Votes at a glance: Charlton Select Board approves routine appointments, event permits and closes warrant

The Town of Charlton Select Board took several routine but formal actions during its March 25 meeting. All votes recorded in the meeting transcript passed unanimously; the transcript does not include roll-call tallies.

Key actions recorded in the meeting minutes:

- Accepted minutes of the March 11 regular meeting (motion and unanimous vote). - Appointed Nick Schwanier to a light-equipment-operator position in the Highway Department following interviews; the board voted unanimously to appoint him. - Appointed Kathleen Dermody and Bruce Meanan to the Community Center Feasibility Committee, an ad hoc committee whose terms expire upon completion of assigned duties; appointment motion passed unanimously. - Received and accepted with regret a retirement notice from Robert Anderson, light-equipment operator in the Highway Department, who plans to retire on July 24, 2025 after 28 years of service; acceptance of the notice was unanimous. - Approved a special alcoholic-beverage license application from David Robinson for wine and malt beverages for a wedding at Camp Jocelyn on May 10, 2025 (staff recommended dates on the license cover May 10–11 to allow pickup of leftover alcohol); motion passed unanimously. - Approved a special-event permit for the CAAC Blueberry Festival scheduled for July 27, 2025 at Fort Dreiser Hill; the application had received approvals from fire, building and police departments and the board voted unanimously to approve the permit. - Closed the warrant for the upcoming Town Meeting (motion to close carried unanimously). The board’s chair said the warrant will not be reopened barring an emergency.

The board also entertained a motion to adjourn, which passed unanimously.