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May 11 & 14, 2026 — Special + Annual Town Meetings

May 11 & 14, 2026 — Special + Annual Town Meetings

Special and Annual Town Meetings address hospital preparation, the FY27 budget and public-safety funding

The May 2026 cycle combined a Special Town Meeting with the Annual Town Meeting over two nights. The Special Town Meeting approved current-year transfers, school funding, unpaid bills and $300,000 for legal and administrative work to prepare for a potential eminent-domain strategy involving the Norwood Hospital property; that vote did not authorize a taking. The Annual Town Meeting adopted the FY27 operating budget, approved public-safety override appropriations subject to a townwide ballot, acted on Community Preservation funding and considered citizen-petition articles through Article 21.

What mattered

Norwood Hospital preparation108–74–3
$300,000 in free cash was approved for legal and preparatory work connected with a possible eminent-domain strategy. The appropriation did not itself take the property.

Public-safety override126–40–6 on the salary measure
The recurring override plan contemplated roughly $1.8 million for additional Fire and Police staffing; a related article covered one-time equipment. Town Meeting approval was followed by a townwide ballot.

Operating budget135–45–2 on the reported budget vote
The budget debate focused heavily on the Town's structural deficit and the use of free cash to close the operating gap.

Citizen petitionsMixed outcomes
Several zoning, parking and tax proposals were postponed or referred for further study rather than enacted as drafted.

Debate to remember

The hospital discussion tested how far the Town should prepare to intervene in a privately owned but regionally important property. The public-safety discussion was different: speakers broadly agreed that Police and Fire needed support, while disagreeing over whether a permanent tax override was the right funding mechanism and whether the Town should have absorbed the staffing increases gradually.

Article-by-article ledger

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
STM 1	Internal transfers, including snow/ice and Town Hall elevator work	passed 166–13–3.	Passed	Vote roundup
STM 2	$350,000 for three school positions	passed 151–31–2.	Passed	Vote roundup
STM 3	$300,000 for hospital-related legal/preparatory work	passed 108–74–3.	Passed	Hospital meeting coverage
STM 4	$5,500.69 in prior-year unpaid bills presented to the Special Town Meeting	passed 169–14–1.	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 1–3	Consent agenda containing the first three annual warrant articles	Passed as a consent agenda	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 4	$7,361,784 transfer to reduce the FY27 tax levy/rate	135–45–2	Passed	Official FY27 Town Meeting electronic voting report
ATM 5	$832,000 Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund transfer to the General Fund for indirect costs	155–18–0	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 6	FY27 operating budget, approved through nine separate functional and enterprise-fund motions	General Government 148–26–0; Public Safety 159–8–1; Infrastructure 142–14–3; Health & Human Services 153–6–0; Culture & Recreation 147–11–0; Shared Facilities 151–7–0; Shared Costs 150–8–0; Education 151–23–2; Water/Sewer 154–19–1	Passed in nine motions	Vote roundup
ATM 7	Public-safety override salaries: $1,270,339 for Fire staffing and $529,661 for Police staffing	126–40–6; amendment to reduce staffing/funding failed 50–122–3	Passed	Override coverage
ATM 8	$180,500 in one-time equipment tied to the public-safety override plan	143–24–5	Passed	Override coverage
ATM 9	$30,000 for the June 15 public-safety override election	141–31–3	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 10	$1.07 million in future Community Preservation spending/reserves	150–17–2	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 11	$53,668 for Community Preservation Committee administration and operating costs	142–18–3	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 12 · Motion 1	$14,000 for the shared housing services program	137–27–3	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 12 · Motion 2	$24,270 for a historical asset inventory	135–17–3	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 12 · Motion 3	$30,000 to restore and preserve Annual Town Reports	141–16–4	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 12 · Motion 4	$114,000 to rehabilitate the Town Hall cannon, including the stone base and metal/wood wheels	107–50–4	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 12 · Motion 5	$25,000 transfer to the Conservation Land Fund	142–13–1	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 12 · Motion 6	$100,000 for Father Mac Playground improvements	144–14–1	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 12 · Motion 7	$32,280 for a Shattuck Park dry-stone-wall feasibility study and design	81–75–5	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 12 · Motion 8	$49,450 study to assess and prioritize school playground needs	140–19–1	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 12 · Motion 9	$147,550 for dugout shades, structures and scoreboards at school softball fields	121–31–4	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 13	Zoning/development citizen petition	131–21–0	Indefinitely postponed	Vote roundup
ATM 14	Petition concerning transfer of funds	moot/no operative action.	No action	Vote roundup
ATM 15	Proposal concerning parking-waiver standards; Town Meeting referred the matter for Planning Board study	referred for Planning Board study 108–29–8.	Referred	Vote roundup
ATM 16	Proposal concerning taxation of residential properties with four or more units	indefinitely postponed 121–25–1.	Indefinitely postponed	Vote roundup
ATM 17	Proposal to study a residential tax exemption; Town Meeting referred the question for further study	referred for study 98–46–3.	Referred	Vote roundup
ATM 18	Parking-space/tandem/lift definitions	passed 120–24–2.	Passed	Vote roundup
ATM 19	MBTA Communities Overlay District/waiver matter	referred to Planning Board by voice vote.	Referred	Vote roundup
ATM 20	Proposed rules concerning tandem or stacked parking; referred to the Planning Board	referred to Planning Board by voice vote.	Referred	Vote roundup
ATM 21	Proposed standards governing repetitive applications; Town Meeting indefinitely postponed the article	indefinitely postponed by voice vote.	Indefinitely postponed	Vote roundup

Meeting Library Record: vote roundup · Record: hospital & budget coverage · Record: public-safety debate · Record: Planning Board hearings on petitions · NPS: FY27 school budget information and supporting presentations

November 13 & 17, 2025 — Special Town Meeting

November 13 & 17, 2025 — Special Town Meeting

Cofsky Farm acquisition, reserve funding and a major capital plan

The fall Special Town Meeting met over two nights. It approved the Cofsky Farm and adjacent-property acquisitions, moved money into reserve accounts, corrected earlier water/sewer financing, and approved a multi-part capital program including a ladder truck, ambulance, school roof, library facade work and water infrastructure.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1–3	Consent agenda: $400,000 Workers' Compensation Fund transfer; transfer remaining health-insurance balance ($749,855 reported) to OPEB; $3,845.86 Water/Sewer capital-project deficit appropriation	142–23–0 on consent agenda	Passed	Norwood Record results
4	Replace the original $392,500 free-cash funding for the 2021 Sewer Inflow and Infiltration Study with borrowing, returning the free cash to the General Fund	158–10–1	Passed	Norwood Record results
5	$580,959 from free cash to the Special Education Reserve Fund, bringing the reserve to the reported statutory maximum of about $1.58 million	102–67–2	Passed	Norwood Record results
6	$2 million from free cash to the Capital Stabilization Fund for future capital expenditures	84–80–6	Passed	Norwood Record results
7	Acquire 820 Neponset Street / Cofsky Farm for about $7.2 million, using Forbes-property sale proceeds and free cash	155–12–2	Passed	Norwood Record results and Cofsky coverage
8 · amendment	Replace Finance Commission's indefinite-postponement recommendation with authorization to purchase 814 and 816 Neponset Street	125–27–1	Passed	Norwood Record results
8 · main motion	Authorize purchase of 814 and 816 Neponset Street for about $1.5 million total, providing additional access to the Cofsky property	124–27–4	Passed	Norwood Record results
9 · Motion 1	Capital plan — 11 free-cash items totaling about $5.2 million, including a $3 million ladder truck, $650,000 ambulance, DPW truck, Lower Balch bathrooms, airport work and municipal equipment/facility projects	118–15–2	Passed	Norwood Record results
9 · Motion 1 amendments	Indefinitely postpone the free-cash capital motion; separately, require its component projects to be voted individually	15–120–2 postponement; 58–78–1 separate-vote amendment	Both failed	Norwood Record results
9 · Motion 2	Borrow $5.95 million for sidewalks ($950,000), Willett School roof ($3 million) and Morrill Memorial Library facade repairs ($2 million)	134–3–0	Passed	Norwood Record results
9 · Motion 3	$4.5 million water-system improvement program funded through water rates/borrowing	131–6–0	Passed	Norwood Record results
9 · Motion 4	$500,000 Route 1 Water Main Improvement design through an MWRA interest-free loan	134–2–0	Passed	Norwood Record results

Meeting LibraryNorwood Record: article-by-article results, capital votes and Cofsky coverage · NCM: Nov. 3 pre-meeting information session · Record: later Cofsky advisory-committee follow-up

May 15, 2025 — Annual Town Meeting

The Annual Town Meeting began with the recurring annual financial articles and FY26 operating-budget business.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Receive and accept Town reports	149–4–1	Passed	Contemporary meeting coverage
2	Treasurer compensating-balance authority	156–3–1	Passed	Contemporary meeting coverage
3	FY26 revolving-fund spending limits	153–3	Passed	Contemporary meeting coverage
4 · Motion 1	FY26 operating budget — General Government	137–28–1	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 2	FY26 operating budget — Public Safety	150–14–2	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 3	FY26 operating budget — Infrastructure	151–20–4	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 4	FY26 operating budget — Health & Human Services	167–6–0	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 5	FY26 operating budget — Culture & Recreation	161–11–3	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 6	FY26 operating budget — Facilities	163–13–0	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 7	FY26 operating budget — Shared Costs	156–14–3	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 8	FY26 operating budget — Education	149–24–4	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 9	FY26 operating budget — Water/Sewer	147–11–0	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
6	CPC reserves	140–8–3	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
7	CPC administration	138–10–1	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
8 · Motion 1	Shared Housing Services Organization	141–9–0	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
8 · Motion 2	Washington Heights Housing Complex roof replacement	148–4–0	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
8 · Motion 3	National Register nomination for Highland Cemetery and Saint Gabriel’s Chapel	114–32–4	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
8 · Motion 4	ADA ramp and landscaping between Balch School and Eliot Field	132–13–5	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
8 · Motion 5	Germantown Park feasibility study	121–24–1	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
8 · Motion 6	Conservation Land Fund transfer	138–9–2	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
8 · Motion 7	Guild Pond feasibility study and restoration plan	148–9–1	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report

Meeting LibraryOfficial electronic voting results · Official FY26 Budget Book / Annual Town Meeting warrant · Archived Norwood Record meeting coverage

May 15, 2025 — Special Town Meeting #2

This ten-article Special Town Meeting addressed the Town Moderator's term, a landfill solar PILOT agreement, veterans' property-tax exemptions, municipal payroll and contracting authority, and four zoning updates. The official warrant is attached as the primary source. Documented outcomes are shown even where an exact electronic tally has not been located; the archive does not invent missing vote counts.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Home-rule petition changing the elected Town Moderator's term from one year to three years	133–24–1	Passed; subsequently enacted by the Legislature as Chapter 98 of the Acts of 2025	Official warrant
2	Authorize a $481,008, 25-year PILOT agreement with Tangent Development, LLC for the solar array at the landfill, 370 Winter Street	128–28–3	Passed	Official warrant
3	Accept HERO Act Clause 22I, allowing annual cost-of-living increases to qualifying veterans' property-tax exemptions	157–1–1	Passed	Official warrant
4	Accept HERO Act Clause 22J, allowing an additional local veterans' property-tax exemption of up to 100% of the existing exemption	152–5–1	Passed	Official warrant
5	Accept state law permitting Town employee compensation by direct bank deposit	158–3–1	Passed	Official warrant
6	Permit specified Town and school contracts longer than three years, up to six years, when the longer term provides more favorable terms	147–13–1	Passed	Official warrant
7	Update the Flood Plain Overlay District bylaw for new FEMA maps and current floodplain-management requirements	152–6–1	Passed by required 2/3 majority	Official warrant
8	Revise rules for alterations and expansions of preexisting nonconforming one- and two-family homes, including the proposed 75% habitable-floor-area threshold	48–107–2	Failed	Official warrant
9	Prohibit commercial and personal kennels in the MBTA Communities Multifamily Overlay District	134–17–1	Passed by required 2/3 majority	Official warrant
10	Clarify that multifamily residential use in the Boston Providence Highway District is allowed only within specified Mixed Use Overlay Districts	123–27–3	Passed by required 2/3 majority	Official warrant

