town meeting

noun

|Updated on: 1 Jun 2018

Definition of town meeting

: a meeting of inhabitants or taxpayers constituting the legislative authority of a town

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Recent Examples of town meeting from the Web

The commissioners held a second public hearing on the budget as part of Monday night’s town meeting.

— allan vought, The Aegis, "Bel Air's final budget set at $16.6 million, tax rates unchanged," 25 May 2018
There have been a few dozen posts about candidates for the local school board election, plus a smattering of other ones related to civic functions like the annual town meeting that took place in March.

— micah l. sifry, The New Republic, "Escape From Facebookistan," 21 May 2018
The tax has led to boisterous town meetings, protests by construction workers and a halt in the building of an Amazon tower in downtown Seattle.

— russ wiles, azcentral, "Seattle and Chicago are now targets for Arizona officials seeking to lure businesses," 15 May 2018
The Jewish community town meeting drew hundreds of people and took place less than three months after the Feb. 14 shooting tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead.

— sergio carmona, Jewish Journal, "Synagogues, organizations come together for gun prevention town hall meeting," 4 May 2018
The annual town meeting on the budget is slated for April 16, ahead of an April 26 referendum.

— jordan otero sisson, Courant Community, "Farmington Town Council Proposes $106.29 Million Budget for 2018-19," 31 Mar. 2018
Klaisner did address consolidation at a Pennoyer town meeting Feb. 28, responding to a questioner’s concern about consolidation taking place if that district’s referendum were to be defeated.

— staff report, chicagotribune.com, "Time to give consolidation of school districts a closer look, Norridge District 80 board president says," 23 Apr. 2018
More than a dozen demands from the school’s Black Student Union were presented to UNH President Mark Huddleston at that same town meeting.

— stephanie morales, The Seattle Times, "Task force formed after racist incidents releases findings," 21 Apr. 2018
Paran's plans for mixed-use are similar to what Cleveland Director of Regional Development Ed Rybka outlined in a town meeting on the future of Shaker Square last summer.

— thomas jewell, cleveland.com, "New owner of Shaker Square's Van Aken section plans to go "vertical"," 17 Apr. 2018

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