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Committee moves that town retain ownership of Old Town House; transcript does not record vote tally
Summary
At the May 6 meeting a committee member moved and another seconded a motion that the town retain ownership of the Old Town House. The transcript records the motion and a speaker (noted in the transcript as 'Oasis') speaking, but it does not record a roll-call or vote tally in the provided text.
A member of the Old Townhouse Committee moved at the end of the May 6 meeting that the town retain ownership of the Old Town House; another member seconded the motion.
The transcript records a short exchange and that a speaker recorded in the transcript as "Member Oasis" spoke immediately after the motion, but the provided text does not include a roll-call or numerical tally. Committee members had discussed a range of options throughout the meeting—do nothing; town-retains-ownership and rehabilitate; lease or sell to a private owner who would rehabilitate; or demolish the building and repurpose the land—and members had asked staff to provide clearer dollar ranges and implications for each option during follow-up work.
Because the transcript does not record a formal vote tally or full procedural outcome, the committee action is documented here as a motion that was made and seconded; the record supplied to this report does not include the vote results. The committee indicated it would continue refining options and cost information ahead of the fall town meeting, where any binding vote or warrant article would be decided by residents.
