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Votes and actions at a glance: June board meeting
Summary
At the public session the board approved minutes, a tax-credit award to Batten Systems, Main Street and site-readiness grants, two innovation vouchers ($150,000), a $50,000 reallocation in the Rebounds Placemaking program, an Innovate GIS mapping contract, a small Sanborn cap increase, and employee handbook revisions.
The board took several administrative and program actions during the public session:
- Approved public session minutes of the 05/19/2025 meeting. - Approved Qualified Jobs tax credits for Batten Systems (Bristol), with staff to finalize commencement terms. - Approved seven Main Street Streetscape awards (~$1.8M) and 14 site-readiness awards (~$1.9–$2.0M). - Approved two innovation vouchers totaling $150,000 to Circadian Positioning Systems and Deep Blue Composites. - Approved reallocation of $50,000 from Westerly Land Trust to two existing placemaking awards (South County Tourism Council and Topgolf). - Authorized engagement of Innovate for broadband GIS mapping (not to exceed $999,450.98/year) and approved a $5,829 cap increase to Sanborn Map Company's contract to keep the broadband map hosted and compliant with NTIA guidance. - Approved updates to the corporation employee handbook.
Most actions passed by voice vote; the public transcript did not include roll-call tallies.
