Town Council funds Wildwood upkeep 10-0

Select Board · Meeting of August 17, 2026

Amherst Town Council voted 10-0 to fund Wildwood School upkeep for fiscal year 2027. Councilors approved orders FY27-04C and FY27-05B, a supplemental operating appropriation and a $50,000 capital appropriation drawn from available school excess capital funding. The Finance Committee had backed both 7-0 earlier Monday.

The Recreation Department moved to the Bangs Center instead, but staff said Wildwood is still wanted for storage, gym use and possible DPW swing space. Staff said they have no figure for a shutdown, and that the heating system is a concern after about one year offline. A question read at the committee put the revised total at $193,000 including capital.

Councilors also took a first read of the Article 18 clean energy bylaw, with a second read slated for Sept. 14.

In the full story:

• AMHERST — August 17, 2026 —
• Three meetings in one evening
• Public forum on appropriations
• Finance Committee special meeting: Wildwood
• Regular meeting: public comment and consent
• Wildwood votes
• Article 18: clean energy infrastructure bylaw, first read
• Committee reports and president's report
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,687 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of August 17, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.