Final results of Town Meeting


  • Article 1 to increase the demand charge on late taxes from $5 to $30, passed on a voice vote, but was amended to change the increase to $15
  • Article 2 to approve the High School project appropriation passed with an official count of 1481 in favor, 95 opposed
  • Article 3, which failed to pass on the first night after an initial vote in which it seemed to have passed was reconsidered on the second night at the end of the evening.  It passed with a vote of 531-251.
  • Article 4, the Affordable Housing Trust, was passed over
  • Article 5, a Local Options Meals Excise Tax, was passed on a voice vote
  • Article 6, to establish a Sex Offender Residency Restriction By-Law, failed to pass on a count of 312 in favor, 328 opposed
  • Article 7, to Acknowledge Receipt of Report, was passed
  • Article 8 was passed over
  • Article 9 was passed over
  • Article 10, to preserve Wayland's historic documents, passed on a voice vote.

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