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Votes at a glance: Select Board extends paving contract, substitutes warrant article to create town administrator
Summary
The Select Board voted unanimously to extend its current paving contract with Bell and Flynn for 2025 and approved a substitute warrant article to fund and define a town administrator position; the board also approved several meeting minutes.
At its meeting the Kingston Select Board approved multiple actions: it extended its paving contract with Bell and Flynn for 2025, adopted a substitute warrant article creating a town administrator position and approved several sets of meeting minutes.
Paving contract extension: The board voted unanimously to extend the current contract with Bell and Flynn to continue paving on Kingston roads in 2025. The motion was announced from the floor during discussion of this year—s paving plans; the board recorded the vote as unanimous.
Warrant article substitute (Town Administrator): The board approved a substitute to warrant article 20 to establish and fund a town administrator position at $130,000 and to describe the role in voter-facing language. The motion to make the substitute article the text presented at the deliberative session was moved and seconded (mover: Peter; seconder: Chuck) and passed unanimously. The substitute language removes the phrase "chief administrative officer" and describes responsibilities such as supervising town departments, assisting with the annual budget and seeking grants. The board directed staff to distribute clean copies for the deliberative session and provide copies to the moderator.
Minutes and administrative votes: The board approved public and nonpublic minutes for Jan. 13 and Jan. 20 (motions carried unanimously). The board also confirmed administrative items including an abatement and other routine signatures.
What the votes mean: The Bell and Flynn vote extends pavement work under the town—s existing arrangement for another year rather than opening a new competitive bid for that work now. The substitute warrant article will be presented to voters at the upcoming deliberative session; the board approved distribution of the substitute article wording in advance of that session.
Provenance (transcript excerpts): "I make a motion to extend the current contract with Bell and Flint to continue paving for Kingston Road..." (transcript segment beginning at 1689.955 seconds)
"Do you wanna take action on that? Formal action that has become the substitute article for article 20. Action. Okay. And the second?" (transcript segment beginning at 3072.645 seconds)
"Aye. Aye. Unanimous." (recorded across several vote moments)
Ending: The board said it would bring the substitute warrant language to the deliberative session and distribute copies to the moderator and the public. The pavement extension maintains the status quo contractor for 2025, and further procurement decisions may be revisited in future budget cycles.
