Appropriation Committee – Did You Know?

Appropriation Committee – Did You Know?

Committee Size:  5 members Term Length: 3 years Meeting Schedule: Typically once a week on Thursdays in the spring leading up to Town Meeting. The rest of the year is typically once a month. Description: There shall be an Appropriation Committee of five registered voters 

Town Meeting Results 2021

Town Meeting Results 2021

Read the Town Meeting Warrant 2021 (44 articles) Read the Special Town Meeting Warrant 2021 (2 articles) Note: Most Votes require a Simple Majority unless otherwise noted below. Special Town Meeting 2021 ARTICLE: 1 Senior Citizens Means Tested Property Tax Exemption Sponsor: Board of Assessors 

List of Articles with Links & Details

List of Articles with Links & Details

Read the Town Meeting Warrant 2021 (44 articles) Read the Special Town Meeting Warrant 2021 (2 articles) Note: Most Votes require a Simple Majority unless otherwise noted below. Reports ARTICLE: 1 Acceptance of Town Reports Sponsor: Town Manager FINANCIAL – FISCAL YEAR 2021 ARTICLE: 2 

Town Meeting 2021 Reference Documents

Town Meeting 2021 Reference Documents

FY22 Budget Policy Statement and Budget Timeline including 2021 Town Meeting Timeline FY22 Budget White Paper FY22 Comprehensive Budget Submitted to Appropriation Committee (2021-03-16) 2021 Hopkinton Annual Town Meeting Warrant (44 articles) 2021 Hopkinton Annual Town Meeting Motions Document Final [4-28-21] (more detailed than the warrant) 2021 

Know Your Vote – Monday, May 3 at 7:00 PM (virtual event)

Know Your Vote – Monday, May 3 at 7:00 PM (virtual event)

eHop will hold its 9th Annual Know Your Vote forum on Monday, May 3, 7-9 pm.  This will be a virtual forum broadcast live on HCAM-TV and YouTube (https://youtu.be/TSpVpg2gzkw). This is a unique opportunity to get the answers you need from town officials before Town 

Stakeholder Concerns and Challenges surrounding Solar By-Laws in Hopkinton

Stakeholder Concerns and Challenges surrounding Solar By-Laws in Hopkinton

Here’s a quick summary of concerns that residents, land owners, town officials and abutters in Hopkinton have been voicing over more than the last couple of years. To get an understanding of the timeline of actions and events that happened since 2017, please also see 

Commercial Solar Bylaw – The Whole Story

Commercial Solar Bylaw – The Whole Story

The issue of ground-mounted photovoltaic commercial solar overlay in Hopkinton has been a source of a long and contentious debate for over a couple of years now. The following visual story is broken down by timeline and lays out all events, actions and plans pertaining 

Town Meeting Results 2020 (unofficial)

Town Meeting Results 2020 (unofficial)

Read the Town Meeting Warrant 2020 Brendan Tedstone (Select Board Chair) moves to run Town Meeting to its completion today. PASSED Ann Karnofsky moves to consider articles 19 & 20 first. PASSED – 133 YES – 57 NO FINANCIAL – FISCAL YEAR 2020 ARTICLE: 1 

Midweek Roundup – Town Meeting 2020 Edition

Midweek Roundup – Town Meeting 2020 Edition

Annual Town Meeting 2020 Begins Saturday September 12 at 9:30 AM and will be held outside at Hopkinton High School.  (Note: Town Meeting is typically the first Monday in May, but was delayed this year due to COVID-19.) 2020 Annual Town Meeting Warrant Annual Town 

Know Your Vote 2020: Quarantine Edition

Know Your Vote 2020: Quarantine Edition

eHop sits down with town officials and gets answers to questions about how Town Meeting will be run and the Warrant Articles. Available on HCAM’s YouTube Channel.

List of Articles with Links & Details

List of Articles with Links & Details

Read the Town Meeting Warrant 2020 FINANCIAL – FISCAL YEAR 2020 ARTICLE: 1 FY 2020 Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers Sponsor: Town Manager Transfer the sum of $62,000 from Certified Free Cash to supplement the FY2020 Snow and Ice Control Operating Budgets, $151,054  from Certified Free 

Zoning Articles Proposed for 2020 Annual Town Meeting

Zoning Articles Proposed for 2020 Annual Town Meeting

Eight proposed zoning changes have been submitted into the 2020 annual town meeting warrant. The Planning Board is required by law to hold a public hearing on every zoning bylaw and zoning map change. The draft language of the Planning Board’s articles may be modified