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Select Board approves website edits after two members abstain, citing special-meeting scope
Summary
The Winhall Select Board voted 3–0 with two abstentions to approve proposed website changes and to direct the Town Administrator to implement them; two members said the vote was outside the special meeting’s advertised purpose.
During the Oct. 20, 2025 special meeting, Member Elizabeth Grant moved that the Select Board approve changes she had suggested to the town website and authorize the Town Administrator to make those edits. The motion was seconded by Stacy Eddy-Gordon. Members Julie Isaacs and William Schwartz said they did not agree the matter was on the special meeting agenda and that they were not prepared for a vote; both abstained. The motion passed with three in favor and two abstentions.
Isaacs explicitly stated she "had not prepared for a vote on this material," and Schwartz left the meeting later saying he disagreed that the personnel matter should be discussed at a special meeting called for one specific purpose. The board nevertheless directed the Town Administrator, Lissa Stark, to implement the approved website changes. The minutes do not specify the exact edits; the motion authorizes staff action without further detail recorded in the minutes.
