Wayland Finance Committee receives $95 million five-year capital plan

WAYLAND -- January 8, 2025, Wayland faces an override as a $95M five-year capital plan lands at Finance Committee. Town Manager Michael McCall and Finance Director Brian Keveney walked members through the FY26-30 capital improvement plan Wednesday, anchored by a $34 million MWRA water connection, roughly 30 percent of the ask, and about $7 million in town building repairs, including $3 million for the roof. A middle school furnace project ballooned from $400,000 to $1.3 million, and a new $700,000 share of state-mandated Sherman's Bridge work with Sudbury appeared for the first time. McCall said the town has recovered nearly $1 million in capital turnbacks and warned the town is "on the road, the path to some type of override due to the shrinking levy capacity," with timing, fall special or spring annual, still undecided. The committee unanimously approved its January 6 minutes.