Reviews the town's entire budget and makes recommendations on how your tax dollars are spent.
63 items across 8 meetings.
June 3, 2026 · agenda
📋 Proposed
Routine meeting opening at 7:00 PM via Zoom.
📋 Proposed
Approval of prior meeting minutes.
📋 Proposed
Committee will consider requests to move money into or out of the town's reserve fund or between budget lines — details not specified in agenda.
💰 Amounts not specified
📋 Proposed
New Warrant Committee members will be introduced.
📋 Proposed
Committee will elect its officers (chair, vice-chair, etc.) to lead fiscal oversight for the coming fiscal year.
📋 Proposed
Review of outcomes from the recent Annual Town Meeting, covering any warrant articles approved or rejected.
• Status unclear
Open agenda item; topics not specified.
📋 Proposed
Meeting adjourns at approximately 8:20 PM.
April 29, 2026 · minutes
💬 Discussed
Quorum of six confirmed; upcoming meeting dates noted as May 20, June 3, June 17, and June 24, with a Fire/Ambulance Reserve Fund Transfer request expected in early June.
✅ Approved
Minutes approved without corrections.
💬 Discussed
FY2027 Blue Book process was smoother and printing cost roughly half the prior year; main complaint was a printer error producing a white cover instead of blue; several process improvements planned for next year.
💬 Discussed
Chair will convene a working group in late May or early June to plan next year's budget guidance letter, KPI process, and departmental presentations; also floated idea of online resident info sessions on contentious articles.
💬 Discussed
Both items require a two-thirds vote at the May 4 Town Meeting; organized opposition exists for the Town Fuel Island Replacement but none for the Caryl Park project.
📍 Caryl Park
💬 Discussed
DS Regional School roof replacement requires a two-thirds vote at Town Meeting on May 4.
💬 Discussed
May be moved as a consent-agenda package with a single vote at the Moderator's discretion; voted individually if any attendee objects.
💬 Discussed
Both zoning amendments require two-thirds votes; Article 19 (Site Plan Review bylaw) faces organized opposition, with the Planning Board presenting in favor via Town Planner Melissa SantucciRozzi.
✅ Approved
Meeting adjourned unanimously at approximately 7:28 PM.
April 15, 2026 · minutes
✅ Approved
Four sets of minutes approved unanimously; March 30 minutes corrected for misspelling of 'Tubrecht Drive.'
✅ Approved
Warrant Committee voted 8–0 to recommend approval; key changes exempt pools, sheds, garages, and sports courts under 1,015 sq. ft. in R-1/R-2 districts from Partial Site Plan Review, mandate abutter notification, and require sports courts to meet accessory-structure setbacks to address pickleball noise concerns.
💬 Discussed
Annual Town Meeting is Monday, May 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM; final Warrant Committee meeting April 29; no meeting the week of April 20 (school vacation).
💬 Discussed
Identified as the most widely anticipated contested item at the May 4 Town Meeting.
💬 Discussed
Board of Selectmen is ambivalent about the pickleball courts; because courts and parking/drainage work are bundled in one article with no separate cost breakout for courts, opposition to courts could block the broader infrastructure repairs — though grant funding for courts may be available if funds are first appropriated.
📍 Caryl Park
💬 Discussed
Board of Selectmen now enthusiastically supports Article 16 after Janet Bowser agreed to lead the plan, with Anna Nagy handling the MVP 2.0 grant component.
💬 Discussed
Chair proposed a year-end review of Blue Book preparation, liaison, and KPI processes, with members gathering feedback from departments they worked with.
✅ Approved
Meeting adjourned unanimously at approximately 7:53 PM.
March 30, 2026 · minutes
💬 Discussed
Quorum of 7 confirmed; Chair Weiss noted the Blue Book was on track for printer submission April 1.
✅ Approved
$47,237,485 operating budget approved 7-0 (COA portion 6-0, Koo recused); new spending adds Fire Dept staffing, a Police Dept admin position, and expanded Council on Aging staff.
💰 $47,237,485 total; includes ~8% health insurance rate increase offset by eliminated voluntary OPEB contribution
✅ Approved
$218,362 appropriated to the General Stabilization Fund 7-0; combined reserves now ~16% of budget, double the 8% policy target, used to smooth future tax rates.
💰 $218,362 to stabilization fund
• Status unclear
Vote outcome not recorded in these minutes; article was deferred from the March 25 meeting and status here is ambiguous.
✅ Approved
Revolving fund established for EV charging fees at the Community Center with a $20,000 annual spending cap; fees offset electricity costs, no tax dollars appropriated.
💰 $20,000 annual spending limit; funded by user fees
✅ Approved
$60,000 Climate Action Plan funding approved 6-1 (Koo no), but may be withdrawn before Town Meeting if the Sustainability Committee determines it lacks capacity alongside the concurrent MVP 2.0 grant process.
💰 $60,000 one-time appropriation
✅ Approved
$200,000 approved 7-0 to fund the first substantive Master Plan update since 2002; plan will go to RFP and guide all town boards.
💰 $200,000 one-time appropriation
🔄 Postponed
Vote deferred by consensus pending the April 6, 2026 Planning Board public hearing; final recommendation will be distributed as a Town Meeting supplement.
✅ Approved
Technical ADU bylaw fix approved 7-0; substitutes 'primary residence' for 'single-family dwelling' per Attorney General requirement — no policy change for residents.
✅ Approved
New trail easements accepted 7-0; abutting property owners were engaged in advance by the Open Space Committee.
✅ Approved
Unused drainage easement at 21 Whiting Road terminated 6-0 (Green recused as immediate abutter at 20 Whiting Road).
📍 21 Whiting Road
✅ Approved
Unused easement at 28 Tubwreck Drive terminated and relocated to another portion of the same property, approved 7-0.
📍 28 Tubwreck Drive
✅ Approved
One non-voting associate member position authorized for the Board of Health, approved 7-0; no cost.
✅ Approved
$800,000 drawn from free cash to reduce the FY2027 tax rate, approved 7-0; funded by conservatively estimated revenue lines, particularly interest income running ~$900K–$1M vs. the $400K budgeted.
💰 $800,000 tax-rate reduction
🔄 Postponed
Prior minutes not yet reviewed; deferred to a future meeting.
✅ Approved
Meeting adjourned unanimously at 8:21 PM.