Select Board approves Edward Hall for Public Works, sets 2026 housing rents
Wellesley Select Board appoints Edward Hall to Public Works, sets affordable housing rents. In a joint meeting, the Select Board and Board of Public Works voted unanimously to appoint Hall, a professional engineer with municipal experience and financial expertise, to the BPW effective July 1, 2026,
Select Board · Meeting of June 16, 2026
Wellesley Select Board appoints Edward Hall to Public Works, sets affordable housing rents. In a joint meeting, the Select Board and Board of Public Works voted unanimously to appoint Hall, a professional engineer with municipal experience and financial expertise, to the BPW effective July 1, 2026, through the 2027 Town Election. Hall will resign his Municipal Light Plant board seat upon taking office.
The Select Board also approved the 2026 affordable housing rents for The Nines at 40 Williams Street; based on a 3.6 percent increase in the federal HUD area median income for Boston, new tenant studio rents will be $2,245 and three-bedroom units $3,041, while existing tenants will receive a 5 percent increase.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of June 16, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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