Meeting LibraryOfficial 2025 electronic voting results · Official Special Town Meeting #2 warrant · Official STM #2 explanatory / recommendation sheet · Official Town Meeting information-session presentation · Massachusetts Acts of 2025, Chapter 98 — Moderator term · Contemporary meeting coverage

May 12, 2025 — Special Town Meeting #1

This twelve-article Special Town Meeting covered current-year transfers, school spending, water infrastructure and creation or funding of municipal reserve accounts.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Approximately $32,000 in current-year internal transfers	186–9–2	Passed	Contemporary meeting coverage
2	Special Education Reserve Fund contribution; reduction amendment followed by amended appropriation	Amendment 100–94–6; appropriation 164–33–3	Passed as amended	Contemporary meeting coverage
3	$70,000 appropriation for School Department computer equipment	185–14–1	Passed	Contemporary meeting coverage
4	$300,000 for three school positions	171–23–1	Passed	Contemporary meeting coverage
5	$2,800 for foster-care reimbursement enrollment	189–4	Passed	Contemporary meeting coverage
6	$150,000 for HR/information-system upgrades	186–11–1	Passed	Contemporary meeting coverage
7	Water-tank replacement financing/cost increase; motion to delay until fall	Delay amendment failed 21–173–3	Main project action passed	Contemporary meeting coverage
8	$250,000 to Compensated Absences Fund	177–15	Passed	Contemporary meeting coverage
9	Establish Capital Stabilization Fund	157–34	Passed	Contemporary meeting coverage
10	Establish a Pension Reserve Fund for future retirement-system obligations	158–26–2	Passed	Contemporary meeting coverage
11	Appropriate $1 million to Pension Reserve Fund	149–25–2	Passed	Contemporary meeting coverage
12	Approximately $2,000 in prior-year unpaid bills	168–4–1	Passed	Contemporary meeting coverage

Meeting LibraryArchived Norwood Record first-night results and debate

October 24, 2024 — Special Town Meeting

October 24, 2024 — Special Town Meeting

Town Meeting backs veterans housing and a large one-time capital program

The October Special Town Meeting completed its warrant in one night. Members used unusually high Free Cash for stabilization and capital needs, approved a large capital plan, and after more than two hours of debate approved $800,000 in Community Preservation funding for 20 affordable veterans apartments at 20 Vernon Street.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	$180,000 from Free Cash for Norwood Police body-worn camera systems	140–4–0	Passed	Norwood Record vote roundup
2	$2 million from Free Cash to the General Stabilization Fund	152–4–1	Passed	Vote roundup
3	$1 million from Free Cash to the Compensated Absences Fund	142–13–1	Passed	Vote roundup
4 · Motion 1	$2 million from Forbes Hill Mansion sale proceeds for the ongoing Town road-repair program	149–7–0	Passed	Vote roundup
4 · Motion 2	$6.02 million from Free Cash for capital projects including an Airport wildlife fence, Savage Center parking, Public Safety garage floor, a new fire engine, road repair, the Hawes Brook bridge, Washington/Mylod traffic study, DPW salt truck, five school minibuses, Facilities pickup trucks and replacement of the Savage Center and Ivatts tennis courts	138–20–2	Passed	Vote roundup
4 · Motion 3	$6.07 million in borrowing, water rates and grants, including $4.5 million for the Water Improvement Program and $1.57 million for sewer removal/relining through the MWRA program	157–5–0	Passed	Vote roundup
4 · Motion 4	$630,000 through the Water Fund for Water Main Cleaning and Lining, with MWRA grant/loan assistance	157–4–0	Passed	Vote roundup
5	$800,000 in Community Preservation funds for Caritas Communities to help create 20 deed-restricted affordable apartments for veterans at 20 Vernon Street	116–41	Passed	Meeting coverage and vote · Project background
6	Authorize an easement involving Verizon Communications	133–9–2	Passed	Vote roundup
7	Allow retired police officers who did not retire from Norwood to work traffic details in Town	131–9–3	Passed	Vote roundup
8	Update local Sealer of Weights and Measures fees	136–6–0	Passed	Vote roundup
9	Adopt a 3% local cannabis sales tax for the recreational-marijuana operation at 76 Astor Avenue	137–9–1	Passed	Vote roundup

Meeting LibraryNorwood Record — October 31, 2024 vote roundup and 20 Vernon coverage · 20 Vernon project background

May 16, 2024 — Annual Town Meeting

The Annual Town Meeting met May 13 and reconvened May 16, adopting the FY25 operating budget and acting on Community Preservation reserves and eleven individual CPA project motions. The proposed veterans-housing allocation at 20 Vernon Street was indefinitely postponed at this meeting and returned later in 2024.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Receive and accept Town reports	164–4–5	Passed	Official clerk record
2	Treasurer compensating-balance authority	165–4	Passed	Official clerk record
3	FY25 revolving-fund spending limits	168–7	Passed	Official clerk record
4 · Motion 1	FY25 operating budget — General Government	172–7–0	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 2	FY25 operating budget — Public Safety	173–4–0	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 3	FY25 operating budget — Infrastructure	160–10–2	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 4	FY25 operating budget — Health & Human Services	164–3–0	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 5	FY25 operating budget — Culture & Recreation	163–7–0	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 6	FY25 operating budget — Facilities	161–4–0	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 7	FY25 operating budget — Shared Costs	160–8–0	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 8	FY25 operating budget — Education	150–13–1	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
4 · Motion 9	FY25 operating budget — Water/Sewer	154–6–0	Recorded electronic vote	Official Town Meeting electronic voting report
5	Apply free cash to reduce the FY25 tax levy	Unanimous voice vote	Indefinitely postponed	Official clerk record
6	Set aside $910,518 of Community Preservation Fund revenue among statutory reserves and the budgeted reserve	153–4	Passed	Official clerk record
7	$45,525 from the Community Preservation administrative reserve for CPC administrative and operating expenses	157–3–1	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 1	$20,250 to restore and preserve Annual Town Reports	148–16–1	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 2	$55,200 to restore and display Morrill Memorial Library stained-glass windows	121–40–1	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 3	$75,000 to restore 38 original Memorial Hall oak benches	144–14–2	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 4	$60,000 to rehabilitate Washington #7 and America #10 fire bells	145–16–1	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 5	$25,925 to restore the F. Holland Day House Blue Room fireplace surround	123–34–4	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 6	$14,000 for a second year of the Shared Housing Services Organization	131–29–4	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 7	Proposed Community Preservation funding for affordable veterans housing at 20 Vernon Street	152–9–3	Indefinitely postponed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 8	$10,000 transfer to the Conservation Land Fund	158–6	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 9	$80,000 for Tiot Trail bridge and water-crossing work	150–11–1	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 10	$91,560 for Morse Hill Veterans Park improvements	141–22	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 11	$213,630 toward a playground at Norwood Memorial Airport	144–10–8	Passed	Official clerk record

Meeting LibraryOfficial 2024 Town Annual Report / Clerk record

May 13, 2024 — Special Town Meeting

The Special Town Meeting considered twelve articles covering current-year transfers, school and recreation spending, Fire civil service, stormwater financing, retiree COLA policy and prior-year bills.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	$250,860 Police FY24 internal transfer	189–6	Passed	Official clerk record
2	$20,000 Norwood Lifeworks ARC/SNARC	187–8–2	Passed	Official clerk record
3	$38,000 St. Catherine of Siena school nurse	103–95–2	Passed	Official clerk record
4	$156,000 appropriation for School Department information-technology equipment	170–20–7	Passed	Official clerk record
5	$59,353 School of Origin transportation pilot	131–61–8	Passed	Official clerk record
6	$202,850 Emergency Connectivity Fund reimbursement	153–37–5	Passed	Official clerk record
7	$400,000 Recreation Extended Day expenses	186–9–1	Passed	Official clerk record
8	Rescind Fire Department civil-service acceptance	194–4	Passed	Official clerk record
9	Establish local stormwater enterprise fund	78–109–6	Failed	Official clerk record
10	Increase retiree COLA base from $15,000 to $16,000	164–21–1	Passed	Official clerk record
11	$37,221.22 appropriation/reimbursement related to CARES Act expenditures	154–31–2	Passed	Official clerk record
12	$2,529.74 appropriation for prior-year unpaid bills, requiring a nine-tenths vote	181–10 (9/10 vote)	Passed	Official clerk record

Meeting LibraryOfficial 2024 Town Annual Report / Clerk record

March 21, 2024 — Special Town Meeting

March 21, 2024 — Special Town Meeting

Norwood adopts its MBTA Communities zoning after a long debate over growth and state requirements

Town Meeting approved the new MBTA Communities Multi-family Overlay District, including the zoning bylaw and map changes. The adopted plan used roughly 78 acres around Norwood's commuter-rail stations rather than the state's 50-acre minimum.

MBTA Communities zoning103–48 on the principal zoning vote
The plan created an as-of-right multifamily overlay designed to comply with M.G.L. c. 40A §3A. The Town's materials described a minimum unit-capacity requirement of roughly 2,047 units; capacity was a zoning calculation, not a construction forecast.

Articles 4 & 5Both passed
The paired articles amended the zoning bylaw and official zoning map.

What Town Meeting was deciding

The argument was not simply “housing or no housing.” Discussion included whether the Town should zone more acreage than the statutory minimum, how concentrating or spreading theoretical density would affect development, possible effects on schools and services, and the consequences of failing to comply with the state law.

Article ledger

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Amend the zoning use table to prohibit commercial kennels in S, S-1 and S-2 residential districts, require a special permit for commercial kennels in Manufacturing, and establish special-permit treatment for personal kennels in specified districts	Unanimous	Passed	Official Yellow Sheet · Meeting coverage
2	Add zoning definitions for Commercial Boarding or Training Kennel, Commercial Breeder Kennel and Personal Kennel	Unanimous	Passed	Official Yellow Sheet · Meeting coverage
3	Amend zoning-hearing procedures to provide more specific notice to property owners and other affected parties when zoning amendments are proposed	Passed; contemporary coverage described only minimal opposition and did not publish a numerical tally	Passed	Official Yellow Sheet · Meeting coverage
4	Create the MBTA Communities Multi-family Overlay District and its as-of-right multifamily zoning rules	103–48 on the principal 78-acre proposal after a smaller-district amendment failed by voice vote	Passed	Official Yellow Sheet · Meeting coverage
5	Amend the Official Zoning Map to establish the MBTA Communities Multi-family Overlay District around Norwood's commuter-rail stations	Passed after Article 4; the contemporary report confirms passage but does not publish a separate numerical tally	Passed	Official Yellow Sheet · Meeting coverage
6	Accessory Dwelling Unit zoning proposal allowing ADUs as-of-right subject to specified restrictions	Referred back for additional Planning Board work; no numerical tally was published in the contemporary report	Referred to Planning Board	Official Yellow Sheet · Meeting coverage

Meeting Library Official March 2024 Yellow Sheet / explanatory material · Archived Record: post-meeting coverage · Archived Record: Selectmen recommendation/background

November 13 & 16, 2023 — Special Town Meeting

November 13 & 16, 2023 — Special Town Meeting

A two-night fall meeting funds school reviews, recreation changes, Hawes Pool and financial reserves

The fall warrant was long enough that Articles 14–22 were laid on the table on Nov. 13 and taken up at an adjourned Nov. 16 session. Among the actions were school-system reviews and pilots, creation of a Recreation Extended Day revolving fund, a $1.5 million compensated-absence reserve, $2 million for the override stabilization fund and previously approved Hawes Pool funding.

