Select Board Approves Paving Contract, Farmers Market, and May Town Meetings
The Belmont Select Board unanimously approved a $2.6 million road paving contract and cleared multiple items for the May Annual Town Meeting at its April 27 meeting.
Select Board · Meeting of April 27, 2026
BELMONT — The Belmont Select Board unanimously approved a $2.6 million road paving contract and cleared multiple items for the May Annual Town Meeting at its April 27 meeting. The Board voted to approve the pavement management project with Newport Construction Corporation, to hold the 2026 Farmers Market at Claflin Street through October 29, and to call a Special Town Meeting for May 18 to consider leaf blower bylaw amendments and Community Path appropriations. Members unanimously recommended favorable action on warrant articles addressing Senior Center improvements, elected official salaries, revolving fund limits, and senior tax relief, while recommending against an article proposing an increase to the retiree cost-of-living adjustment base, citing substantial future costs and impacts to the financial plan.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of April 27, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
Checked against the official minutes. It was corrected where it differed.
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