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Meeting transcripts
Watch a Cape Ann town meeting and read along. Each meeting has its own page with the recording, when the town posts one, and a transcript you can search.
Unofficial transcript. A computer made this from the meeting recording. A person has not reviewed it, so words, names and numbers can be wrong. Only the town's approved minutes are the official record.
We leave out public comment and any passage with a home address, phone number or email address. A note marks each gap so you can watch the video for that part. To report a problem, email [email protected].
38 meetings from Sept. 21, 2026 on. This library grows as we add recordings. For agendas, minutes and what each board decided, use the Meeting Finder.
Gloucester
Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds
1 meeting
- Oct. 6, 20261 h 25 m
Board of Health
2 meetings
- Oct. 8, 20262 h 19 m
- Oct. 6, 20261 h 35 m
Budget and Finance Standing Committee
1 meeting
- Oct. 8, 202630 min
City Council
2 meetings
- Oct. 13, 20261 h 34 m
- Sept. 22, 20262 h 36 m
Community Preservation Committee
1 meeting
- Oct. 19, 20261 h 30 m
Conservation Commission
1 meeting
- Oct. 7, 20263 h 13 m
Council on Aging
1 meeting
- Oct. 7, 20261 h 44 m
Gloucester Cultural Council
1 meeting
- Oct. 14, 20261 h 14 m
Licensing Board
1 meeting
- Oct. 13, 20261 h 47 m
Open Space & Recreation Committee
1 meeting
- Oct. 6, 20261 h 20 m
Ordinances and Administration Standing Committee
1 meeting
- Oct. 19, 202634 min
Planning Board
3 meetings
- Oct. 15, 202656 min
- Oct. 1, 20262 h 18 m
- Oct. 1, 20261 h 08 m
School Committee
1 meeting
- Oct. 14, 20262 h 05 m
School Committee - Building & Finance Subcommittee
1 meeting
- Oct. 7, 202653 min
School Committee - Personnel Subcommittee
1 meeting
- Oct. 8, 20269 min
Waterways Board
1 meeting
- Oct. 6, 202658 min
Zoning Board of Appeals
2 meetings
- Oct. 8, 202651 min
- Sept. 24, 20262 h 10 m
Rockport
Affordable Housing Trust
1 meeting
- Oct. 14, 20261 h 17 m
Board of Health
1 meeting
- Oct. 15, 20261 h 49 m
Community Preservation Committee
1 meeting
- Oct. 19, 202639 min
Finance Committee
1 meeting
- Oct. 19, 202625 min
Historical Commission
1 meeting
- Oct. 1, 202647 min
Planning Board
1 meeting
- Oct. 15, 20261 h 37 m
School Committee
1 meeting
- Oct. 7, 20261 h 16 m
Select Board
1 meeting
- Oct. 6, 20261 h 04 m
Thacher and Straitsmouth Island Town Committee
1 meeting
- Oct. 1, 20261 h 21 m
Zoning Board of Appeals
1 meeting
- Oct. 8, 202634 min
Essex
Board of Selectmen
2 meetings
- Oct. 5, 20261 h 28 m
- Sept. 28, 20262 h 49 m
Essex School Building Committee
1 meeting
- Oct. 13, 202625 min
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Finance Committee
1 meeting
- Oct. 15, 20262 h 05 m
Select Board
2 meetings
- Oct. 19, 20262 h 21 m
- Sept. 21, 20262 h 35 m