Hawes PoolMajor capital action
The Nov. 13 meeting appropriated $5.7 million for Hawes Pool repairs; the Nov. 16 record later references that appropriation when authorizing the Town to pursue PARC grant funding.

SchoolsArticles 14–16 passed by voice vote
$40,000 funded a superintendent search, $100,000 a comprehensive student-services review and $50,000 a social/emotional enrichment pilot.

Extended DayPassed as amended
Article 17 created a Recreation Extended Day revolving fund with a $150,000 spending limit, helping facilitate the administrative transfer of the program from Schools to Recreation.

ReservesPassed by voice vote
Article 18 created/capitalized a $1.5 million compensated-absence reserve; Article 19 moved $2 million into the override stabilization fund.

Article-by-article ledger

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Amend Town Meeting rules to remove the photo requirement from member badges and formally allow electronic voting devices and show-of-hands voting	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
2	Accept the Town Meeting Size Committee report and change Representative Town Meeting membership to 1¼% of registered voters, rounded up to a number divisible by nine, effective April 7, 2025	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
3	Replace the Permanent Building Construction Committee bylaw with a revised Article XVII	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
4	Add a General Bylaw charging interest on overdue Police Detail and Fire Detail bills at the same rate as overdue real-estate taxes	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
5	Approve a 20-year Tax Increment Financing agreement with FM Global and Neponset River, LLC for property on Assessors Map 15, Sheet 15, Lot 7	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
6	Amend the existing 20-year FM Global / Neponset River, LLC TIF agreement for property on Assessors Map 15, Sheet 13, Lot 1B	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
7	Adopt the Municipal Opt-in Specialized Stretch Energy Code, effective July 1, 2024	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 1	$1,489,500 from Free Cash for FY24 Capital Improvement Plan projects	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 2	$10.7 million in borrowing for FY24 Capital Improvement Plan projects	Unanimous 2/3 voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 3	$18,676,950 in borrowing for water-related capital projects, with debt service paid in the first instance from water rates	Unanimous 2/3 voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 4	$2 million from Forbes Estate sale proceeds toward the Town road-repair program	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 5	$630,000 zero-interest MWRA borrowing for Water Main Cleaning and Lining	Unanimous 2/3 voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 6	$506,000 from water retained earnings for FY24 water capital projects	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
9	$60,000 from Free Cash for a Public Safety staffing study	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
10	$150,882.68 from the National Opioid Settlement for Health Department uses at the Superintendent of Public Health's discretion	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
11	$670,000 from Water and Sewer retained earnings for water meters, automatic meter-reading devices and related equipment	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
12	Increase the FY24 Water and Sewer budget's water-meter replacement expense line by $670,000	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
13	$150,000 composting pilot contract services	passed by voice vote on Nov. 13.	Passed	Official clerk record
14	$40,000 appropriation for the superintendent search process	passed by voice vote.	Passed	Official clerk record
15	$100,000 comprehensive student-services review	passed by voice vote.	Passed	Official clerk record
16	$50,000 school social/emotional enrichment pilot	passed by voice vote.	Passed	Official clerk record
17	Recreation Extended Day revolving fund amendment and main motion	Passed by voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
18	Create/capitalize compensated-absence reserve with $1.5 million	Passed by voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
19	$2 million to override stabilization fund	passed by voice vote.	Passed	Official clerk record
20	Authorize PARC grant applications/agreements for Hawes Pool after the Nov. 13 $5.7 million appropriation	passed by voice vote.	Passed	Official clerk record
21	$27,099.20 appropriation to correct prior grant-related accounting	passed by voice vote.	Passed	Official clerk record
22	$19,063.20 appropriation for prior-year unpaid bills	passed unanimously by voice vote.	Passed	Official clerk record

Meeting Library Official 2024 Annual Report containing the 2023 fall clerk record · Archived Record: Extended Day follow-up

November 14, 2022 — Special Town Meeting

The November Special Town Meeting considered a 16-article warrant covering easements, Town Clerk fees, street acceptances, capital spending, water-system work, Coakley Middle School property, planning and zoning. Articles 15 and 16—the proposed Multifamily Transit Overlay District/MBTA Communities zoning—were taken out of order and referred back rather than adopted.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Grant National Grid gas-line access easements on Town-owned land at Pond Street and Washington Street near the Balch School/Eliot Field	See clerk record	Acted on	2023 Annual Town Report
2	Update Town Clerk fees, including vital-record amendments, marriage intentions, business certificates, street lists and bylaw books	See clerk record	Acted on	2023 Annual Town Report
3–14	Street acceptances, capital program, water-system funding and meters, middle-school property acquisition, master-planning and other financial/municipal business	Individual actions recorded by Town Clerk	Multiple actions	Reconstructed record · Official warrant
15	Add Zoning Bylaw §9.10, Multifamily Transit Overlay District (MTOD), as Norwood's proposed MBTA Communities zoning framework	Voice vote on referral	Referred back to petitioner	2023 Annual Town Report — clerk record
16	Companion zoning-map/district action associated with the proposed Multifamily Transit Overlay District	Taken out of order with Article 15; referral/no-action procedure recorded	Referred / not adopted	2023 Annual Town Report — clerk record

Meeting Library2023 Annual Town Report — official proceedings · Nov. 14, 2022 official warrant · NCM recording

May 8 & 11, 2023 — Annual Town Meeting

The 2023 Annual Town Meeting opened May 8 and reconvened May 11. It adopted the FY24 operating budget, used one-time funds for extraordinary school costs, set Community Preservation reserves and administration funding, and approved nine individual CPA projects.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Receive and accept reports of Town officers and committees	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
2	Authorize Treasurer to enter compensating-balance agreements with banks	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
3	Authorize FY24 revolving-fund spending limits for Council on Aging, Library and Health tobacco enforcement/education	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
4	FY24 operating budget, acted on through functional, school and enterprise-fund motions	Multiple budget motions; clerk record reports the motions as carried	Passed in multiple motions	Official budget motions
5	$500,000 from Free Cash for one-time special-education transportation contract costs in FY24	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
6 · Free Cash	$372,000 from Free Cash for extraordinary special-education and out-of-district tuition costs	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
6 · Override Stabilization	$1,487,643 from Override Stabilization for extraordinary special-education and out-of-district tuition costs	Unanimous 2/3 voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
7	Apply Free Cash to reduce the FY24 tax levy	Unanimous voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	Official clerk record
8	Set aside $867,324 in Community Preservation revenue among open space/recreation, historic resources, community housing, administration and the budgeted reserve	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
9	$43,366 from the Community Preservation administrative reserve for CPC administration and operating costs	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
10 · Motion 1	$350,000 for window and siding replacement at the McDonough Housing Complex	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
10 · Motion 2	$5,000 to restore and preserve the 1890 History and Directory Book	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
10 · Motion 3	$10,000 to restore and preserve the circa-1927 Memorial Hall table and chairs	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
10 · Motion 4	$11,000 to restore and preserve Annual Town Reports	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
10 · Motion 5	$530,000 total for Old Parish Cemetery rehabilitation: $430,000 from the undesignated reserve and $100,000 from the historic-resources reserve	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
10 · Motion 6	$10,000 transfer to the Conservation Land Fund	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
10 · Motion 7	$41,040 for a Winslow Park / Veterans Memorial Park feasibility study and master plan	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
10 · Motion 8	$10,000 to support listing the Morse House on the National Register of Historic Places	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
10 · Motion 9	$192,000 for Morse House exterior rehabilitation: $96,000 from the undesignated reserve and $96,000 from the historic-resources reserve	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record

Meeting Library2023 Annual Town Report — official Town Clerk record · Morrill Memorial Library digital archive

May 8, 2023 — Special Town Meeting

The Special Town Meeting convened at Norwood High School during the May 8 Annual Town Meeting session. The official 2023 Town Report records the warrant and votes.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Reinstate acceptance of the “Strong Chief” Fire Department law	No vote required	Withdrawn by petitioner	2023 Annual Town Report
2	Rezone specified Boston Providence Highway District parcels to Single Residence	151–37	Passed by 2/3 vote	Morrill Memorial Library digital archive
3	Rezone another BPH parcel to Single Residence	102–26	Passed by 2/3 vote	Morrill Memorial Library digital archive
4	Proposed BPH-to-General Residence zoning changes for specified parcels	Amendment: 5–130	Amendment failed	Morrill Memorial Library digital archive
5	$1,168,000 transferred from department shortfalls and capital-project closeouts for FY2023 General Government internal transfers	Clerk record documents the motion; no tally is reproduced here	Acted on	2023 Annual Town Report

Meeting Library2023 Annual Town Report — Morrill Memorial Library copy · Morrill Memorial Library digital archive

March 14, 2022 — Special Town Meeting #2 · Coakley Middle School

A separately warranted Special Town Meeting on the same evening considered the new Coakley Middle School project. Town Meeting authorized borrowing for the project, subject to Proposition 2½ debt-exclusion approval and the MSBA funding framework.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Authorize borrowing for the new Coakley Middle School project at 1315 Washington Street, with MSBA reimbursement and borrowing contingent on a Proposition 2½ debt exclusion	153–1 hand-count vote	Passed	2022 Annual Town Report — clerk record

Meeting Library2022 Annual Town Report — official proceedings · NCM recording — shared March 14 coverage

March 14, 2022 — Special Town Meeting #1 · Land Use

The first Special Town Meeting of March 14 addressed land-use measures, including a comprehensive Stormwater Management Bylaw and replacement of the Forbes Hill Mixed Use Overlay District with a Life Sciences Development District. This was legally separate from the Coakley school-project meeting held the same evening.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Add a comprehensive Stormwater Management Bylaw governing discharges, land disturbance, permitting, inspection and enforcement	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	2022 Annual Town Report — clerk record
2	Replace the Forbes Hill Mixed Use Overlay District with a Life Sciences Development District, including revised height and development standards	See official clerk record	Passed	2022 Annual Town Report — clerk record

Meeting Library2022 Annual Town Report — official proceedings · NCM recording — shared March 14 coverage

