Select Board closes special town meeting warrant

Select Board · Meeting of August 25, 2026

HINGHAM — The Hingham Select Board closed the warrant for the 2026 Special Town Meeting, inserting a school roof article and a utility bonding-term petition while dropping HMLP's own bonding request. Light Board member Laura Burns said an initial rate study produced increases "not acceptable to the board," prompting HMLP to seek state legislation allowing 30-year bonding instead of 20 and to delay its project proposal to spring 2027. The board also approved a three-year Teamsters Local 25 DPW Supervisors contract costing roughly $19,000 to $19,500, authorized a $230,472 change order on the South Shore Country Club pool project after contractors hit nearly 2,500 extra tons of ledge, and voted to reduce High Street's speed limit from 30 to 25 mph near the French and Ward intersection.

The board deferred votes on a four-way stop pilot and a roundabout concept for downtown intersections, with resident Jeff Emerson telling the board a roundabout would push "traffic 20 to 25 feet closer to my home."

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Source: the Select Board meeting of August 25, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.