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Eliot Select Board elects officers, accepts minutes and a Planning Board resignation; approves consent warrants
Summary
At its June 11 meeting the Eliot Select Board elected William Widi chair, Lauren Dow vice chair and Cabot Trott secretary (4–1); it accepted two sets of minutes, accepted a Planning Board resignation, and approved grouped payroll and accounts-payable warrants totaling about $1.5 million.
The Eliot Select Board on June 11 elected William Widi as chair and Lauren Dow as vice chair, each by unanimous vote, and chose Cabot Trott as secretary in a 4–1 roll call. The board approved minutes for May 14 and May 28, 2026, accepted the resignation of Christine Bennett from the Eliot Planning Board, and approved a consent calendar to process payroll and accounts payable warrants.
The reorganization began after a roll call that recorded Cabot Trott, Christine Bennett, Chair William Widi, Lauren Dow and Mr. Orestis present in person. In the secretary vote, Mr. Trott cast the lone vote for Christine Bennett; the other four members voted for Cabot Trott, producing a 4–1 result that elected Trott as secretary.
During public comment resident Valerie Romoser introduced her new book, It's More Fun Than Working: Good People Doing Good Things in Eliot, which profiles 31 local residents and will direct proceeds to the Eliot Fuel Assistance Fund. Romoser said she will give a presentation at the Fogg Library in August.
The Town Manager reported operational updates and timelines, saying Town Clerk Wendy Rawski oversaw a "busy but well-run election" and asked for suggestions to improve election flow and accommodations. He outlined imminent projects — paving and the final coat for the Town Hall parking lot scheduled June 18–20 — and said the town expects to complete the sewer system project by July 1, at which point the town will accept transfer and ownership of the system. The board voted unanimously to accept the Town Manager's report and post it on the town website.
The board received a request from Carmela Braun to be reappointed to the Planning Board for a term ending June 30, 2031; Braun emphasized zoning work and recruiting younger residents but no reappointment motion was taken pending the Town Clerk's full roster at the next meeting. The board did move and unanimously accept Christine Bennett's resignation from the Planning Board.
The meeting included routine financial approvals. The agenda listed payroll Warrants #103 ($61,956.40) and #104 ($70,845.04) and accounts-payable Warrants #AP052826 ($131,221.53) and #AP060426 ($1,233,533.83); the Select Board voted unanimously to process payroll and accounts-payable items as a consent calendar, while allowing any member to extract individual items for separate consideration.
The meeting adjourned at 6:17 p.m. Respectfully submitted text in the record shows Ann Lukegord as recording secretary.
