Southampton Town Moderator's Annual Town Meeting Information Session 4/23/2026

Town Moderator Annual Town Meeting Information Session · April 24, 2026

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Opening remarks and how town meeting works

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Robert Floyd, Town Moderator, opened the information session and explained town meeting procedures: voter registration and check-in, use of green/red paddles, motions and amendments, rules for public speaking (five minutes, up to two times), calling the question (two-thirds threshold), and how amendments and amended motions are handled.

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Town Moderator Robert Floyd read the 25 articles that will appear at Southampton's Annual Town Meeting on May 2, including the proposed $15.94 million FY27 operating budget, a contingent supplemental appropriation tied to a Proposition 2/2 override question, multiple Community Preservation Act funding requests (including $400,000 for the Affordable Housing Trust), proposed bylaw changes and several fund transfers.

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