Open Town Meeting

The Town's Legislative Body. The Town of Provincetown's legislative body is a town meeting open to all registered voters of the Town. The annual town meeting is held on the first Monday in April of every year. Sessions begin at 6 p.m. Special town meetings may be called at other times by the Board of Selectmen or upon petition of 200 voters. Warrants close thirty days prior to the date of the town meeting. Petitions for warrant articles may be obtained from the Town Clerk. Petitions for Annual Town Meeting warrant articles require signatures of 10 registered voters of the Town of Provincetown; for Special Town Meeting articles, 100 voters. Read about Town Meeting in the Charter. See also A Citizen's Guide to Town Meeting.

Check out the Town Meeting Database, consisting of policy decisions approved by the voters at Town Meeting from 1784 through September 2009.

Prior Town Meeting Decisions

Special Town Meeting Held December 7, 2009: Voters considered a total of four articles at a Special Town Meeting held on Monday, December 7, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. in the Multi-purpose Room of the Veterans Memorial Elementary School. Read More.

Special Town Meeting Held On September 14, 2009: Voters considered a total of two articles at a Special Town Meeting held on Monday, September 14, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Elementary School in the Multipurpose Room, 2 Mayflower Lane. Read More.

Special Town Meeting Held June 22, 2009: Voters considered 10 articles in the warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 6 p.m. in the Veterans Memorial Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room, 2 Mayflower Lane. Read Decisions.

The April 6, 2009 Annual & Special Town Meetings Are History! Voters took action on a total of 40 articles in the April 6, 2009 Annual & Special Town Meetings, which concluded on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Read More.

Special Town Meeting November 17, 2008: Voters considered a total of 18 articles for the Special Town Meeting held in the Veternas Memorial Elementary School, Multi-purpose Room, 2 Mayflower Lane at 6:00 pm. See Town Meeting Resources.

April 7, 2008 Annual & Special Town Meetings: Voters completed action on all articles in the Special and Annual Town Meeting in three nights. See Town Meeting Resources.

November 5, 2007 Special Town Meeting. Voters faced 10 articles in the warrant for the November 5, 2007 Special Town Meeting. Read more at Town Meeting Resources.

April 4, 2007 Town Meetings are history. Voters completed action on the April 4, 2007 Annual and Special Town Meetings in three sessions. Read more at Town Meeting Resources.

November 13, 2006 Special Town Meeting. The Board of Selectmen called a special town meeting held on Monday, November 13, 2006 at 6 p.m. Read more.

April 3, 2006 Special & Annual. The April 3, 2006 Special and Annual Town Meetings acted on 50 articles this year. Read more at Town Meeting resources.

November 7, 2005 Special.A total of 16 articles were presented to voters at the Special Town Meeting. There were 16 articles in the warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on Monday, November 7, 2005 at 6 p.m. in Provincetown High School Gymnasium. Read more at November 2005 Town Meeting Resources See Public Notices of Attorney General Approval of Town Meeting decisions: Special Town Meeting Zoning amendments, Special Town Meeting General By-Law amendment.

April 4, 2005 Special & Annual. A total of 47 articles were presented-- 15 in the Special and 32 in the Annual.See 2005 Annual Town Meeting Resource page. See Public Notices of Attorney General Approval of Town Meeting decisions: Annual Town Meeting Zoning amendments, Annual Town Meeting General By-Law amendments.

October 25, 2004 Special. The Board of Selectmen held a special town meeting for Monday, October 25, 2004 at 6 p.m. in Town Hall Auditorium. There were 14 articles on that warrant. See Public Hearing Notice. See decisions of the October 25, 2004 Special Town Meeting. See Public Notices of Attorney General Approval of Town Meeting decisions: Special Town Meeting Zoning amendments, Special Town Meeting General By-Law amendments. Read more.

April 7, 2004 Special & Annual. The April 2004 Town Meetings concluded after four sessions. Read more about these town meetings. See Public Notices of Attorney General Approval of Town Meeting decisions: Annual Town Meeting Zoning amendments, Special Town Meeting Zoning amendments, Special Town Meeting General By-Law amendments.

April 7, 2003 Special & Annual. In three nights, voters completed action on the 58 articles in the warrants. Voters approved an Historic District, a $20-million operating budget for FY 2004, and more. Check out the resources page for the decisions and other voter information. Thank you, Madam Moderator. Roslyn Garfield completed 18 years as Provincetown's Town Moderator. Read more.

April 1, 2002 Annual & Special Town Meetings. At the April 1, 2002 Annual and Special Town Meetings, voters approved an FY 2003 Operating Budget of $18.79-million; the Cape End Manor Care Campus proposal; supplemental funding for the School building, Library at Heritage Museum, and sewer projects; and affordable housing initiatives , Click for information

April 2, 2001. Click to read 2001 Town Meeting Decisions and Supporting Documents; and Town Meeting Times Online

2000 Town Meeting Meetings. Read the decisions from the April 3, 2000 Annual & Special Town Meetings. Also, one-article Special Town Meetings were held on January 5, 2000 and June 26, 2000. Read more.

April 5, 1999. Click to read the articles: Article 1 STM to Article 18 STM; Article 19 STM to Article 24 STM; Article 1 ATM to Article 5 ATM; Article 6 ATM to Article 26 ATM; Articles 21, 69, 70: Article 27 ATM to Article 52 ATM; Article 53 ATM to Article 71 ATM

For more information contact: 
Office of theTown Clerk, Town of Provincetown, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA  02657 (508) 487-7013.