Annual Town Meeting

Transfers $39,000 from the Debt Stabilization Fund to the FY2025 operating budget to offset debt exclusion project costs.

Transfers $767,000 from Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation to the FY2025 General Fund Operating Budget.

Sets salaries for elected officers and appropriates funds to cover all Town charges, expenses, and debt for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.

Appropriates $5,438,224 to operate the Water Enterprise Fund for FY2025, funded by user fees ($5,200,000) and retained earnings ($238,224).

Appropriates $2,040,739 to operate the Sewer Enterprise Fund for FY2025, funded by user fees ($2,019,158) and sewer betterment transfer ($21,581).

Appropriates $1,821,866 to operate the Solid Waste/Recycling Enterprise Fund for FY2025, funded entirely by trash/recycling fees.

Appropriates $2,503,752 from Certified Free Cash for over 25 capital projects spanning IT, schools, DPW, fire, police, and library needs.

Raises and appropriates $800,000 for repairs to roads, sidewalks, bridges, and related infrastructure.

Transfers $105,000 from Water Enterprise retained earnings to purchase a replacement vehicle for the 2013 Ford F550 (Veh. 417).

Transfers $200,000 from Sewer Enterprise retained earnings to fund sewer inflow and infiltration work.

Authorizes $2,487,000 for Hanlon track and field replacement: borrowing $1,687,000, CPA funds $500,000 (for lights/fencing, not turf), and Athletic Stabilization $300,000.

Transfers funds from the Capital Stabilization Fund for design, engineering, and construction of the Memorial Elementary School roof (amount TBD at time of warrant).

Raises and appropriates $300,000 to the Town's Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Trust.

Raises and appropriates $100,000 to the General Stabilization Fund.

Approves the CPA FY2025 budget of $439,975 for administration, debt service, affordable housing coordination, and historic property signs; plus 10% statutory reserves.

Authorizes the Select Board to enter a PILOT agreement with Medway Grid LLC for a battery energy storage project at 49–55 Milford Street for a term exceeding 20 years.

Creates a new School Transportation revolving fund; sets FY2025 spending limits: parks/rec ($620,000), senior transportation ($130,000), school transportation ($300,000), and others.

Enacts a new Scenic Road Bylaw requiring a permit from the Planning Board before cutting trees or disturbing stone walls along any of the 25 designated scenic roads; sets fines up to $300 per violation.

Clarifies sign area computation for awning signs: for internally illuminated awnings, the area is the entire translucent portion; for externally illuminated awnings, the entire illuminated area.

Reduces the required off-street parking for ARCPUD housing from 2.0 spaces per unit to 1.5 spaces per unit.

Allows outdoor merchandise displays by right in commercial and business districts with safety and accessibility standards; non-compliant displays require a ZBA special permit.

Removes the outdated Section 1.5 Amendment provision; updates a rowhouse reference in the CBD; corrects first sentence of the mixed-use building height bonus provision.

Re-zones 10 parcels in the Milford Street area (Assessors' Parcels 66-005, 66-008, 65-027 through 65-036, and 75-003) to the Energy Resource District.

Authorizes up to $1,100,000 to purchase and equip a new fire truck.