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LIST OF TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED

(For updates to this notice, please see www.townhall.westwood.ma.us)

1. Call to Order: Grant Permission to Westwood Media Center and anyone else who wishes to record the meeting.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Member Roll-Call
4. Chair’s Update
5. New Business –
   1. Planning Board Presentation – Chair, Ellen Rollings, Nora Loughnane, Director of Community and Economic Development, Amanda Wolfe, Housing & Land Use Planner
6. Public Hearing on Warrant Articles for February 2, 2026 Special Town Meeting
   1. Petition Article 1 - To see if the Town will vote to recommend that the Select Board, Town Counsel, or any duly authorized Town official or employee immediately withdraw, discontinue, and cease further pursuit of the Town’s current lawsuit against the Westwood Land Trust;
   2. Petition Article 2 - To see if the Town will vote to prohibit the expenditure of any Town funds, from any source, in furtherance of said litigation;
   3. Petition Article 3 - To see if the Town will vote to require a full public accounting of all Town funds spent to date in furtherance of said litigation; and
   4. Petition Article 4 - To see if the Town will vote to recommend that no member of the Select Board, Town Counsel, or any Town official or employee initiate, pursue, fund, or engage in any further legal, administrative, or strategic action related to this matter, or take any other action relative thereto, without first holding an open, in-person public meeting where Town residents may speak and be heard.

       

7. Finance Commission Questions and Comments on Special Town Meeting Warrant Articles
8. Public / Press Questions and Comments
9. FINANCE COMMISSION DELIBERATES AND VOTES ON 2026 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT ARTICLES RECOMMENDATIONS WITH ROLL CALL
10. Regular Meeting Minutes – December 2, 2025
11. Other business that may properly come before the board – Member Discussion: Topics of Interest, Priorities for future meetings.
12. Next Meeting – January 27, 2026
13. Adjournment

NOTE: Per changes to Open Meeting Law, effective July 1, 2010, notice of any meeting of public body shall include “A listing of topics that the chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting”. Topics must give enough specificity so that the public understands what will be discussed, but not necessarily all items that may come up. Please list those topics above.