Abington Select Board

• Art. 1 Raise $17,490 for out-of-district vocational school transportation, 2025-2026 (consent agenda) Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 2 Raise $5,000 for the Health Imperative violence prevention program, FY2026 (consent agenda) Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 3 Raise $2,500 for the Arc of the South Shore, FY2026 (consent agenda) Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 4 Transfer $25,000 from free cash for grant matching funds, FY2026 (consent agenda) Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 5 Transfer $20,000 from free cash for public safety overtime and details at the St. Patrick's Day Parade Passed “Passes”
• Art. 6 Create a residential waste hauling enterprise fund and provide $1.2 million for its start-up Failed “Does Not Pass as Proposed · In favor (Yes) of the Article 124 / Apposed (No)to the Article 141”
• Art. 7 FY2026 operating budget, $71,847,803, plus $1,200,000 from free cash for waste collection Passed “Passes”
• Art. 8 Fund the capital plan, total $2,343,321.99 Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 9 FY2026 Community Preservation budget: $871,552 in projects and reserves plus a $150,000 Memorial Field bond payment Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 10 Transfer $50,000 from water retained earnings for sick leave buy back for two retiring Water Department employees Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 11 Transfer $106,161.85 from free cash for uses consistent with the FY23 opioid settlement Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 12 Transfer $1,000 to care for the abandoned Hillside Cemetery on Randolph Street Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 13 Accept a gift of about 20 acres on Ashland Street from the Trufant family for open space, agriculture and recreation Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 14 Transfer $125,000 from golf course retained earnings to demolish the building at 22 Bedford Street Passed “Passes”
• Art. 15 Acquire land and easements for the Hancock/Chestnut Street intersection improvement project Passed “Passes”
• Art. 16 Approve the amended South Shore Regional Vocational School District agreement Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 17 Create a revolving fund (limit $10,000) for maintenance of town EV charging stations Passed “Passes”
• Art. 18 Add a general bylaw on security alarm systems and false alarm penalties Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 19 Lower the Town Meeting quorum from 150 to 75 registered voters Failed “Does Not Pass”
• Art. 20 Replace the zoning section on accessory apartments with rules for protected-use accessory dwelling units (ADUs) Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 21 Remove "accessory apartments" from the zoning use table and change some single-family uses to "N" Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 22 Fix a typographical error for two-family/duplex use in the Transitional Commercial zoning district Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 23 Change abutter notice wording for Board of Appeals public hearings to match state law Passed “Unanimous”
• Art. 24 Amend zoning rules for small-scale ground-mounted solar No action “Passed Over”
• Art. 25 Require structures to be at least 10 feet from any easement (zoning) No action “Passed Over”
• Art. 26 Transfer $200,000 from free cash to cover the FY2025 snow and ice deficit Passed “Unanimous”

Source: Town Clerk's certified record in the 2025 Annual Town Report.