MassVoter.com← Aquinnah Select BoardAquinnah Select Board · 2025–2026 Board · Regular meeting
January 20, 2026
6 recorded votes, 4 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF)
A monthly email on what it voted on, starting in November.
Your Aquinnah ballot: 13 quizzes, about a minute each.
Start my ballot →Attendance
Present: Tom Murphy, Julianne Vanderhoop, Christopher Manning
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Tick-free Martha’s Vineyard
Approved cooperation with Tick Free MV
Approved cooperation with Tick Free MV
From the minutes
“Following the discussion the Board unanimously approved the request..”
MV Regional High School
Accepted information relating to All-Island Vote
Accepted information relating to All-Island Vote
The minutes say the board voted or acted but give no count and no names, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“Sam Hart and Skipper Manter from the All-Island School Committee were in attendance to confirm that the AISC will request that a Special Election be conducted in all Vineyard towns on June 2, 2026 to vote on the appropriation of funds for the new high school..”
Accepted information relating to All-Island Vote
The minutes say the board voted or acted but give no count and no names, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“Following short discussion, the Board accepted Mr..”
Building Inspector Agreement
Authorized signing newest agreement
Authorized signing newest agreement
The minutes say the board voted or acted but give no count and no names, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“The Board voted to sign the Agreement but not to expand administrative costs beyond current costs of Carolyn Feltz..”
Sign the Agreement, Julie seconded the motion which carried unanimously
Sign the Agreement, Julie seconded the motion which carried unanimously
From the minutes
“Tom Murphy made a motion to sign the Agreement, Julie seconded the motion which carried unanimously..” (Motion: Murphy, second: Vanderhoop)
Cemetery Report
Accepted Town Administrator Report of no progress
Accepted Town Administrator Report of no progress
The minutes record this decision only in the item’s heading (“Accepted Town Administrator Report of no progress”), with no count or names, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“(Accepted Town Administrator Report of no progress).”
From the Aquinnah Select Board’s official minutes, posted on the town website. We check every vote against the members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Christopher Manning (Sarah Shaw Dawson) and Tom Murphy (Nikeya Tankard), The Martha’s Vineyard Times; Julianne Vanderhoop (Amber Bettencourt, The Martha’s Vineyard Times, 2017); Gary Haley (Ray Ewing, Vineyard Gazette).
How to read these pagesWhere the votes come from, how we check them against the official minutes, what isn't included yet, and how to report a mistake.About city pages →