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Members: Marjorie Freiman (Chair), Tom Ulfelder (Vice Chair), Colette Aufranc (Secretary), Kenneth Largess (Member), Beth Sullivan Woods (Member)

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 approves May 11 Special Town Meeting warrant and motion language on 40 Oakland Street.

Select Board approves warrant and three advisory motions for May 11 Special Town Meeting on 40 Oakland Street development. Chair Marjorie Freiman and all four members voted unanimously to approve the warrant and motions drafted by Town Counsel Thomas Harrington, which ask Town Meeting to choose

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 Policy Subcommittee continues review of municipal policies

Wellesley Select Board Policy Subcommittee advanced four draft municipal policies. Kenneth Largess and Colette Aufranc, Secretary, approved February 26 minutes and directed staff to bring the Naming of Public Assets Policy for first read before the full Select Board after May 11. The subcommittee

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