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Select Board approves resignation, minutes and routine warrants; one member recuses on accounts payable
Summary
The board accepted a budget committee resignation, approved meeting minutes and payroll warrant, and approved two accounts payable warrants (one passed with a 4–0–1 result noted and a recusal).
At the July 6 meeting the Lyman Select Board handled several procedural matters and took the following formal actions:
- Budget committee resignation: The board moved, seconded and voted to accept the resignation of Karen King (motion carried by voice vote).
- Minutes: The board moved to approve the June 1, 2026 meeting minutes, discussed minor clarifications to names and procedural wording, and approved the minutes by voice vote.
- Payroll warrant: Payroll warrant number 1, fiscal year 2026, in the amount of $29,546.65 was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
- Accounts payable warrant #11 (FY2026): Read as $562,729.53; members asked staff to check a line described as 'incentive pay' with Jeanette; the warrant was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
- Accounts payable warrant #12 (FY2027): Read aloud in the meeting as $997,009,976.46. A board member recused themself from the vote because of membership in a historical society; the board approved the warrant with the meeting recording indicating "4 and 1 abstention." The board did not provide further breakdown of votes or roll-call tallies in the public record.
No other formal policy decisions were adopted at the meeting. Several items, including the franchise agreement discussed earlier, were deferred pending follow-up and documentation.
