Analysis: Town and Schools
Capital Planning Committee
Posted since 2010: 180 agendas, 75 sets of minutes, 55 recordings, 27 meetings with our minutes and 156 votes on the record. All boards.
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The goal of the Capital Planning Committee is to provide a means of planning for necessary expenditures for maintenance, equipment, and/ or improvements of the capital assets and infrastructure of the Town of Lunenburg.
The rest of what the town says about it (295 more words)
The Capital Planning Committee shall research, study and advise the Selectmen and Finance Committee of the requests for short and long-range capital purchases for the Town. The Committee shall be charged with facilitating the coordination between community objectives, capital needs, and fiscal capacity. The Committee will help the Town to understand the tax impact of the capital expenditures and consider the relative need, timing, and cost of each capital expenditure. The Committee shall consider all written requests and make recommendations. The Committee shall provide a written report to assist the Selectmen and Finance Committee in keeping the community informed about the Town's future anticipated needs and projects that will be voted on at the Annual Town Meeting.
The Capital Planning Committee receives its authorization from Article 27 of the Town's Bylaws which states, "There shall be a Capital Planning Committee. That Committee shall consist of five members to be appointed as follows: One member each designated by the Financial Committee, the Select Board, the School Committee, and the Planning Board, and a fifth member chosen at large by the Town Moderator. Each member shall be appointed for a term of three years, said terms staggered so that nearly an equal number of members shall be appointed each year. The Capital Planning Committee shall establish and update a comprehensive capital plan.
The committee shall at least annually provide its materials to the Chief Administrative and Financial Officer so that the Chief Administrative and Financial Officer will meet the obligations of the Office set forth in Section 6-6 (sic) of the Lunenburg Town Charter. The Capital Planning Committee shall be responsible for providing a complete inventory of town property, real and personal, including school property, in conjunction with the Chief Administrative and Financial Officer. (ATM 5/05/07, Art.21)
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0% minutes posted, FY26 (0 of 9) · 100% on YouTube, FY26 (9 of 9) · compared
How the Capital Planning Committee compares with the other boards →
Annual report: filed in 8 of the 14 years the town has asked, FY2015–FY2023. The town’s own words, off the contents page of each annual report.
Finance: the 8 accounts the Capital Planning Committee owns, 7 of them funds →
The people: 3 named in Capital Planning Committee in FY2025, across 12 years of charts →
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Upcoming meetings
Nothing on the calendar for a future date. The site was last updated 2026-10-10; a meeting noticed since then appears when it is next built, and one that has already happened moves to recent meetings by itself.
Recent meetings
The last 15 dates this board met, by today’s date rather than the day the site was built — so a meeting moves here on its own. For a program, every agenda and set of minutes as one text file: /minutes/capital-planning-committee.txt.
Votes, newest first
From the town’s minutes (75 of 75 sets read) and our minutes of the recordings (27), joined per meeting: 32 substantive, 124 procedural (accepting minutes, adjourning). Where both records have a vote the town’s wording stands; none disagree on the outcome.
