Select Board approves Elmwood Reuse Committee charge

Select Board · Meeting of September 16, 2026

Hopkinton Select Board heard a preliminary $1 million FY28 budget deficit forecast and approved an Elmwood Reuse Committee charge. Budget official Kyla LaPierre told a joint session with the Appropriation, School and Capital Improvement committees that debt service tied to the town's bonding schedule will rise from $12 million to $19 million in fiscal 2028, with health insurance costs up 20 percent. Superintendent Evan Bishop said holding school spending to "level funding" rather than "level service" would force roughly a 5.12 percent cut and layoffs.

Member Brian Herr said invoking "level funding" publicly "will never fly" and would pack town meeting with opposition. The board, with Chair Shahidul Mannan absent, voted 4-0 to approve a new seven-member Elmwood Reuse Committee and unanimously approved an amended propane storage license for Hopkinton Country Club.

In the full story:

• Public Forum
• Consent Agenda
• Town Meeting Statistics
• Elmwood School Reuse Committee Charge
• Town Manager Report: Public Safety Assessment and Online Permitting
• Public Hearing: Hopkinton Country Club Flammable Storage License
• FY28 Budget Calendar and Preliminary Deficit Forecast
• Special Town Meeting Warrant: Charter Review Timing
• Routine Special Town Meeting Articles
• Weights and Measures Fees and Center School Land Gift
• Citizen Petitions for the Special Town Meeting
• Town Manager Report (Continued), Liaison Reports and Future Agenda Items
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 3,984 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of September 16, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

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