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Votes at a glance: Little Compton council refers budget and approves parade license, sprinkler allocation
Summary
At its special meeting the Little Compton Town Council voted to refer the FY2026 budget and competing Commons articles to the annual financial town meeting, approved a one‑day Class F license for a March 16 parade and authorized capital funds for a sprinkler system for Commons buildings as presented.
The Little Compton Town Council recorded several formal votes during the special meeting:
• Referral of the FY2026 budget and jurisdictional warrant articles: Motion to refer the proposed FY2026 budget documents and related articles to the annual financial town meeting was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote. The packet lists a town appropriation of $8,261,138 (a 2.6% increase) as presented to the council.
• Referral of competing Commons articles: The council voted to refer two competing articles concerning 30 and 32 Commons — Option 1, an MOU/lease with Church Community Housing to enable adaptive reuse and affordable senior units; and Option 2, authorization for borrowing per the capital improvement plan to fund repairs if the lease option does not proceed — to the annual financial town meeting for voter decision. The motion was approved by voice vote.
• One‑day Class F license: The council, sitting as licensing authority, approved a Class F (one‑day) refill beverage license for the "World’s Shortest Paddy’s Day Parade" on March 16. Motion moved, seconded, approved by voice vote.
• Sprinkler capital allocation: The council approved an allocation of capital funds to design, engineer and install a sprinkler system capable of serving 32 and 34 Commons (motion moved, seconded and approved by voice vote). Detailed engineering estimates and scopes to follow.
All motions noted above passed by voice vote with no recorded roll‑call tallies in the public transcript. Where the transcript recorded only a voice vote the vote_record and per-member tallies are marked as not specified.
