Selectboard, library trustees hold listening session on expansion and village green after bond reconsideration

A joint listening session on the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library expansion and proposed Village Green updates convened June 15, 2026 and ran from 7:10 p.m. to 8:55 p.m., according to meeting minutes.

Selectboard Chair Ted Kenney facilitated the session, which the minutes say continued the Trustees' meeting so members of the public and elected officials could offer input after a recent bond reconsideration vote. The minutes list Trustees Charity Clark, Shari Westman, Karla Karstens, Steve Perkins, Diane Downer, Barbara Mieder and Brian Goodwin as present, along with Librarian Kevin Unrath and Town Manager Erik Wells; Selectboard members Greta D’Agostino, Ellie Beckett, Jeanne Jensen and McKew Devitt are also recorded as attending.

The minutes state that "many opinions were expressed during the almost two-hour session," but they do not include verbatim comments, specific proposals, formal motions, or votes. The record therefore shows the meeting served as a forum for public comment and discussion rather than producing decisions or actions by the Trustees.

The minutes explicitly note there was no Trustee business recorded at the meeting. The Trustees scheduled a special meeting for Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at 6:30 p.m., listed in the minutes as the next meeting to consider further matters.

Because the minutes are a high-level record and do not provide speakers' remarks or distinct proposals, this report summarizes the meeting's scope and procedural outcomes rather than describing detailed policy arguments or individual comments.