FinCom hears FS1 plan, keeps hearing open

Finance and Warrant Commission · Meeting of September 22, 2026

WESTWOOD — Finance and Warrant Commission heard Fire Station 1 and stabilization fund updates and kept its hearing open. Town Administrator Connor said the redesigned station is about 22 percent smaller, with a net 30 added parking spaces behind the library. The budget carries an 8 percent contingency.

Estimators were to reconcile numbers the next morning, with the final scope going to the Select Board Sept. 28. Finance Director Stephanie McManus proposed broadening the $1.7 million capital stabilization fund and adding about $1 million from Pine Hill School one-time revenues. Resident Alice Smith of Gay Street described the site as "hydrologically a bowl." Both articles go to the Oct. 26 special town meeting.

In the full story:

• Opening and joint meeting
• Fire Station 1: background and the question
• Program and design
• Site plan and fields
• Wetlands, zoning and drainage
• Library parking
• Budget and contingency
• Debt and cost trends
• Public comment
• Plan B and overruns
• Article 2: capital stabilization fund
• Close and next steps
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,556 words

Source: the Finance and Warrant Commission meeting of September 22, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.