ALL BUSINESS WAS COMPLETED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON MARCH 26, 2024. 

**Disclaimer: If you have a disability that requires certain accommodations, please contact the Select Board’s office at least 48 hours before the meeting, excluding Saturday, Sundays and legal holidays at 781-326-4172 or selectboard@townhall.westwood.ma.us.

LIST OF TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED

1. ATTENDANCE AND CALL TO ORDER: 7:00PM

   Grant Permission to Westwood Media Center and anyone wishes to record the meeting.

   Welcome all participants including members, presenters, and members of the public and press.

   Announce Member Roll-Call.

   Pledge of Allegiance.

2. CHAIR’S INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
3. PRESENTER(S): Tim Piwowar [WPS Superintendent], Lemma Jn-Baptiste [Director of Finance and Operations], Tony Mullin [School Committee Chair], Members of the School Committee –
   1. Final Update/Comments on FY25 School Budget
   2. FinCom Questions/Comments
   3. Public/Press Questions Comments
4. PRESENTER(S): Nora Loughnane [Director of Community & Economic Development], Elijah Romulus [Town Planner], Ellen Larkin Rollings [Planning Board Chair], Amanda Wolfe [Housing and Land Use Planner], Members of the Planning Board-
   1. Final Update/Comments on 2024 ATM “Planning Board” Warrant Articles # 1-6
   2. FinCom Questions/Comments
   3. Public/Press Questions/Comments
5. PRESENTER(S): Members of the Charter Review Committee, Christopher Coleman [Town Administrator], Pat Ahearn [Town Counsel], Lauren Goldberg [Outside Attorney Counsel]-
   1. Final Update/Comments on 2024 ATM “Select Board” Warrant Article # 5- 12
   2. FinCom Questions/Comments
   3. Public/Press Questions/Comments
6. PRESENTER(S): Marianne LeBlanc Cummings [Select Board Chair], Christopher Coleman [Town Administrator], Stephanie McManus [Asst. Town Administrator/Finance Director], Molly Kean [Asst. Town Administrator/HR Director], Pat Ahearn [Town Counsel], Members of the Select Board-
   1. 2024 ATM “Select Board” Budget Warrant Articles #1 -13
   2. Final Update/Comments on other Select Board Warrant Articles
   3. FinCom Questions/Comments
   4. Public/Press Questions/Comments
7. FINCOM DELIBERATES AND VOTES ON 2024 ATM WARRANT ARTICLES RECOMMENDATIONS WITH ROLL CALL.

   Select Board Budget-1: Supplemental Appropriations FY24

   Select Board Budget-2: Supplemental Appropriations FY24

   Select Board Budget-3: FY25 Operating Budgets (Appendix “D”)

   Select Board Budget-4: Appropriation ($ -) – Municipal Capital Improvements

   Select Board Budget-5: Appropriation ($ -) – School Capital Improvements

   Select Board Budget-6: Appropriation ($ -) – Sewer Capital Improvements

   Select Board Budget-7: Appropriation ($ -) – Additional Capital Improvements (Ambulance)

   Select Board Budget-8: Appropriation ($ -) – Additional Capital Improvements

   Select Board Budget-9: Appropriation ($ -) – Stabilization Fund – FY25

   Select Board Budget -10: Appropriation – ($ -) OPEB Liability Trust Fund – FY25

   Select Board Budget -11: Appropriation – ($ -) Fire Squad Truck Borrowing

   Select Board Budget -12: Appropriation – ($ -) High School Roof Restoration Borrowing

   Select Board Budget -13: Appropriation – ($ -) Conant Road Culvert Construction Borrowing

   Select Board-1: Street Acceptance – Ellis Street (a portion of)

   Select Board-2: Street Acceptance – Porter Street (a portion of)

   Select Board-3: Street Acceptance – Hedgerow Lane

   Select Board-4: General Bylaw Amendment – Chapter 184 [Animals] Clarify Terms and Modify Fines

   Select Board-5:  Home Rule Petition – An Act to Establish Quorum Requirement Solely to Open Meeting  

   Select Board-6:  Home Rule Petition – An Act Changing the Town Clerk Position from Elected to Appointed               

   Select Board-7:  Home Rule Petition- An Act Authorizing a 1) the Moderator to appoint fewer than 15 members due to timing or unavailability of qualified candidates and 2) members of Finance and Warrant Commission to serve as ex officio members on town board/committees

   Select Board-8:  Home Rule Petition - An Act Restructuring the Personnel Board Role

   Select Board-9:  Home Rule Petition – An Act Making Changes to the Permanent Building Commission                

   Select Board-10:  Home Rule Petition – An Act Making Technical Revisions to the Town Charter

   Select Board-11:  Home Rule Petition – An Act Making Ministerial and Clerical Revisions to the Town Charter

   Select Board-12:   Home Rule Petition – An Act to Amend the Town Charter to Include the Housing Authority

   Select Board-13: Adoption of Fee Schedule for Sealing of Weights and Measures

   Select Board Misc.-5: Miscellaneous Placeholder

   Select Board Misc.-6: Miscellaneous Placeholder

   Select Board Misc.-7: Miscellaneous Placeholder

   Select Board Misc.-8: Miscellaneous Placeholder

   Select Board Misc.-9: Miscellaneous Placeholder

   Select Board Misc.-10: Miscellaneous Placeholder

   Planning Board-1: Amendments to Zoning Bylaw & Zoning Map Related to Mixed-Use & Multi-Family Residential Overlay District

   Planning Board-2: Amendments to Zoning Bylaw & Zoning Map Related to Wireless Communication Facilities  

   Planning Board-3: Amendments to Zoning Bylaw Related to Definitions

   Planning Board-4: Amendments to Zoning Bylaw Related to Zoning Map References for Overlay Districts   

   Planning Board-5: Amendments to Zoning Bylaw Related to Accessory Apartments

   Planning Board-6: Amendments to General Bylaw Related to Solid Waste         

8. CHAIR’S UPDATE-.
9. VICE CHAIR’S UPDATE – Thanking members for submitting their Subcommittee reports.
10. OTHER BUSINESS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE BOARD NOT PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED BY THE CHAIR
11. OLD BUSINESS –Articles Write ups are due 3/29/24 or earlier, Approval of 3/12/24 Minutes.
12. ADJOURNMENT – with Member Roll- Call Voting.

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