Select Board approves snowplow and parking fee increases

Select Board · Meeting of October 6, 2026

Walpole's Select Board raised snowplow contractor rates and bumped the stadium event parking fee from $7 to $10 per space. All four members present voted 4-0 to approve the plow rates after a presenter said three contractors left in a year and a five-town survey found Walpole low on larger equipment. Director of Administrative Services Aoife Kelly said the fee, never raised before, covers seven commercial and 41 residential lots, and Foxborough recently moved to $10.

The board also released $5,303.04 in perpetual care funds for a Rural Cemetery fence, promoted Ian Tolland to lieutenant and Michelle O'Neil to sergeant, and approved moving Walpole Discount Beer & Wine to 1391 Main Street. Town Administrator Jim said the MWRA's sewer overflow plan would cost Walpole $18 million over 44 years.

In the full story:

• Meeting Opening
• Public Hearing: Walpole Discount Beer & Wine Change of Location
• Assessors' Update on the Classification Hearing
• Police Department Promotions
• Snowplow Rates
• Rural Cemetery Fence: Perpetual Care Funds
• Parking Lot and Stadium Event Parking Fee
• Norwood Hospital Letter of Support
• Consent Agenda and Minutes
• Town Administrator's Update
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,754 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of October 6, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

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