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Votes at a glance: Hubbardston annual town meeting approves operating budget, school assessments, capital items and zoning changes
Summary
At the Town of Hubbardston annual meeting, voters approved the fiscal year 2026 operating budget, school assessments and a series of capital and zoning articles. Several actions require a later ballot (proposition 2½ debt exclusion) or further select-board action to implement.
This is a roundup of the formal votes taken at the Town of Hubbardston annual town meeting (items not covered in separate articles above):
Key financial votes
- Article 8 (FY2026 operating budget): Voters approved the operating budget motion that transferred $65,000 previously appropriated for the Center School boiler project and raised a balance described in the warrant (balance cited as $4,524,034.65) to fund salaries and general town operations. (Motion: Ms. Young and Ms. Monroe; passed unanimously.)
- Article 9 (Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School District assessment): Voters approved a corrected appropriation of $418,566. (Motion: Mr. Perrigo; result: 1 opposed.)
- Article 10 (Quabbin Regional School District assessment): Voters approved the appropriation of $6,629,173.36 for the town’s share of the Quabbin district budget. (Motion: Mr. Williams; result: 18 opposed.)
- Article 11 (Quabbin regional school debt): Voters approved $55,247 to pay the town’s share of district debt. (Motion: Ms. Monroe; result: 3 opposed.)
Appropriations, reserves and maintenance
- Article 12 (landfill compliance): Approved transfer of $6,130 from free…
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