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Select Board authorizes town manager to draft deer-hunting plan after 4–1 vote
Summary
After follow-up from a July hearing, the Tremont Select Board voted 4–1 to authorize drafting of a deer-hunting plan that would include a Resident/Land Owner archery season in November 2026; Chair Jamie Thurlow cast the lone no vote.
Tremont — The Tremont Select Board on Aug. 11 authorized Town Manager Jesse Dunbar to begin drafting a deer-hunting plan following a follow-up discussion from a July public hearing.
Select Board member Kevin Buck moved and McKenzie Jewett seconded a motion to authorize the manager to draft a plan that includes a Resident/Land Owner archery season in November 2026 and to present the plan for the May 2026 Town Meeting. The motion passed 4–1 with Chair Jamie Thurlow recorded as opposing the motion.
The minutes record this as a follow-up to public comment heard in July. The motion text, as written in the minutes, ties a November 2026 season to presentation at the May 2026 Town Meeting; the timing appears inconsistent in the minutes and is reported here exactly as recorded. The board did not adopt a final plan at the Aug. 11 meeting; the vote authorized staff to begin drafting and to return with a proposal for the town meeting process.
Board members who voted in favor communicated that they wanted the manager to prepare a formal proposal for voter consideration; the minutes do not provide detailed drafting instructions or a schedule beyond the phrasing in the motion. Next procedural steps recorded in the minutes: staff drafting the plan and presentation at the stated town meeting date.
