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Votes at a glance: New Shoreham Town Council meeting, Sept. 2, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken by the New Shoreham Town Council on Sept. 2, 2025: consent agenda approval, adoption of definitional zoning package (with drone exemption), and approval of Sunrise Wind milestone funding agreement.
The New Shoreham Town Council took several formal actions at its Sept. 2 meeting. This listing captures motions and outcomes recorded in the meeting audio; individual roll‑call tallies were not read aloud.
• Consent agenda: Motion to approve the consent agenda was made and seconded; council approved by voice vote. (Mover/second not specified in audio.)
• Zoning definitional amendments (agenda item 4): Council opened a public hearing, discussed a planning‑board‑recommended package of definitions for terms used in general prohibitions (including houseboats, floating residences, tents, shipping containers, aircraft, livestock), voted to amend the aircraft subsection by adding an explicit exemption for drones, and then adopted the definitions package as amended by voice vote. (Mover/second not specified; vote tallies not specified.)
• Aircraft subsection amendment (within agenda item 4): The council added the line "This definition shall not apply to drones." The amendment passed by voice vote.
• Sunrise Wind milestone funding agreement (agenda item 5): Council approved the milestone funding agreement to support North Light rehabilitation, coastal resiliency planning, and visitor‑experience adaptations. The agreement ties payments to executed town contracts and specified project milestones; council instructed staff to structure contracts to protect the town if federal permitting for Sunrise Wind changes. (Mover/second not specified; vote tallies not specified.)
The meeting packet contained staff reports, the planning board recommendation, and an exhibit (Exhibit A) showing milestone payment triggers. Council asked staff to return with a municipal drone policy and with procurement language to manage permit risk from the Sunrise Wind project.
