Warrant Committee

BELMONT — June 17, 2026 — Belmont Warrant Committee closes its fiscal year with a wide-ranging debrief, six minutes approvals, and farewells to four departing members. Chair Paul Richter, leading what he described as an unusually demanding year that included three special town meetings between annual town meetings, convened the June

BELMONT — May 27, 2026 — Belmont Warrant Committee votes to back $500,000 in one-time teacher contract payments and $1.3 million for the Chenery roof ahead of June Town Meeting. Meeting on May 27, the committee voted 12-0 with two abstentions to recommend favorable action on Article 31,

BELMONT — May 13, 2026 — Belmont's Warrant Committee voted 2-15 against recommending a retiree cost-of-living adjustment increase, sending a contentious retirement funding fight to Town Meeting on May 18. The article would raise the COLA base from $13,000 to $15,000, worth $5 more per

Belmont Warrant Committee recommends favorable action on CPA projects and paramedic training ahead of May 4 town meeting.

BELMONT — April 22, 2026 — Belmont Warrant Committee reviews $125,000 paramedic pilot, pension gap, and hybrid meeting petition ahead of May Town Meeting votes. Meeting in information-only session Wednesday, the nine-member committee heard Town Administrator Patrice Garvin warn that a regional shortage of paramedics is threatening Belmont'

BELMONT — February 25, 2026 — Belmont's Warrant Committee deadlocked 6-6 on the flagship Belmont Center Overlay District ahead of the March 4 Special Town Meeting. The committee spent more than two hours debating whether its mandate extends beyond fiscal analysis before voting 8-5-2 to take a

Belmont's Warrant Committee deferred a vote on two zoning overlay articles while correcting errors in its own fiscal impact report at the February 11 meeting.

BELMONT — February 4, 2026 — Belmont Warrant Committee unanimously approves fiscal analysis of proposed by-right hotel zoning district. The committee voted 13-0 with two abstentions — Ex-Officio members Matt Taylor and School Committee Chair Meg Moriarty — to release its Center Gateway Overlay District fiscal impact report to Town Meeting

Belmont Warrant Committee approves fiscal analysis of proposed Belmont Center Overlay District, defers hotel report.

Belmont Warrant Committee advances fiscal report on Center Overlay District with two weeks to approval deadline.