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Select Board opens Oct. 27 special town meeting warrant and previews articles including land, PFAS funding and signage
Summary
The Select Board opened the warrant for a special town meeting set for Oct. 27, 2025, previewing about 21 articles including the police contract, PFAS plant reappropriation, bylaw cleanups, possible dissolution of the affordable housing trust (no funds remaining), and an electronic message-board warrant for the Town Common; the board also voted to retain 15 Willow Street as town property and raised the town manager’s donation-acceptance threshold to $250.
The Select Board voted Aug. 19 to open the warrant for a special town meeting scheduled for Oct. 27, 2025, at Foxborough High School. Town staff said placeholders for warrant articles are due to the town manager by Sept. 2, with final article language due Sept. 23.
Staff previewed roughly 21 articles that are expected to include the recently negotiated police contract, a request to reappropriate funds related to the Chestnut Street PFAS plant, several land-disposition items (three properties under consideration), a sewer map amendment and technical bylaw revisions including accessory-dwelling-unit language changes to align with state standards. Officials also discussed a potential article to dissolve the Foxborough Affordable Housing Trust because the trust has exhausted its funds.
On a separate motion the board voted to retain 15 Willow Street (1.67 acres) as town property following a conservation commission recommendation that cited sensitive habitat, Zone 2 well protection areas and an Area of Critical Environmental Concern designation. The board also discussed a warrant article to allow an electronic message board on the Town Common conditioned on zoning and bylaw language to limit size and animation; members recommended mock-ups and constrained design language before Town Meeting.
In finance-related action the board voted to raise the town manager’s donation-approval threshold from $100 to $250 and agreed to keep a running log of donations (with the possibility of quarterly posting on the town website) to reduce administrative workload.
Ending: board members urged residents to review warrant details and attend the Oct. 27 special town meeting to participate in votes on the items described.
