Annual Town Meeting to be held May 20
Hopedale’s Annual Town Meeting will be held on Tues., May 20, at 7 p.m. in the Dennett Auditorium at the Junior-Senior High School.
The last day to register to vote at the Annual Town Meeting is Sat., May 10 at 5 p.m.
At press time, the draft warrant listed the following:
Article 1: Reports from town officials
Article 2: Town Clerk salary
Article 3: FY26 operating budget
Article 4: FY26 Water Dept. budget
Article 5: FY26 Sewer Dept. budget
Article 6: Water Dept. transfers
Article 7: Sewer Dept. transfers
Article 8: Prior year bills
Article 9: Supplement FY25 budgets
Article 10: FY26 Community Preservation Committee budget
Article 11: Community Preservation Committee reserves
Article 12: Capital request: Highway Dept.
Article 13: Capital request: Police Dept.
Article 14: Capital request: Fire Dept.
Article 15: Capital request: School Dept.
Article 16: Capital request: Little Red Shop Museum
Article 17: Capital request: Town Park renovation
Article 18: Establish Town Park Stabilization Fund
Article 19: Hopedale Town Hall Reuse
Article 20: Establish Hopedale Redevelopment Authority
Article 21: Borrowing in anticipation of Ch. 90 funds
Article 22: Increase tax exemption for qualifying senior citizens
Article 23: Increase tax exemptions for other qualifying persons
Article 24: Update to the floodplain zoning bylaw
Article 25: Proposed zoning bylaw change: Section 10, fines
Article 26: Hopedale Country Club lease modification
Article 27: Water Dept. land transfer and sale
Article 28: Town Administrator in the Town of Hopedale
Article 29: Sewer Dept. authorization to borrow
Article 30: Hopedale retiree benefits
Article 31: Proposed bylaw change: Ch. 35 Community Preservation Committee
The final warrant can be found at www.hopedale-ma.gov.
Source: www.hopedale-ma.gov
