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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.

Townbrief reporting · Jul 21

Government · Select Board

Select Board holds executive session on litigation strategy

Wellesley Select Board unanimously approved an executive session to discuss litigation strategy regarding 40 Oakland Street. Chair Marjorie Freiman and all five members voted to convene under state law to review prior executive session minutes for possible release and to conduct strategy with the

Townbrief news summary · Jul 15

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves $4,725 for summer internship program

Wellesley Select Board approves $4,725 in Campana Funds for summer internship program. The Board voted unanimously to support a request from Council on Aging Chair Judy Gertler for eight interns to work nine weeks at $15 per hour providing transportation, activities coordination, and volunteer

Townbrief news summary · Jul 1

Government · Select Board

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.

Townbrief reporting · Jul 1

Government · Select Board

Select Board working retreat examines FY27 planning and operations

Select Board holds working retreat to address fiscal 2027 planning priorities. The June 30 session covered operational improvements including shifting the Friday Night Mail deadline from Friday to Thursday and expanding AI-assisted minute drafting, which has reduced preparation time to 35 to 40

Townbrief news summary · Jun 30

Government · Select Board

Policy Subcommittee advances three draft policies for board review

Wellesley Policy Subcommittee advances three draft policies toward board review. Members Kenneth Largess and Colette Aufranc approved prior minutes 2-0 and directed staff to place three draft policies on upcoming Select Board agendas: the Draft Abutter Lot Sale Program and Draft Denial of Permits

Townbrief news summary · Jun 25

Government · Select Board

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,

Townbrief news summary · Jun 16

Government · Select Board

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

Townbrief reporting · Jun 16

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves special counsel for trash disposal consortium negotiations

Select Board approves $5,000 for trash consortium legal services. Chair Marjorie Freiman, Executive Director Meghan Jop, and RDF Superintendent Jamie Manzolini detailed the town's participation in the Central Massachusetts Municipal Solid Waste Consortium, a 30-to-35-municipality coalition

Townbrief news summary · Jun 8

Government · Select Board

Select Board Policy Subcommittee advances four draft policies toward full board review

Select Board Policy Subcommittee advances four policies toward full board review. The subcommittee voted 2-0 to approve prior minutes and cleared the Draft Naming of Public Assets Policy for a second read, the Draft Abutter Lot Sale Program and Draft Withholding of Permits and Licenses Policy for

Townbrief news summary · Jun 4