CPC adopts spending policy, backs two Town Meeting articles

Community Preservation Committee · Meeting of August 27, 2026

Grafton's Community Preservation Committee adopted a new funds-of-last-resort policy and backed two Town Meeting projects. The committee voted 8-0 to adopt the policy, which lets it grant "exemptions" so recipients can spend committee money before other funding arrives, with Town Counsel to review. It also voted 8-0 to recommend the $22,000 high school baseball scoreboard and the Roney Bridge erosion project for the Oct. 19 Town Meeting.

A member said fiscal 2026 actuals left an undesignated balance of $675,700 and about $1.143 million available for spring grants. Earlier, the committee voted 7-0 to keep John Stephens as Chair.

In the full story:

• Welcome, Staffing and Reorganization
• Treasurer's Report
• Holberger walked through the spreadsheet, using rows normally hidden to show corrections. By his account
• CPC Funds Spending Policy (Second Draft)
• Town Meeting Project Applications and Warrant Articles
• Project Assignments and Updates
• Other Business
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,699 words

Source: the Community Preservation Committee meeting of August 27, 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.