Special Town Meeting – Save the Date
The Hopkinton Select Board has called for a Special Town Meeting to be held at 7:00 PM on Monday, October 26, 2026. The warrant will open on Monday, August 17, 2026. All articles proposed to be included in the special town meeting warrant must be received by the Town Manager’s Office no later than Friday, August 28, 2026. Articles may be submitted via email as a shared Google Doc, Microsoft Word or PDF format, to ldelpriore@hopkintonma.gov, or on paper by mail or delivery to Town Manager’s Office, 18 Main St., Hopkinton MA 01748.
Anticipated articles on the warrant include recommendations on changes to the Hopkinton Town Charter put forth by the Charter Review Committee, some financial articles put forth by the town after the certification of FY26 fiscal year, as well as 19 Citizen Petitions put forth by Hopkinton resident, Parker Happ.
- Charter Review Committee website
- Charter Review Committee Public Google Drive
- Charter View Committee Draft Amendments
- Read Resident plans to propose 19 citizen petitions for STM by Nick Schofield, Hopkinton Independent
- Read the full text of the 19 Citizen Petitions
- More information about any financial articles is anticipated at the next Select Board Meeting on September 8.
eHop Video Guide to Citizen’s Petitions
For information on citizen petitions, please see the Guide for Citizen Petitioners on the Town’s website (https://www.hopkintonma.gov/) under the Town Manager & Select Board page.
Stay tuned for more details…