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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
S.S. FRANKLIN
To either of the Constables of Warwick, GREETINGS:
In the name of the Commonwealth, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to MEET AT THE TOWN HALL 12 ATHOL ROAD ON MONDAY MAY 4, 2026, AT 7 P.M. Then and there to act on the following articles:
ARTICLE 1: Shall the Town accept the reports of Town Officers and Committees for 2025 or take any other action related thereto?
ARTICLE 2: Shall the Town authorize the Selectboard to apply for and accept private, state, and federal grants, and to expend any monies received as set forth in the appropriate grant application, or take any other action related thereto?
ARTICLE 3: Shall the Town vote to allow town boards and commissions to appoint one of its members to a position under their supervision as allowed by MGL Chapter 268A, section 21A, or take any other action relative thereto?
ARTICLE 4: Shall the Town vote to allow the Selectboard to appoint one of its members to a position under their supervision as allowed by MGL Chapter 268A, section 21, or take any other action relative thereto?
ARTICLE 5: Shall the Town grant an ethics exemption under MGL Chapter 268A, section 20 to Selectboard member Brian Snell to be compensated for work as an education planner and teacher for Warwick School District and set compensation at up to $25 per hour, not to exceed $15,000 per fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2026; or take any other action relative thereto?
ARTICLE 6: Shall the Town accept the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 59, Section 5, Clause 41A: or take any other action relative thereto?
ARTICLE 7: Shall the Town vote, pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44 Section 53E½, to establish a revolving fund for the Fire Department, into which shall be deposited receipts from reimbursements and charges related to fire department responses and services, and to authorize the Fire Chief to expend monies from said fund for such purposes subject to an $8,000 spending limit with expenses limited to the amount of receipts collected or take any other action relative thereto?
ARTICLE 8: Shall the Town vote to establish a Revolving Fund, pursuant to MGL c. 44 §53E½, into which shall be deposited receipts from user fees and from which funds may be expended by the Selectboard for the after school and summer programs for children subject to a $10,000 spending limit with expenses limited to the amount of receipts collected or take any other action relative thereto under the authority of the Selectboard: or take any other action relative thereto?
ARTICLE 9: Shall the Town raise and appropriate $5,000 for After School and Summer programming for children; or take any other action related thereto?
ARTICLE 10: Shall the Town vote to authorize the following spending limits for the revolving funds for certain town departments under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44 Section 53E ½ for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, or take any action relative thereto:
A. Health Inspections – $2,000
B. Cemetery Burial Fund – $2,000
C. Public Hearings – $3,000
D. Plumbing and Gas Inspections – $4,000
E. Building Cleaning – $2,000
F. Forestry Committee – $5,000
G. Dog Fund – $2,000
H. Fire Inspections – $2,000
I. Planning Board Zoning Program – $2,000
J. Highway Machinery – $100,000
K. Electrical Inspections – $5,000
L. Field Driver – $2,000
M. Zoning Board of Appeals – $10,000
N. Tree Warden – $2,000
O. Recreation Committee – $5,000
P. Election – $1,500
Q. Senior Lunch – $20,000
R. Cafe – $6,000
S. Solar and Renewable Energy – $100,000
T. Police Detail Vehicle – $5,000
U. Police Detail – $200,000
V. Fire Department Response Revolving – $8,000
W. After School and Summer Revolving – $10,000
ARTICLE 11: Shall the Town raise and appropriate $3,287,292 to defray expenses, as estimated by the Selectboard and the Finance Committee for the Fiscal Year commencing July 1, 2026, for the purposes designated in the budget that is attached, or any other amounts for such purposes, which shall not exceed the amounts stated in the column designated “FY 2027 Recommended”?
This article shall also act to fix the salaries and compensation of elected officials as required by Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 41, Section 108.
Requested salaries and compensation for elected officials:
| Moderator $140 (1) | Selectboard $2400 (3) |
| Assessors $1500 (3) | Town Clerk/Webmaster $18234 (1) |
| Tree Warden $1264 (1) | Board of Health $1500 (3) |
| Cemetery Commission $600 (3) | School Committee $1000 (5) |
ARTICLE 12: Shall the Town appropriate $48,845 to operate the Transfer Station Enterprise Fund effective July 1, 2026, and that $25,300 be raised from taxation and $23,545 be raised from departmental receipts; or take any other action related thereto?
