Shrewsbury Town Meeting Forum Aims To Draft New Members

SHREWSBURY, MA — With the town election coming up this spring, Shrewsbury officials will hold a special forum this week focused on how residents can become Town Meeting representatives.

Town Meeting is the town's legislative body — kind of like the U.S. Congress or the state Legislature — and representatives meet each spring to vote on very important town issues, like approving the budget (and sometimes meet more than yearly for special meetings).

In Massachusetts, Town Meeting comes in two forms: representative and open. Shrewsbury is one of 32 towns that use the representative Town Meeting, which means members need to be elected to attend and vote. In 2024, there will be 80 Town Meeting seats up for election across the town's 10 precincts, with terms varying between one and three years.

The Thursday Town Meeting interest forum will being at 7 p.m. at Oak Middle School. Town officials and sitting Town Meeting members will be present to answer questions. This is the second year Shrewsbury has held such a forum.