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Hubbardston trustees revise draft solicitation policy, lean on state law for enforcement
Summary
Trustees reviewed a rewritten solicitation policy that would require prior permission for solicitation, consolidate overlapping clauses and rely on Massachusetts General Laws for enforcement of political petitioning; trustees favored removing a strict 20-foot rule and agreed to revisit rules as building use changes.
Hubbardston Public Library trustees continued work on a revised solicitation policy at their meeting, debating whether the library should require prior permission for all solicitation and how to reflect state law on political petitioning.
Trustees said the policy should balance community use of library space with keeping the building free from persistent sales or disruptions. They discussed consolidating multiple overlapping bullets into a single requirement that individuals or groups must obtain permission from library leadership before soliciting on library property.
The trustees spent extensive time on political solicitation. The draft cites…
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