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Select Board to study alternatives for Our Island Home after mixed town votes
Summary
Town staff will present options to the Select Board on June 11 after the Our Island Home nursing facility passed a town election ballot narrowly but failed to reach the two-thirds approval required at town meeting; the board also discussed follow-up steps for other recent ballot measures.
Town Manager Libby told the Select Board on May 28 that staff will present an evaluation of alternatives for Our Island Home at the board's June 11 meeting.
The town's effort to replace the current skilled nursing facility was endorsed by voters in the May 21 town election but did not receive the two-thirds vote required at the annual town meeting, Libby said. "We are working on a presentation for the board that would evaluate potential alternatives for the island home at your June 11 meeting," she said.
The question matters because the ballot and town-meeting results pointed in different directions: the election produced a narrow margin in favor while the town meeting did not meet the supermajority threshold. Resident Amy Eldridge told the board she was unclear which result the town…
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