WELLFLEET — Town meeting voters approved nearly all of the 54 articles on the warrant on Saturday, including a $24.9-million operating budget, a $1.1-million capital budget, a $2.2-million sprinkler system […]
Wellfleet Town Meeting
MORE THAN A GAME
Wellfleet Residents Play Ball Again
WELLFLEET — Fans of civic life here paraded, sun hats in hand, onto the baseball field across from the elementary school for their annual (or semi-annual, in this case) town […]
FISCAL CRISIS
Free Cash Won’t Be Certified by Town Meeting
Finance review shows chronic depletion of reserve funds
WELLFLEET — The town’s free cash account won’t be certified by the state in time for Saturday’s annual town meeting because the books for fiscal 2020 and 2021 are still […]
FISCAL CRISIS
Wellfleet Town Meeting Delayed by Financial Pickle
Meeting is put off to June 11; 15% tax increase expected
WELLFLEET — The town’s continuing financial fiasco has now prompted the select board to postpone the annual town meeting until Saturday, June 11. The town charter requires that the annual […]
WELLFLEET TOWN MEETING
Voters Back Estimated 13% Tax Increase
The chaotic budget process raises few questions at meeting
WELLFLEET — Town meeting on June 26 was costly and long, but voters approved the town budget and the purchases requested by officials during the six-and-half-hour session on the elementary […]
WELLFLEET TOWN MEETING
Committing to Water, Shelter, Bureaucracy-Free Farming
In second half of town meeting, voters grapple with basic needs
WELLFLEET — At the school ballfield on Saturday, voters showed they’re committed to dealing with two of the biggest issues facing the town: affordable housing and water sustainability. They elected […]
WELLFLEET TOWN MEETING
Voters Face 24% Budget Bump in Accounting Fiasco
Maybe it’s just a typo, says finance committee chair
WELLFLEET — Heading into the annual town meeting this Saturday, June 26, there is still a lot that town officials say they do not know, including exactly what the tax […]
WELLFLEET TOWN MEETING
Wastewater, Safety Needs Are Adding Up
Alternative septic system plans may not satisfy state
WELLFLEET — Voters at the June 26 annual town meeting must prepare for a 53-article warrant that includes $3.3 million in Proposition 2½ overrides and debt exclusions. If all of […]
AN INVESTIGATION
Why Wellfleet Elementary School Has No Sprinklers
Thirty years ago, the fire chief ‘was asked not to do his job’
WELLFLEET — At the Sept. 12 annual town meeting voters agreed to spend $110,000 to design a sprinkler system for the Wellfleet Elementary School, because, the fire chief said, one […]
CIVICS
Wellfleet OK’s Water Main and Firefighters
Officials hit a home run at first-ever outdoor town meeting
WELLFLEET — Standing on the pitcher’s mound at the Wellfleet Elementary School ballfield, Moderator Dan Silverman pitched a no-hitter on Sept. 12, with voters approving all the articles that came […]
TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Wellfleet Voters Will Be Asked to Spend $23 Million
One big budget increase was for porta-potties
WELLFLEET — The annual town meeting is set to kick off at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12, five months after it was initially postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
