Wellesley Select Board Promotes Sergeant, Appoints Firefighters, Defers Fire Station Feasibility Vote
Wellesley Select Board defers fire station feasibility vote to annual town meeting and advances fire truck antitrust lawsuit inquiry.
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Select Board
Members: Marjorie Freiman (Chair), Tom Ulfelder (Vice Chair), Colette Aufranc (Secretary), Kenneth Largess (Member), Beth Sullivan Woods (Member)
Wellesley Select Board Approves $4,725 for Council on Aging Summer Interns
Wellesley Select Board approves $4,725 for Council on Aging summer interns, then enters executive session with five unions.
Wellesley Appoints Hall to Public Works Board, Advances North 40 Conservation Plan
WELLESLEY — June 16, 2026 — Wellesley Select Board unanimously fills a Board of Public Works vacancy and moves to revive a decade-delayed conservation restriction process for the town's 46-acre North 40 property. Meeting jointly with the Board of Public Works, the board voted to appoint Edward "
Wellesley Select Board receives fire station master plan recommending new Weston Road headquarters
WELLESLEY — June 2, 2026 — Wellesley fire master plan calls for new Weston Road headquarters and renovated Station 2. Fire Chief Rick DeLorie and Context Architecture's Jeff Shaw told the Select Board on June 2 that Station 1 is roughly 100 years old, that both existing stations contain only
Select Board hears Fire Station Master Plan, advances annual appointments
WELLESLEY — June 2, 2026 — Wellesley Select Board hears Fire Station Master Plan pointing toward a bigger Station 1. Consultants and fire officials, including former Chief David Soar, told the board Tuesday that the Station 2 headquarters "isn't big enough to handle what would be needed" when
Wellesley Select Board renews $7.5 million Hardy School note, switches parking vendor
WELLESLEY — May 19, 2026 — Wellesley Select Board renews $7.5 million Hardy School borrowing and dumps Plymouth County parking contract. The board voted 5-0 Tuesday to approve a one-year bond anticipation note awarded to Fidelity Capital Markets at a 3.5 percent coupon with a $67,275 premium,
Playing Field Task Force opens May meeting with quorum delay
WELLESLEY — May 8, 2026 — Wellesley's Playing Field Task Force opened its May 8 meeting slowly, waiting on members to reach a quorum. Tripp had given advance notice of his absence, and members spent the opening minutes counting heads before calling the meeting to order. The group then turned
Wellesley Select Board cuts back fee increase, sets May 11 vote on 40 Oakland Street
WELLESLEY — May 5, 2026 — Wellesley Select Board scales back fee hike and previews Special Town Meeting on state housing plan. The board voted 5-0 to raise the demand fee on overdue tax bills from $5 to $10 — half the originally proposed increase — and to keep the standard Municipal Lien
Select Board sends 40 Oakland Street to Town Meeting as three-way advisory vote
WELLESLEY — April 27, 2026 — Wellesley Select Board sets three-way advisory vote on 40 Oakland Street for May 11 Town Meeting. The board voted 5-0, on a motion by Secretary Colette Aufranc and seconded by Vice Chair Tom Ulfelder, to approve motion language letting Town Meeting choose between accepting
Select Board debates motion language for May 11 vote on 40 Oakland Street
WELLESLEY — April 23, 2026 — Wellesley Select Board splits over how to frame 40 Oakland Street question for Town Meeting. With the May 11 Special Town Meeting two and a half weeks out, the board on April 23 weighed three competing drafts on the sale and development of the state-owned