Plainville Town Meeting Passes $45.7 Million Fiscal 2027 Budget by Majority
Plainville Town Meeting approved a $45,759,691 fiscal year 2027 operating budget on May 21, passing by majority with three votes in opposition.
Town Meeting Rejects Bid to Expand Plainville Select Board to Five Members
Plainville Town Meeting rejected a charter-change petition to expand the Select Board from three to five members, 70 votes against to 28 in favor — well short of the two-thirds supermajority required.
Board approves spring tax abatements, denies exemption
Plainville Board of Assessors unanimously approves spring property tax abatements, denies exemption. The board voted to approve two motor vehicle excise (MVX) abatements totaling $1,158.92 — a March correction of $226.42 and an April abatement of $932.50 — and voted to deny a $1,000 Veterans 41C
Select Board Appoints Two Parents to Interim School Committee Seats
Select Board fills two school committee vacancies with interim appointments. At a joint meeting with the School Committee on May 11, the board appointed parents Catherine Stoddard, a district coach with prior strategic planning experience, and Victoria Lown, an assistant controller with special
Committee plans May volunteer events, approves supply spending
Keep Plainville Beautiful Committee approves spending for headstone cleaning, coordinates spring events. The committee, led by Chair Lou LeBlanc, approved spending of $50 to support a May 24th headstone cleaning workshop sponsored by the Historical Commission at the town-owned cemetery on West