Whately Select Board signs $582,879 library masonry contract, elects new officers

Select Board · Meeting of May 4, 2026

Whately's newly reorganized Select Board approved a $582,879 masonry repair contract for the Graves Memorial Library at its May 4 meeting. Nathaniel was elected Chair, Crystal Vice Chair, and newly seated member Dan Murphy as Clerk, each by a 3-0 vote. The board signed a contract with Structural Preservation Systems, selected from five bids after a previous single-bid attempt was rebid, with total Community Preservation Act funding of approximately $700,000 covering design, contingency, and construction.

The board also approved a sewer connection at 124 South Silver Lane contingent on a recorded easement, and granted a common victualler license to Frontier Pizza's new owners. Members celebrated a Proposition 2½ override passing with roughly 69 percent of 621 votes cast, described as the highest local election turnout board members had seen, and the town administrator reported that final interviews for the South County EMS director are expected within two weeks, with approximately three finalists identified.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of May 4, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.