May 9, 2022 — Special Town Meeting

The Special Town Meeting convened at 6:35 p.m., after the Annual Town Meeting was temporarily adjourned. The Town Clerk's official record documents the actions below.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	$736,000 internal transfer to supplement FY2022 General Government needs	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
2	$280,000 from Free Cash for Police, Fire and School IT grant-reimbursement costs	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
3	Transfer remaining DPW stabilization balance to the general Stabilization Fund and close the DPW account	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
4	Allocate Forbes Hill sale proceeds among stabilization, override stabilization and a new Open Space Acquisition Stabilization Fund	120–27	Passed (2/3)	Official clerk record
5	Increase retiree COLA base from $14,000 to $15,000	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
6	$67,000 from Free Cash for School information-technology equipment	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
7	Accept state law authorizing a local water and sewer enterprise fund	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
8	Acquire a $5,000 easement at 28 Westover Parkway for bridge installation, maintenance and repair	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
9	$14.1 million to replace and upgrade the Municipal Light Department broadband distribution plant: $11.5 million borrowing, $2.1 million from Broadband Depreciation, plus $500,000 from prior borrowing authorizations	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
10	$45,454 from Free Cash to pay unpaid bills from prior fiscal periods	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record

Meeting LibraryNCM: May 9, 2022 Town Meeting recording · 2022 Annual Town Report — official Town Clerk record · Morrill Memorial Library digital archive

May 9 & 12, 2022 — Annual Town Meeting

The Annual Town Meeting opened May 9, adjourned during the evening, and reconvened May 12. The clerk record documents the operating budget, Community Preservation allocations and projects, two transit-overlay zoning articles, and the Norwood Space Center mixed-use overlay.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Receive and accept reports of Town officers and committees	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
2	Authorize Treasurer to enter compensating-balance agreements with banks	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
3	Set FY2023 revolving-fund spending limits: Council on Aging $125,000; Library $75,000; Health tobacco program $25,000; School facilities rental $100,000	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
4	FY2023 operating budget, including General Government, Public Safety, Education, Public Works, Health & Human Services, Culture & Recreation, Shared Costs, Light, Broadband and Water/Sewer	Ten budget motions; each recorded as carried unanimously by voice vote	Passed in multiple motions	Official budget motions
5	Apply Free Cash to reduce the FY2023 tax levy	Unanimous voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	Official clerk record
6	Set aside $1,025,695 of FY23 Community Preservation revenue among open space/recreation, historic resources, community housing, administration and the budgeted reserve	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
7	$51,285 from the Community Preservation administrative reserve for CPC administrative and operating expenses	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 1	$10,000 for one year of participation in a Regional Housing Services Organization	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 2	$20,000 for micro-grants to extend affordable-housing deed restrictions	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 3	$10,000 to restore and preserve the circa-1927 Town Hall architectural rendering	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 4	$14,500 to restore and preserve Annual Town Reports	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 5	$72,000 for a pocket park at Stearns Drive and Elliot Street	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 6	$805,000 in CPA funds plus $805,000 in Free Cash for Riverfront Park at the Saint Street lot (Cooper Park)	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
9	Multifamily Mixed Use Transit Overlay District zoning provisions	Referred back to the Planning Board by voice vote	Referred	Official clerk record
10	Related Official Zoning Map amendment for the proposed transit overlay district	Ruled out of order after Article 9 did not pass	No action	Official clerk record
11	Create the Norwood Space Center Mixed Use Overlay District zoning framework, including revised dimensional, use and affordability rules	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
12	Amend the Official Zoning Map to depict the Norwood Space Center Mixed Use Overlay District at 83 Morse Street	Voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record

Meeting LibraryNCM: May 9 & 12, 2022 Town Meeting recordings · 2022 Annual Town Report — official Town Clerk record · Morrill Memorial Library digital archive

October 18, 2021 — Special Town Meeting #2

A separately warranted Special Town Meeting was convened while the first October 18 meeting stood adjourned. Its single article concerned Moderna's proposed Tax Increment Financing agreement.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Authorize the Moderna Tax Increment Financing agreement	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record

Meeting LibraryNCM: Oct. 18, 2021 Town Meeting · 2022 Annual Town Report — official Town Clerk record · Morrill Memorial Library digital archive

October 18, 2021 — Special Town Meeting #1

The first Special Town Meeting of the evening was briefly adjourned for the one-article Moderna TIF meeting, then resumed. Its five-article warrant extended Fire Chief David Hayes's possible service, approved three large capital motions, acquired two easements and rezoned the Big Y Plaza property.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Home-rule petition allowing Fire Chief David Hayes to continue serving beyond age 65, up to age 70 subject to fitness and the General Manager's authority	Amendment lowering the maximum age to 67 failed by voice vote; main motion 64–58	Passed	Official clerk record
2 · Motion 1	$6,574,500 from Free Cash for FY22 capital projects, including High School stadium lights and track/field replacement, Fire Engine #2, fire radios/SCBA, Washington/Nahatan design, sewer I&I work, playground and school-transportation projects	Amendment deleting the $650,000 stadium-light item failed; main motion carried unanimously by voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
2 · Motion 2	$6.8 million in borrowing for Public Safety Building HVAC replacement ($4 million) and the second year of the road-repair program ($2.8 million)	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
2 · Motion 3	$5.13 million in additional borrowing for FY22 Capital Improvement Plan projects	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
3	Acquire a roadway easement at 1266 Washington Street for installation, maintenance and repair of a traffic-signal mast-arm foundation; $100 from Free Cash	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
4	Acquire a drainage easement at 19 Monroe Street for a drainage-pipe system; $100 from Free Cash	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
5	Rezone 420–442 Walpole Street (Big Y Plaza) from Manufacturing to General Business on the Official Zoning Map	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record

Meeting LibraryNCM: Oct. 18, 2021 Town Meeting · 2022 Annual Town Report — official October 18, 2021 clerk record

June 14 & 17, 2021 — Special Town Meeting #1 · Land Use

The first June Special Town Meeting was the land-use warrant. It opened June 14, temporarily adjourned while the separate financial Special Town Meeting was completed, and later continued to June 17. The archive treats those nights as one legal meeting with continuation sessions.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
Meeting procedure	Temporary moderator selected and the land-use meeting adjourned while Special Town Meeting #2 handled the financial warrant; remaining business continued in the adjourned session	Unanimous procedural votes recorded	Continued to June 17	2021 Annual Town Report — clerk record

Meeting Library2021 Annual Town Report — official proceedings · NCM recordings — June 14 & 17

June 14, 2021 — Special Town Meeting #2 · Financial

A separate financial Special Town Meeting was held while the land-use meeting stood adjourned. It transferred existing FY21 appropriations, funded a Public Safety Building door repair and paid prior-year bills before dissolving.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	$523,300 in transfers among existing FY21 departmental budgets, including HR, Building, legal, snow and ice, DPW, Water/Sewer, Police and Fire accounts	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	2021 Annual Town Report — clerk record
2	$5,000 transferred from long-term-debt interest for repair of a damaged door at the Public Safety Building	See official clerk record	Passed	2021 Annual Town Report — clerk record
7	Approve a private mausoleum containing one or more crypts for permanent entombment of a deceased casketed person at 8 Suffolk Drive under M.G.L. c. 114, §34	Show of hands	Passed	2021 Annual Town Report — clerk record
Unpaid bills	$6,674 from Free Cash for prior-year unpaid bills	146–1	Passed	2021 Annual Town Report — clerk record

Meeting Library2021 Annual Town Report — official proceedings · NCM recording — shared June 14 coverage

February 4, 8 & 11, 2021 — Special Town Meeting

This remote Special Town Meeting ran across three Zoom sessions. The clerk record documents the meeting’s adjournments as continuations of one legal meeting, with transportation, compensation-study and zoning matters among the warrant business.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
Remote procedure	Authorize the February Special Town Meeting and any adjourned sessions to be conducted remotely	Recorded by clerk	Passed	2021 Annual Town Report
2	$19,273 from the Commonwealth Transportation Infrastructure Enhancement Trust Fund for a walking trail in the Hawes Brook / Endean area	153–4	Passed	2021 Annual Town Report
3	Funding for a Town classification and compensation study	See clerk record	Acted on	Reconstructed record
11	Adopt a new official zoning map	160–0	Passed	2021 Annual Town Report
Continuation	Adjourn the February 4 session to February 8; the meeting later continued through February 11	136–7 on Feb. 4 adjournment	Continued	2021 Annual Town Report

Meeting Library · NCM: Feb. 4 meeting · NCM: Feb. 8 meeting · NCM: Feb. 11 meeting 2021 Annual Town Report — official proceedings ·

May 10, 2021 — Annual Town Meeting

The Annual Town Meeting adopted the FY22 operating budget through ten separate budget motions, applied Free Cash to the tax levy, set Community Preservation reserves and administration funding, and approved two CPA projects. The ledger below follows the Town Clerk record article by article.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Receive and accept reports of Town officers and committees	135–0	Passed	Official clerk record
2	Authorize the Treasurer to enter compensating-balance agreements with banks	142–0	Passed	Official clerk record
3	Set FY2022 spending limits for authorized revolving funds	130–0	Passed	Official clerk record
4 · Motion 1	FY22 General Government budget — $6,084,042	139–0	Passed	Official clerk record
4 · Motion 2	FY22 Public Safety budget — $17,268,992	136–0	Passed	Official clerk record
4 · Motion 3	FY22 Public Works budget — $8,072,407, including $125,000 transferred from cemetery receipts	132–0	Passed	Official clerk record
4 · Motion 4	FY22 Health & Human Services budget — $1,544,597	130–0	Passed	Official clerk record
4 · Motion 5	FY22 Culture & Recreation budget — $2,704,354	129–0	Passed	Official clerk record
4 · Motion 6	FY22 Shared Costs budget — $43,837,752, funded in part with $773,500 in Free Cash and $150,000 from the School Department Health Insurance Grant Fund	119–0	Passed	Official clerk record
4 · Motion 7	FY22 Education budget — $49,628,771	124–1	Passed	Official clerk record
4 · Motion 8	FY22 Norwood Light Department budget — $54,707,040	Carried; the parsed clerk-record text does not expose the separate tally	Passed	Official clerk record
4 · Motion 9	FY22 Broadband budget — $8,340,545	118–3	Passed	Official clerk record
4 · Motion 10	FY22 Water/Sewer budget — $16,986,462, including a $670,000 transfer from automatic-meter-reader receipts	125–0	Passed	Official clerk record
5	Apply $2,378,363 in Free Cash to offset the amount raised by taxation for FY22	124–0	Passed	Official clerk record
6	Set aside $907,305 in Community Preservation Fund revenue: $90,730 each for open space/recreation, historic resources and community housing; $45,365 for administration; $589,750 to the undesignated reserve	118–2	Passed	Official clerk record
7	$45,365 for Community Preservation Committee administrative and operating expenses	122–1	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 1	$49,500 for the University Avenue conservation-property trail feasibility study and design	113–4	Passed	Official clerk record
8 · Motion 2	$29,125 for Washington #7 Fire Bell extraction and storage	114–4	Passed	Official clerk record

Meeting LibraryNCM: May 10, 2021 Annual Town Meeting · 2021 Annual Town Report — official Town Meeting record · Morrill Memorial Library digital archive

November 12, 2020 — Special Town Meeting

The pandemic-era fall Special Town Meeting was held at Norwood High School. Town officials limited the warrant to matters with deadlines or financial consequences.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	$618,232 from Free Cash to offset the FY2021 tax rate	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
2	$746,158 from Free Cash for the FY2021 hybrid-school model: $381,158 School Department; $25,000 Medicare; $294,000 health insurance; $25,000 unemployment; $20,000 workers compensation; $1,000 life insurance	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record ·
3 · Motion 1	$439,000 from Free Cash for FY21 capital projects, including Public Safety Building design/repairs, Civic Center design work, Library interior design, Airport work, High School turf/track design, Cemetery roof work and a Fire Department tool/mechanic shop	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
3 · Motion 2	$7.485 million in borrowing for FY21 capital projects: $5.485 million supported by the General Fund and $2 million supported by Water/Sewer rates, covering transportation, stormwater, IT, school, public-safety, Civic Center, vehicle and water-improvement projects	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record

