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Votes at a glance: Select Board approves fundraising, accepts resignations and funds harbor repairs
Summary
At its July 15 meeting, the North Haven Select Board approved a series of routine and emergency items — including fundraising and an emergency harbor repair allotment — accepted two resignations, and advanced a parking ordinance to a special town meeting. Vote tallies are not specified in the transcript.
The North Haven Select Board on July 15 approved multiple routine and time‑sensitive items and recorded several personnel changes.
The board accepted the resignation of Deputy Chief Chris Percy; Chair (S3) said the chief will meet with staff to recommend how to reassign or fill deputy responsibilities and present a plan at the board’s August meeting. The board also accepted the resignation of Jill, the clinic administrator, and instructed staff to post the clinic administrator position and plan an exit interview and transition for ongoing projects such as digitizing patient files and configuring clinic iPads.
On finance and fundraising, the board approved a recreation council fundraising request to preorder and sell T‑shirts, and later authorized the playground committee to launch a GoFundMe campaign to raise up to $50,000 toward a playground replacement (see separate article). Staff clarified the town holds approximately $17,000 in the playground reserve, leaving a gap the campaign aims to fill.
The board approved spending up to $7,000 from the town’s reserves for emergent repairs and mooring hardware at Pulpit Harbor after an on‑site inspection flagged severely worn chains and unsafe float connections. Staff (S4) called the condition “emergent” and recommended using reserve funds to permit immediate diver inspection and hardware replacement.
The ordinance committee’s proposed parking ordinance was advanced to a public hearing and a special town meeting for a public vote; the transcript indicates the board will notify abutters and hold a public hearing before final town action. The record does not provide complete roll‑call tallies for the motions noted above.
Actions recorded in the transcript (motion text taken from meeting discussion): - Motion: "Approve meeting minutes for July 1 as recommended." Mover: Committee member (S1). Second: Chair (S3). Outcome: approved (vote tally not specified in transcript). - Motion: "Approve landing liquor license (consent item)." Mover: Chair (S3). Outcome: approved (vote tally not specified). - Motion: "Approve rec council fundraising (T‑shirts) and up to $3,000 from special funds." Mover: Staff member (S2). Outcome: approved (vote tally not specified). - Motion: "Regretfully accept Chris Percy’s resignation as deputy chief." Mover: Committee member (S2). Outcome: approved (vote tally not specified). - Motion: "Regretfully accept Jill’s resignation from the clinic and post the clinic administrator position." Mover: Committee member (S1). Outcome: approved (vote tally not specified). - Motion: "Authorize spending from reserve up to $7,000 for Pulpit Harbor moorings and hardware." Mover: Staff member (S4). Outcome: approved (vote tally not specified). - Motion: "Advance proposed parking ordinance to a special town meeting and public hearing." Mover: Committee member (S1). Outcome: advanced to hearing and special town meeting (final town vote pending).
The transcript does not provide full, named vote tallies for each motion; where the meeting records only voice responses ("Aye") the transcript does not enumerate a roll call or final counts. The board indicated next procedural steps for many items (public hearings, hiring ads, and reporting back at the August 5 meeting).
