Select Board Splits 2-1 Over Cassidy Field

Select Board · Meeting of October 19, 2026

MILLIS — The Millis Select Board voted 2-1 to endorse a citizen's petition protecting Cassidy Field as permanent open space ahead of a binding Nov. 9 Town Meeting vote. Chair Craig cast the dissenting vote after telling colleagues "this is a policy decision" and warning the move could set a precedent affecting the adjacent Braun parcel; board member Jim McKay backed the petition, calling it something the petitioners had "the right thing" to pursue. The Finance Committee had voted 8-1 to recommend dismissal of the same article.

Separately, the board pulled $1.3 million in Clyde Brown School bond funds off the warrant, deferring a decision to Spring Town Meeting, and voted to close a fiscal 2027 water and sewer rate hearing without adopting a new fee structure. The board also accepted a $300,000 cash payment from the Woodland Subdivision developer in lieu of building a soccer field and approved a 40 percent stormwater abatement, worth about $22,238, for the Regency at Glen Ellyn.

In the full story:

• Housekeeping and Announcements
• Declaration of Independence 250th Anniversary Presentation
• Snowplow Contractor Rates for Fiscal 2027
• Inter-Municipal Animal Control Agreement With Medfield
• Fiscal 2027 Water, Sewer and Stormwater Rate Hearing
• Village Meadow Commons Stormwater Hearing Continuance
• Fall Annual Town Meeting Warrant: Articles 2 and 8
• St. Thomas Stormwater and Land Disturbance Permit
• Regency at Glen Ellyn Stormwater Abatement
• Woodland Subdivision: $300,000 in Lieu of a Soccer Field
• Citizen's Petition: Congressional Civility Resolution
• Citizen's Petition: Cassidy Field Open Space Designation
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 3,049 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of October 19, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.