| date | motion | outcome | record | check it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30 2026 | Recommend approval of the town manager's proposed FY27 capital plan as presented — moved by unnamed ("So moved") | passed, roll call all "I" (Nolo, Brener, Bowen, Manard, chair) - unanimous | the recording only | video 30:47 · ours |
| Dec 17 2025 | Recommend the capital request order-of-merit ranking as displayed on the shared screen — moved by a committee member | passed | the recording only | video 40:09 · ours |
| Sep 3 2025 | Nominate Peter Beardmore as chair — moved by Mr. Brener | passed | the recording only | video 6:05 · ours |
| Sep 3 2025 | Nominate Rob Bowen as vice chair — moved by Mr. Brener | passed | the recording only | video 6:49 · ours |
| Sep 3 2025 | Nominate Chris Manard as clerk — moved by Mr. Nulo | passed | the recording only | video 7:39 · ours |
| Dec 16 2024 | Adopt the capital ranking list based on the averages as presented, with a note to the town manager that items may be bumped down to fit more items. — moved by unclear member | passed 5-0 by roll call (Alonzo, Bowen, brener, Menard aye, chair aye) | the recording only | video 20:18 · ours |
| Jul 10 2024 | Nominate Peter beer as chair | not audible | the recording only | video 6:45 · ours |
| Jul 10 2024 | Appoint a member as clerk | not audible | the recording only | video 9:13 · ours |
| Dec 21 2023 | Approve the final capital request rankings as presented, after correcting the duplicated rank. | passed unanimously (voice vote, no opposition) | the recording only | video 58:19 · ours |
| Aug 30 2023 | Nominate Tom Alonso as chair | passed (aye voices, chair-nominee abstained) | the recording only | video 79:06 · ours |
| Aug 30 2023 | Elect vice chair | passed (ayes, no opposed heard) | the recording only | video 79:50 · ours |
| Aug 30 2023 | Elect clerk (nominated member accepted, seconded) | passed (ayes, no opposed heard) | the recording only | video 80:53 · ours |
| Jan 26 2016 | Shift the asbestos abatement for Turkey Hill School to priority 11, ahead of the all-terrain vehicle request — moved by Dennis M.“dennis m. made a motion to shift the asbestos abatement for turkey hill school to priority 11, ahead of the all-terrain vehicle request. matt a, seconded the motion. the committee approved the motion by a vote of 5-0.” | passed 5-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Jan 12 2016 | Append John Londa's email to the asbestos abatement request — moved by Dennis Mannone“dennis made a motion to append john londa's email to the asbestos abatement request. john seconded the motion. the committee approved the motion 5-0.” | passed 5-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Sep 8 2015 | approve an additional $447 for the radar trailer purchase — moved by John“john made a motion that the capital planning committee approve that the town spend an additional $447 to make up the difference for the purchase of the radar trailer; heather seconded the motion and the cpc approved the motion 5-0.” | passed 5-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Mar 31 2015 | take funding for painting the Town Hall out of the recommended FY16 Capital Plan — moved by John“john moved to take funding for painting the town hall out of the recommended fy16 capital plan. heather seconded the motion. the cpc voted 4-0 to approve this motion.” | passed 4-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Mar 31 2015 | reallocate the $40,000 that had been allocated to paint the Town Hall to fund upgrading the network for the schools and the speed sign for the police department — moved by Heather“heather made a motion to reallocate the $40,000 that had been allocated to paint the town hail to fund upgrading the network for the schools and the speed sign for the police department. john seconded the motion and the committee approved the motion 4-0.” | passed 4-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Mar 31 2015 | apply any unspent monies to the street sweeper and/or dump truck to reduce debt service costs — moved by Heather“heather made a motion to apply any unspent monies to the street sweeper and/or dump truck to reduce debt service costs. dennis seconded the motion and the committee voted 4-0 to approve the motion.” | passed 4-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Jan 13 2015 | Raise the priority of $34,000 for upgraded technology for Town Departments from priority 11 to priority 9 — moved by John Henshaw“john moved to raise the priority of $34,000 for upgraded technology for town departments from 11 to priority 9. joanna seconded his motion. this would dramatically increase the probability that the upgrade to town technology is funded. the motion was approved 5-0.” | passed 5-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Jan 13 2015 | Recommend that the Town fund the ten highest priority capital items with a total estimated cost of $1,028,778, and recommend the Town Manager consider borrowing to pay for capital purchases of $100,000 or more (dump truck, backhoe, and street sweeper) — moved by Jamie Toale“jamie moved that the cpc recommend that the town fund the ten highest priority items with a total estimated cost of $1,028,778, and that the cpc recommend the town manager consider borrowing to pay for one, two or all three of the capital purchases that cost $100,000 or more the dump truck, the