The May 19 annual and special Town Meeting was met with lower-than-average voter turnout, with items such as beach management, budget talks, and zoning amendments drawing discussion out of handful of residents who took turns at the mic.
During the two-and-a-half hour meeting in the Joseph Case High School auditorium that attracted 199 voters and coupled the special Town Meeting back-to-back with the annual Town Meeting, all of the special meeting’s warrant’s eight articles passed unanimously or by majority with a voice vote. The annual Town Meeting included a warrant containing 29 articles, and all of the articles passed, with the exception of Article 29, which was postponed.
In a letter to residents that topped the meeting agenda, Swansea’s Finance and Advisory Board admitted that an “uncertainty” pertaining to federal grants and funding may make budgeting more difficult in 2027.
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