MMA Legislative Breakfasts
Post date: Sep 17, 2018 4:59:44 PM
MMA’s Legislative Breakfast Meetings will be on October 12, October 19 and October 26
Please Register Today to Meet with Your Legislators!
September 17, 2018
Dear Jason,
The MMA’s Annual Fall Legislative Breakfast series will start early next month as work continues at the State House on bills at informal sessions and as state budget officers start to think about the fiscal 2020 state operating budget and the state capital plan for next year.
These regional meetings are scheduled for three Friday mornings (October 12, October 19 and October 26) in six cities and towns across the state. We hope that you can join us at a meeting near you to talk with area legislators, municipal colleagues from the region and MMA staff about key issues. As always, we expect a lively and informative discussion!
The Fall Legislative Breakfast meetings take place as work continues on important bills at informal sessions through the end of the year. Action is possible on small local bills and possibly some larger measures too such as a budget bill to close out fiscal 2018. The MMA has asked that a consensus housing production bill be enacted this year and there is interest in completing work on the short-term rental and other bills.
Public policy and politics are always front and center in election season, and this year is no different. October is a great time to take stock of progress made over the past year and to talk about initiatives for the next session. The MMA is developing a 25-bill legislative package for the new session that starts in January and working on policy-setting resolutions for the MMA annual business meeting on January 19, including tackling municipal and school finance topics, solid waste and recycling issues and more. MMA staff would like to hear from municipal officials as policy committee work on these topics progresses. These meetings are also good time to talk about hot issues such as implementation of the recreational marijuana law and local experiences with the still-new public records law.
Meetings are scheduled for the following dates and locations:
• Framingham, McAuliffe Library, 746 Water Street
• Norwell, Sparrell School Administration Building, 322 Main Street
• Newburyport, City Hall Auditorium, 60 Pleasant Street
• Westport, Police Station Meeting Room, 56 Hix Bridge Road
• Sunderland, Sunderland Public Library Conference Room, 20 School Street
• Stockbridge, Town Hall Meeting Room, 50 Main Street
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Coffee and pastries will be available at 8:00 a.m., with introductions and presentations starting at 8:15 a.m. The meetings will conclude by 10:00 a.m.
PLEASE SIGN UP TODAY! You can register through www.mma.org or by contacting
Alandra Champion at achampion@mma.org or 617-426-7272.