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2024 Annual Town Meeting
Monday, May 6, 2024
The Annual Town Meeting will be held on Monday, May 6, 2024, in the Amos Clark Kingsbury Gymnasium at 7:00 PM.
The last day to Register to Vote at the Annual Town Meeting is Friday, April 26, at 5:00 PM.
General Information
Pre-Annual Town Meeting Roundtable April 29 at 6PM
The Town Moderator will host a Pre-Annual Town Meeting Roundtable for the public to ask questions about Town Meeting and Warrant Articles on Monday, April 29 at 6 PM in Chenery Hall, Medfield Town House or via Zoom. Zoom information will be provided on the Town's calendar.
Town Moderator Rules of Order and Procedure
Town Moderator Letter
Consent Agenda (Consent Agenda Motion)
Warrant Articles
The Annual Town Meeting Warrant for the 2024 Annual Town Meeting was opened on November 14, 2023, and closed on January 9, 2024. The Select Board reopened and closed the Warrant on January 23, 2024.
Executed and Posted Town Meeting Warrant (April 2, 2024)
Final Town Meeting Warrant to be sent to all households (April 26, 2024)
Warrant Hearing
The Annual Warrant Hearing will be a hybrid meeting and take place via Zoom and in person at the Medfield Town House on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at 7:30 PM.
Warrant Committee Hearing (Medfield TV)
For more information on the Warrant Articles
Reminder! Town Meeting votes on the Motions at the Annual Town Meeting.
| Warrant Article | Motion/Vote | Project Information | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accept Annual Town Report SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Consent Agenda Motion PASSED | Annual Town Reports |
| Human Resource Articles | |||
| 2 | Elected Officer Compensation SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Consent Agenda Motion PASSED | Town Charter |
| 3 | Personnel Administration Plan SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | Personnel Plan 2023 Collective Bargaining Contracts |
| Financial Articles | |||
| 4 | Dissolve Opioid Stabilization Fund SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | DOR Guidance on Fund(Dec 2023) Atty Gen Opioid SettlementMunicipal Abatement Payouts FAQ AG Opioid Settlement |
| 5 | Establish Developmental Revolving Fund: EV Chargers SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Consent Agenda Motion PASSED | Departmental Revolving Funds |
| 6 | Establish Developmental Revolving Fund: Parks and Recreation SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | Departmental Revolving Funds 53D Revolving Fund DOR 53D vs 53E 1/2 |
| 7 | Establish Developmental Revolving Fund: Council on Aging SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Consent Agenda Motion PASSED | Departmental Revolving Funds |
| 8 | Appropriate funds to Vaccine Revolving Fund SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Consent Agenda Motion PASSED | Departmental Revolving Funds Medfield Vaccination Clinics |
| 9 | Vote Revolving Funds Expenditure Limit SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | Departmental Revolving Funds MGL Revolving Funds DOR Departmental Revolving Funds |
| 10 | Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Consent Agenda Motion PASSED | Cemetery Commission |
| 11 | Local PEG Access Appropriation SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Consent Agenda Motion PASSED | MGL Chapter 44, Section 53 F3/4 MA DOR Guidance January 2016 |
| 12 | Establish Route 27/Dale Street Traffic Mitigation Fund SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Consent Agenda Motion PASSED | Medfield Meadows LIP Permit |
| 13 | Establish a Special Education Reserve Fund SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | DESE Advisory Chapter 140 Sec 13E Municipal Mod Act |
| 14 | Establish Elementary School Tax Mitigation Stabilization Fund SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | Special Purpose Stabilization Funds Stabilization Funds |
| 15 | Transfer to Municipal Building Stabilization Fund SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Consent Agenda Motion PASSED | MA DOR Guidance July 2017 Board of Selectmen / Warrant Committee Approved Financial Policy 2018 Town Meeting Warrant |
| 16 | Capital Projects: Municipal Buildings SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | FY2025 MBSF Projects Capital Budget Narrative Capital Budget Committee Board of Selectmen / Warrant Committee approved Financial Policy 2018 Town Meeting Warrant |
| 17 | Appropriate to Capital Stabilization Fund SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Consent Agenda Motion PASSED | Special Purpose Stabilization Funds Stabilization Funds 2021 Town Meeting Warrant |
| 18 | Capital Budget: Non-Buildings SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | FY2025 Capital Budget Capital Budget Narrative Capital Budget Committee Board of Selectmen / Warrant Committee approved Financial Policy 2018 Town Meeting Warrant |
| 19 | Elementary School Feasibility Study SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | School Building Committee |
| 20 | Prior Year Bills SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | MGL Chapter 44, Sec 64 |
| 21 | FY2025 Operating Budget SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | FY2025 Budget Budget Central SB / WC Financial Policy |
| 22 | FY2025 Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund Budget SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | Water Enterprise Fund Budget Sewer Enterprise Fund Budget Enterprise Fund Manual Enterprise Fund Best Practices |
| 23 | Rescind Bond Authorization Mount Nebo Water Tower SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Consent Agenda Motion PASSED | DLS IGR Bonding |
| 24 | Appropriation to the 375th Anniversary Trust Fund SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Consent Agenda Motion PASSED | |
| 25 | Appropriation to the Economic Vitality Fund SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Consent Agenda Motion PASSED | |
| 26 | Appropriation for Pond Surveys SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | Memo from ConCom |
| 27 | Appropriation for maintenance and security at Medfield State Hospital SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | |
| General Articles | |||
| 28 | Town Charter Amendment: Moderator Term to 3 Years SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | Town Charter: Moderator |
| 29 | Dog Control Bylaw : Expand Leash Requirement; Off Leash Areas SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval (7-2) | Motion PASSED with AMENDMENT | Red Line Version Dog Bylaw Existing Dog Control Bylaw Dog Bylaw Control Study Committee |
| 30 | Authorize disposition of Town Owned Land: Hinkley North SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion Failed | Special Town Meeting (9/25/2000) Hinkley North Deed Hinkley North Map Hinkley North/South Subdivision Plan |
| Zoning Articles | |||
| 31 | MBTA Communities Zoning District SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | Medfield MBTA Website Medfield FAQ Proposed MBTA Compliance Map |
| 32 | Enforcement of Zoning Bylaw Violation(s) by Non-Criminal Disposition SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | Existing Bylaw |
| 33 | Substitution of "Select Board" and "Select Board Member" in Town Bylaws SB Recommends Approval WC Recommends Approval | Motion PASSED | BOS Name Change Committee BOS Name Change Final Report |
| 34 | Free Cash | DISMISSED | |