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Special Town Meeting (STM) Monday October 27 at 7pm Fowler Middle School
Warrant hardcopy booklet was circulated in the Action Unlimited on October 10, will be available at STM and is published on-line at:
https://www.townofmaynard-ma.gov/608/Special-Town-Meeting-October-27-2025
The Finance Committee (FinCom) will hold its Public Hearing on STM Warrant Article Recommendations on Monday October 20 at 7pm at Town Hall
Budget Planning updates also planned for STM
Water Infrastructure
According to Gregory Johnson, Maynard Town Administrator (TA) “With sensitivity to the Town Moderator’s preference for efficiency and focus, the Select Board (SB) directed town staff to develop a brief presentation concerning capital plans for water infrastructure. The presentation is expected to be incorporated into the Town Meeting presentation on Article 7 related to transfer of PFAS settlement funds for capital improvements. Additionally, the Select Board directed that information be made available for handing out to voters at Town Meeting.”
Other Operating and Capital Budget Updates
Long term Capital Planning
TA Johnson adds “Through the Budget Sub Committee, the Select Board received a presentation from Capital Planning Committee’s Ben Zauski on capital and building needs to be addressed in the near and long term. The presentation reflects the Capital Planning Committee’s records of capital improvement requests through their supporting software, as well as data from town staff about debt scheduling and budgeting”.
“The Select Board is now considering the appointment of a Building Committee to advise the Select Board and Capital Planning Committee (CapCom) on facility specific capital planning and execution”.
Joint “Quad Board” Budget Review meeting scheduled for Wednesday evening November 12 (Time and location tbd):
TA Johnson added “It is expected the Capital Planning Committee presentation (mentioned above), along with FinCom’s forecasting work, will be offered at the upcoming “quad-board” meeting of SB, FinCom, CapCom and Maynard Public Schools/School Committee(SC). The Select Board is supportive of the Finance Committee’s work towards forecasting multi-year operational budgets”. He added “The Select Board welcomes the partnership of the Maynard Voice and other platforms to communicate their vision and town financial conditions to the public.”
According to Select Board Chair David Gavin “One of our primary goals for this Fiscal Year and beyond is to focus on consistent and better utilization of long term forecasting models to assist in the development of our budget as we move forward. I’m really excited to discuss and implement this approach and beginning our journey down that much anticipated path”
“Our meeting is intended to give all of us involved in the development of our budget insight into the challenges we face and to provide an opportunity to discuss how we move ahead to meet those challenges “
“Our challenges extend to a number of capital initiatives that are looming on the horizon. We have learned from the past that a lack of preparation to address our pressing needs often leads to decisions that are not made with any long term vision in place. I’m confident that we are going in the right direction towards a sustainable future that is consistent with our vision for the future“.
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