Select Board Rejects Milton Village Historic District

Select Board · Meeting of August 4, 2026

Milton Select Board rejected a long-debated local historic district and picked a new town auditor. Board members voted against including the Milton Village Local Historic District bylaw in the fall special town meeting warrant after business owner J.D. Wild and other property owners argued the proposal would add costly delays without broad support; the roll call showed one member in favor, three opposed and one abstention. Finance Director Amy Dexter, presenting for the Audit Committee, said members called a competing bid from Clifton Larson Allen LLP "cost prohibitive" at $306,000 and instead recommended incumbent CBiz CPAs PC at $250,500 for fiscal 2027-29.

The board also approved fiscal 2027 water and sewer rate increases of 3.5 percent and 2 percent, and heard a DLR Group presentation pricing early childhood center options at the former Laboure College site between $42 million and $85 million.

In the full story:

• Public Comment: Short-Term Rentals And Canton Avenue Traffic
• Milton Village Local Historic District: Years Of Work, A Divided Vote
• [01:02:28] — presiding Select Board member, on the outcome of the roll call
• Audit Committee Recommends CBiz For Fiscal 2027-29
• Water And Sewer Rate Increases For Fiscal 2027
• Laboure College: Early Childhood Education Options Weighed
• Special Town Meeting Warrant Finalized
• Appointments, Licenses And Committee Business
• Reports And Executive Session
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,714 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of August 4, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.