Tuesday night.
The meeting, held in the gym of the town’s elementary school, saw town voters approve articles like a $10.1 million operating budget for fiscal year 2022 and a $300,000 spending plan for a new ambulance. But as moderator Christopher Dodig noted, its final item proved to be a doozy from the get-go.
“Article 28, the last on ours, is actually mis-numbered article 27 on the warrant – but clearly it’s article 28,” he said.
The article was a citizens’ petition submitted by Donald Dermeyer, who offered an introduction to the proposed bylaw before quickly exiting the meeting.
There was a great deal of discussion despite the low turnout. LANESBOROUGH, Mass. About 85 residents affirmed 27 warrant articles, including an fiscal 2022 budget of $10,148,561, at a sometimes boisterous four-hour annual town meeting Tuesday night. Bri Morrison, a candidate for Select Board in June 15 s election, kicked off the voting early with a motion to postpone the meeting altogether, citing low attendance that she felt reflects a general lack of accessibility to the proceedings. Morrison suggested a lack of provided child care and American Sign Language or Spanish languages interpreters, and the absence of documents available in Braille could all serve as barriers to participation for residents.