Boston Globe 3/6/11: Wayland override would pay for new fields, updated technology at schools. Wayland residents will be asked to borrow $880,000 this year to build new grass playing fields and update technology in the schools, but the projects won’t increase their tax bills. Town officials said that property tax bills taxes will go down by an average of $20 even if the borrowing request is approved. The Board of Selectmen voted Monday night to approve placing a debt-exclusion override question on this spring’s ballot. The question asks residents to support borrowing $880,000 over an eight-year period to pay for two all-purpose athletic fields at the middle school, a feasibility study for playing fields at other recreational sites in town, and technology in the schools including laptops and servers, said Town Administrator Fred Turkington.

Wayland Patch 3/2/11: Debt Exclusion Question Will Be on Town Election Ballot. The Board of Selectmen Monday night voted to place a debt exclusion question on the ballot for the April 5 town election. If the ballot question passes by 50 percent at the town election, it will provide approval for the town to borrow the funds. The specific debt exclusion items will then be considered at the Annual Town Meeting as part of the larger capital budget approval, which must pass with a two-thirds vote. During a brief presentation to the selectmen Monday night, Finance Committee Chair Cherry Karlson explained that total capital requests of more than $9 million were submitted to FinCom last October. In its budget, FinCom funded $4.8 million of those requests and is asking for $880,000 of that amount to be funded through debt exclusion.