Select Board signs letter on state housing proposals

Select Board · Meeting of October 19, 2026

WESTPORT — The Select Board voted 4-0 to sign a joint municipal letter voicing concern about state proposals that would override local zoning. Members also voted 4-0 to repost the public health nurse position at a range of $34.34 to $48.08 an hour, after Tanya Bryden said $34 an hour "is not going to make us competitive." Rick Mundy told colleagues the Town Hall Annex went two weeks without water, with deliveries costing about $3,200 every two weeks by his estimate, and proposed moving its staff and tenant to the former high school. Other members asked for cost, water and code reports.

The Buzzards Bay Coalition and Gomez and Sullivan Engineers said they have requested $5.7 million in federal funds to replace culverts at Angeline Brook, Snell Creek, Lyons Brook and Kirby Brook.

In the full story:

• Opening and Announcements
• Appointments, Donations and Licenses
• Joint Municipal Letter on State Housing Policy
• Public Health Nurse Compensation
• Town Hall Annex Well and Possible Relocation
• Coldwater Culverts Update
• Minutes, Reports and Executive Session
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,937 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of October 19, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.