Wayland selectmen vote positions on town meeting articles, push to shorten warrant

WAYLAND -- February 22, 2016, Wayland selectmen race to trim a 30-plus-article warrant before April town meeting. The Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 Monday to support Articles Q (police civil service withdrawal), S (five revolving funds totaling $1.265 million), and X and Y (library land authorizations at 193-195 Main Street and 202 Old Connecticut Path), while taking no position on a scaled-back $425,000 Council on Aging/Community Center design request. Chair Joe Nolan said moderator guidance limits town meeting to roughly five nights and that a sixth session after vacation would cost about $10,500. Recreation Commission Chair Brett Bergeron clashed with Town Administrator Nan Balmer over excluding field and gym user fees from the recreation revolving fund, saying the change "completely makes us not relevant." Firefighter paramedic Josiah A. David was sworn in, and firefighter Will Tiley was recognized for pulling an elderly resident from a Valentine's Day house fire in West Roxbury.