Select Board terminates Assistant Treasurer; approves infrastructure projects
Chilmark Select Board terminated Assistant Treasurer Samantha Bunker effective April 9, 2026, following the interim Treasurer's recommendation not to extend her probationary period.
Select Board · Meeting of April 8, 2026
Chilmark Select Board terminated Assistant Treasurer Samantha Bunker effective April 9, 2026, following the interim Treasurer's recommendation not to extend her probationary period. In unanimous votes, the board approved three iPhone 16 devices for board members and authorized a dealer to sell the town's harbor electric golf cart for an estimated $4,200. The board approved grey-blue composite material for a preschool accessible path, referred a Police Department insulation proposal to the Historic Commission, and endorsed Shellfish Constable Isaiah Scheffer's recommendation to increase oyster harvest to 1,000 per day, three days weekly, through May 9.
The board also approved the Possible Dreams Auction at Allen Farm on August 7, 2026.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of April 8, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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