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Newcastle Select Board sets March 23 special town meeting, approves $450,310.83 AP warrant
Summary
The Newcastle Select Board voted Feb. 24 to set a March 23, 2026 special town meeting to consider bond questions and an ambulance agreement, approved routine minutes and an accounts-payable warrant of $450,310.83, and authorized outreach related to a Robinson Road discontinuance. Several procedural clarifications about interlocal agreements were discussed.
The Newcastle Select Board voted Tuesday to set a special town meeting for March 23, 2026, at 7 p.m. and approved an accounts-payable warrant totaling $450,310.83.
Board members moved to set the warrant "as amended" and to hold the meeting at the Clayton B. Huntley Junior Forest Stationation, directing staff to send notice to Michael Titus and to inform town inhabitants of the meeting. The motion was seconded and later passed by the board.
At the same meeting, the board approved routine business: the Feb. 9 minutes were adopted and the AP warrant of $450,310.83 passed after a brief comment that the largest line items were school-related. The motions recorded five members voting in favor for the referenced approvals.
Why it matters: the special town meeting will include two bond questions and an update to the joint ambulance-service agreement that had been on a canceled special meeting. The board discussed whether ballot items will be presented as secret-ballot items and confirmed the revised warrant language for the March vote.
What the board said: members and staff reviewed editorial changes to the warrant language and discussed legal requirements around calling a new warrant after a cancellation. Town Manager Kevin said the cleanest path was to withdraw the canceled warrant and issue a new, amended warrant for March.
Next steps: the board has set the special town meeting date and asked staff to distribute formal notices. The warrant will include the items described in the revised packet and will be brought forward to town voters on March 23, 2026.
Votes at a glance: - Approve Feb. 9, 2026 minutes — passed (five members in favor). - Set special town meeting as amended for March 23, 2026, at 7 p.m., Clayton B. Huntley Junior Forest Stationation; send notice to Michael Titus and inhabitants — passed. - Approve accounts-payable (AP) warrant $450,310.83 — passed.
The board adjourned at about 7:24 p.m.
