Finance Committee Backs CPA Funding Before Town Meeting

Finance Committee · Meeting of October 22, 2026

Hubbardston's Finance Committee voted to recommend favorable action on two Community Preservation Act articles ahead of the October 27 Special Town Meeting. The committee also reviewed a revised regional school agreement that Hubbardston is the last of five member towns to approve, with the Select Board chairman objecting that a $5,000 school-repair threshold has gone unchanged for decades: "show me a project in that school that would be under five thousand." The district superintendent said enrollment stands near 2,100 students and the excess-and-deficiency fund sits just under the state's 5 percent target. Officials also confirmed a new town administrator starts November 16 and a stalled boiler-replacement project, funded through an earmark from state Senator Durant, will finally go out to bid.

In the full story:

• Regional School Agreement Review
• School Committee and Superintendent Update
• Town Administration and Staffing Update
• Special Town Meeting Warrant: Bylaws and Community Preservation Act Articles
• Plum Tree Road Private Way
• Fifth Select Board Seat
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,300 words

Source: the Finance Committee meeting of October 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.