Meeting Library · NCM: Nov. 12 meeting 2021 Annual Town Report — official record of the Nov. 12, 2020 Special Town Meeting ·

June 22, 2020 — Special Town Meeting

This three-article Special Town Meeting was held at Norwood High School immediately before the continued Annual Town Meeting. It covered FY20 budget shortfalls, School capital purchases and a zero-interest MWRA water-system loan.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	$395,000 in FY20 supplemental appropriations and transfers, including salaries, Town Counsel, Public Safety, Extended Day and School Food Service costs	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	2020 Annual Town Report archive
2	$304,000 from Free Cash for School capital projects: $164,000 for audiovisual equipment and $140,000 for four special-needs vans	Voice vote	Passed	2020 Annual Town Report archive
3	$629,600 zero-interest MWRA Local Water System Assistance borrowing for rehabilitation and replacement of water mains and related water-system improvements	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	2020 Annual Town Report archive

Meeting Library · NCM: June 22 meeting Morrill Memorial Library — 2020 Town Annual Report archive

June 22, 2020 — Annual Town Meeting

Originally called for May 11, the Annual Town Meeting was adjourned to June 22 because of COVID-19. The shortened eight-article warrant adopted the FY21 operating budget, postponed the annual Free Cash tax-offset and capital articles, and set Community Preservation reserves and administration funding.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Receive and accept reports of Town officers and committees	Voice vote	Passed	2020 Annual Town Report archive
2	Authorize Treasurer to enter compensating-balance agreements with banks	Voice vote	Passed	2020 Annual Town Report archive
3	Set FY21 revolving-fund spending limits: Council on Aging $125,000 and Norwood Public Library $50,000	Voice vote	Passed	2020 Annual Town Report archive
4	FY21 operating budget, acted on through separate General Government, Public Safety, Education, Public Works, Health & Human Services, Culture & Recreation, Shared Costs and enterprise-fund motions	Multiple voice votes	Passed in multiple motions	2020 Annual Town Report archive
5	Apply available Free Cash to reduce the FY21 tax levy	Voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	2020 Annual Town Report archive
6	Annual capital-project appropriations and borrowing authorization	Voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	2020 Annual Town Report archive
7	Set aside $786,397 in Community Preservation revenue: $78,640 each for Open Space/Recreation, Historic Resources and Community Housing; $39,320 for administration; $511,157 to the undesignated reserve	Voice vote	Passed	2020 Annual Town Report archive
8	$39,320 from the Community Preservation administrative reserve for FY21 CPC administrative and operating expenses	Voice vote	Passed	2020 Annual Town Report archive

Meeting Library · NCM: June 22 meeting Morrill Memorial Library — Town of Norwood Annual Reports

October 7–17, 2019 — Special Town Meeting

The October Special Town Meeting reconvened on October 17 after the October 10 session lacked a quorum. The Moderator took Article 10, concerning the East Walpole Cemetery property, out of order first. The archive treats the adjournment and reconvened session as one meeting record while preserving both dates.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
10	Accept East Walpole Cemetery land gift	Passed, 100–1 (2/3 vote)	Passed	Morrill Memorial Library digital archive
6	Transfer $509,290 from the FY2020 School Department budget to the Override Stabilization Fund	Voice vote	Passed	Morrill Memorial Library digital archive
13	Appropriate $14,862 from the Commonwealth Transportation Infrastructure Enhancement Trust Fund for transportation infrastructure/public purposes related to transportation-network services	Voice vote	Passed	Morrill Memorial Library digital archive
14	Accept the Town Meeting Rules Committee report and amend Town Meeting procedural rules, including registered speakers and consent-agenda procedures	Voice votes	Passed as amended	Morrill Memorial Library digital archive

Meeting Library · NCM: Oct. 17 meeting 2020 Annual Town Report — official October 2019 Town Meeting record

May 13, 16 & 20, 2019 — Annual Town Meeting

The 2019 Annual Town Meeting opened May 13 and reconvened May 16 and May 20. It adopted the FY20 operating budget, approved a $5.95 million Proposition 2½ contingent funding plan, acted on a three-part capital program, and set Community Preservation reserves, administration funding and four individual CPA projects.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Receive and accept reports of Town officers and committees, including the Finance Commission recommendations and committee reports presented to Town Meeting	Voice votes	Accepted	Morrill Memorial Library annual-report archive
2	Authorize the Tax Collector to use the collection methods available to a Town Treasurer acting as Collector	Voice vote	Passed	2019 Annual Town Report
3	Authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept and contract for Chapter 90 and related state/county road-improvement funds	Voice vote	Passed	2019 Annual Town Report
4	Authorize the Treasurer to enter compensating-balance agreements with banks	Voice vote	Passed	2019 Annual Town Report
5	Authorize revenue-anticipation borrowing for FY20 under M.G.L. c.44	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	2019 Annual Town Report
6	Authorize FY20 revolving funds, including spending limits of $125,000 for Council on Aging and $50,000 for Morrill Memorial Library	Voice vote	Passed	2019 Annual Town Report
7	Wage-increase appropriation for all Town employees, including the School Department	Voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	2019 Annual Town Report
8	FY20 operating budget, acted on through departmental, Education, Public Works, Public Safety, shared-cost and enterprise-fund motions. An amendment barring use of a consent agenda at this meeting and directing the Town Meeting Rules Committee to study the process also passed.	Multiple voice votes; consent-agenda amendment carried by voice vote	Passed in multiple motions	2019 Annual Town Report ·
9	$5,950,000 contingent Proposition 2½ plan: $250,000 highway construction, $300,000 snow and ice, $700,000 stabilization for municipal/school operations and $4.7 million for Schools	110–8 on the main motion; amendment substituting a $2,000,010 plan failed by voice vote	Passed, contingent on ballot approval	2019 Annual Town Report
10	Apply Free Cash to reduce the FY20 tax levy	Voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	2019 Annual Town Report
11 · Motion 1	$486,900 from Free Cash for capital items including Police protective equipment, Airport vegetation control, School computers/network equipment and municipal facility work	Voice vote	Passed	2019 Annual Town Report
11 · Motion 2	$3,021,000 in borrowing for municipal parking lots, Washington/Morse traffic signals, Senior Center parking, public-safety and Civic Center work, DPW vehicles, Fire vehicles/equipment and other capital projects	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	2019 Annual Town Report
11 · Motion 3	$500,000 Water/Sewer infrastructure borrowing from rates for water-main cleaning and lining	110–1	Passed by 2/3 vote	2019 Annual Town Report
12	Overdrafts and unpaid bills from FY18 and prior fiscal years	Voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	2019 Annual Town Report
13	Set aside $693,513 in Community Preservation revenue: $69,352 each for Open Space/Recreation, Historic Resources and Community Housing; $34,676 for administration; $450,781 to unreserved balances	Voice vote	Passed	2019 Annual Town Report
14	$34,676 from the Community Preservation administrative reserve for FY20 CPC administrative and operating expenses	Voice vote	Passed	2019 Annual Town Report
15 · Lower Pond Pavilion	$46,965 from the Open Space/Recreation reserve for the Lower Pond Pavilion project	Voice vote	Passed	2019 Annual Town Report
15 · Bond Street Playground	$88,000 for Bond Street Playground: $44,000 Open Space/Recreation reserve and $44,000 unreserved CPA funds	Voice vote	Passed	2019 Annual Town Report
15 · Carillon Restoration	$215,000 for Carillon restoration: $66,684 Historic Resources reserve and $148,316 unreserved CPA funds	Voice vote	Passed	2019 Annual Town Report
15 · Lower Balch Rehabilitation	$142,476 for Lower Balch rehabilitation: $67,000 Open Space/Recreation reserve and $75,476 unreserved CPA funds	Voice vote	Passed	2019 Annual Town Report

Meeting Library · NCM: May 13 meeting · NCM: May 16 meeting · NCM: May 20 meeting Morrill Memorial Library — Town of Norwood Annual Reports ·

April 25 & 29, 2019 — Special Town Meeting

This Special Town Meeting opened April 25 and reconvened April 29. Its warrant included zoning, tax-bill donation programs, current-year transfers, snow and ice costs, public-safety expenses, OPEB funding and other fiscal actions. The ledger is being filled directly from the Town Clerk record.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
11	Appropriation/transfer to cover snow-and-ice expenses	Passed by voice vote	Passed	Morrill Memorial Library digital archive
12	DPW, cemetery, garage and refuse transfers	Passed by voice vote	Passed	Morrill Memorial Library digital archive
13	Police transportation and incidental expenses	Passed by voice vote	Passed	Morrill Memorial Library digital archive
14	$130,000 transferred into Fire Department salaries, substitution pay, dispatcher salaries and incidental expenses	Voice vote	Passed	Morrill Memorial Library annual-report archive
15	Proposed transfer for Building Inspection Department salaries	Voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	Morrill Memorial Library annual-report archive
16	$19,000 transferred from Accounting Salaries to Human Resources Salaries	Voice vote	Passed	Morrill Memorial Library annual-report archive
17	$25,000 transferred from FY2018 Veterans' Direct Relief for collective-bargaining expenses	Voice vote	Passed	Morrill Memorial Library annual-report archive
18	$300,000 transferred from Group Health Insurance to the Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Trust Fund	Voice vote	Passed	Morrill Memorial Library annual-report archive
19	Proposed transfer for prior unpaid bills	Voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	Morrill Memorial Library annual-report archive

Meeting Library · NCM: Night 1 · NCM: Apr. 29 / Night 2 2019 Annual Town Report — Town Clerk record

November 8, 2018 — Special Town Meeting #2

The second Special Town Meeting handled seven articles: Fire and Police personnel legislation, the Plimpton Avenue petition, renewable-energy zoning, disposition of the 27-acre Forbes Hill property, creation of the Forbes Hill Planned Mixed Use Overlay District, and prior-year unpaid bills.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Home-rule legislation to exempt the Deputy Fire Chief classification from Massachusetts civil-service law	Unanimous voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	Official clerk record
2	Home-rule legislation allowing Police Chief William G. Brooks III to continue serving beyond age 65, up to age 70 subject to the General Manager's authority and annual fitness requirements	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
3	$70,000 citizen petition to restore Plimpton Avenue to its pre-paving width and berm design	Voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	Official clerk record
4	Add renewable- and alternative-energy definitions and related manufacturing/research uses to the Zoning Bylaw	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record
5	Authorize sale of all or part of the Town-owned 27-acre Forbes Hill property; the Selectmen set a minimum sale price of $11 million	Passed; the available extracted clerk text does not reproduce a separate numerical tally	Passed	Official clerk record
6	Create the Forbes Hill Planned Mixed Use Overlay District and associated zoning provisions	105–23	Passed by 2/3 vote	Official clerk record
7	$5,208.90 in prior-year unpaid bills, funded by transfers from FY2019 departmental accounts	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Official clerk record

Meeting Library · NCM: Nov. 8 meeting 2019 Annual Town Report — official November 8, 2018 clerk record · Norwood Record pre-meeting coverage ·

