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Select Board leans against decoupling election warrant for Island Home question; asks to keep ballot vote with town meeting
Summary
The board reviewed draft warrant strategy for the annual town meeting and debated decoupling the election warrant to wait for rebid numbers on the Island Home project. Several members said they prefer asking voters again at the ballot rather than relying on last year’s approval; staff will keep the ballot and town meeting warrant together.
Town Manager Libby and finance staff briefed the Select Board on draft warrant language for the 2026 Annual Town Meeting and on an option to decouple the election warrant from the town meeting warrant so staff could reopen a separate ballot question for the Island Home debt exclusion after rebid numbers arrive.
Finance staff explained that the Department of Revenue reviews whether a…
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