Council committees

Most items go to a committee before the full board votes. Committees study them and send a recommendation back. Here are the 0 committees, who sits on each, and what they sent to the full board.

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Committee assignments from the city’s committee list. The city posts minutes for the Committee on Finance and the public hearings; minutes for the other committees are not posted online, so their pages show the recommendations they sent to the full board.

From the Chilmark 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. Member photos from The Martha’s Vineyard Times: Jeffrey Maida (April 2024 election story), Matthew Poole (June 2025 profile, photo by Sarah Shaw Dawson), Rebecca Haag (April 2026 candidate forum, photo by Nicholas Vukota). Former members show initials.

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