Wellfleet Selectboard

• Art. 1 Appropriate $33,073,887 for the FY2026 town operating budget Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 2 Pay prior-year unpaid bills (IRS bills of $5,312.90 and $18,920) Passed “carried on a unanimous vote”
• Art. 3 Appropriate $2,565,150 for the FY2026 capital budget Passed “the motion carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 4 Appropriate $881,245 for the FY2026 Marina Enterprise Fund Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 5 Appropriate $360,092 for the FY2026 Water Enterprise Fund Passed “carried on a unanimous vote”
• Art. 6 Raise $600,000 for Town Marina repairs, contingent on a Proposition 2½ capital exclusion Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 7 Transfer $290,000 from free cash and $15,000 from the Beach Fund to stabilization funds and pond monitoring Passed “carried on a unanimous vote”
• Art. 8 Use $319,881.09 of surplus police station bond proceeds for police and fire building repairs Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 9 Set a $60,000 FY2026 spending limit for the Shellfish Propagation Revolving Fund Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 10 Transfer $90,000 for an operational and financial model of the Transfer Station Passed “carried on a unanimous vote”
• Art. 11 Transfer $173,250 from Marina Enterprise retained earnings to the Stabilization Fund Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 12 Have the Selectboard act as Sewer Commissioners, subject to the 2025 town election Passed “main motion carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 13 Borrow up to $360,000 to assist enhanced I/A septic system upgrades in the Wellfleet Harbor watershed Passed “carried on a 2/3rds vote”
• Art. 14 Establish a special education reserve fund for the Nauset Regional School District Passed “carried on a unanimous vote”
• Art. 15 Establish a Wellfleet Elementary special education reserve fund and transfer $100,000 into it Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 16 Exempt personal property valued at $5,100 or less from taxation Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 17 Community Preservation: FY2026 administrative expenses and reserves Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 18 Community Preservation: $35,000 for playground equipment for Wellfleet Elementary and Montessori preschool Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 19 Community Preservation: $15,084 for a playground sunshade at the Adult Community Center Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 20 Community Preservation: $11,342 for a Wellfleet Elementary School learning garden Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 21 Community Preservation: $10,000 for the Lower Cape Housing Institute Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 22 Community Preservation: $32,000 for solar panels at Habitat for Humanity Old King's Highway homes Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 23 Community Preservation: $50,000 for Forward at the Rock Phase II housing Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 24 Community Preservation: $34,500 for Homeless Prevention Council rental stabilization assistance Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 25 Community Preservation: $300,000 for infrastructure for affordable homes at 120 Paine Hollow Road Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 26 Community Preservation: $125,000 for consultants for housing at Maurice's Campground; at least 3 acres deed-restricted affordable Passed as amended “main motion as amended, the Moderator declared the motion carried on”
• Art. 27 Community Preservation: $250,000 to hire a Wellfleet Housing Coordinator Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 28 Community Preservation: $14,000 for the Historical Commission historic plaque program Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 29 Community Preservation: $20,000 for a Cape Cod Trout Unlimited archaeological survey Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 30 Resolution: direct 80% of short-term rental taxes to the Affordable Housing Trust from FY27 Failed “main motion failed by a hand count by 90 ayes, and · 90 ayes, and 101 no”
• Art. 31 Amend Charter Section 3-6-5 to let the Selectboard remove committee members for cause by a 4/5 vote Passed “carried on a 2/3rds vote”
• Art. 32 Accept the Seasonal Community Designation under Chapter 150 of the Acts of 2024 Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 33 Authorize the Town Administrator to dispose of surplus personal property Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 34 Authorize the Town Collector to use all means of collecting taxes available to the Treasurer Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 35 Accept state law to set Nauset Regional School District assessments by the regional agreement Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 36 Hear reports of the Selectboard, town officers and committees Passed “carried on a majority vote”

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the April 28, 2025 Annual Town Meeting.

