The Annual Town meeting takes place at Hopkinton Middle School on Saturday May 2nd and starts at 9am. The meeting will also air live on HCAM-TV and our Youtube page!
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-Consent Agenda – Articles; 2,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,19,39 – Passed Unanimously
-Article 1:Acceptance of Town Reports – Passed Unanimously
-Article 3: Unpaid Bills from Fiscal Years – Passed Unanimously
-Article 6: Fiscal Year 2027 Operating Budget ($138,486,663) – Passed Unanimously
-Article 12: PILOT Agreement, Frankland Road Solar – Passed Unanimously (Pilot = Payment in liu of taxes) -Agreement for Personal Property with Frankland Road Solar, LLC, for a period of twenty-five (25) years.
-Article 13: Capital Improvements – Passed Unanimously
-$2,000,000 (TWO MILLION DOLLARS) – purchase of land at 280 Cedar Street (Parcel R4-17-0)
-$8,149,356.59 – (specified in the table below titled Re-Appropriation of Surplus Capital to supplement costs for the following capital purchases and projects.)
-Item 26: Grist Mill Dam (North Mill St.) Rehabilitation – $1,450,000 raised some questions and debate but passed with article.
-Article 14: One-Time Expenditures – Passed Unanimously
-Article 15: Water Enterprise Capital Improvements – Passed Majority
-Motion 1: $738,368.70 (Rehabilitation of Well #1, Vehicle W9 Supplemental Expense, Portable Generator, Dump Truck, Truck Replacement W1). – Passed Unanimously
-Motion 2: $12,305,000 (Construction for Grove Street Tank, Water Main Replacement: East Main St. Area, Water Main Replacement: Briarcliff Dr. Area (Design, Permitting & Bid Support)
-Article 16: Sewer Enterprise Capital Improvements – Passed Unanimously
-vote to transfer from Sewer Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings $820,000 for below;
-Sewer Meter Station Upgrade: Westborough Connection
-Fruit Street Waste Water Treatment Facility: Safety and Control
Upgrades
-Sewer System Evaluation Survey: West Main St. Pump Station
Tributary
-Article 17: Costa Bros. Masonry Litigation Settlement – Passed Unanimously
-Article 18: Authorization of Drainage Improvements for Hawthorne Lane Area – Passed Vote Count: 152-23
-Citizens Petition, Simple Majority Required
-Authorize the Department of Public Works to design and install drainage improvements, include a French drain system tied into the existing culvert, in the Hawthorne Lane area to mitigate recurrent flooding and to appropriate such funds as may be necessary, or take any other action relative thereto.
-No Committed Funds
-Amendment to Article 18 – Allocate Funds in Fiscal Budget 2028 – Passed Unanimously
-Article 20: Community Preservation Recommendations – Under Discussion
Motion #1 – Passed Majority
A. Amend Uses of Cricket/Basketball Field Grant
-Funded from $1,000,000 Grant
B. Headstone Preservation at Town Cemeteries
-$25,000
C. Phase 1 of Rehabilitation of 11 Ash St. Building
-$2,400,000
D. Beaches & Picnic Tables at Various Parks & Recreation facilities
-$25,000
E. Lighting at Pickleball/Tennis Court at Fruit Street Fields
-$250,000
F. Restoration of the Floor in the Library’s Ellworth Conference Room
-$25,000
G. Restoration of the Limestone Entrance at Town Hall
-$10,000
Motion #2 – Under Discussion
H. Land Purchase – Winter Street
-$35,000
I. Land Purchase – 280 Cedar Street
-$225,000
-Motion to consider item E separately – Clicker Vote: Fails 81-85
(E. Lighting at Pickleball/Tennis Court at Fruit Street Fields – $250,000)