Members to consider 4 resolutions at MMA Business Meeting

Members vote on a proposed resolution during the MMA’s Annual Business Meeting this past January. This year, members will be asked to consider four resolutions for 2025.

Local leaders from across Massachusetts will consider four resolutions during the MMA’s Annual Business Meeting on Jan. 25 in Boston.

Resolution topics are PFAS remediation, modernization of local government, transportation needs, and the state-local fiscal partnership.

The MMA’s Annual Business Meeting is a key component of the Connect 351 conference being held in Boston on Jan. 23-25. Resolutions adopted by the membership at the meeting will help guide the advocacy work of the MMA in the year ahead.

The PFAS resolution identifies the harms that the “forever chemicals” pose for communities across Massachusetts, and establishes positions to address its contamination, fund remediation, and protect public health.

The local government modernization resolution articulates positions to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of local government services, including in the areas of local decision making, procurement, public meetings, infrastructure, and the municipal workforce.

The transportation resolution advocates for support of a multimodal transportation network and infrastructure in the Commonwealth.

The fiscal resolution seeks to ensure a strong partnership between cities and towns and the state in fiscal 2026. It identifies municipal needs in areas such as unrestricted aid; education and charter school finance; capital needs such as road maintenance, municipal and school facilities, water and wastewater systems, and climate resilience; and local-option flexibility for local revenues.

The MMA is welcoming member feedback on the proposed resolutions using an online form. In order for the input to be reviewed prior to the Annual Business Meeting, municipal officials are asked to submit comments by Dec. 27.