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China Select Board places Budget Committee ordinance on ballot, schedules public meeting on transmission petition and makes appointments
Summary
At its Aug. 12 meeting the Select Board placed a Budget Committee ordinance on the ballot, scheduled a public meeting on a high-voltage transmission-lines petition for Aug. 26, appointed a KVCOG alternate, and handled several warrant approvals and appointments.
The China Select Board used its Aug. 12 meeting to advance several governance and procedural items, including placing a proposed Budget Committee ordinance on the municipal ballot and scheduling public input on a high‑voltage transmission‑line petition.
The board voted to place the Budget Committee Ordinance on the ballot (motion by Brent Chesley, second by Janet Preston); the minutes record the vote Ayes: 5 / Nays: 0. The board also recorded that a public meeting regarding a petition on high‑voltage power transmission lines/corridors will be held at the next regular Select Board meeting on Aug. 26, 2024.
The board made several appointments: Dwaine Drummond was appointed to the At‑Large Planning Board (motion by Brent Chesley, second by Blane Casey; Ayes: 5 / Nays: 0), and the board appointed Blane Casey as the KVCOG alternate (motion by Janet Preston, second by Brent Chesley; minutes note 4-0-1). Finance items addressed included reapproval of Payables Warrant #6 ($287,096.82), approval of Payroll Warrant #7 ($43,208.28) and Payables Warrant #8 ($727,201.66); those motions were recorded in the minutes with the vote notations shown.
The meeting included routine department updates and adjourned at 8:12 p.m.