backhoe, and the street sweeper. heather seconded his motion and the committee voted 5-0 in favor.” | passed 5-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Nov 18 2014 | The Sewer Commission could include any of their requests for technology equipment purchases in the Technology capital request plan, with the Sewer Commission reimbursing the Town for the cost of these purchases upon delivery — moved by John“john moved that "the sewer commission could include any of their requests for technology equipment purchases in the technology capital request plan. however, the sewer commission will reimburse the town for the cost of these purchases upon delivery to the commission." dennis seconded the motion. the capital planning committee voted 4-0 in favor of this motion.” | passed 4-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Nov 4 2014 | Include Dennis statement of goals followed by Joanna's description of procedures on the Capital Planning Committee website — moved by Heather“heather moved that the web site include dennis statement of goals, followed by joanna's description of procedures. dennis seconded her motion, and the committee approved the motion 5-0.” | passed 5-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Aug 14 2013 | support Chief Sullivan's request to use the balance of the FY14 Capital Line for protective gear to purchase 10-12 sets of firefighting turnout gear“the capital planning committee voted to support chief sullivan's request to use the balance of the fy14 capital line for protective gear to purchase 10 - 12 sets of firefighting turnout gear.” | not stated | the minutes | the minutes |
| Feb 7 2013 | Delete the Townsend Harbor Rd & Mulpus Rd Intersection reconfiguration and Lancaster Ave & Goodrich St 4-way Flasher requests from the FY2014 Plan“unanimous vote to delete both requests from plan at a total of $65,000, with the stipulation of future consideration.” | passed 5-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Feb 7 2013 | Approve chimney repair for Town Hall at $18,500 for FY2014 as first priority“first priority is the chimney at $18,500 for fy2014. unanimous vote.” | passed 5-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Feb 7 2013 | Approve Interceptor at $45,000“unanimous vote for interceptor at $45,000.” | passed 5-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Feb 7 2013 | Remove DPW Pickup with Plow from FY14 Plan — moved by Mr. Raboin“motion, mr. raboin, to vote on removing dpw pickup with plow from fy14 plan, second, ms. shapiro, mr. raboin, aye; mr. mannone jr., aye; mr. sund, aye; ms. shapiro, aye; ms. benson, nay.” | passed 4-1 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Feb 7 2013 | Approve demolition of Holman St Cemetery Building and West Street Park Building with amended amount of $15,000 — moved by Ms. Shapiro“motion, ms. shapiro for demolition of holman st cemetery building and west street park building with an amended amount of $15,000, second, mr. raboin. vote taken, ms. shapiro, aye; mr. raboin, aye; mr. sund, aye; ms. benson, aye; mr. mannone jr., nay.” | passed 4-1 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Feb 7 2013 | Approve HVAC controls at $41,400 to remain on Plan — moved by Mr. Mannone Jr.“motion, mr. mannone jr., for yea/nay vote on the hvac controls at $41,400. vote taken, unanimous vote to remain on plan.” | passed 5-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Feb 7 2013 | Amend School Technology to $55,000 — moved by Mr. Sund“motion, mr. sund to amend school technology to $55,000, second, mr. raboin, all aye.” | passed 5-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Feb 7 2013 | Amend Town Technology to $45,000 — moved by Mr. Sund“motion, mr. sund, to amend town technology to $45,000, second, ms. shapiro, all aye.” | passed 5-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Jan 30 2013 | the Capital Planning Committee recommends the Utility Vehicle for the patrol car — moved by Carl Sund“mr. sund made motion that the capital planning committee recommends the utility vehicle for the patrol car, second, mr. raboin. all aye.” | passed | the minutes | the minutes |
The town’s minutes are the record: a vote from them carries the minutes’ own words, checked verbatim. A vote from the recording only was written by a language model from machine captions — a motion as heard, and “not audible” a finding about the recording — and links to the second in the video. Both records are read as they arrive and joined here, whichever came first.
Time tracking
41.1 h of discussion across the 28 recorded meetings we have minutes for, by topic. A topic can overlap another, so the shares can sum past 100%.
Budget schedule
Measured from this board’s own posted agendas over the last 3 budget cycles (July to June): the dates each subject appeared. The “expect” column is the typical first and last date across those cycles — a scheduled subject, not a decision.
| subject | expect | FY23 | FY26 | FY27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town Meeting | Jan 29 → Mar 20 | Oct 20 | Jan 29, Mar 20 | Apr 30 |
| warrant articles | Jan 29 → Mar 20 | — | Jan 29, Mar 20 | — |
A cycle is named for the fiscal year it builds: FY27 is the budget being built now. Read off the agenda text with a word search, so a subject named differently on an agenda is missed and one mentioned in passing is counted.
As of 2026-10-10.