Politics & Government

Town Meeting's Halfway Scorecard

Wellesley is about halfway through Town Meeting 2012.

Town Meeting 2012 continues tonight and already over half of the articles have been voted on.

To make matters easy, Town Clerk Kathy Nagle has published a “Town Meeting Scorecard” highlighting the events of the all-important meeting thus far.

The card is a bullet point list of action taken on the first 17 articles of Town Meeting.

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Some highlights:

Town Meeting approved a , which will involve establishing a new department to handle upkeep of nearly all town buildings.

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The omnibus budget article – No. 8 – was approved with little debate. The town’s budget for fiscal year 2013 ($130,574,194), this includes the use of $2,837,757 from free cash.

Town Meeting resumes tonight at 7:30 p.m., auditorium.

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