November Town Meeting starts tonight at 7:30PM and is currently scheduled to run for approximately two to four additional days. We’ve updated our Town Meeting member list here: https://www.readingrecap.com/town-meeting to reflect the latest election results of newly appointed and re-appointed members.
Below is a quick guide you can check out that lists all the warrant items in order and here is the complete warrant book compressed from the town that was used to create the articles below: November 2025 Warrant
Article 1
To hear and act on the reports of the Select Board, School Committee, Library Trustees, Municipal Light Board, Finance Committee, Bylaw Committee, Town Manager, Town Accountant and any other Town Official, Board or Committee.
Article 2
To choose all other necessary Town Officers and Boards or Committees and determine what instructions shall be given to Town Officers and Boards or Committees, and to see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, for the purpose of funding Town Officers and Boards or Committees to carry out the instructions given to them, or take any other action with respect thereto.
Article 3
To see if the Town will vote to amend the FY 2026-36 Capital Improvements Program as provided for in Section 7-7 of the Reading Home Rule Charter and as previously amended, or take any other action with respect thereto.
Article 4
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town’s Operating Budget for the Fiscal Year commencing July 1, 2025, as adopted under Article 11 of the Annual Town Meeting of April 28, 2025; and to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer from available funds, or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money to be added to the amounts appropriated under said Article, as amended, for the operation of the Town and its government, or take any other action with respect thereto.
Article 5
To see if the Town will vote to rescind, reallocate, and transfer $198,681.73 or any other sum of money, from previously approved appropriations, for the purpose of paying any and all costs associated with certain projects, as itemized and described below:
Article 6
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriately transfer from available funds, borrow or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money to pay bills remaining unpaid from prior fiscal years for goods and services actually rendered to the Town, or take any other action with respect thereto.
Article 7
To see if the Town will vote to adopt G.L. c. 60 § 3F, which authorizes the Town to designate a place on municipal property tax bills or motor vehicle excise bills or mail with such bills a separate form whereby taxpayers may voluntarily check off, donate and pledge an amount of money which shall increase the amount already due to establish to fund a municipal veterans assistance fund, or to take any other action with respect thereto.
Article 8
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Reading Home Rule Charter as follows, with text to be inserted shown as bold, italicized, and underline, and text to be deleted shown with a strikethrough, subject to approval by the voters at an election:
Article 9
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board, on its behalf, to petition the General Court for passage of a special law substantially as provided below. The Legislature may make clerical or editorial changes in form only to the bill, unless the Select Board approves amendments to the bill before enactment by the Legislature. The Select Board is hereby authorized to approve amendments that shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of this petition.
Article 10
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, borrow or otherwise provide $50,000 or any other sum or sums of money for removal of invasive plant species from the Town Forest; or take any other action with respect thereto.
Article 11
To see if the Town will vote to adopt a bylaw regulating the clearing of public sidewalks by (1) inserting a new Article 8.15 into the Town’s General Bylaw, as follows:
