LYNNFIELD — The deadline for residents who want to vote-by-mail in the Special Town Election on Monday, Jan. 6 must submit a new application for the 2025 calendar year to the Town Clerk’s Office by Friday, Dec. 27.
Voters at Fall Town Meeting approved sending the $18.3 million Lynnfield Public Library renovation project and the Department of Public Works’ 10-year road improvement program totaling $12,850,000 to two debt exclusion votes on Monday, Jan. 6.
The $18.3 million Lynnfield Public Library renovation project includes constructing an addition at the back of the building where the HVAC units are currently located. The Children’s Room will be expanded as well. The main Reading Room on the first floor will be reconfigured in order to increase the library’s collections.
The library’s roof will be razed in order to expand the second floor. The second floor will include an all-purpose meeting room and an enclosed Teen Room. A glass wall will be added to the Mezzanine in order to make it acoustically separated. Study rooms will also be added to the library. The renovation project will address ongoing maintenance issues such as electrical problems, roof leaks and water leaking into the basement.
In addition to the library renovation project, voters will be asked to approve the DPW’s 10-year road improvement program, totaling $12,850,000.
Beta Group Senior Vice President Anthony Garro recently told the Select Board that the engineering firm evaluates the condition of Lynnfield streets every three years. He said the firm developed a 10-year road improvement program, totaling $23,458,212.43.
Garro said the Beta Group is recommending that the town invest $2 million annually in order to improve the condition of the town’s streets. In addition to appropriating $300,000 in the capital budget and using $415,000 in Chapter 90 road construction funds awarded by the state each fiscal year, he recommended that the town request voters to approve a 10-year capital debt exclusion that will appropriate $1,285,000 annually for 10 years.
During years where there are no state elections, the state does not send each vote a vote-by-mail post card application.
If residents would like to vote-by-mail, they must submit a new application to the Town Clerk’s Office. Applications can be found online at https://www.town.lynnfield.ma.us/…/2025-vote-mail. Applications can also be filled out in the Town Clerk’s Office.
The Town Clerk’s Office is located behind the Senior Center and is adjacent to Lynnfield Public Schools’ Central Office.
In order to receive a ballot by mail, a voter’s application must be received by the Town Clerk’s Office by Friday, Dec. 27. For more election information, visit
https://www.town.lynnfield.ma.us/…/election-voting-info. The Town Clerk’s Office will be open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
