Wayland Capital Committee Rebuilds FY28 Plan Without Finance Director Input

Capital Improvement Planning Committee · Meeting of September 2, 2026

Wayland capital committee rebuilds FY28 plan around $9.16M envelope after finance director skips meetings. The four members present of the Capital Improvement Planning Committee worked through a project-by-project rework Wednesday, holding each funding source to last year's five-year plan totals after Finance Director Brian Keveny declined to attend and offered no alternative dates. The committee moved a $970,000 middle school fire alarm replacement into FY28 as Facilities Director Michael Faia's top-ranked life-safety priority, and shifted a $2 million elementary school feasibility study appropriation to excluded debt, positioning it for a spring ballot question separate from any operating override.

A $700,000 town building roof phase two and a $500,000 water asset management plan were held pending department confirmations. One member described being "close to checking out" if the process remained non-collaborative. Minutes approved 3-0 with one abstention; next meeting September 9.

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Source: the Capital Improvement Planning Committee meeting of September 2, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Correction (Nov. 3, 2026): An earlier version of this story credited Acting Vice Chair John Kliem with many remarks and two quotes; the minutes show he was absent, and those remarks are now unattributed. It also misstated the wastewater funding as $1 million (it is $2 million, for a total of $9.16 million), called the $2 million elementary school study a high school study, misspelled Facilities Director Michael Faia's name, omitted member Kelly Lappin, and misstated several assignments and amounts.