Municipal Meeting Recaps
Board of Assessors
The Board of Assessors reorganized and opened its FY27 exemption cycle in a 10-minute August session. The assessing office director reported a continuing “hard push out in the field, collecting…
Board of Health
The Board of Health deferred action on goose complaints and advanced tobacco crackdown at its Aug. 10 meeting. The board voted to stay a legal order against the residents of…
Capital Improvement Planning Committee
On Aug. 19, the Capital Improvement Planning Committee drilled into DPW and police FY28 requests, pulling a dump truck forward three years. DPW Director Tom Holder presented a $500,000 Route…
Conservation Commission
At its Aug. 19 meeting, the Conservation Commission opened a tree-clearing violation probe at 17 Glezen Lane. Conservation Administrator Linda Hansen told the commission Aug. 19 that the new owner…
Cultural Council
The Cultural Council planned a leadership handoff and eyed direct MCC grant payments at its Aug. 19 meeting. Chair Pallavi Nagesha told the Aug. 19 meeting she will hand the…
Finance Committee
On Aug. 17, the Finance Committee leaned against a fiscal 2028 override, pushes for multi-year strategic plan. Meeting jointly with the Select Board and Finance Director Brian Keveny on Aug.…
Finance Committee Appointing Board
Wayland’s Finance Committee Appointing Board will lose its chair Sept. 1. Cherry Karlson said on Aug. 20 that she will not seek reappointment after three years on the panel, which…
Historic District Commission
The Historic District Commission approved Town House Café window replacements on Aug. 12 and issued a certificate of applicability allowing all 22 windows at 21 Cochituate Road to be replaced…
Historical Commission
The Historical Commission moved on Aug. 17 to formally protest the library’s removal of the local history collection. The commission voted to send a letter of concern to Library Director…
Housing Partnership
The Housing Production Plan vendor choice slipped a month as the review panel deadlocked on Aug. 11. Member Jean Milburn reported that the four-person selection committee could not choose between…
