What To Know About Westborough Town Meeting 2023 Saturday

WESTBOROUGH, MA — Westborough's annual spring Town Meeting will be held Saturday at the high school, with meeting members set to vote on everything from starting the Boston-Worcester Airline Trail to basics like the town budget.

The meeting begins at 9 a.m. at Westborough High School and will likely last all day. The town will provide free transportation via the Council on Aging (call (508) 366-3000), babysitting by high school students — and the school cafeteria will be open for members to buy dinner.

What's on this spring's warrant? Here's a preview of some of the more salient items.

Library renovations — Town Meeting shot down a $36 million library expansion at a special meeting in December. An article up for a vote on Saturday would put about $360,000 toward studying and designing library renovations.

New town website — Town Meeting will decide whether to spend $50,000 to create a new town website. It's unclear when the last time the town website got a refresh, but the logo at the top dates to the town's 300th birthday in 2017.

Boston-Worcester Airline Trail — Town Meeting will vote on spending $110,000 from the free cash fund to design the BWALT. The other 80 percent of the cost would come from a state grant the town is pursuing.

Downtown flashing crosswalk — The members will consider spending $14,000 to put a flashing crosswalk near the downtown rotary. There's a crosswalk there now, but a driver hit a 12-year-old boy in the busy intersection earlier this year.

Community Preservation Committee — After voters approved adopting the Community Preservation Act last year, Town Meeting now has to form the committee that will approve projects with the new pot of money.

You can find the full warrant here.