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Island residents press committee for Steamship Authority board term limits and oversight reforms

5938541 · October 14, 2025
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Multiple Martha's Vineyard residents and members of the Steamship Authority Citizens Action Group urged the Joint Committee on Transportation to pass S 2,395 to impose term limits and other oversight changes on the Steamship Authority board, citing long tenures, missed meetings, service disruptions and limited responsiveness.

Several full-time residents of Martha's Vineyard and representatives of a citizens' group asked the Joint Committee on Transportation to approve Senate Bill 2,395, which would impose term limits and other governance changes on the Steamship Authority Board of Governors.

"This bill calls for 3 3 year terms," Amy Cody, a founding member of the Steamship Authority…

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