Lakeville CPC approves CPA budget article for spring town meeting; 10% allocation set

The Town of Lakeville Community Preservation Committee voted unanimously Jan. 16 to forward a draft Community Preservation Act (CPA) 2026 budget article to the spring Town Meeting, approving the committee’s calculations for the percentages to be placed on the warrant.

Committee members approved figures based on the new town accountant’s projection of $253,318.36 in taxable receipts. Ten percent of that amount — $25,331.84 — was identified for distribution among the three CPA categories (historic preservation, open space/recreation, and affordable housing). The draft article also includes a 3% administrative allocation, computed at $7,599.55, and notes an undesignated CPA fund balance of $177,322.85.

The vote was procedural: the committee moved and seconded a motion to send the CPA budget article to the spring Town Meeting warrant and the motion carried unanimously. After the vote the chair said she would forward the approved warrant language to the town administrator for placement on the spring warrant.

The committee said it used an email and projection from the new town accountant, Mike Ellis, to calculate the numbers and inserted them into the standard sample article provided by the statewide coalition. Committee members asked that formatting errors (commas/periods) be corrected before final posting; no objections to the funding percentages or the draft article were recorded.

The committee’s approval is a recommendation to place the budget article on the Town Meeting warrant. Final appropriation of CPA funds will depend on the spring Town Meeting vote, the committee noted.

The committee did not record individual mover/second names on the tape; the motion was announced and the vote called by the chair. The committee meeting was recorded and the committee said it would forward the draft article and corrected formatting to town staff for the warrant posting.