Milford 2021 Town Meeting Will Be Remote Again This Spring

MILFORD, MA — Milford Town Meeting will remain in pandemic mode this spring, with proceedings and voting held remotely.

Recently elected Town Moderator Michelangelo Bon Tempo this week asked the Select Board for permission to hold the meeting remotely due to restrictions on indoor gatherings related to the pandemic.

Under the latest rules, indoor public gatherings are capped at 100 people. There are well over 100 Town Meeting members across eight precincts, plus dozens of at-large members.

"In diligently exercising my responsibilities as Milford Town Moderator, where we have a representative town meeting form of government, I determined that it is not possible to safely assemble the Town Meeting members and interested members of the public in a common location while comply with the applicable state or local orders, directives or guidance concerning public assemblies," Bon Tempo wrote in a letter to the Select Board.

The Select Board signed off on the request just one day before Gov. Charlie Baker announced he would soon roll back coronavirus restrictions. Indoor gatherings will increase to a limit of 200 people by May 29, and the state wants to lift all restrictions by Aug. 1, but possibly sooner.