Public raises concerns about a vending permit and apparent email leak; council asks staff to investigate

During citizens’ comments, a vendor seeking permission to operate a hot‑dog cart at the Home Depot reported difficulty getting a notarized site-owner letter required for town permitting. The manager and staff told the vendor the town can notarize a properly signed letter from the store manager, and asked the vendor to bring the documentation to the town manager’s office for processing.

A second resident reported that an email intended for election officials was circulated publicly via Facebook and that the circulation led to online threats and reputational harm. The resident asked how the email left the town’s internal correspondence stream. Councilors urged the resident to work with the town manager and the clerk to trace distribution and, if necessary, to involve law enforcement for specific threats. The manager said staff would follow up and seek clarity on how the message was shared.

Councilors stressed that social‑media screenshots can spread quickly and recommended handling factual communications through the manager’s office; no formal action beyond staff follow-up was taken at the meeting.