ARTICLE 13: Shall the Town appropriate $19,337 to fund accumulated deficit of the Transfer Station Enterprise Fund; or take any other action related thereto?
ARTICLE 14: Shall the Town appropriate $80,000 to operate the Broadband Enterprise Fund effective July 1, 2026, and that $80,000 be raised from departmental receipts; or take any other action related thereto?
ARTICLE 15: Shall the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000 to fund the Warwick Community School Improvement Account established by vote of the Annual Town Meeting held May 3, 2004; or take any other action related thereto?
ARTICLE 16: Shall the Town raise and appropriate $3,500 to audit town accounts; or take any other action related thereto?
ARTICLE 17: Shall the Town raise and appropriate $3500 to the Landfill Monitoring Fund established May 4, 2015, to pay for post closure monitoring at Warwick’s former landfill; or take any other action related thereto?
ARTICLE 18: Shall the Town raise and appropriate $800 to Household Hazardous Waste expense; or take any other action related thereto?
ARTICLE 19: Shall the town raise and appropriate $5,000 to account 01-951-5700-201803 the Environmental Cleanup Fund, or take any other action related thereto?
ARTICLE 20: Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate $9716.99 and approve payment of prior fiscal year bills totaling this amount, with such bills consisting of the following departmental amounts: Highway $9,558.99; Fire $115.85; Police $22.15; and Street Lights $20.00; or take any other action relative thereto? (90% vote required)
ARTICLE 21: Shall the Town vote to approve payment of prior fiscal year bills totaling $392.81 from Broadband Certified Free Cash; or take any other action relative thereto? (90% vote required)
ARTICLE 22: Shall the Town raise and appropriate $87,257 to fund the FY2026 snow and ice deficit: or take any other action relative thereto?
ARTICLE 23: Shall the Town appropriate free cash in the amount of $252,688 to reduce the tax levy: or take any other action relative thereto?
ARTICLE 24: Shall the Town appropriate unrestricted CDBG grant funds in the amount of $30,000 to reduce the tax levy: or take any other action relative thereto?
ARTICLE 25: Shall the Town appropriate from Stabilization Fund $30,000 to prevent an override: or take other action relative thereto? (Two thirds vote required)
ARTICLE 26: Shall the Town appropriate from Stabilization Fund $133,000 to reduce the tax levy: or take other action relative thereto? (Two thirds vote required)
ARTICLE 27: Shall the Town approve amending the Zoning Bylaws as follows:
FOUR.B.2. A second Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) beyond the first by-right ADU is allowed by Special Permit on lots that include at least two acres of buildable land, except a lesser amount is allowed under the provisions of Section 6.E.1, Conservation Development. No more than two ADUs are allowed on a lot.
FOUR.B.3 DELETE
FOUR.G. A single Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) is allowed by-right on any lot. “Accessory Dwelling Unit” is defined in Section Eleven. The size of the ADU shall not exceed 900 square feet. Use of all dwelling units (the main dwelling unit and all ADUs) for simultaneous short-term rentals (as defined in M.G.L. c. 64G) is prohibited. ADUs must have a separate entrance, either directly outside or through a shared hall. ADUs must include sleeping, cooking, and sanitary facilities. Adequate off-street parking shall be provided (defined as at least one additional parking space per ADU). The setback and height requirements for ADUs are the same as for other dwelling units (see FOUR.D). Nothing in this bylaw is intended to supersede state health and safety laws and regulations, such as, but not limited to the Building Code, Fire Code, M.G.L. c. 111, § 189A: Massachusetts Lead Law, or any federal laws.
ELEVEN. ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (ADU): An additional dwelling unit in an existing dwelling or in a new or existing structure accessory to a dwelling. , or take other action relative thereto?
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with our doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hand this 27st day of April 2026
Keith Ross
Brian Snell
Alan Genovese