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Cranberry Isles Select Board approves warrants, signs tax commitment and makes multiple administrative appointments
Summary
At its June 3 meeting the Cranberry Isles Select Board reviewed and signed financial warrants totaling $689,406.58, approved prior minutes, added two unknown‑owner properties to the 2026 tax assessment, signed a community‑solar MOU, authorized bidding an MSW contract and appointed a representative to the Acadia National Park Advisory Committee.
The Cranberry Isles Select Board met June 3 at the Cranberry House and handled a range of routine town business, approving financial warrants, signing a tax commitment letter and taking several formal votes on committee appointments and contracts.
Select Board Chair Katelyn Damon opened the meeting at 2:35 p.m. The board reviewed financial warrants #83–#90 totaling $689,406.58; Chair Damon asked about invoices from Whitney Electric, and Administrative Assistant James Fortune said he would follow up on generator maintenance for each island. The board approved and signed the warrants without dissent.
The board approved the May 5, 2026 meeting minutes after a motion from Chair Damon and a second from Select Board member Ingrid Gaither; the motion passed 3–0. The board also declined a request from John Goodwin Jr. Company to purchase granite blocks from Manset after a motion by Gaither and a second from January Bennett; that motion passed 3–0.
Town Clerk Benjamin Sumner presented the town’s tax commitment letter, which the Select Board reviewed and signed. Sumner also reported two properties with unknown owners on Harding Point Road on Great Cranberry Island; Chair Damon moved to add the properties to the 2026 tax assessment, January Bennett seconded, and the motion passed 3–0. (The transcript contains an inconsistent year reference: the agenda lists the item as the 2026 tax commitment while the presentation text refers to 2025.)
The Select Board reviewed and signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Community Solar Association and the Island Institute, and agreed without dissent to put the municipal solid waste (MSW) contract out to bid following an updated contract review presented by Chair Damon.
The board also agreed to send an updated draft Joy Lot purchase letter as presented and appointed Carl Brooks to serve as the town’s representative to the Acadia National Park Advisory Committee after a motion from Chair Damon and a second from January Bennett; that appointment carried 3–0.
The meeting concluded with the chair reviewing action items for follow‑up. The board recorded that there was no executive session under 1 M.R.S.A. §405(6)(A) and adjourned at 4:22 p.m.
