Select Board meeting November 10, 2026

At the Walpole Select Board’s November 10, 2026 meeting, the board held its FY2027 tax-classification hearing and voted to retain the 1.30 tax shift and adopt a residential factor of 0.9630. It also voted to authorize access to town property for EPA-related soil sampling and testing connected to planned culvert work near the senior center and police station; a longer-term work agreement remains pending, with concerns raised about soil impacts, temporary storage, and the site’s eventual restoration. The board opened the Spring 2027 Town Meeting warrant, which may include zoning articles and the DPW union contract, and the administrator reported that the Casella solid-waste contract was nearing completion.

The board approved several procurement and asset actions. It awarded bid 2027-03A for the Route 1A storage building to Morton Buildings, Inc., for less than $150,000 and within the appropriation; awarded an on-call plumbing and heating services contract, bid 2027-15, to DNF Plumbing and Heating; and approved an HVAC maintenance and repair contract for on-call work, though the transcript does not identify the vendor or amount. The board also approved surplus status for equipment listed in the DPW director’s November 5 memo, with the intent to solicit bidders. The recorded procurement votes were unanimous, 4–0. A fire-station discussion was planned for the following week; no award or spending decision on that project was made at this meeting.