Town of Rockport


	Town Government and Bylaw Committee Capital Improvement Planning Committee Finance Committee GIS Committee Insurance Committee Information Technology Committee MIS Department The Personnel Board Registrars of Voters Town Accountant Town Administrator Treasurer / Collector's Office Website Committee


	Action, Inc. Representative Beautification Committee Board of Health CATA Representative Community House Coordinator Council on Aging Cultural Council Economic Development Committee Granite Pier Committee Historical Commission Memorial Day Parade Committee Millbrook Meadow Committee Public Library Recreation Committee Rights of Way Committee Thacher Island Committee Town-Owned Art Committee Veterans' Agent


	North Shore Vocational Technical High School Public Schools


	Ad Hoc Committee on the Water Supply ADA Coordination Committee Building Study Committee Citizens Advisory Committee on Water & Wastewater Department of Public Works MBTA Station Planning Advisory Committee (MSPAC) Transportation Task Force of the North Shore Watershed Protection Committee


	Ambulance Committee Dog Control Officer Fire Services Harbor Advisory Committee Harbormaster Inspection Services Department Inspector of Animals Parking Clerk Police Department Shellfish Constable Traffic Committee


	Board of Appeals Community Preservation Act Committee (CPC) Rockport Conservation Commission MAPC Representative Open Space and Recreation Advisory Committee

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A series of measures have addressed the quorum problem, starting with a reduction in the number. A regular date for a special town meeting in the fall is now specified in the Town Bylaws, enabling the voters to plan in advance for both the spring and fall town meetings. Then, in 1993, a zero quorum was adopted for town meetings convened on either of the two days specified in the Bylaws, although a quorum requirement remains for all town meetings called for other dates. After the zero quorum was adopted, attendance at those meetings actually increased, perhaps because voters knew that the meeting would start on time and that they would not waste their time waiting for a quorum.