Annual Town Meeting
This year’s Annual Town Meeting is at the Nahant Town Hall, 334 Nahant Rd, Nahant Massachusetts on Saturday the 17th day of May, 2025 at 12:30p.m. to act on the Articles in the Town Meeting Warrant.
Town Meeting Information Sessions:
The Town Administrator, Antonio Barletta, will be hosting three informational sessions and two open office hour days prior to Town Meeting.
Friday May 2nd – 8:00am – Nahant Community Breakfast at Village Church
Monday May 5th and Monday May 12th – 6:30pm via ZOOM (see community calendar for ZOOM info)
Friday May 9th and Friday May 16th – 10am-12pm – Open office hours with Town Administrator (contact ktaylor@nahant.org if you you would like to speak to Town Administrator regarding Town Meeting outside of these hours)
Citizens Petitions and Committee requests for Warrant Articles to be included in the Annual Town Meeting Warrant are the first deadline of the Annual Town Meeting process.
The deadline to add articles to the Annual Town Meeting Warrant by Citizens Petition or as a committee request per Town Charter is January 31st.
*There are no Citizens Petition’s on the 2025 Town Meeting Warrant*
Submitted Citizens Petition for Annual Town Meeting:
**IMPORTANT**
Petitioners should consult with someone knowledgeable in municipal government, such as a lawyer, the Town Administrator or the Town Moderator, before drafting a proposed Article and gathering the signatures to insert an Article on the Warrant.
Petitioner will be listed as the sponsor of the Article on the Warrant and should be the first-named voter to sign this petition.
Selectmen will print the proposed Article in the Warrant verbatim; petitioner and citizens signing are advised to review the language carefully.
This year the Community Preservation Committee’s process began in the Fall of 2024. The application this year was a two part process with the first being an eligibility application. If an application was deemed eligible the second and final application was due on January 27, 2025 for consideration at the May 2025 Annual Town Meeting.
To view the FY26 CPC Applications visit the Project Submissions page.
Learn more about the Community Preservation Act.
The Board of Selectmen draft the first version of the Omnibus Budget and submit it to the Advisory & Finance Committee. The Omnibus Budget voted on at Annual Town Meeting is the version prepared by the Advisory & Finance Committee after reviewing the draft developed by the Board of Selectmen.
The Board of Selectmen draft the Annual Town Meeting Warrant and submit it to the Advisory & Finance Committee for their recommendations. The Warrant voted on at Annual Town Meeting is the final version developed by the Board of Selectmen and includes the articles submitted by the Community Preservation Committee and timely filed Citizens Petitions and Committee Article requests.
The Advisory & Finance Committee receive the Board of Selectmen’s draft of the Omnibus Budget and develop their version of the Omnibus Budget to be voted on at the Annual Town Meeting. The Advisory & Finance Committee review the Board of Selectmen’s final version of the Annual Town Meeting Warrant and draft recommendations that are included in their published report. The published report is available below for download and will be delivered to the residency of registered voters in Nahant seven days prior to the Annual Town Meeting.
Report and Recommendations of the Advisory and Finance Committee – Town Meeting 2025
This page is for additional information regarding Warrant Articles that will be voted on at the Annual Town Meeting.
Town Meeting Warrant – May 17, 2025
Town Meeting Info Session #1 – May 5, 2025
Last Day to Register to vote at Annual Town Meeting
The Last day to Register to Vote at Town Meeting is May 8, 2024 at 5 pm. The Town Clerk’s Office will be open for voter registration from 9am to 5pm. You can also register to vote on line at Mass.gov register to vote or https://www.sec.state.ma.us/OVR/
You must be a registered voter in Nahant in order to be eligible to vote on Warrant articles at the Annual Town Meeting.
If you are new to town, or you have never registered to vote, (you only have to do it once in the same community). Check your voter Registration Status here. Registration is easy…click here to register on line with a valid MA driver’s license or a State issued ID card. Another option is to download the voter registration form here. After completion, you can mail it or deposit it into the Town Hall Business Mailbox that is located in front of Town Hall.
The Town Clerk’s office will be open from 9 AM until 5 PM Please contact the Town Clerk at (781) 581-0018 or ddunfee@nahant.org to schedule an appointment.
The voter registration must be received no later than 5 PM at Town Hall, or if you register on line. Once the registration has been received by the Town Clerk’s staff, an acknowledgment letter will be mailed to you.