November 8, 2018 — Special Town Meeting #1

The first of two Special Town Meetings that evening was deliberately separated from the longer fall warrant because the Electric Light Department faced a short procurement deadline. It corrected borrowing language from the 2018 Annual Town Meeting and authorized the new Electric Light & Broadband Operations Center at 136 Access Road.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Add required bond-premium language to borrowing authorizations approved at the 2018 Annual Town Meeting, allowing premiums to offset project costs and reduce the amount ultimately borrowed	Adopted by Town Meeting	Passed	Morrill Memorial Library annual-report archive
2	$13.2 million for the new Electric Light & Broadband Operations Center at 136 Access Road: $12.5 million borrowing plus $700,000 from prior Light Department borrowing proceeds	120–2	Passed	Morrill Memorial Library annual-report archive

Meeting Library · NCM: Nov. 8 meeting Morrill Memorial Library — Town of Norwood Annual Reports · Norwood Record pre-meeting coverage ·

November 6, 2017 — Special Town Meeting #1

Norwood convened the first of two separately warranted Special Town Meetings on November 6. This first warrant contained two major articles: approval of the Blue Hills Regional Technical High School renovation borrowing and acquisition of land associated with the proposed Forbes Hill development. The second warrant began after this meeting concluded and continued to November 9.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Approve the $84,862,768 borrowing authorized by the Blue Hills Regional Technical High School District for renovation, reconstruction and extraordinary repairs to the regional high school	See official clerk record	Passed	2018 Annual Town Report
2	Land acquisition associated with the Forbes Hill property/project	See reconstructed clerk record	Passed	Reconstructed record

Meeting Library · NCM: Nov. 6 recording 2018 Annual Town Report — official proceedings · Oct. 3, 2017 Selectmen minutes — two-warrant structure ·

November 6 & 9, 2017 — Special Town Meeting #2

A second, separately warranted Special Town Meeting began after the two-article meeting concluded on November 6 and continued to November 9. Its warrant covered the broader fall business, including financial, school, municipal-facility, licensing and zoning matters. This archive keeps it separate from the Blue Hills/Forbes Hill meeting because the Board of Selectmen expressly called two different warrants.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
Warrant	Fall financial and municipal business, including unpaid bills, technical-system consulting, preschool and English-language staffing, Savage Center work, liquor-license petitions and other warrant matters	Individual actions recorded in clerk proceedings	Multiple actions	Reconstructed record

Meeting Library · NCM: Nov. 6 recording · NCM: Nov. 9 recording 2018 Annual Town Report — official proceedings · Selectmen minutes establishing two warrants ·

May 14, 17, 21, 24 & 31, 2018 — Annual Town Meeting

The 2018 Annual Town Meeting stretched across five sessions. It adopted the FY19 operating budget, created the first annual Community Preservation allocations and administrative budget, added $400,000 to the St. Gabriel’s Chapel restoration, and approved a multi-part capital program.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Receive and accept reports of Town officers and committees	Voice vote	Passed	Morrill Memorial Library annual-report archive
2	Authorize the Tax Collector to use the same collection methods available to a Town Treasurer acting as Collector	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Morrill Memorial Library annual-report archive
3	Authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept and contract for Chapter 90 and related state/county road-improvement funds	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	2018 Annual Town Report
4	Authorize the Treasurer to enter compensating-balance agreements with banks	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	2018 Annual Town Report
5	Authorize revenue-anticipation borrowing for FY19 under M.G.L. c.44	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	2018 Annual Town Report
6	Authorize FY19 revolving funds, including spending limits of $125,000 for Council on Aging and $50,000 for Morrill Memorial Library	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	2018 Annual Town Report
7	Wage-increase appropriation for Town employees, including School Department employees	Unanimous voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	2018 Annual Town Report
8	FY19 operating budget, acted on through departmental, school, Light, Broadband, Airport, retirement, insurance and Water/Sewer motions	Multiple motions; clerk record documents the individual actions	Passed in multiple motions	2018 Annual Town Report
9	$1,266,500 from Free Cash to offset the amount raised by taxation for FY19	Voice vote	Passed	2018 Annual Town Report
10 · Motion 1	$717,000 in available funds for capital: $84,000 from Cemetery Perpetual Care for cemetery vehicles and $633,000 from Free Cash for revaluation, Police/Fire dispatch, DPW vehicles, cemetery chip-sealing and Airport matching funds; $250,000 already appropriated under the operating budget's capital-project line also supported the listed work	Voice vote	Passed	2018 Annual Town Report
10 · Motion 2	$30,000 from Free Cash for two new Building & Grounds tractors for the School Department	Voice vote	Passed	2018 Annual Town Report
10 · Motion 3	$1.03 million in General Government borrowing: $650,000 replacement Fire Engine 1, $130,000 DPW vehicles and $250,000 Library HVAC chiller	90–2	Passed by 2/3 vote	2018 Annual Town Report
10 · Motion 4	$560,000 in School borrowing for Chromebooks and other technology	95–2	Passed by 2/3 vote	2018 Annual Town Report
10 · Motion 5	$800,000 in Broadband borrowing for network equipment	Voice vote	Passed	2018 Annual Town Report
11	Appropriation for overdrafts and unpaid bills from FY17 and earlier fiscal years	Voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	2018 Annual Town Report
12	Allocate $668,643 in Community Preservation revenue: $66,864 each to Open Space, Historic Resources and Community Housing; $33,432 to administration; $434,619 to the budgeted reserve	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Contemporary coverage
13	$33,432 from the Community Preservation administrative reserve for FY19 CPC administrative and operating expenses	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	Contemporary coverage
14	Add $400,000 in Community Preservation funds to the St. Gabriel the Archangel Chapel restoration: $54,500 from the historic-resources reserve and $345,500 from unreserved CPA funds	Approved by voice vote with dissenting voices	Passed	Norwood Record: St. Gabriel’s funding
15	Citizen petition to transfer two parcels near the Coakley Middle School from Recreation Department control to the School Committee	Ruled out of order by the Moderator because the parcel descriptions were not sufficiently specific	Ruled out of order	2018 Annual Town Report

Meeting Library · NCM: Night 1 · May 14/15 · NCM: Night 2 · May 17 · NCM: Night 3 · May 21 · NCM: Night 4 · May 24 · NCM: Night 5 · May 31 Morrill Memorial Library — Town of Norwood Annual Reports · Norwood Record coverage of May 21 session ·

May 8, 11, 15, 18 & 22, 2017 — Annual Town Meeting

The 2017 Annual Town Meeting opened May 8, paused for the Special Town Meeting, and continued over four adjourned sessions through May 22. The meeting adopted the FY18 operating budget, applied $1 million in Free Cash to reduce the tax levy, authorized revolving funds and revenue-anticipation borrowing, and approved a multi-part capital program.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Wage-increase appropriation for Town employees, including School Department employees	Unanimous voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	2017 Annual Town Report
2	Receive the Annual Report of Town officials and the Finance Commission report/recommendations for FY18	Voice votes	Accepted	2017 Annual Town Report
3	Authorize the Tax Collector to use the same collection methods available to a Town Treasurer acting as Collector	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
4	Authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept and contract for state/county Chapter 90 and related road-improvement funds	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
5	FY18 operating budget, acted on through department, school, Light, Broadband, Library, Airport, retirement, insurance, reserve, regional-school and Water/MWRA motions	Multiple voice votes; individual departmental motions recorded separately	Passed in multiple motions	2017 Annual Town Report
6	Overdrafts and unpaid bills from FY16	Voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	2017 Annual Town Report
7	$1,000,000 from Free Cash to offset the amount raised by taxation for FY18	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
8	Authorize Treasurer to enter compensating-balance agreements with banks	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
9	Authorize revenue-anticipation borrowing for FY18 under M.G.L. c.44	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
10	Authorize FY18 revolving funds, including Council on Aging and Norwood Public Library programs	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
11 · Motion 1	$1.518 million borrowing package including Town Hall elevator/security work, $900,000 Town Hall interior renovations and other capital projects; ambulance considered separately by amendment	Amendment to separate ambulance 90–5; main motion as amended 70–16	Passed as amended	2017 Annual Town Report
11 · Motion 2	$641,000 from Free Cash for capital-outlay projects	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
11 · Motion 3	$145,400 borrowing for additional capital projects	70–1	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
11 · Motion 4	$796,300 from Free Cash for School capital purchases, including truck/plow, five buses and technology	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
11 · Motion 5	Additional capital-outlay package; Board of Selectmen amendment incorporated before final action	Amendment 68–33; main motion as amended 68–33	Passed as amended	2017 Annual Town Report

Meeting Library · NCM: Night 1 · May 8 · NCM: Night 2 · May 11 · NCM: Night 3 · May 15 · NCM: Night 4 · May 18 · NCM: Night 5 · May 22 Morrill Memorial Library — Town of Norwood Annual Reports ·

May 8 & 11, 2017 — Special Town Meeting

The May 2017 Special Town Meeting opened May 8 and reconvened May 11. Its 24-article warrant ranged from current-year transfers and MWRA water/sewer financing to creation of the Community Preservation Committee, marijuana zoning, sign regulations, a Senior Center garage and the home-rule petition separating the Town Clerk and Town Accountant offices.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Home-rule petition changing the Town Clerk and Town Accountant positions from elected to appointed offices, effective July 1, 2018	100–6	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
2	Create a General Bylaw establishing authorized municipal revolving funds, including the Morrill Memorial Library revolving fund	Adopted by Town Meeting; later approved by the Attorney General	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
3	$50,000 from Free Cash for Veterans Services incidentals	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
4	$703,158 for FY17 School Department appropriations: $300,000 Free Cash plus $403,158 from the GIC/Medicare Part D subsidy account	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
5	$100,000 from the FY17 Medicare Part D subsidy account to the Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Trust Fund	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
6	$395,000 from Free Cash for interest on indebtedness plus $2,000 transferred from the debt account	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
7	$15,600 transferred among accounts for Treasurer salaries, incidentals and ambulance collection-agent expenses	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
8	$18,500 in transfers for legal expenses related to construction of the Public Works Yard	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
9	$10,000 in transfers for Town Counsel litigation and outside-counsel expenses	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
10	$50,000 in transfers for Board of Selectmen collective-bargaining expenses	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
11	$478,484 from Free Cash for snow and ice expenses: $281,718 DPW, $185,266 Schools and $11,500 Airport	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
12	$50,000 for repairs and resurfacing of the Robert H. Ivatts Tennis Courts adjacent to the Coakley Middle School	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
13	$2,686 for unpaid bills and obligations from prior fiscal periods	Unanimous voice vote after reconsideration	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
14	$500,000 zero-interest MWRA Local Water System Assistance borrowing for water-main rehabilitation/replacement and related water-system improvements	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
15	$2.36 million for sewer-system repair and rehabilitation: $1.77 million MWRA grant and $590,000 zero-interest MWRA loan	Unanimous voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
16	Create the nine-member Community Preservation Committee and establish its duties, procedures and recommendation authority under the Community Preservation Act	Amendment and main motion both carried by voice vote	Passed as amended	Current codified CPC bylaw · 2017 clerk record
17	Temporary zoning moratorium on marijuana establishments through December 31, 2018 while the Town developed permanent regulations	105–11	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
18	Permanent zoning prohibition on marijuana establishments	119–31	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
19	Add a General Bylaw prohibiting marijuana establishments in Norwood while preserving state-authorized medical marijuana	Voice vote	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
20	Citizen petition to change “Open Lot Storage” in the Limited Manufacturing district from prohibited to Board of Appeals approval	Planning Board recommended indefinite postponement; no motion ultimately offered	No action	2017 Annual Town Report
21	Citizen petition to permit electronic billboards on Route 1 frontage in nonresidential districts	Planning Board recommended indefinite postponement; no motion ultimately offered	No action	2017 Annual Town Report
22	Comprehensive rewrite of Zoning Bylaw Section 6.2 governing signs and related definitions	80–13	Passed	2017 Annual Town Report
23	Up to $300,000 for additional FY17 Special Education costs	Voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	2017 Annual Town Report
24	$55,000 from Free Cash for a detached two-bay vehicle/equipment storage garage on Town property beside the Senior Center at 275 Prospect Street	Amendment replacing indefinite postponement and main motion both carried by voice vote	Passed as amended	2017 Annual Town Report

