Wayland Finance Committee Votes to Recommend Audit Committee Member's Reappointment
Wayland Finance Committee endorses Audit Committee reappointment and hears projection of roughly $1 million override need for fiscal 2028.
Topic
Finance Committee
Members: Carl Barnes (Chair), Iris Hoxha (Vice Chair), Rob Quimby, Brian O'Herlihy, Satish Raj, William Huss
Wayland Finance Committee elects Barnes chair, sets weekly fall meeting schedule
Wayland Finance Committee elects Barnes chair, front-loads fall calendar for potential override. The committee voted 6-0 to elect Carl Barnes chair and Iris Hawksa vice chair for FY2027, and welcomed new members Satish Raj and Rob Quimby.
Finance Committee declines to recommend Route 20 housing zoning article
WAYLAND -- April 13, 2026, Wayland Finance Committee declines to recommend Route 20 multi-family housing zoning article. On a 1-3-2 roll call, members rejected Vice Chair Carl Barnes's motion to recommend Article 25 as written, with Barnes, Iris Hoxha and Pam Roman voting no and Phil
Wayland Finance Committee defers vote on Route 20 West housing zoning amendment
WAYLAND -- April 6, 2026, Wayland Finance Committee defers Article 25 vote and learns water project appeal failed. Planning Board Chair Anette Lewis walked the committee through the Multi-Family Housing Route 20 West amendment, which would raise density to 32 units per acre and height to 58 feet to match
Wayland Finance Committee backs $9.4 million capital budget, defers two articles
WAYLAND -- March 16, 2026, Wayland Finance Committee unanimously backs $9.4 million capital budget and clears the Annual Town Meeting warrant. Vice Chair Carl Barnes led the 6-0 vote on a fiscal 2027 capital plan funded by $6,331,507 in levy taxation, $2,189,766 in free cash,