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Select Board signs warrant article to continue York County Sheriff’s contract, allocates $115,000
Summary
On April 23, 2025 the Acton Select Board voted 3–1 to sign the warrant calling a June 10 referendum on Article 4, which would continue the York County Sheriff’s contract with Shapleigh and raise and appropriate $115,000 for Acton’s share of deputy costs and a new vehicle.
The Acton Select Board on April 23 signed the order calling a June 10, 2025 referendum on Article 4, a warrant article to continue the York County Sheriff’s contract in conjunction with the Town of Shapleigh and to raise and appropriate $115,000 for Acton’s share of the deputy’s costs and a new deputy vehicle.
Town Administrator Jennifer Roux read Article 4 aloud for the record. Tom McGurty moved to approve the article as written; Dan Norwood seconded. The board voted 3–1 to sign the order (David Winchell Jr. opposed; Ed Walsh was absent). The motion carried, placing the article before voters on the June 10 referendum.
The article’s $115,000 figure was presented as covering the town’s portion of the contract deputy’s costs and the purchase of a new deputy vehicle. The Warrant & Finance Committee previously discussed Article 4; committee members’ votes on the article were reported to be split (three in favor, two opposed, one abstention).
Select Board members who supported the motion did not register additional conditions at the meeting; the Board agreed to make the hearing and the warrant available to the public ahead of the referendum. No additional details about vehicle specifications or the contract term were presented at the session.
The vote to sign the warrant is a ministerial step that sends Article 4 to the ballot; the town’s voters will decide whether to appropriate the funds at the June 10 referendum.
