UPDATED OCTOBER 2026
YARMOUTH
A sanctuary-style resolution, permanent tax overrides, a library that lost twice, and state shelter sites — from the Town’s own records.
Every figure below comes from Town of Yarmouth agendas, minutes and election results, the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District’s own budget documents, or the state Division of Local Services. Click any gold button to open the original.
THE EQUAL-PROTECTION RESOLUTION (QUESTION 4)
How a resolution covering residents “regardless of nationality, citizenship or immigration status” reached Yarmouth’s May 2026 ballot.
DEC 2, 2025
A resolution adapted from Barnstable’s Aug 21, 2025 resolution was placed on the Select Board agenda for “Discussion/Possible Vote.”
35 SIGNERS
Petition under G.L. c.53 §18A received Feb 27, 2026; the Town Clerk certified 35 signatures and set an Apr 7 deadline for the Board to decide.
BOARD’S CHOICE
A 10-voter §18A petition only asks the Board to place a question. The Select Board chose to put it on the ballot on Mar 24, 2026; without the Board it would have taken signatures from 10% of voters.
2,033–1,657
Question 4 passed (unofficial results). Turnout: 3,757 of 23,052 registered voters — 16.3%.
PERMANENT OVERRIDES AND SCHOOL SPENDING
$1,481,348
Permanent D-Y schools override, May 2026 — passed 1,905 to 1,848 (certified), a 57-vote margin.
$680,194
Permanent Cape Cod Tech override, May 2026 — passed 2,027 to 1,716 (certified).
8 SINCE 2012
Permanent D-Y school overrides Yarmouth has passed since FY2012 — about $5.31M at face value (our sum of the state’s own rows).
$83,748,973
D-Y FY27 operating budget, adopted 5–2 on Mar 9, 2026.
$1,304,162
Moved from reserves (E&D) to one-time items in the same budget, voted 7–0.
+20.3%
Superintendent’s Office budget line: $428,737 (FY25) to $515,891 (FY26 request). Office line, not salary.
THE $35.7 MILLION LIBRARY
$35,706,091
Proposed library project. It failed at Town Meeting, 314 to 177 (two-thirds needed).
1,325–2,425
The debt exclusion then lost at the ballot. A 272-voter petition forced a June 24 special meeting anyway, where the article was indefinitely postponed.
STATE SHELTER SITES IN YARMOUTH
AUG 25, 2023
The Building Commissioner ordered the Yarmouth Resort (343 Route 28) to stop operating without a valid certificate of occupancy.
4–0
Select Board vote, Sep 12, 2023, to ask the Governor to drop the Yarmouth Resort as a migrant housing site.
78 PEOPLE
Harborside Suites (961 Route 28), Sep 26, 2023: 22 families, 25 of them school-aged children, per the Town.
5–0
Zoning Board, Mar 28, 2024, upheld the Building Commissioner’s violation notice at Harborside; 27 families were reported there at that hearing.
THE RECEIPTS — READ THE ORIGINALS
- Yarmouth Select Board agendas, packets and minutes — Dec 2 2025 and Mar 24 2026 packets; 2023 shelter-site minutes
- Annual Town Election results, May 19, 2026 — Question 4 (unofficial), turnout
- MA Division of Local Services — override/underride votes, Yarmouth — certified override results since FY2012
- Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District budget documents — FY27 budget, E&D transfer, office-line detail