Issues

The 2024 Annual Town Meeting will begin on May 28. Click here for information from the Town website, including a list of articles, article explanations, committee reports, etc.

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The 2023 Annual Town Meeting will begin Tuesday, May 23, 2023.

The list of warrant articles for the 2023 Annual Town Meeting will be posted on the Town's website soon.

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The 2022 Annual Town Meeting will begin May 24, 2022.

Click here for the warrant for the 2022 Annual Town Meeting

Click here for article explanations

Click here for the Town Meeting Handbook

List of warrant articles for the 2022 Annual Town Meeting

• 1. Appointment of Measurers of Wood and Bark. (Select Board) 

• 2. Approval of Collective Bargaining Agreements. (Human Resources) 

• 3. Annual authorization of Compensating Balance Agreements. (Treasurer/Collector) 

• 4. Report on the close-out of special appropriations / Bond Authorization Rescission. (Select Board) 

• 5. Approval of unpaid bills of a prior fiscal year. (Select Board) 

• 6. Acceptance of legislation to increase certain property tax exemptions. (Assessors) 

• 7. Authorize the acceptance and granting of easements in the areas of 19-21 Brington Road and 22 Tappan Street. (Department TBD) 8. Annual (FY23) Budget Appropriations Article. (Advisory Committee) 

• 9. Amend Article 4.8 of the Town’s General By-Laws to adjust calculation of Living Wage (Human Resources) 

• 10. Transfer of funds to support developing of Comprehensive Plan 

• 11. Approval of an increase in the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) base for retirees from $12,000 to $13,000 pursuant to Section 103(j) of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 32. (Retirement Board) 

• 12. Amend Article 3.14 of the Town’s General By-Laws to revise the discrimination complaint process. (CDICR) 

• 13. Amend Article 5.5, 10.2 and 10.3 of the Town’s General By-Laws to revise corresponding references found in article 3.14 related to the discrimination complaint process. (CDICR) 

• 14. Amend Article 9.05 of the Town’s Zoning By-Laws pertaining to Conditions for Approval of Special Permits to expressly authorize the Zoning Board of Appeals to attach conditions related to construction impact mitigation. (Planning and Community Development Department) 3 

• 15. Amend the Zoning Map and portions of Articles 2 – 5 of the Town’s Zoning By-Laws pertaining to two proposed Overlay Districts in the Boylston Street Corridor – Brington Road to High Street/ Washington Street. (Planning and Community Development Department) 

• 16. Amend Article 4.07 – Table of Use Regulations of the Town’s Zoning By-Laws to provide a minimum depth to required ground floor non-residential space in multifamily buildings that are located in Local Business (L) and General Business (G) Zoning Districts. (Planning and Community Development Department) 

• 17. Amend Article 6 of the Town’s Zoning By-Laws to increase the requirements for electric vehicle-ready parking spaces. (Planning and Community Development Department) 

• 18. Amend Articles 2 and 6 of the Town’s Zoning By-Laws pertaining to Bicycle Parking and Design Regulations (Planning and Community Development Department) 

• 19. Resolution regarding a Vision Zero Study Committee (Transportation Board) 

• 20. Resolution regarding a Pedestrian-Friendly Lighting Policy (Trevvett) 

• 21. Resolution regarding the Community Choice Aggregation Program (Lescohier et. al) 

• 22. Amend the Town’s General By-Laws to restrict the sale or distribution of products containing Fluorinated Hyrdocarbons or PFAS (Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances). (Richmond et.al) 

• 23. Resolution to create an Athletic Field Surface Task Force (Toffel) 

• 24. Amend the Town’s General By-Laws pertaining to Artificial Turf Surfaces. (Richmond et.al) 

• 25. Amend the Town’s General By-Laws to ban single use plastics. (Richmond et.al) 

• 26. Amend Article 3.16 of the Town’s General By-Laws pertaining to the Park and Recreation Commission (Brown et. al) 

• 27. Amend Article 8.31 of the Town’s General By-Laws pertaining to leaf blowers (Warner et. al) 

• 28. Home Rule Petition to expand local voting rights to sixteen and seventeen year-olds (Sweitzer-Shalit et. al) 

• 29. Home Rule Petition to expand local voting rights to permanent legal residents (Sweitzer-Shalit et. al) 

• 30. Resolution regarding eliminating the parking requirement at the Kent/Station Street Senior Affordable Housing Development (Wachter et. al) 4 

• 31. Resolution regarding opposition to the state ballot question on defining and regulating App-Based Drivers (Black) 

• 32. Resolution regarding calling for an end to the US embargo of Cuba (Black) 

• 33. Amend Article 2.1 of the Town’s General By-Laws pertaining to Codifying the Town Meeting Handbook (Ananian et. al) 

• 34. Resolution regarding transparency during Town Meeting deliberations (Silbaugh et. al) 

• 35. Resolution regarding the TMM Email List (Vogt et. al) 

• 36. Reports of Town Officers and Committees. (Select Board)