Fri, 05/07/2021 - 8:45am
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Just over 200 voters attended Financial Town Meeting in the gymnasium of the Block Island School. Photos by Pat Tengwall.
“Now the hard part starts. You’ve got 30 days.” That was the advice of Assistant Town Moderator Doug Michel after the vote was counted on whether the town should contribute $4.5 million to the $10.5 million acquisition of a portion of the Overlook property on the Great Salt Pond, between Champlin’s Marina and the Salt Pond Settlement.
The bonding for the purchase was approved at the annual Financial Town Meeting on Monday, May 3. by a vote of 115 to 81, after more than an hour of discussion, comments, and questions from the public and a call for the vote to be taken by paper ballot – a motion introduced by Jessica Willi and approved by at least 20 percent of those present and voting, as is necessary for that type of a motion to pass.