Meeting Library · NCM: May 8 recording · NCM: May 11 recording Morrill Memorial Library — Town of Norwood Annual Reports · Community Preservation Committee bylaw history ·

October 24 & 27, 2016 — Special Town Meeting

The fall 2016 Special Town Meeting opened October 24 and continued October 27. Major actions included a tax-increment-financing agreement for Moderna Therapeutics at 100 Tech Drive, zoning changes, utility easements and financial articles. Articles 6–12 were carried to the adjourned session.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Tax Increment Financing agreement with Moderna Therapeutics and Campanelli-Trigate Norwood Upland for 100 Tech Drive, including Local Incentive-Only Project submission	See reconstructed clerk record	Passed	Reconstructed record
4	Zoning amendment concerning changes of use and special-permit/site-plan treatment	94–58; failed to reach required two-thirds	Failed	Reconstructed record
5	Utility easement to Lenox Village, LLC for an underground drainage system on Town property, with $10,000 consideration to the Town	95–3	Passed	Reconstructed record
6–12	Remaining warrant business taken up at the October 27 adjourned session, including easement, school, public-safety and financial matters	See reconstructed clerk record	Acted on Oct. 27	Reconstructed record

Meeting Library · NCM: Oct. 24 / Night 1 · NCM: Oct. 27 / Night 2 Reconstructed official record · Original 2017 Annual Town Report (may be unavailable)

May 12, 16 & 23, 2016 — Annual Town Meeting

The 2016 Annual Town Meeting began May 12 and continued May 16 and May 23. It adopted the FY17 operating budget, transferred $1.3325 million from Free Cash to reduce the tax levy, authorized annual banking and revolving-fund measures, and approved a $3.3892 million capital-outlay package.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Wage-increase appropriation for Town employees, including the School Department	Voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	2016 Annual Town Report — official record
2	Receive and accept the Annual Report of Town officials and the Finance Commission report/recommendations for FY17	Voice votes	Accepted	2016 Annual Town Report — official record
3	Authorize the Treasurer/Collector to use the tax-collection methods available to a Town Treasurer acting as Collector	Voice vote	Passed	2016 Annual Town Report — official record
4	Authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept and contract for Chapter 90 and related state/county road-improvement funds	Voice vote	Passed	2016 Annual Town Report — official record
5	FY17 operating budget, acted on through departmental, school, Light, Broadband, Airport, retirement, insurance and Water/Sewer/MWRA motions	Multiple budget motions recorded by the clerk	Passed in multiple motions	2016 Annual Town Report
6	Appropriation for overdrafts and unpaid bills incurred during FY15	Voice vote on indefinite postponement	Indefinitely postponed	2016 Annual Town Report
7	$1,332,500 from Free Cash to offset the amount otherwise raised by taxation for FY17	Voice vote	Passed	2016 Annual Town Report
8	Authorize the Treasurer to enter compensating-balance agreements with banks under M.G.L. c.44 §53F	Voice vote	Passed	2016 Annual Town Report
9	Authorize revenue-anticipation borrowing for FY17 under M.G.L. c.44	Voice vote	Passed	2016 Annual Town Report
10	Authorize FY17 revolving funds with spending limits of $100,000 for Council on Aging and $30,000 for Morrill Memorial Library; amendment added the specific program, receipt and expenditure rules	Amendment and main motion carried by voice vote	Passed as amended	2016 Annual Town Report
11	$3,389,200 capital-outlay package, including municipal capital projects and planning for the St. Gabriel the Archangel Chapel restoration	114–15 standing vote	Passed	2016 Annual Town Report

Meeting Library · NCM: Available 2016 Night 4 recording · NCM: Available 2016 Night 5 recording 2016 Annual Town Report — official record

May 9, 2016 — Special Town Meeting

The May 2016 Special Town Meeting acted on seven articles covering additional Hawes Pool Bathhouse funding, assistance with older residential water-service lines, neighborhood/zoning petitions and a proposal for DPW assistance replacing older service lines. The ledger follows the Town Clerk record and distinguishes between a failed procedural motion and a final article disposition.

Article	Brief description	Vote count	Outcome	Supporting documents
1	Additional Hawes Pool Bathhouse replacement funding	Passed, 173–9 (standing vote)	Passed	2016 Annual Town Report — official record
2	$200,000 for a DPW assistance program to help owners of older homes replace cast-iron and lead water service lines with copper feed lines	124–28 standing vote	Passed	2016 Annual Town Report — clerk record
3	Lower Rock Street dead-end proposal	No motion / no action	No action	2016 Annual Town Report — official record
4	Citizen petition to rezone 36 Plimpton Avenue from its mixed-use status to residential	Indefinite-postponement motion failed by voice vote; the clerk record then proceeds to Article 5 without recording a subsequent main-motion vote	No final action recorded	2016 Annual Town Report — clerk record
5	Rescind 40R overlay district at Regal Press site	No motion / no action	No action	2016 Annual Town Report — official record
6	Require public-input sessions at elected board meetings	No motion / no action	No action	2016 Annual Town Report — official record
7	DPW assistance for replacement of older water service lines	Indefinite postponement moved	Indefinitely postponed	2016 Annual Town Report — official record

Meeting Library · NCM: Available opening-night recording 2016 Annual Town Report — official Town Meeting record

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May 11 & 14, 2026 — Special + Annual Town Meetings

May 11 and 14, 2026 — Special + Annual Town Meetings May 11 and 14, 2026 — Special + Regular Town Meetings Special and Annual Town Meetings address hospital preparation, the FY27 budget and public-safety funding The May 2026 cycle combined a Special Town Meeting with the Annual Town Meeting over two nights. The Special Town Meeting approved current-year transfers, school funding, unpaid bills and $300,000 for legal and administrative work to prepare for a potential eminent-domain strategy involving the Norwood Hospital property; that vote did not authorize a taking. The Annual Town Meeting adopted the FY27 operating budget, approved public-safety override appropriations subject to a townwide ballot, acted on Community Preservation funding and considered citizen-petition articles through Article 21. Watch on NCM What mattered Norwood Hospital preparation 108–74–3 $300,000 in free cash was approved for legal and preparatory work connected with a possible eminent-domain strategy. The appropriation did not itself take the property. Public-safety override 126–40–6 on the salary measure The recurring override plan contemplated roughly $1.8 million for additional Fire and Police staffing; a related article covered one-time equipment. Town Meeting approval was followed by a townwide ballot. Operating budget 135–45–2 on the reported budget vote The budget debate focused heavily on the Town's structural deficit and the use of free cash to close the operating gap. Citizen petitions Mixed outcomes Several zoning, parking and tax proposals were postponed or referred for further study rather than enacted as drafted. Debate to remember The hospital discussion tested how far the Town should prepare to intervene in a privately owned but regionally important property. The public-safety discussion was different: speakers broadly agreed that Police and Fire needed support, while disagreeing over whether a permanent tax override was the right funding mechanism and whether the Town should have absorbed the staffing increases gradually. Article-by-article ledger Article Brief description Vote count Outcome Supporting documents STM 1 Internal transfers, including snow/ice and Town Hall elevator work passed 166–13–3 . Passed Vote roundup STM 2 $350,000 for three school positions passed 151–31–2 . Passed Vote roundup STM 3 $300,000 for hospital-related legal/preparatory work passed 108–74–3 . Passed Hospital meeting coverage STM 4 $5,500.69 in prior-year unpaid bills presented to the Special Town Meeting passed 169–14–1 . Passed Vote roundup ATM 1–3 Consent agenda containing the first three annual warrant articles Passed as a consent agenda Passed Vote roundup ATM 5 $832,000 Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund transfer to the General Fund for indirect costs 155–18–0 Passed Vote roundup ATM 6 FY27 operating budget, approved through nine separate functional and enterprise-fund motions General Government 148–26–0; Public Safety 159–8–1; Infrastructure 142–14–3; Health and Human Services 153–6–0; Culture and Recreation 147–11–0; Shared Facilities 151–7–0; Shared Costs 150–8–0; Education 151–23–2; Water/Sewer 154–19–1 Passed in nine motions Vote roundup ATM 7 Public-safety override salaries: $1,270,339 for Fire staffing and $529,661 for Police staffing 126–40–6 ; amendment to reduce staffing/funding failed 50–122–3 Passed Override coverage ATM 8 $180,500 in one-time equipment tied to the public-safety override plan 143–24–5 Passed Override coverage ATM 9 $30,000 for the June 15 public-safety override election 141–31–3 Passed Vote roundup ATM 10 $1.07 million in future Community Preservation spending/reserves 150–17–2 Passed Vote roundup ATM 11 $53,668 for Community Preservation Committee administration and operating costs 142–18–3 Passed Vote roundup ATM 12 · Motion 1 $14,000 for the shared housing services program 137–27–3 Passed Vote roundup ATM 12 · Motion 2 $24,270 for a historical asset inventory 135–17–3 Passed Vote roundup ATM 12 · Motion 3 $30,000 to restore and preserve Annual Town Reports 141–16–4 Passed Vote roundup ATM 12 · Motion 4 $114,000 to rehabilitate the Town Hall cannon, including the stone base and metal/wood wheels 107–50–4 Passed Vote roundup ATM 12 · Motion 5 $25,000 transfer to the Conservation Land Fund 142–13–1 Passed Vote roundup ATM 12 · Motion 6 $100,000 for Father Mac Playground improvements 144–14–1 Passed Vote roundup ATM 12 · Motion 7 $32,280 for a Shattuck Park dry-stone-wall feasibility study and design 81–75–5 Passed Vote roundup ATM 12 · Motion 8 $49,450 study to assess and prioritize school playground needs 140–19–1 Passed Vote roundup ATM 12 · Motion 9 $147,550 for dugout shades, structures and scoreboards at school softball fields 121–31–4 Passed Vote roundup ATM 13 Zoning/development citizen petition 131–21–0 Indefinitely postponed Vote roundup ATM 14 Petition concerning transfer of funds moot/no operative action . No action Vote roundup ATM 15 Proposal concerning parking-waiver standards; Town Meeting referred the matter for Planning Board study referred for Planning Board study 108–29–8 . Referred Vote roundup ATM 16 Proposal concerning taxation of residential properties with four or more units indefinitely postponed 121–25–1 . Indefinitely postponed Vote roundup ATM 17 Proposal to study a residential tax exemption; Town Meeting referred the question for further study referred for study 98–46–3 . Referred Vote roundup ATM 18 Parking-space/tandem/lift definitions passed 120–24–2 . Passed Vote roundup ATM 19 MBTA Communities Overlay District/waiver matter referred to Planning Board by voice vote . Referred Vote roundup ATM 20 Proposed rules concerning tandem or stacked parking; referred to the Planning Board referred to Planning Board by voice vote . Referred Vote roundup ATM 21 Proposed standards governing repetitive applications; Town Meeting indefinitely postponed the article indefinitely postponed by voice vote . Indefinitely postponed Vote roundup Meeting Library Record: vote roundup · Record: hospital and budget coverage · Record: public-safety debate · Record: Planning Board hearings on petitions · NPS: FY27 school budget information and supporting presentations source-derived FY27 Norwood Public Schools budget School Committee approved March 25 2026 67222432 67,222,432 2.96 percent elementary redistricting curriculum updates curriculum priorities preliminary budget public budget hearing Savage Educational Center school funding request fiscal year 2027 supporting presentations source-derived recent supporting records community preservation statutory reserves historical preservation recreation community housing shared housing historical asset inventory annual town reports restoration Town Hall cannon rehabilitation stone base metal wood wheels Conservation Land Fund Father Mac Playground Shattuck Park dry stone wall feasibility school playground needs softball dugout shades structures scoreboards MBTA Communities Overlay District tandem stacked parking parking lifts repetitive applications residential tax exemption four or more units public safety override fire staffing police staffing one-time equipment special election water sewer enterprise indirect costs

