With five towns now calling for further review, the plan to create an Islandwide housing bank is officially on hold. West Tisbury voters decided Tuesday night to reconsider an earlier vote to approve the bank.
West Tisbury voters gather for town meetings tonight to decide their part in two key regional issues: the housing bank proposal and funding for a plan to rebuild the high school track. The meetings begin at 7 p.m. in the school gymnasium.
After strong defeats in the three down-Island annual town meetings and a victory in West Tisbury last week, proponents of the controversial housing bank are turning their attention up-Island, where two more town meetings and a vote on the bank’s funding mechanism remain.
West Tisbury agreed to back the controversial housing bank proposal and establish a first-time rooms tax during a two-night annual town meeting that saw debate, procedural tangles and a final twist.
A first-time rooms tax and increased protection for the Mill Brook watershed are set to come before West Tisbury voters at their annual town meeting next week.
Voters in West Tisbury agreed to change the tax collector from an elected to an appointed position in a single-question special town election Thursday.
West Tisbury opened its town meeting with a tribute to Patrick Gregory. Getting down to business, voters approved a $16.9 million budget, with all but one of the 42 articles passing. Short of a quorum on the second night, the meeting was reconvened for next week.
