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Pownal Select Board approves warrants, adopts resilience resolution and clears small budget transfers
Summary
On June 23, 2025, the Pownal Select Board unanimously approved FY25 AP Warrant #29 ($377,996.38) and Payroll Journal #493 ($12,010.83), adopted a Community Resilience Partnership resolution to enable grant eligibility, approved a $1,710 transfer to cover overspent solid-waste tipping fees, and approved a North Star Planning contract pending town meeting budget approval.
Pownal Select Board Chair Jon Morris presided over the June 23, 2025 regular meeting where the board unanimously approved multiple fiscal items, adopted a resolution to apply for resilience grants, and opened a workshop on annual town meeting procedure.
The meeting’s most consequential votes were fiscal. Selectperson Andy O'Brien moved and Selectperson Kate Day seconded approval of FY25 AP Warrant #29 in the amount of $377,996.38; the motion carried Yes 3; No 0. The board also approved Payroll Journal #493 for $12,010.83 on a 3–0 vote.
Town Administrator Becky Taylor-Chase told the board that adopting the Community Resilience Partnership resolution was the final step needed to complete an application that would make the town eligible for related grant opportunities. Selectperson O'Brien moved to adopt the resolution as presented, Selectperson Day seconded, and the resolution passed Yes 3; No 0.
On solid-waste finances, Taylor-Chase said tipping fees had been overspent because of higher costs and an increase in the amount sent to EcoMaine; the town also received some unexpected revenue from past-due bag sales. To balance the solid-waste budget she proposed transferring $1,710 from that bag revenue to the tipping-fee expense line. Selectperson O'Brien moved the transfer, Selectperson Day seconded, and the motion passed Yes 3; No 0.
The board voted to approve a North Star Planning contract "pending town meeting approval of the budget and to allow the Town Administrator to sign the contract," with O'Brien moving and Day seconding; the motion passed unanimously. The contract will not be executed until the town meeting approves the associated budget appropriation.
Chair Morris reported receiving four calls from residents about missed trash pickups attributed to an earlier pickup time. After completing formal business the chair opened a workshop to review annual town meeting procedure, saying he would recognize Dick Hogue, Kathy Hogue, Matt Welch and Matt Nielsen and review tax implications and the town’s unassigned fund balance if all articles pass.
No public-comment speakers on non-agenda items were recorded in the transcript, and department head reports were noted as available on department web pages. The board adjourned the formal session and moved into the workshop without further votes recorded.
Next steps: the North Star Planning contract is contingent on town meeting budget approval; the Community Resilience Partnership resolution enables the town to proceed with its grant application process. No additional formal actions were recorded in the transcript.
