Selectmen Set 29-Article Town Meeting Warrant

Board of Selectmen · Meeting of May 18, 2026

Holden selectmen voted to open, set and close the warrant for the 2026 Annual Town Meeting. The 29-article warrant, reordered at the Finance Committee's request to bundle routine items, includes a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes deal for a proposed solar array and a bylaw allowing "consent agenda" votes at town meeting. The board also approved a farmer's market distillery license for Spicy Water Distillery LLC, represented by owner Barry Bacon, after Selectman Will Holmes could not be heard over a Zoom connection and was ruled unable to vote.

Garden Club member Nancy Riggs updated the board on a Blue and Gold Star memorial, with fundraising due to wrap by the end of June and a dinner fundraiser set for August 22. The chair donated her $1,150 stipend to senior center programming, abstaining on the vote.

In the full story:

• The Full Story
• [00:14:19] — Town Manager
• [00:08:29] — Nancy Riggs, Garden Club
• [00:00:47] — Chair, Board of Selectmen
• Why It Matters
• Key Motions & Votes
• Source
• Holden's community access TV: Board of Selectmen meeting, May 18, 2026
• The complete report: 906 words

Source: the Board of Selectmen meeting of May 18, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.