Hybrid Town Meeting Committee approves edited survey slide for Town Meeting presentation, voting 5-4. The committee heard from Natick Chief Technology Officer Dennis Roche and Natick Pegasus Station Manager Randy Brewer on infrastructure readiness, with Roche confirming existing school network
Hybrid Town Meeting Committee hears pitch from Meridia Interactive Solutions on voting platform. Meridia representatives outlined their TownVote and CloudVote system, which integrates in-person clicker voting and remote internet-based participation into a single tally and serves 95-plus communities
Hybrid Town Meeting Committee reviews Burlington experience, survey finds strong support. Burlington Town Moderator Bill Beyer described running hybrid meetings during COVID using WebEx, with manual vote counting and technical challenges, noting his municipality's first hybrid proposal was rejected
Natick Hybrid Town Meeting Committee unanimously approved next steps for evaluating Echo360's platform and ordering survey data reorganization. Frank Foss, Chair, and eight members received written responses from Echo360 addressing 25 vendor questions about technology for hybrid meetings; the
Hybrid Town Meeting Committee approves presentation for Finance Committee ahead of Spring warrant. The eight-member committee unanimously backed a draft presentation summarizing its work and authorized members Frank Foss and Josh Ostroff to draft motions requesting an extension through Fall 2026
Natick Hybrid Town Meeting Committee approves prior minutes and receives legal analysis on hybrid town meeting authority. Town Counsel Karis North advised the committee that hybrid town meeting authority in Massachusetts is temporary, governed by session law with a June 30, 2027 sunset date, and
Natick's Hybrid Town Meeting Committee voted 5-2 to launch an ungated public survey of residents, current and former Town Meeting members, and staff with Town Meeting duties. Josh Ostroff, committee clerk, presented the consolidated survey, which will branch respondents into three categories for
Hybrid Town Meeting Committee explores hybrid conversion costs and vendor capabilities. President Mark Fite of Option Technologies, which serves 25 towns and operates a Natick warehouse, outlined a hybrid setup at roughly 35 percent above current Town Meeting expenses, with annual licensing and
Natick's Hybrid Town Meeting Committee heard from Arlington Town Moderator Greg Christiana and Town Clerk Juli Brazile about how Arlington completed its hybrid-format study two years ago but has not yet moved forward with implementation. Christiana and Brazile detailed Arlington's current in-person
Plymouth hybrid Town Meeting draws 90 percent participation in single Saturday format. Town Moderator Steven Triffletti and Town Clerk Kelly McElreath told Natick's Hybrid Town Meeting Committee that Plymouth uses Options Technology's VVoter platform to merge remote voting with in-room electronic
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