Referenced documents: Norwood Record — Town Meeting roundup · Norwood Record — hospital issue discussed · Norwood Record — public-safety override · Norwood Record — Planning Board citizen petitions · Norwood Public Schools — FY27 budget information

November 13 & 17, 2025 — Special Town Meeting

November 13 and 17, 2025 — Special Town Meeting November 13 and 17, 2025 — Special Town Meeting Cofsky Farm acquisition, reserve funding and a major capital plan The fall Special Town Meeting met over two nights. It approved the Cofsky Farm and adjacent-property acquisitions, moved money into reserve accounts, corrected earlier water/sewer financing, and approved a multi-part capital program including a ladder truck, ambulance, school roof, library facade work and water infrastructure. Watch on NCM Article Brief description Vote count Outcome Supporting documents 1–3 Consent agenda: $400,000 Workers' Compensation Fund transfer; transfer remaining health-insurance balance ($749,855 reported) to OPEB; $3,845.86 Water/Sewer capital-project deficit appropriation 142–23–0 on consent agenda Passed Norwood Record results 4 Replace the original $392,500 free-cash funding for the 2021 Sewer Inflow and Infiltration Study with borrowing, returning the free cash to the General Fund 158–10–1 Passed Norwood Record results 5 $580,959 from free cash to the Special Education Reserve Fund, bringing the reserve to the reported statutory maximum of about $1.58 million 102–67–2 Passed Norwood Record results 6 $2 million from free cash to the Capital Stabilization Fund for future capital expenditures 84–80–6 Passed Norwood Record results 7 Acquire 820 Neponset Street / Cofsky Farm for about $7.2 million, using Forbes-property sale proceeds and free cash 155–12–2 Passed Norwood Record results and Cofsky coverage 8 · amendment Replace Finance Commission's indefinite-postponement recommendation with authorization to purchase 814 and 816 Neponset Street 125–27–1 Passed Norwood Record results 8 · main motion Authorize purchase of 814 and 816 Neponset Street for about $1.5 million total, providing additional access to the Cofsky property 124–27–4 Passed Norwood Record results 9 · Motion 1 Capital plan — 11 free-cash items totaling about $5.2 million, including a $3 million ladder truck, $650,000 ambulance, DPW truck, Lower Balch bathrooms, airport work and municipal equipment/facility projects 118–15–2 Passed Norwood Record results 9 · Motion 1 amendments Indefinitely postpone the free-cash capital motion; separately, require its component projects to be voted individually 15–120–2 postponement; 58–78–1 separate-vote amendment Both failed Norwood Record results 9 · Motion 2 Borrow $5.95 million for sidewalks ($950,000), Willett School roof ($3 million) and Morrill Memorial Library facade repairs ($2 million) 134–3–0 Passed Norwood Record results 9 · Motion 3 $4.5 million water-system improvement program funded through water rates/borrowing 131–6–0 Passed Norwood Record results 9 · Motion 4 $500,000 Route 1 Water Main Improvement design through an MWRA interest-free loan 134–2–0 Passed Norwood Record results Meeting Library Norwood Record: article-by-article results, capital votes and Cofsky coverage · NCM: Nov. 3 pre-meeting information session · Record: later Cofsky advisory-committee follow-up

Referenced documents: Norwood Record — Nov. 2025 results · NCM — Nov. 3 Town Meeting information session

May 15, 2025 — Annual Town Meeting

May 15, 2025 — Annual Town Meeting The Annual Town Meeting began with the recurring annual financial articles and FY26 operating-budget business. Article Brief description Vote count Outcome Supporting documents 1 Receive and accept Town reports 149–4–1 Passed Contemporary meeting coverage 2 Treasurer compensating-balance authority 156–3–1 Passed Contemporary meeting coverage 3 FY26 revolving-fund spending limits 153–3 Passed Contemporary meeting coverage 4 · Motion 1 FY26 operating budget — General Government 152–5–1 Passed Official electronic voting results 4 · Motion 2 FY26 operating budget — Public Safety 153–5 Passed Official electronic voting results 4 · Motion 3 FY26 operating budget — Education 142–15–1 Passed Official electronic voting results 4 · Motion 4 FY26 operating budget — Infrastructure 149–8–1 Passed Official electronic voting results 4 · Motion 5 FY26 operating budget — Health & Human Services 151–5–1 Passed Official electronic voting results 4 · Motion 6 FY26 operating budget — Culture & Recreation 153–4–1 Passed Official electronic voting results 4 · Motion 7 FY26 operating budget — Facilities 151–6–1 Passed Official electronic voting results 4 · Motion 8 FY26 operating budget — Shared Costs 147–9–1 Passed Official electronic voting results 4 · Motion 9 FY26 operating budget — Water/Sewer Fund 150–6–1 Passed Official electronic voting results Meeting Library Official electronic voting results · Official FY26 Budget Book / Annual Town Meeting warrant · Archived Norwood Record meeting coverage

Referenced documents: Official 2025 Annual and Special Town Meeting Results · Official FY26 Proposed Budget Book / Annual warrant

May 15, 2025 — Special Town Meeting #2

May 15, 2025 — Special Town Meeting #2 This ten-article Special Town Meeting addressed the Town Moderator's term, a landfill solar PILOT agreement, veterans' property-tax exemptions, municipal payroll and contracting authority, and four zoning updates. The official warrant is attached as the primary source. Documented outcomes are shown even where an exact electronic tally has not been located; the archive does not invent missing vote counts. Article Brief description Vote count Outcome Supporting documents 1 Home-rule petition changing the elected Town Moderator's term from one year to three years 133–24–1 Passed ; subsequently enacted by the Legislature as Chapter 98 of the Acts of 2025 Official warrant 2 Authorize a $481,008, 25-year PILOT agreement with Tangent Development, LLC for the solar array at the landfill, 370 Winter Street 128–28–3 Passed Official warrant 3 Accept HERO Act Clause 22I, allowing annual cost-of-living increases to qualifying veterans' property-tax exemptions 157–1–1 Passed Official warrant 4 Accept HERO Act Clause 22J, allowing an additional local veterans' property-tax exemption of up to 100% of the existing exemption 152–5–1 Passed Official warrant 5 Accept state law permitting Town employee compensation by direct bank deposit 158–3–1 Passed Official warrant 6 Permit specified Town and school contracts longer than three years, up to six years, when the longer term provides more favorable terms 147–13–1 Passed Official warrant 7 Update the Flood Plain Overlay District bylaw for new FEMA maps and current floodplain-management requirements 152–6–1 Passed by required 2/3 majority Official warrant 8 Revise rules for alterations and expansions of preexisting nonconforming one- and two-family homes, including the proposed 75% habitable-floor-area threshold 48–107–2 Failed Official warrant 9 Prohibit commercial and personal kennels in the MBTA Communities Multifamily Overlay District 134–17–1 Passed by required 2/3 majority Official warrant 10 Clarify that multifamily residential use in the Boston Providence Highway District is allowed only within specified Mixed Use Overlay Districts 123–27–3 Passed by required 2/3 majority Official warrant Meeting Library Official 2025 electronic voting results · Official Special Town Meeting #2 warrant · Official STM #2 explanatory / recommendation sheet · Official Town Meeting information-session presentation · Massachusetts Acts of 2025, Chapter 98 — Moderator term · Contemporary meeting coverage source-derived official STM2 warrant Chapter 541 Acts 1947 registered voters General Court Chapter 59 Section 38H Tangent Development solar array landfill 370 Winter Street HERO Act Chapter 178 Acts 2024 Consumer Price Index Clause 22 22A 22B 22C 22E 22F Chapter 41 Section 41B direct bank deposits Chapter 30B Section 12 school bus transportation school food service management comprehensive energy solutions procurement useful life Flood Plain Overlay District FPOD Flood Insurance Rate Map FIRM Flood Insurance Study FIS National Flood Insurance Program NFIP Zone A AE AO 100-year base flood elevations floodplain administrator Environmental Planner manufactured homes agricultural facilities drilling mining paving wetlands protection 310 CMR Title 5 780 CMR Order of Conditions Conservation Commission regulatory floodway base flood discharge hydrologic hydraulic analyses subdivision proposals 50 lots 5 acres watercourse NFIP State Coordinator FEMA Region I Risk Analysis Branch recreational vehicles flood-resistant standards State Building Code Appeals Board National Register historic structure ASCE 24-14 substantial repair foundation elevation certificate Nonconforming Single Two Family Residential Structures Building Commissioner habitable floor area 75 percent

Referenced documents: Official Special Town Meeting #2 warrant · Official 2025 Annual and Special Town Meeting Results · STM2 Yellow Sheet · Town Meeting 101 / Land Use 101 / STM2 Articles · Massachusetts Acts of 2025, Chapter 98

May 12, 2025 — Special Town Meeting #1

May 12, 2025 — Special Town Meeting #1 This twelve-article Special Town Meeting covered current-year transfers, school spending, water infrastructure and creation or funding of municipal reserve accounts. Article Brief description Vote count Outcome Supporting documents 1 Approximately $32,000 in current-year internal transfers 186–9–2 Passed Contemporary meeting coverage 2 Special Education Reserve Fund contribution; reduction amendment followed by amended appropriation Amendment 100–94–6; appropriation 164–33–3 Passed as amended Contemporary meeting coverage 3 $70,000 appropriation for School Department computer equipment 185–14–1 Passed Contemporary meeting coverage 4 $300,000 for three school positions 171–23–1 Passed Contemporary meeting coverage 5 $2,800 for foster-care reimbursement enrollment 189–4 Passed Contemporary meeting coverage 6 $150,000 for HR/information-system upgrades 186–11–1 Passed Contemporary meeting coverage 7 Water-tank replacement financing/cost increase; motion to delay until fall Delay amendment failed 21–173–3 Main project action passed Contemporary meeting coverage 8 $250,000 to Compensated Absences Fund 177–15 Passed Contemporary meeting coverage 9 Establish Capital Stabilization Fund 157–34 Passed Contemporary meeting coverage 10 Establish a Pension Reserve Fund for future retirement-system obligations 158–26–2 Passed Contemporary meeting coverage 11 Appropriate $1 million to Pension Reserve Fund 149–25–2 Passed Contemporary meeting coverage 12 Approximately $2,000 in prior-year unpaid bills 168–4–1 Passed Contemporary meeting coverage Meeting Library Archived Norwood Record first-night results and debate

Referenced documents: Norwood Record — May 2025 meeting coverage

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