Select Board approves custodian, dispatcher contracts

Select Board · Meeting of November 3, 2026

Wellesley Select Board approved custodian and dispatcher contracts 5-0 and rejected Wights Pond title funding 3-2. Executive Director Meghan Jop presented the custodians' settlement at a total cost of $201,518.40 and the dispatchers' deal at $48,340.13 in the first year. The board then approved Article 3 motions for Special Town Meeting 5-0.

On Article 16, Beth Sullivan Woods and Kenneth Largess voted for support, while Colette Aufranc, Tom Ulfelder and Chair Marjorie Freiman voted no. Ulfelder said he favored "a rational process with the NRC as the proponent." Members also agreed to join the School Facilities Task Force and to keep developing a retiree Medicare home rule petition.

In the full story:

• Opening business
• Consent agenda
• Union settlements
• Individual Medicare Marketplace home rule petition
• School Facilities Task Force
• Special Town Meeting: Article 3
• Special Town Meeting: Article 16 (Wights Pond)
• Policies
• Boston Marathon invitational entries and minutes
• Chair's report
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,933 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of November 3, 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.