Weymouth Town Council Opens Hearings on $190 Million FY2023 Budget

WEYMOUTH — May 16, 2022 — Weymouth's Town Council opened public hearings Monday on a $190.3 million FY2023 operating budget and unanimously confirmed a Board of Health appointment. Chief of Staff Ted Langell told the council the proposed annual appropriation of $190,306,660 represents a 3.6 percent increase over the current year, driven largely by $5.3 million in new tax-levy revenue; the school department was fully funded at just over $81 million, a 3.9 percent increase. Mayor Robert Hedlund disclosed a feasibility study, backed by a $350,000 state legislative earmark from Representative Mariano, is underway to evaluate connecting Weymouth to the MWRA water system, with a $40 million connection fee potentially waivable. The council confirmed Gary Peters of 34 Bluff Road to the Board of Health for a three-year term expiring June 30, 2025, filling the vacancy left by Peter Butler's resignation. Four major collective bargaining agreements — covering teachers, police, firefighters, and DPW — remain unsettled, meaning the actual budget increase will exceed the advertised 3.6 percent figure.