Plymouth Town Meeting: Voters Approve “Trust Act” to Limit ICE Cooperation and Overhaul Legislative Calendar
PLYMOUTH — April 11, 2026 — In a marathon nine-hour session marked by emotional testimony and a clash over the town’s financial future, Plymouth’s Representative Town Meeting narrowly passed a historic “Community Trust” bylaw to restrict local police cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The 162-member body also authorized a fundamental shift in the town’s political calendar, moving future Spring Town Meetings to May and elections to June to better capture state aid data, while resoundingly defeating a series of 1% “across-the-board” budget cuts aimed at addressing a looming fiscal cliff.
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Plymouth’s Spring Annual Town Meeting at Plymouth North High School opened with a stark warning from Select Board Chair David Golden and Town Manager Derek Brindisi: the era of easy revenue growth is over. [03:33:16] Planning Board Chair Steven Bolotin detailed a “math-based fiscal cliff,” noting that the town’s two primary growth engines—Pinehills and Redbrook—will reach build-out within five years, cutting new revenue growth in half. [05:54:02]
