Wayland Patch 1/24/12: Budget Prep, Water Enterprise Fund Discussed at Warrant Hearing. Representatives of town boards and committees, lead petitioners and even a few representatives of lead petitioners took to the podium Monday night for the Wayland Finance Committee's 2012 Annual Town Meeting Warrant hearing. The hearing, held in the Large Hearing Room at Wayland Town Building, was intended to allow members of the Finance Committee and residents to learn more and ask questions about the articles, and was not designed as a time to debate the actual merits of each article.

Wayland Town Crier 1/24/12: Petitioners want to change budget process. Residents seeking lower taxes and more oversight of the budget proposed a number of annual Town Meeting articles during last night’s warrant hearing. The articles follow the fall special Town Meeting when voters reduced taxes for the current fiscal year by $4 million. Now some residents are taking aim at the way the town prepares its operating budget.