[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Wayland 4-7-2025 by Art. 17. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
The Select Board shall establish and appoint a committee to be known as the Capital Improvement Planning Committee, consisting of five (5) registered voters, each of whom shall be appointed for a term of at least three years and the terms of no more than two of which shall expire in any one year. Said committee shall be comprised of:
(1) 
One member designated by the Finance Committee;
(2) 
One member designated by the School Committee;
(3) 
Three residents appointed by the Select Board;
(4) 
The Finance Director, the Director of Buildings, the DPW Director, the School Director of Finance and Operations and Town Manager, or their respective designees, shall be ex officio committee members without the right to vote and will attend meetings as needed.
B. 
Appointees should have direct knowledge and experience in facilities planning or funding with preference given to individuals with a substantial background in one or more of the following areas: planning, financing, project management, construction, municipal accounting, and/or law. During the term of their appointment, no voting member may be a paid municipal employee of the Town or serve on any other board, commission or committee, nor otherwise serve as a Town official, whether elected or appointed, that could propose capital projects or on one that controls parcels of Town-owned land. The committee shall choose its own officers.
The committee shall study current and long term proposed capital projects and improvements involving nonrecurring, tangible projects and assets. All department heads, the Select Board, and the School Committee shall, by a date established by the Finance Director and Town Manager, give to the Committee, on forms prepared by it, information concerning all anticipated projects requesting Town Meeting action during the term of the capital planning period. The Committee shall consider the relative need, impact, timing, and cost of these expenditures and the effect that each will have on the Town's financial position.
The Committee shall prepare annually a capital plan recommending a capital improvement budget for the next fiscal year and a capital improvement program with recommended capital improvements for the remaining fiscal years of the capital planning period, a term of years that shall be determined by the Town Manager but no less than five (5) years. The capital plan shall be submitted to the Town Manager for consideration and approval on or before October 15. Except for emergencies, as determined by the Town Manager, no capital improvement appropriation shall be voted by Annual Town Meeting, unless the proposed capital improvement is considered in the Committee's capital plan, including any and all addenda, additions, or supplements to the capital plan.
The Committee's report and the Town Manager's recommended capital budget shall be made publicly available. The committee shall file its original report with the Town Clerk.