Information for Meeting of Town Meeting
Monday June 22, 2020 7:30 PM EDT

REVISED NOTICE OF 2020 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING and 2020 ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION

The Berlin Board of Selectmen has hereby rescheduled the dates for the 2020:

Annual Town Meeting
Monday, June 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Berlin Memorial School
34 South Street, Berlin, MA 01503

Annual Town Election
Monday, June 29, 2020 from 12:00 Noon to 4:00 p.m.
Lower level, Room 114, Berlin Town Office Building
23 Linden Street, Berlin, MA 01503

Voted unanimously on April 6, 2020
BERLIN BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Christine Keefe         
Lisa Wysocki             
Margaret Stone

Notes:
*The warrant for the 2020 Annual Town Meeting has closed (Feb. 18, 2020).
*Annual Town Meeting was originally scheduled for May 4, 2020.
*Annual Town Election was originally scheduled for May 11, 2020.

This action has been taken in light of the:
*World Health Organization’s naming COVID-19 as a pandemic (Mar. 11, 2020);
*Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s: (1) Emergency Declaration (Mar. 10, 2020) and (2) Executive Order barring gatherings in excess of ten (10) people (Mar. 23, 2020);
*Joint Declaration of Emergency for the Town of Berlin, retroactive to Mar. 10, 2020, by votes of: (1) Board of Health, Mar. 17, 2020; and (2) Board of Selectmen, Mar. 23, 2020; and
*Statutory power reserved for the Berlin Board of Selectmen to extend the date for Annual Town Meeting, but in no event later than June 30th (Mass. Gen. Law Ch. 39, Sec. 9).