Finance Panel Backs $8.6M Capital Plan, Rejects Petitions
Plymouth Finance Committee backs $8.56 million in fall capital spending, rejects two citizen petitions.
Finance Committee · Meeting of September 10, 2026
Plymouth Finance Committee backs $8.56 million in fall capital spending, rejects two citizen petitions. Chairman Joe Lalley's panel voted item-by-item on nine capital requests, from a $497,700 motor grader to a $5,976,250 Downtown Resiliency Project, with member Everett Malaguti dissenting repeatedly, including a 5-3-1 vote on $43,000 in parking-garage repairs he argued a town-affiliated corporation should fund instead. "I'm really uncomfortable with the MOU and the funding of taxpayer dollars from an entity that we don't collect any revenue from," Malaguti said.
The committee also recommended an industrial-zoning bylaw update, 9-0, following a Planning Board report. It voted 0-9 against a petition requiring separate votes on "surplus" airport revenue and, after a lengthy debate between petitioner Anthony Mayo and Planning Board Chairman Steven Bolotin, 0-9 against overhauling the town's steering committees. Fall Town Meeting convenes October 17.
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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of September 10, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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