Members to consider fiscal resolution at MMA Business Meeting

MMA members vote during the MMA Annual Business Meeting at Connect 351 in 2025.

Local leaders from across Massachusetts will consider a resolution on the state-local fiscal partnership during the MMA’s Annual Business Meeting on Jan. 24 in Boston.

The MMA’s Annual Business Meeting is a key component of the Connect 351 conference being held in Boston on Jan. 22-24. Resolutions adopted by the membership at the meeting help guide the advocacy work of the MMA in the year ahead.

The fiscal resolution seeks to ensure a strong partnership between cities and towns and the state in fiscal 2027. It identifies municipal needs in areas such as unrestricted aid; education and charter school finance; capital needs such as road maintenance, municipal and school facilities, water and wastewater systems, and climate resilience; and local-option flexibility for local revenues.

The MMA is welcoming member feedback on the proposed resolutions using an online form. In order for the input to be reviewed prior to the Annual Business Meeting, municipal officials are asked to submit comments by Dec. 29.

Voting at the business meeting
Voting at the Annual Business Meeting is open to all municipal members of the MMA through voting delegates as defined by the MMA’s bylaws.

Individuals eligible to vote at the meeting are:
• In the case of a city, its chief executive or a councillor designated in writing by the chief executive, or
• In the case of a town, the chair of the select board or town council, or another select board member or councillor designated in writing by the chair, or the manager designated in writing by such chair.

In early January, the MMA will be sending a letter about voting procedures to chief municipal officials in each community.

Those who will be voting on behalf of their community should visit the credentials table outside of the business meeting between 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Only one voting card will be issued per member community.