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MIDDLEFIELD INFO
A few observations and a repository of information for a small town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Illegal Meetings
The basic operation of Town Government is failing. The Selectboard is ignoring basics. An email I sent to the Board and Administrator - with a copy to Finance.
Howard Knickerbocker From:howardk758@aol.com To:middlefield.adm@gmail.com,middlefield.assistant@gmail.com,middlefield.amv@gmail.com,Tamarin Laurel Cc:Adair Laurel-Cafarella,qwksteve@gmail.com,Catya Belfer Fri, Feb 2 at 1:18 PM
Every town meeting held in January was illegal as no agendas have been posted on the web site. The Town and State have By-laws and General Laws specifying how meetings must be advertised and the results memorialized in written minutes. It is pretty basic stuff. Middlefield has forgotten how the system is supposed to work. We have hired Administrators and Assistant Administrators to the tune of $70k a year or more. Perhaps we need to hire an Inspector of Administrators? The problem probably lies in the new web site. I am Secretary of the Historical Commission and I have no idea of how to post an agenda. I find no instructions on the web site. Our previous two web sites were fit to purpose and reflected a positive image of the town. Posting agendas and minutes was straight forward. Steve and Catya really cared. The new site not so much. I received a message that I needed a cell phone to “Register” for the third email address in a year for my Commission. I responded that I don’t own a cell phone and the result is no one can now communicate with the Historical Commission. Your system is broken. I have started to archive all the historical information that has been jettisoned in the construction of your new site. That archive is at https://middlefield.info/ The public facing system is broken by too rapid a change, scattered responsibilities and apparently the Selectboard does not care. Howard Knickerbocker
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