Wellesley Advisory Committee reviews four warrant articles for March Town Meeting. The Committee heard presentations from Brad Downey, Interim Planning Director, and Planning Board Vice Chair Tom Taylor on a $400,000 comprehensive plan update requiring 18 months to two years of consultant-led
Wellesley's Public Schools presented a $96.8 million FY27 budget request including significant staffing reductions. School Committee Chair Niki Ofenloch proposed cuts of 19.5 FTEs despite a 3% increase over the current year. In-district special education programs are estimated to avoid $17.5
Advisory Committee reviews $858,000 DPW campus feasibility study proposal. Madison Riley, Chair, led a presentation from Facilities Management Director Joe McDonough and DPW officials on a $135,000 completed master plan that determined the 78-year-old Park and Highway Building should be demolished
Wellesley Advisory Committee reviews HR budget and policy governance changes for Town Meeting. HR Director Dolores Hamilton presented a FY27 budget increase of 2.78 percent and reported improved employee turnover, down from 16 percent in 2023 to 10.25 percent. The committee considered three motions
Advisory Committee reviews Town Clerk's FY27 budget amid three scheduled elections. Town Clerk KC Kato presented the FY27 budget request, highlighting costs associated with permanent vote-by-mail voting and three elections planned for the fiscal year: the state primary in September, the midterm
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,
Advisory Committee hears DPW's $14.2 million PFAS water treatment plan. Director Dave Cohen presented a 2.2 percent increase in the operating budget, with water rates rising approximately 20 percent and sewer rates about six percent to fund mandatory PFAS treatment required for state and federal
Advisory Committee hears Board of Health FY27 budget and school enrollment trends. Marcia Testa Simonson, Board of Health Chair, presented a 2.78 percent increase in the FY27 budget request, with plans to allocate over $500,000 in opioid settlement funds toward new Opioid Addiction Services and New
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?
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.
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