Wellesley Advisory Committee Approves $5,000 in Year-End Transfers, Riley Hands Off Chairmanship
Wellesley Advisory Committee approves two $2,500 year-end transfers and debates the independence of its annual report.
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Advisory Committee
Members: Madison Riley (Chair), Mark Benjamin (Vice Chair), Jay Prosnitz (Vice Chair), Doug Wilkins (Secretary), Susan Clapham (Member), Phil Jameson (Member), Lucienne Ronco (Member), Jay Bock (Member), Rani Elwy (Member), Penny Rossano (Member), Paul Barnhill (Member), Doug Smith (Member), Mariana Vinacur (Member), Daniel Weinger (Member), Aaron Williams (Member)
Wellesley Advisory Committee elects Mark Benjamin chair for fiscal 2027
WELLESLEY — May 13, 2026 — Wellesley Advisory elects Mark Benjamin chair and pushes to end mailed reports. The committee voted 11-1 on May 13 to elevate Vice Chair Mark Benjamin to chair for fiscal 2027, with Penny Rossano dissenting, and unanimously elected Jay Bock vice chair and Doug Wilkins secretary,
Advisory hears Select Board pitch 40 Oakland Street negotiate-or-litigate warrant
WELLESLEY — April 22, 2026 — Wellesley Advisory previews May 11 Special Town Meeting on 40 Oakland Street development. Select Board Chair Marjorie Freiman, Town Counsel Tom Harrington and the full Select Board presented two warrant articles asking residents to choose between negotiating with the state over MassBay Community College's
Advisory Committee rejects partial RIO rollback 0-11, backs FY27 budgets
WELLESLEY — March 11, 2026 — Wellesley Advisory rejects partial RIO rollback 0-11 and endorses FY27 budgets. The Advisory Committee voted unanimously against Article 32, which would have removed the Residential Incentive Overlay from single-residence and several other districts, with Vice Chair Jay Prosnitz recused and new member Gail Sullivan
Advisory Committee reviews Town Clerk's FY27 budget request
WELLESLEY — January 21, 2026 — Wellesley Advisory Committee reviews Town Clerk's FY27 budget as election costs climb. Town Clerk KC Kato told the committee on Jan. 21 that each election now costs $30,000 to $40,000, with FY27 set to include a September state primary, November midterm and
Advisory Committee Dec. 10 recording captures no substantive business
Advisory Committee's Dec. 10 recording yields no reportable business. The Wellesley Media transcript of the meeting consists of just three lines — "How are you?
Advisory Committee Dec. 3 meeting yields no usable public record
Wellesley Advisory Committee's Dec. 3 meeting produced no usable public record. The transcript supplied from Wellesley Media consisted of a single line — "All right, everybody" — and no agenda, packet or minutes were available to supplement it.
Advisory Committee meets Oct. 29; transcript captures no business
Wellesley Advisory Committee's Oct. 29 meeting is effectively unreported in the available record.
Advisory Committee Sept. 3 recording yields no usable record
Wellesley Advisory Committee meeting record is effectively blank. The Sept. 3 Wellesley Media transcript of the 15-member Advisory Committee, chaired by Madison Riley, contains only two fragments — "Don't worry about that" and "All right" — and no agenda, votes, dollar figures or discussion.
Advisory Committee Feb. 27 transcript records no usable meeting content
Wellesley Advisory Committee's Feb. 27 meeting is effectively unrecorded in the available transcript. The Wellesley Media file contains a single fragmentary sentence — "because I told him not to get on with anesthesia" — and no identifiable agenda discussion, votes or attendance.