• Art. 1 Acquire 1035 Cemetery Road for town offices; borrow $1,700,000, contingent on a Proposition 2½ debt exclusion Passed “carried on a 2/3rds vote · Yay’s -180, Nay’s 54”
• Art. 2 Petition: authorize the Selectboard to make the South Wellfleet Fire Station available to the Wellfleet Food Pantry Passed “carried on a majority vote”

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the June 17, 2024 Special Town Meeting.

• Art. 1 Appropriate $31,356,611 for the FY2025 town operating budget Passed “declared the motion carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 2 Pay $55,500.97 in prior-year unpaid bills Passed “carried on a 4/5ths vote · 251 votes for aye and 25 votes for nay”
• Art. 3 Appropriate $2,606,500 for the FY2025 capital budget Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 4 Appropriate $929,567 for the FY2025 Marina Enterprise Fund Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 5 Appropriate $498,490 for the FY2025 Water Enterprise Fund Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 6 Authorize a lease-purchase agreement for a Fire Department ambulance; $125,000 from the Ambulance Fund for the first payment Passed “carried on a 2/3 vote”
• Art. 7 Transfer free cash: $400,000 and $442,500 to stabilization funds, $500,000 to the Affordable Housing Trust, $57,500 for OpenGov Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 8 Transfer $5,125.76 in opioid settlement funds to the Outer Cape Opioid Remediation Work Group Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 9 Increase the maximum tax reduction under the Senior Work-Off Abatement Program Passed “carried on a unanimous vote”
• Art. 10 Set a $76,000 FY2025 spending limit for the Shellfish Revolving Fund Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 11 Accept state law establishing a Sewer Enterprise Fund effective July 1, 2024 Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 12 Appropriate $140,000 from the PEG Access and Cable Related Fund Indefinitely postponed “indefinitely postponed”
• Art. 13 Community Preservation: set aside FY2025 reserves and administrative expenses, and fund Maurice's Campground debt service Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 14 Community Preservation: accept return of $200,000 of the Emergency Housing Assistance grant to the CPA fund balance Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 15 Community Preservation: $750,000 to the Wellfleet Affordable Housing Trust Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 16 Community Preservation: $175,000 for Habitat for Humanity housing on Old King's Highway Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 17 Community Preservation: $7,500 for the Lower Cape Housing Institute Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 18 Community Preservation: $20,000 for Spring Rock Village affordable housing Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 19 Community Preservation: $25,000 to remove a structure at 360 Blue Heron Road Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 20 Community Preservation: $150,000 to establish a Wellfleet Land Conservation Fund Passed “the motion carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 21 Community Preservation: $15,000 for Historical Commission historic property inventories Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 22 Community Preservation: $200,000 grant to the Cape Cod Modern House Trust for the Breuer House Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 23 Community Preservation: $15,000 for the historic AIM Thrift Shop building at 305 Main Street Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 24 Community Preservation: funds to preserve the historic Henry Gray House Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 25 Community Preservation: $100,000 for the Wellfleet Historical Society and Museum building Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 26 License Old Chequessett Neck Road land to the Cape Cod National Seashore for at least 99 years Passed “carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 27 Petition: establish a Town of Wellfleet scholarship program and appropriate $100,000 Failed “the motion failed on a majority vote”
• Art. 28 Petition: resolution supporting an enduring ceasefire in Gaza Passed as amended “main motion carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 29 Petition: resolution endorsing the Medicare for All in Massachusetts bill Other “declared the motion on a majority vote”
• Art. 30 Petition the Legislature for special legislation to adopt a pesticide reduction bylaw Passed “main motion carried on a majority vote”
• Art. 31 Authorize the Town Administrator to dispose of surplus personal property Passed “motions for Consent Agenda Articles 31-33 carried on a”
• Art. 32 Authorize the Town Collector to use all means of collecting taxes available to the Treasurer Passed “motions for Consent Agenda Articles 31-33 carried on a”
• Art. 33 Accept state law to set Nauset Regional School District assessments by the regional agreement Passed “motions for Consent Agenda Articles 31-33 carried on a”
• Art. 34 Hear reports of the Selectboard, town officers and committees Passed “carried on a unanimous vote”

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the May 20, 2024 Annual Town Meeting.