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Tremont Select Board authorizes work on joint ambulance-service bylaws with Southwest Harbor
Summary
The Select Board authorized the town manager to work with Southwest Harbor to draft bylaws for a proposed joint ambulance-service committee after representatives from the Southwest Harbor Tremont Ambulance Service updated the board on the service's future direction; the motion passed unanimously.
Select Board member Kevin Buck moved and Select Board member Eric Eaton seconded a motion authorizing Town Manager Jesse Dunbar to work with the Southwest Harbor Town Manager to draft bylaws for a proposed joint Southwest Harbor–Tremont ambulance-service committee. The motion passed unanimously.
The board heard an update from representatives of the Southwest Harbor Tremont Ambulance Service, including Andy Cline, Dave Ashworth, Jeff Prentice and Kristin Hutchins, who addressed the board about the future direction of the service. No formal bylaws were proposed at the meeting; the motion authorizes managers of both towns to draft the committee structure and bylaws for later review and approval by each governing body.
By delegating the drafting work to town managers, the board left substantive decisions—such as membership, funding obligations, and operational authority—to be specified in the proposed bylaws and returned to the boards for formal consideration. The next procedural steps will be the preparation of draft bylaws by the town managers and subsequent review and approval by each town's governing body.
