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Selectboard approves Special Town Meeting warrant with $30,000 contingency transfer
Summary
The Chebeague Island Selectboard approved a revised warrant for a Special Town Meeting set for Jan. 24, 2026, contingent on edits that include transferring $30,000 from the undesignated fund to a Selectboard Contingency Fund for contracted services.
Chebeague Island —1 Jan. 7, 2026 —1 The Selectboard approved a revised warrant for a Special Town Meeting set for Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, contingent on two edits to the draft articles.
Selectboard member Ehrhardt Groothoff moved to approve the warrant as written provided the changes were made; Eliza Jane Adams seconded the motion, which passed with all members voting in favor. The motion appears in the meeting packet as item 26-001.
Under the approved contingency, Article 3 will be edited to read that the town would vote to transfer from the school unassigned fund balance and will be reordered below the subsequent article. Article 5 will be rewritten and renumbered as Article 4 to transfer $30,000 from the town's undesignated fund to the Selectboard Contingency Fund. The motion specifies that the contingency fund money is to be used for contracted services.
The vote was recorded in the minutes simply as "All in favor; motion carried." The minutes do not list individual roll-call votes. The board scheduled the Special Town Meeting for Jan. 24, 2026; the warrant will be finalized with the agreed edits and posted per town procedures.
The minutes were submitted at the close of the meeting by Christine Auffant, Deputy Town Clerk.
