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HR Board, Select Board discuss personnel policy amendment

HR Board and Select Board jointly discussed a proposed Bylaw 30.10 amendment to transfer non-union personnel policy approval from Town Meeting to the HR Board. The change would affect approximately 155 of 466 budgeted positions while preserving Select Board authority over policies with financial

Library trustees approve revised capital budget

Wellesley Library board approves revised FY27 capital budget, Friends funding increase. Vice Chair Ann Howley and the Board of Library Trustees unanimously approved a revised FY27 capital budget of $209,000, reducing parking lot improvements by $25,000 but reallocating $23,000 from a traffic study

Planning Board backs floodplain amendment; RIO hearing continued.

Planning Board unanimously backs floodplain zoning amendment while deferring contentious RIO overlay decision. Chair Marc Charney and members Patricia Mallett, James Roberti, Thomas Taylor, and Kathleen Woodward approved revisions to Section 3.7(e) requiring recreational vehicles in flood zones to

HR Board approves bylaw amendment and vacation variance for DPW hire.

HR Board approves bylaw amendment and vacation variance for DPW hire. Chair Anthony Bent, Board members Julie Moore, Neal Goins, and Shawn Baker voted unanimously to approve amended language to Bylaw 30.10 requiring Select Board collaboration on financially significant non-union personnel policies

Commission preserves two homes, defers design review.

Historical Commission unanimously preserves two Wellesley homes. The 1937 residence at 37 Martin Road and the circa-1910 Sarah Young house at 31 Lantern Lane received 12-month demolition delays, with votes passing 7-0 on both determinations. The Commission approved a waiver for a Dutch Colonial