Select Board OKs new Chapter 90 tracking process

Select Board · Meeting of October 13, 2026

Needham's Select Board got a clean fiscal 2025 audit opinion Tuesday, despite a repeat finding on delayed cash reconciliations. CBIZ CPAs shareholder Rebecca Gamsby reported a net pension liability of $63.7 million, 80 percent funded, and a net OPEB liability of $59.3 million. The board voted 4-1 to use Chapter 90 state road funds for a new townwide sidewalk condition inventory and unanimously backed letters supporting the MWRA's $1.29 billion regional sewer overflow plan.

Members also voted to offer a floor amendment narrowing the town's tree protection bylaw ahead of Monday's special town meeting, after a motion to withdraw the article for more study failed for lack of a second. Resident Holly Clark told the board she felt the town's Pollard tax calculator was engaging in "a little bit of hide the ball" by adding an average-cost display.

In the full story:

• Public Comment: Appointments Process and Tax Calculator Transparency
• Eversource Grants of Location
• Select Board Appointments Process
• Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Audit
• Town-Wide Mailers
• Quiet Zone Update
• Chapter 90 Funding Process and Sidewalk Assessment
• MWRA Draft Combined Sewer Overflow Control Plan
• Purchase and Sale of Secondhand Goods Policy
• Special Town Meeting Preview: Pollard Geothermal Wells and Tree Bylaw Amendment
• Town Manager Report and Committee Reports
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 3,816 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of October 13, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

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