Select Board approves nine tax title acres and four warrant articles for spring town meeting

Select Board · Meeting of January 20, 2026

Plymouth Select Board advances four warrant articles and nine tax title acres for spring town meeting. The 4-0 votes approved Article 23 to convey approximately 27.8 acres to the Conservation Commission for open space and water protection; Article 16 to rescind $953,728.75 in unused debt authorization from the completed Bartlett Road bridge project; Article 19 to fund fire equipment costing just under $1.5 million with free cash rather than borrowing; and Article 15 to continue vehicle excise tax transfers to the pavement management stabilization fund. In joint discussion with the Planning Board and Economic Development Foundation, Selectman Kevin Canty advocated for zoning changes and middle-skill job creation to address the town's jobs-housing imbalance, while Foundation board member identified the form of town meeting as an impediment to rapid development decisions.

Article 14 to fund the nuclear mitigation stabilization fund with $500,000 from free cash passed 3-1, with Chair David Golden Jr. voting no and citing insufficient effort to reduce the tax levy.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of January 20, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.