Who is a member?
Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
Enrique Zuniga, executive director of the state’s Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (back corner, by the window), gives an update on POST’s work during the June 23 meeting of the MMA Policy Committee on Personnel and Labor Relations.
At its Feb. 13 meeting, the MMA Board of Directors approved the rosters for the MMA’s five policy committees for 2024.
More than 110 local officials from communities across Massachusetts serve on the MMA policy committees, which advise the MMA Board of Directors, staff and MMA members on legislative, regulatory and public policy issues.
The committees also draft resolutions for the MMA’s Annual Business Meeting and work on the MMA’s legislative package (biennially).
Policy committees hold a regular schedule of meetings, usually one per month. Each committee is assigned an MMA staff member to assist with its research, consideration of issues, and administrative functions.
Each committee has 23 members, composed of mayors, select board members, councillors, city and town managers/administrators, and finance committee members, plus five “presidential appointees” and five technical appointees. Presidential and technical appointees serve one-year terms, while the other members serve three-year terms.
The following are the chairs of each committee:
Fiscal Policy Committee: Jonathan Chines, Select Board member, Wakefield
Policy Committee on Energy and the Environment: Michael Ossing, councillor, Marlborough
Policy Committee on Municipal and Regional Administration: Yolanda Greaves, Select Board member, Ashland
Policy Committee on Personnel and Labor Relations: Jennifer Breaker, assistant town manager and communications director, Danvers
Policy Committee on Public Works, Transportation and Public Utilities: Jeremy Marsette, town administrator, Sherborn
The full committee rosters and descriptions are posted on the MMA website.