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Votes at a glance: Bristol Town Council, March 19, 2026
Summary
Council adopted the fiscal-plan resolution and annexation ordinance (one No vote), approved multiple SRF disbursements and a contract change order, and created a farmers-market fund on first reading. Several routine motions passed unanimously.
At its March 19 meeting the Bristol Town Council recorded the following formal actions and outcomes.
Key votes and motions - Fiscal plan resolution 319-2026-6 (annexation fiscal plan): Adopted unanimously (Doug We Smith, Cathy Burke, Greg Dolphy, Jeff Beachy — Yes). This resolution accompanies the annexation petition and describes services and capital plans for the territory.
- Amendment and adoption of ordinance 3-19-2026-5 (annexation): Council amended Exhibits A and B (legal description and map) and then adopted the ordinance as amended. Final recorded vote: Doug We Smith — Yes; Cathy Burke — No; Greg Dolphy — Yes; Jeff Beachy — Yes. Motion carried.
- Amendment/withdrawal of ordinance 3-5-2026-4: Council un-tabled and withdrew this previously tabled additional-appropriation ordinance; motion carried unanimously.
- Change order number seven (Commonwealth Engineers): Approved (increase of $64,923.96) for wastewater treatment contract; motion carried unanimously.
- SRF disbursement #47 (Commonwealth Engineering, $67,946) and SRF disbursement #54 (JPR, $44,072): Both approved by recorded vote.
- Ordinance 3-19-2026-7: Created a non-reverting fund for a town-run farmers market; council waived rules and adopted on first reading by unanimous vote.
Notes on procedure and next steps Several of the votes (especially the annexation) were procedural steps in a larger process that will include subsequent rezoning and site-plan review. Council members said they expect developers to submit detailed site plans and that those plans — not the annexation vote itself — will define traffic, buffering, drainage and other development-specific impacts.
Formal action summary (selected items) - resolution 319-2026-6 (fiscal plan): approved - ordinance 3-19-2026-5 (annexation): adopted as amended (1 No) - change order Commonwealth Engineers #7: approved ($64,923.96) - SRF disbursement #47 (Commonwealth): approved ($67,946) - SRF disbursement #54 (JPR): approved ($44,072) - ordinance 3-19-2026-7 (farmers market fund): adopted on first reading (unanimous)
All motions and vote tallies are recorded in the meeting minutes; staff indicated published ordinance exhibits and fiscal-plan documents will be updated online.
