Wayland selectmen pull Town Manager Special Act from April town meeting

WAYLAND -- January 7, 2018, Wayland selectmen shelve Town Manager Special Act, fund OPEB at $500,000 a year. The Board of Selectmen agreed Monday that the draft Town Manager Special Act is not ready for the April annual town meeting after a 30-minute walkthrough surfaced dozens of unresolved questions on scope, library carve-outs and conflicts with existing code; Town Administrator Louise Miller will take another pass with town counsel Carolyn Murray. Library trustee Maureen White urged trustees retain "control of policymaking for the library." The board voted 5-0 to back a multi-year OPEB appropriation of $500,000 annually; Finance Director Brian Kempney pegged the town's net OPEB liability at $27.5 million against $16.6 million in assets, roughly 35 percent funded. Selectmen also unanimously appointed Ken Isaacson and Jake Monkern to the Cable Advisory Committee.