Public meetings this week on Cape Ann: Gloucester's tax split hearing, the School Committee and an Essex school community meeting

Here are the public meetings the city, the towns and the school districts have posted for this week. Agendas can change, so check the posted agenda before you go.

Monday, Oct. 26

Gloucester

• Human Rights Commission, 6 p.m., 19 Harbor Loop. Agenda.
• Historical Commission, 6:30 p.m., Rose Baker Center for Aging Well, 6 Manuel F. Lewis St. Agenda.
• Licensing Board, special meeting, 6:30 p.m. Agenda.

Manchester-by-the-Sea

• Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall or on Zoom.

Rockport

• DPW Commissioners, 10 a.m.
• Government and By-Law Committee, 4 p.m.

What Monday's boards take up: Monday on Cape Ann.

Tuesday, Oct. 27

Gloucester

• Sawyer Free Library Board of Trustees, 5:30 p.m., library conference room, 2 Dale Ave. Agenda.
• City Council, 6:30 p.m., Kyrouz Auditorium, City Hall, with the public hearing on the tax split. What is on the agenda.

Essex

• Essex School Building Committee, 6 p.m., Essex Elementary School cafeteria, 12 Story St.
• Conservation Commission, 7 p.m.

Manchester Essex Regional School District

• School Committee Policy and Program Subcommittee, noon, online.

Rockport

• Rockport Housing Authority, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 28

Gloucester

• Gloucester Retirement Board, 3 p.m., 127 Eastern Ave. Agenda.
• School Committee, 6 p.m., Gloucester High School library, 32 Leslie O. Johnson Road. What is on the agenda.

Essex

• Board of Fire Engineers, 7 a.m., Public Safety Building, 11 John Wise Ave.

Manchester-by-the-Sea

• Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m., Town Hall or on Zoom. The four sites the board visited Saturday.
• Sustainability Committee, 7 p.m., on Zoom.

Rockport

• Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 29

• Essex School Building Committee community meeting, 6 p.m., Essex Elementary School cafeteria, 12 Story St. The building project goes to Essex and Manchester town meetings Nov. 16 and to ballot votes Dec. 10. What the committee approved.

Friday, Oct. 30

• Essex School Building Committee communications working group, 11:30 a.m., online.

Early voting runs all week too. See the hours in all four towns.