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Select Board Accepts Financial Disclosures in Overlay Discussion

November 6, 2025
With conversations on the Belmont Center Overlay moving forward, the Select Board has accepted two financial disclosures from members of the Planning Board—both out of an “abundance of caution,” according to Select Board Chair Matt Taylor. The disclosures for Rui “Renee” Guo…

Select Board Notes, Sept. 29, 2025

October 3, 2025
Contract Awarded for Town Fields Improvements The Select Board approved a three-year contract with Tom Irwin Inc. for work related to the improvement and maintenance of the town’s playing fields. Over the course of three years, beginning this fall and concluding on…

Districts Could Reinvest Belmont Parking Revenue

October 2, 2025
Every year, hundreds of thousands of dollars in parking revenue, a majority of which comes from fines, is funneled into the town’s General Fund to be spent in various ways around town — sometimes in ways that may not be immediately visible…

Overlay Discussion Pushed to Winter Town Meeting

September 25, 2025
Town officials have withdrawn the proposed Belmont Center overlay from the October special Town Meeting warrant and will instead present it at a special Town Meeting scheduled for winter 2026. “This decision is primarily due to the delayed completion of the parking…

Town Sued Over Permit Delays Tied to Unpaid Cleanup Bill

September 24, 2025
The town could potentially be on the hook for compensatory damages related to a lawsuit filed in July by a contractor seeking permits that Belmont officials have denied because he allegedly owes the town nearly $30,000. The Select Board met Monday night…
Downtown on a winter afternoon.

Debate Grows Over Fiscal Impact of Belmont Center Overlay Plan

September 12, 2025
The Select Board expressed support Monday night for the fiscal analysis model the town is using as its basis for understanding the potential impact of the Belmont Center zoning overlay coming before Town Meeting this fall. “Some of this is really uncertain,…

Select Board Notes, Aug. 25, 2025

August 27, 2025
Town Administrator Patrice Garvin announced that Assistant Town Administrator and Finance Director Jennifer Hewitt has resigned. According to Garvin, Hewitt has been in Belmont for three years. Hewitt has taken a role at the state’s Group Insurance Commission. Her last day is…

Compromise Retains Viglirolo Name

August 26, 2025
The new skating rink will be called the Belmont Sports Complex, home of the Skip Viglirolo skating rink, a compromise solution approved by the Select Board Monday night. The 3-0 vote came after more than an hour of discussion, which followed months…
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