News Update: Tuesday, April 26 - Chilmark Gets It Done

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<p></p> <p> Chilmark voters acted with dispatch on a 37-article annual town meeting warrant on Monday night, approving a $7 million town budget that includes a 2.6 per cent cost of living increase for town employees, overhauling the town personnel bylaw and approving a new set of rules for swimming pools in town.</p> <p> A Community Preservation Act spending article for the Tea Lane Farm restoration project, and two articles that would funnel CPA money to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard Museum projects were indefinitely postponed.</p>

Chilmark voters acted with dispatch on a 37-article annual town meeting warrant on Monday night, approving a $7 million town budget that includes a 2.6 per cent cost of living increase for town employees, overhauling the town personnel bylaw and approving a new set of rules for swimming pools in town.

A Community Preservation Act spending article for the Tea Lane Farm restoration project, and two articles that would funnel CPA money to Martha’s Vineyard Museum projects were indefinitely postponed.

A total of 107 voters attended. The annual town election is Wednesday; polling hours are from noon to 8 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center. There are no contests on the ballot this year.

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