Periodically we’ll post notices of the latest meeting minutes available online through city/town websites, for various boards.
This week, we list the selectmen’s/selectboard/city council meeting minutes.
You’ll note that Hampton Falls, NH, is the town with the most up-to-date posting of recent meetings minutes, followed by North Hampton NH, Hampton NH, Essex, then Merrimac.
Trailing in last place is Wenham (June 18, 2024), followed by Topsfield (July 15, 2024), Hamilton (August 5, 2024), and Georgetown (Sept. 9, 2024). Of interesting note, until Georgetown’s selectboard took interest last week and approved minutes, their last online posting was July 8, 2024, which would have placed them in second-last place, instead of fourth-last in this regional listing.
We took a look at several boards and commissions throughout the region shown in the nearby table, as well as other towns. We looked at boards of health, conservation commissions, planning boards, and others, and found that some were near to up-to-date, others are posting old information, several sites with broken links or simply no materials, but generally, most indicated this is not a top priority to share up-to-date minutes online.
One of the many ways to engage the community is to issue timely, comprehensive minutes of meetings which summarize the actions taken by a board, and details any votes and especially roll-call votes.
In addition to listing dates (and links?), please let us know if you are interested in any particular board. Reach me: lonnie@thetowncommon.com.
