At Annual Town Meeting Saturday, May 2, voters will be asked to approve 30 articles. Roughly half ask to spend taxpayer dollars or transfer town funds to pay for town services and improvements, while the rest propose changes to town bylaws meant to expand the town’s solar overlay district and ease zoning constraints in town center.

Harvard’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2027 preserves core town services despite a surge of more than $543,000 in employee benefit costs. But it still comes up short.

The full fiscal 2027 budget request is printed on pages 59 through 65 of the Town Meeting booklet, available on the town website. The Finance Committee’s report, which opens the booklet, offers a plain-language guide to what’s there.

May 2 will mark Article 28’s third appearance on a Town Meeting warrant, following its debut in May 2025 and its reappearance on the September 2025 warrant.

Voters at Annual Town Meeting will be asked to consider Article 13.7, a recommendation from the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) to spend $242,000 to replace the floors in the Harvard Public Library’s Volunteers Hall and reading room.

A sweeping economic development bill filed by Gov. Maura Healey last week would replace the Devens Super Town Meeting with a single regional vote convened by MassDevelopment, the state agency that manages the former Army base.

With state legislators scheduled to begin appearing at its monthly meetings this summer, the Devens Committee is preparing a focused set of questions on jurisdiction, housing, and health care to put before them.

The Select Board is considering next steps as it evaluates two iterations of a water and sewer plan for the town’s multifamily district on Ayer Road. Portland, Maine-based engineering firm Woodard & Curran presented the town with two plans.