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May 2025 Annual Town Meeting

2025 Annual Town Meeting

Monday, May 5, 2025
7:30 pm

JAMES HUGH POWERS HALL, NEEDHAM TOWN HALL

1471 HIGHLAND AVENUE


Key Documents

Moderator's 2025 Memorandum - Procedural Information for Town Meeting Members

Moderator's 2025 Annual Town Meeting Memorandum to Town Meeting Members

Town Meeting Material Distribution Guidance

Town Manager Report to Town Meeting

Article Listing and Supporting Documents


  1. ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
  2. COMMITTEE AND OFFICER REPORTS 
    1. Planning Board Report on Article 44 of the 2024 Annual Town Meeting
  3. ESTABLISH ELECTED OFFICIALS’ SALARIES - Adopted 
  4. APPROVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT – NEEDHAM POLICE UNION - Withdrawn
  5. FUND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT – POLICE SUPERIOR OFFICERS ASSOCIATION - Withdrawn
  6. APPROPRIATE FOR CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY - Adopted
  7. APPROPRIATE FOR NEEDHAM PROPERTY TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Adopted
  8. APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES MAINTENANCE PROGRAM - Adopted
  9. APPROPRIATE FOR FORESTRY MANAGEMENT - Adopted
  10. APPROPRIATE FOR CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAM INITIATIVES - Adopted
    1. Article 10 FAQs
  11. APPROPRIATE FOR FINANCIAL APPLICATION SOFTWARE - Adopted
    1. Article 11 FAQs
  12. APPROPRIATE FOR OPIOID PROGRAMMING - Adopted
    1. Memorandum to Select Board on Opioid Programming
  13. APPROPRIATE THE FY2026 OPERATING BUDGET - Adopted  
    1. Letter from Library Board of Trustees in Support of Library Budget Requests
    2. Letter and Budget Information Slides from Minuteman School
  14. APPROPRIATE THE FY2026 SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND BUDGET - Adopted 
  15. APPROPRIATE THE FY2026 WATER ENTERPRISE FUND BUDGET - Adopted 
  16. SET THE ANNUAL DEPARTMENT REVOLVING FUND SPENDING LIMITS - Adopted 
  17. AUTHORIZATION TO EXPEND STATE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WAYS - Adopted 
    1. Motion to Amend Submitted by Robert Dangel, Town Meeting Member (Withdrawn on Floor)
  18. AMEND ZONING BY-LAW – MULTI-FAMILY OVERLAY DISTRICT (THE “BASE COMPLIANCE PLAN") - Adopted 
    1. Planning Board Presentation Relative to Articles 18-19
    2. Zoning Map Relative to Articles 18-19 
    3. MBTA Communities Act FAQ
    4. Memo Relative to Capital Impacts Assessment of Proposed MBTA Communities Act Zoning 
    5. Memo Relative to MBTA Communities Act Zoning Proposal School Enrollment Analysis
    6. Fiscal Impact Analysis Relative to Articles 18-19 (Prepared in 2024)
    7. Traffic Impact Assessment and Mitigation Strategies Relative to Articles 18-19 (Prepared in 2024)
    8. Memo Relative to MBTA Communities Act and Funding At Risk
  19. AMEND ZONING BY-LAW – MAP CHANGE FOR MULTI-FAMILY OVERLAY DISTRICT (THE “BASE COMPLIANCE PLAN”) - Adopted 
    1. Planning Board Presentation Relative to Articles 18-19
    2. Zoning Map Relative to Articles 18-19
    3. MBTA Communities Act FAQ
    4. Memo Relative to Capital Impacts Assessment of Proposed MBTA Communities Act Zoning 
    5. Memo Relative to MBTA Communities Act Zoning Proposal School Enrollment Analysis
    6. Fiscal Impact Analysis Relative to Articles 18-19 (Prepared in 2024)
