The Wellesley Advisory Committee heard presentations on four Special Town Meeting articles, with extended debate over competing approaches to school air conditioning funding. Planning Director Rob Watchilla requested $350,000 for a 2027-2028 Comprehensive Plan and a $15,570 planning salary transfer.
Wellesley Advisory Committee grills dueling plans to cool four hot schools, votes on none of it.
Wellesley's light board signals its first rate increase in years after a $2.2 million reserve draw. Director David G.
Wellesley Select Board discussed multiple cost drivers for fiscal 2028 budget. The all-board meeting on September 29 brought Select Board members and representatives of the School Committee, Library Trustees, and Board of Health to hear about budget pressures.
Wellesley Select Board approved $8 million in capital project proposals and gave Executive Director Meghan Jop a 3 percent merit raise.
Wellesley Select Board awards Executive Director Megan Jopp a 3 percent merit raise.
Wellesley boards get an early, uneasy look at the fiscal 2028 budget.
Wellesley's capital planning committee flagged that a new fire headquarters and a DPW campus overhaul, worth up to $173 million combined, cannot move forward at the same time.
The Capital Planning Committee reviewed major capital projects estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars, including road reconstructions, school buildings, and municipal facilities.
Wellesley Bylaw Review Committee approved two amendments for the Fall 2026 Special Town Meeting.
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