Select Board backs warrant items, adopts mural policy

Select Board · Meeting of November 4, 2026

SWAMPSCOTT — The Select Board recommended several town meeting articles and adopted a utility box mural policy Wednesday. Members voted 4-1 to recommend Article 4, a state reimbursement for homeless and foster care student transportation, and recommended Article 5 over one dissent. Article 5 moves $76,042 of unspent school funds into the Special Education Reserve Fund, which staff said is 86 percent funded.

The board also backed Article 8, raising the default bylaw fine from $50 to the $300 statutory maximum. A staff member called consistency "the priority" in a parking and emergency access study. In first-quarter results, a staff presenter reported meals tax receipts up 23 percent and rooms tax up 17 percent.

In the full story:

• SWAMPSCOTT — November 4, 2026 —
• Town Administrator's Report and Public Comment
• Parking Restrictions and Emergency Access on Narrow Streets
• Cedar Hill Terrace and Ingalls Terrace
• Town Meeting Warrant: School Transfers
• Town Meeting Warrant: Bylaw and Zoning Articles
• Article 13: Burrell Street and the VFW
• First Quarter Financials
• Government Speech Policies and Utility Boxes
• Charter Review Committee
• Consent Agenda and Announcements
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,682 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of November 4, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.