# Special Town Meeting 2026 - October 26th, 2026 | Westford, MA


**Body:** WestfordCAT
**Date:** October 27, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Information Technology, Physical Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure


Westford, Massachusetts Special Town Meeting, identified in the title as October 26, 2026 (metadata timestamp: October 27), considered zoning, energy-code, funding, capital, and community-preservation matters. Voters approved a zoning bylaw establishing local permitting standards for small solar and battery-storage facilities (362–50), intended to give the town oversight of siting, safety, and decommissioning. The meeting also discussed adopting the state’s specialized energy code effective January 1, 2028; the transcript does not include its vote result. For water-quality work, voters approved allocating $1,798,644.98 in PFAS settlement funds: 90% to public-water treatment facilities and 10% to private-well testing and remediation (377–22). The water department estimated treatment plants would cost about $24.5 million overall, with additional operating costs.

Procurement and spending items included a $220,000 free-cash appropriation for fire-alarm monitoring upgrades ($120,000) and a Robinson School generator ($100,000); the transcript omits the vote result on this motion. Voters approved redirecting an existing $100,000 digitization appropriation to include municipal permitting software, data migration, configuration, and training (366–17). They also approved a DPW fueling-station revolving fund (355–20); a separate article proposed FY27 spending limits of $150,000 for East Boston Camps maintenance and $10,000 for the fueling station, but its vote result is not captured. The meeting authorized a sewer easement supporting the 35-unit Town Farm Road housing project (348–32) and approved a request for an additional all-alcohol license for a proposed restaurant or brew pub at Technology Park East (339–43). A citizens’ proposal to reduce the Community Preservation Act surcharge from 3% to 2% failed (291–89), leaving the surcharge unchanged and preserving the existing funding level for eligible projects.

**Source:** WestfordCAT