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Votes at a glance: Stonington Selectmen approve routine warrants, licenses and small capital purchases
Summary
Across multiple meetings in 2022 the Stonington Selectmen approved weekly warrants, liquor licenses, small capital purchases (pump for harbor $600), awarded tax‑acquired property sales and approved an economic resiliency planning contract for $35,000.
Stonington Selectmen recorded a series of routine but consequential votes across 2022 meetings, including warrant approvals, license signings, small capital purchases and property awards.
Routine business: At nearly every meeting the board approved weekly warrants and minutes (typical 4–5‑0 votes) and signed liquor license applications recommended to the State (Stonecutter's, Cockatoo, Inn on the Harbor among others).
Small capital and harbor items: The Selectmen approved a Harbor Committee recommendation to purchase a safety pump for approximately $600 (motion passed 4‑0) and approved the Selectboard's pier terms and conditions for 2023 (motion passed 4‑0).
Property and procurement: The board voted to award Cottage Street tax‑acquired property to the Thorpes for $151,270 and Pink Street to an abutter, Jeff Boyce, for $113,550 (motions approved August 2022). The board also authorized spending for an Economic Resiliency plan, approving a contract at a fee of $35,000 (motion passed 5‑0).
Other approvals: The board adopted a wildfire grant resolution to pursue mitigation funding and accepted a heating oil bid for the town (motions recorded with unanimous or near‑unanimous votes); they also signed appointments for LPI (Matt Betts) and various committee assignments.
Formal motions and recorded tallies (representative, not exhaustive): - Weekly warrants: recurring approvals (majority/unanimous votes recorded at each meeting). - Harbor pump purchase: motion by Selectman Larrabee, second by Selectman Robbins; tally 4‑0 (SEG 001). - Pier terms & conditions 2023: approved 4‑0 (SEG 001). - Sale of 6 granite blocks from the dump: motion passed 2‑1 with 1 abstention (SEG 002). - Cottage St sale to the Thorpes: awarded $151,270 (SEG 011). - Pink St sale to Jeff Boyce: awarded $113,550 (SEG 011). - Economic resiliency planning contract: $35,000, motion passed 5‑0 (SEG 011).
The Selectmen entered executive session on personnel matters on several occasions per statute and returned with no public action recorded in the minutes for some sessions. Most votes were routine approvals; larger decisions such as any municipal cost share for the Oceanville bridge or an INH appropriation were not taken without further documentation.
