Wayland Select Board revises FY26 goals at annual retreat

WAYLAND -- July 15, 2025, Wayland Select Board reframes FY26 goals around governance, housing, Route 20 and financial capacity. At Tuesday's annual retreat, Chair Carol B. Martin led the four-member in-person board, with Christopher Reynolds attending remotely, through revisions to five goals presented by Town Manager Michael McCall. McCall said the FY26 budget closed without an operating override, the capital backlog dropped from more than 110 projects to about 70 before roughly 38 new ones were added, and financial policies developed with the state are "99 percent" complete. The board agreed to push for a multi-board Route 20 corridor task force tied to the Terrain opening at the former Mahoney's site, and added a new goal on identifying the town's capacity to absorb an estimated $38 million capital pipeline under debt-service and outstanding-debt limits. McCall noted Wayland has 212 boards and committees, second only to Wakefield, and the board agreed to study consolidation. Final goals will be adopted Aug. 29.