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Council approves engineering team for new DPW building, multiple event permits and appointments
Summary
The council authorized Able Engineering and architect Melissa Hutchinson to develop plans for a new DPW building, approved 10 class F beverage licenses for community center events, accepted resignations and appointed a budget committee replacement.
The Little Compton Town Council approved several administrative and contract actions, including authorization to hire Able Engineering to team with architect Melissa Hutchinson to develop and construct a new DPW building at the transfer station.
The town administrator described a teaming approach and council members amended the motion to emphasize a team effort; the motion carried after discussion about scheduling and earliest possible meetings with the firms.
The council also approved three event requests from the Village Improvement Society (a plant fair, an annual chicken barbecue and other field uses) and voted to include $10,000 in the 2026 budget for repair and maintenance of the Brownell House. Separately, sitting as the board of license commissioners, the council approved 10 class F beverage licenses for events submitted by the Little Compton Community Center.
In personnel matters, the council accepted Miles Arkins’ resignation from the Little Compton Housing Trust and agreed to advertise for a successor. The council also accepted a resignation from a budget committee member (transcript references both 'Craig Curtis' and 'Greg Curtis') and moved to appoint Corey Sunderland to that committee based on certification by the board of canvassers.
Other routine business included placing several communications on file (including a resident’s note of appreciation for a patriotic flag display on the commons) and approval of the consent calendar and payment of bills. The meeting adjourned after those votes.
Where the transcript contains inconsistent spellings or names, this article flags those inconsistencies rather than attempting to reconcile them without outside verification (examples: Able/Abel Engineering appears in different places, and the Curtis resignation is referred to as 'Craig' in one place and 'Greg' in another).
