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Nantucket Select Board · 2025–2026 Board · Regular meeting

October 2, 2025

2 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.

Sources: Official minutes (PDF)

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Attendance

Present: Thomas Dixon, Matt Fee, Dawn E. Hill, Malcolm MacNab, Brooke Mohr

Absent: None

Every vote, in order

Request for Select Board to Grant the Town Manager Authority to File Documents for Surfside Wastewater Treatment Faci…

Grant the Town Manager authority to file documents for the Surfside Wastewater Treatment Facility Phase 2 Improvements project

Minutes, page 1

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 5 present

Grant the Town Manager authority to file documents for the Surfside Wastewater Treatment Facility Phase 2 Improvements project

From the minutes

“Mr. Fee moved to grant the Town Manager authority to file documents for the Surfside Wastewater Treatment Facility Phase 2 Improvements project; seconded by Dr. MacNab; by roll call vote: Chair Hill – Yes; Mr. Dixon – Yes; Mr. Fee – Yes; Dr. MacNab - Yes; Ms. Mohr – Yes; so voted.” (Motion: Fee, second: MacNab)

Read it in the official minutes, page 1 (PDF)

Adjourn to executive session pursuant to MGL C. 30A § 21(A), not to return to open session for the purposes of: 1. Purpose 7: To Comply with, or Act Under the Authority of, Any General or Special Law (Open Meeting Law, G

Minutes, page 1

ProceduralPassed · 4–0

Adjourn to executive session pursuant to MGL C. 30A § 21(A), not to return to open session for the purposes of: 1. Purpose 7: To Comply with, or Act Under the Authority of, Any General or Special Law (Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §§ 18-23) to Approve Executive Session Minutes of September 11, 2025. 2. Purpose 3: To Discuss Strategy with Respect to Litigation (Barros v. Select Board, et al, Nantucket Superior Court, Civil Docket No. 2175CV00004), where an Open Meeting May have a Detrimental Effect on the Litigating Position of the Select Board/County Commissioners and the Chair so Declares; Votes May be Taken. 3. Purpose 3: To Discuss Strategy with Respect to Litigation: (1) Town of Nantucket v. South Coast Wind, (2) Threatened Litigation Against Vineyard Wind Based on Violations of Good Neighbor Agreement Between the Town and Vineyard Wind, and (3) Litigation Strategy Regarding Threatened and Potential Litigation Against Other Wind Farm Developers; , where an Open Meeting May have a Detrimental Effect on the Litigation Position of the Select Board/County Commissioners and the Chair so Declares; Votes May Be Taken. 4. Purpose 6: To Consider the Purchase, Exchange, Lease, or Value of Real Property Regarding Ames Avenue, Assessor’s Map 60.2.4, Parcel 63.2, where an Open Meeting May have a Detrimental Effect on the Negotiating Position of the Select Board/County Commissioners and the Chair so Declares; Votes May Be Taken. 5. Purpose 6: To Consider the Purchase, Exchange, Lease, or Value of Real Property Regarding 131/135 Pleasant Street, 47 Sparks Avenue, 51 Sparks Avenue and 109 Pleasant Street, where an Open Meeting May have a Detrimental Effect on the Negotiating Position of the Select Board/County Commissioners and the Chair so Declares; Votes May Be Taken. Seconded by Dr. MacNab; by roll call vote: Chair Hill – Yes; Mr. Dixon – Yes; Mr. Fee – Yes; Dr. MacNab Yes; Ms. Mohr – Yes; so voted

Yes: Dixon, Fee, Hill, Mohr

From the minutes

“Mr. Fee moved to adjourn to executive session pursuant to MGL C. 30A § 21(A), not to return to open session for the purposes of: 1. Purpose 7: To Comply with, or Act Under the Authority of, Any General or Special Law (Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §§ 18-23) to Approve Executive Session Minutes of September 11, 2025. 2. Purpose 3: To Discuss Strategy with Respect to Litigation (Barros v. Select Board, et al, … Pleasant Street, 47 Sparks Avenue, 51 Sparks Avenue and 109 Pleasant Street, where an Open Meeting May have a Detrimental Effect on the Negotiating Position of the Select Board/County Commissioners and the Chair so Declares; Votes May Be Taken. Seconded by Dr. MacNab; by roll call vote: Chair Hill – Yes; Mr. Dixon – Yes; Mr. Fee – Yes; Dr. MacNab Yes; Ms. Mohr – Yes; so voted Approved the 8th day of October 2025.” (Motion: Fee)

Read it in the official minutes, page 1 (PDF)

From the Nantucket Select Board’s official minutes, posted on the town’s CivicClerk portal. We check every vote against the members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Member photos from the Nantucket Current: Dawn E. Hill (with its March 2024 story on her reelection bid), Matt Fee (with his March 2025 reelection column), Brooke Mohr (2025 campaign photo by Jason Graziadei), Robert DeCosta and Jill Vieth (May 2026 election-day photos by Jason Graziadei). Former members show initials.

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