Town Meeting approves multifamily overlay 194-81
Rehoboth Town Meeting approved a multifamily overlay district 194-81 and created a $500,000 PFAS reserve. Voters adopted the MBTA Communities zone after Town Counsel Jay Taleman said the state was suing non-compliant towns and had sought a special master. A motion to end debate passed 184-90.
Town Meeting · Meeting of June 2, 2026
Rehoboth Town Meeting approved a multifamily overlay district 194-81 and created a $500,000 PFAS reserve. Voters adopted the MBTA Communities zone after Town Counsel Jay Taleman said the state was suing non-compliant towns and had sought a special master. A motion to end debate passed 184-90.
Interim Finance Director Sue Pimentel called PFAS cleanup "not a need, it is a must," and the stabilization account passed 254-28. Voters also approved a $15,093,790 town budget, a $24,312,073 regional school assessment, $477,199 for the snow deficit and a 79-45 ban on cryptocurrency ATMs.
In the full story:
- Opening and procedure
- Water District report
- Consent agenda and the town budget
- PFAS remediation, Articles 13 to 15
- Snow deficit, fire panel, housing and reserves
- Revolving fund, firefighters and liquor licenses
- Article 23: multifamily overlay district
- Remaining bylaw articles
- Who Was There
- Organizations And Documents Referenced
- The complete report: 1,916 words
Source: the Town Meeting meeting of June 2, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.
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