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Municipal Meeting Recaps

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Capital Improvement Planning Committee

WP Admin · September 11, 2026

Wayland’s Capital Improvement Planning Committee rebuilt its fiscal 2028 capital plan Tuesday around a roughly $9.17 million funding envelope, moving major school and public-safety projects while expressing frustration over the…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Select Board

WP Admin · September 11, 2026

The board voted 5-0 on Monday to set the Annual Town Meeting for May 10-12, 2027, with a Town Election May 4, and 3-1-1 to keep the 6:30 p.m. start…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

ELVIS Committee

WP Admin · September 11, 2026

Wayland’s ELVIS (Electronic Voting Implementation) Committee retooled its remote-voting push after three bills were sent to study. Chair Dave Bernstein told members Tuesday that H.2272, Wayland’s home-rule petition, along with…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Historic District Commission

WP Admin · September 11, 2026

Wayland Historic District Commission conditions Bow Road window replacement on exterior muntins. The commission voted 5-0 Tuesday to approve a Renewal by Andersen replacement window project at 34 Bow Road,…

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School Committee

WP Admin · September 11, 2026

Wayland School Committee accepts $335,110 in grants and prepares $2 million feasibility study line. The five-member committee unanimously approved $33,110 as the district’s share of a joint MassCyberCenter cybersecurity grant…

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Planning Board

WP Admin · September 11, 2026

Wayland Planning Board continues Hobbs Road supportive-living hearing to Oct. 21 as chair warns extensions are ending. The board voted 3-0 Wednesday to continue Oak Street Management’s site plan hearing…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Carole Plumb · August 28, 2026

The town has begun setting a calendar to decide whether to ask voters for a Proposition 2½ operating override, the first such request in 17 years, to close a projected…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Select Board

Carole Plumb · August 28, 2026

No public comment was offered before the Select Board entered executive session at its Aug. 13 meeting for a periodic review of executive session minutes spanning eight categories under MGL…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Surface Water Quality Committee

Carole Plumb · August 28, 2026

On Aug. 11, the Surface Water Quality Committee approved $9,323 in invoices and eyed state grants for Dudley Pond study. The committee approved $5,550 for the first ClearCast herbicide treatment…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Audit Committee

Carole Plumb · August 28, 2026

On Aug. 11, the Audit Committee voted to approve its annual report to the Select Board and a companion report for town publication, both flagging the conservation and building departments…