Votes at a glance: Select Board actions, Dec. 9, 2025

At its Dec. 9, 2025 meeting the Charlton Select Board took the following formal actions (motions and resulting outcomes):

- Approved minutes of the Nov. 18, 2025 regular meeting (motion and second; one abstention noted for a member not present at the earlier meeting). - Appointed Jacob Adams as cemetery laborer following staff interviews and recommendation (motion carried). - Set a special town meeting for Jan. 12, 2026 at Charlton Middle School to consider a verified citizen petition about firearm prohibitions (motion carried; item will be sole warrant article). - Approved 2026 liquor-license renewals as recommended pending paperwork and fees (motion carried). - Awarded the FY2026 heating-oil bid to Fritinelli Oil & Propane at 45¢ over the NY Mercantile Exchange per gallon (motion carried). - Declared a 2016 Ford Transit van (police/ACO) and a 2003 John Deere diesel garden tractor (cemetery) as surplus and authorized posting for sale (motion carried). - Adopted an opioid-settlement one-year spending plan allocating $32,377.57 to police and fire programs (motion carried). - Approved the FY2027 town meeting and budget calendar (motion carried). - Established a bylaw review committee with a charge to produce a priority list within six months and full recommendations within 18–24 months (motion carried). - Adopted the overnight-parking policy after debate (motion carried); signs must be posted before enforcement and staff will provide maps and rules/procedure clarifications.

Votes reported as 'Aye' in the record for the motions above; where a named tally was not specified in the transcript, the article records the outcome as "approved" or "carried" consistent with the board's stated result. For any item above lacking a full roll-call in the transcript, the record lists votes as not specified.

(Compiled from the Charlton Select Board transcript, Dec. 9, 2025.)