    7. Traffic Impact Assessment and Mitigation Strategies Relative to Articles 18-19 (Prepared in 2024)
    8. Memo Relative to MBTA Communities Act and Funding At Risk
  20. APPROPRIATE FOR ON-GOING COLLECTIONS STORAGE UPGRADES/NEEDHAM HISTORY CENTER & MUSEUM - Adopted
    1. Community Preservation Committee Report to Town Meeting
  21. NEEDHAM TRAIL SIGNAGE IMPROVEMENTS - Adopted
    1. Community Preservation Committee Report to Town Meeting
  22. APPROPRIATE FOR EAST MILITIA HEIGHTS DEVELOPMENT - CHARLES RIVER CENTER - Adopted 
    1. Community Preservation Committee Report to Town Meeting
    2. Article 22 FAQs
    3. Article 22 FAQs Provided by the Charles River Center
    4. Project Summary Provided by the Charles River Center
    5. Memorandum from the Community Preservation Committee to the Finance Committee Relative to Article 22
  23. APPROPRIATE FOR PRESERVATION OF SEABEDS WAY - Adopted 
    1. Community Preservation Committee Report to Town Meeting
    2. Article 23 FAQs
  24. ACTION PARK & PICKLEBALL COURTS DESIGN - Adopted 
    1. Community Preservation Committee Report to Town Meeting
    2. Article 24 FAQs
  25. APPROPRIATE FOR ELIOT SCHOOL GROUNDS RENOVATION (DESIGN) - Adopted
    1. Community Preservation Committee Report to Town Meeting
  26. APPROPRIATE FY2026 CPA BUDGET AND RESERVES - Adopted     
    1. Community Preservation Committee Report to Town Meeting
  27. APPROPRIATE FOR GENERAL FUND CASH CAPITAL - Adopted
    1. Letter from Library Board of Trustees in Support of Library Budget Requests
  28. APPROPRIATE FOR ELIOT SCHOOL BOILER REPLACEMENT - Adopted
  29. APPROPRIATE FOR LIBRARY RENOVATION - Adopted 
    1. Letter from Library Board of Trustees in Support of Library Budget Requests
    2. Article 29 FAQs
    3. Proposed Design for Renovated Areas
  30. APPROPRIATE FOR NEEDHAM HIGH SCHOOL STAIR REPAIR - Adopted with Emergency Preamble
  31. NEWMAN SCHOOL THEATRICAL LIGHTING, SOUND, AND RIGGING REPAIRS - Adopted 
  32. CENTER AT THE HEIGHTS RENOVATION DESIGN - Adopted  
    1. Article 31 FAQs Provided by the Council on Aging
    2. CATH Space Use Utilization Study - Produced 2023
  33. APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS/COGSWELL BUILDING - Adopted
    1. Article 33 FAQs
  34. APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE - Adopted
  35. APPROPRIATE FOR SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND CASH CAPITAL - Adopted
  36. APPROPRIATE FOR INFILTRATION AND INFLOW - Adopted
  37. APPROPRIATE FOR WATER ENTERPRISE FUND CASH CAPITAL - Adopted
  38. APPROPRIATE FOR WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS - Adopted
  39. RESCIND DEBT AUTHORIZATIONS - Adopted
  40. AMEND GENERAL BY-LAWS – CONTRACT PROCEDURES - Adopted
  41. ACCEPT M.G.L. c.59, §5 CLAUSES TWENTY-SECOND I AND TWENTY-SECOND J (VETERANS’PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS) - Adopted
  42. INCREASE CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT COLA ALLOWANCE - Adopted
  43. APPROPRIATE TO ATHLETIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENT FUND - Adopted
  44. APPROPRIATE TO CAPITAL FACILITY FUND - Adopted
  45. CITIZENS’ PETITION – LEAF BLOWERS - Withdrawn
  46. CITIZENS’ PETITION – NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT - Adopted as Amended
    1. Statement of Petitioners
  47. OMNIBUS - No Submissions





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