West Tisbury, MA
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Tue Sep 16, 2025
Annual Town Warrant - April 14th, 2026
✓ Decided: Voters approved 4 articles, including invasive tree removal, at special town meeting
The West Tisbury Special Town Meeting on September 16, 2025, with 166 voters present, passed all four articles on the warrant. Article 3 was amended to reduce the number of invasive grey willow trees removed from the town-owned Mill Pond from 20 to 15, with the cost reduced to $40,425.00. All other articles passed as recommended by the Select Board.
- Approved $8,984.24 transfer from Health Insurance to Unemployment Compensation Stabilization Fund (unanimous)
- Approved $108,000 transfer from Treasurer's Personal Services to Professional Services for contracted services (5-0)
- Approved $40,425.00 for removal of 15 invasive grey willow trees from Mill Pond, amended from original $66,150 for 20 trees (4-0-1)
- Passed amendment to Map & Lot Sign Numbers bylaw requiring visible, 3-inch reflective address numbers, with fines up to $100 (5-0)
📄 From the minutes
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The moderator called the meeting to order at 6:18pm there being a quorum
present. There were 166 voters present. All articles were duly moved,
seconded and voted upon. There was one floor amendment. The meeting
was adjourned at 6:45pm.
WEST TISBURY
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
WARRANT FOR
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
County of Dukes County, SS
To Either of the Constables of the Town of West Tisbury,
GREETINGS:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify
and warn the inhabitants of West Tisbury qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs to
meet in the West Tisbury Elementary School, Old County Road, in said Town on Tuesday
the Sixteenth day of September, two thousand and twenty-five, at six o’clock in the
evening; then and there to act on the articles of this Warrant.
ARTICLE 1: To see if the Town will vote to Transfer the sum of Eight Thousand Nine
Hundred Eighty-Four Dollars and Twenty-Four Cents ($8,984.24) from the Health Insurance
appropriation to the Unemployment Compensation Stabilization Fund, pursuant to the
provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 5B, or take any other action
relative thereto. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY (RECOMMENDED 5-0)
ARTICLE 2: To see if the Town will vote to Transfer the sum of One Hundred Eight
Thousand Dollars ($108,000) from the Treasurer’s Personal Services line (145-5120) to the
Treasurer’s Professional Services line (145-5300) for the purpose o …
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Tue Apr 8, 2025
Annual Town Warrant - April 14th, 2026
✓ Decided: Town votes to accept Seasonal Community Designation
The West Tisbury Special Town Meeting was called to order with a quorum of 283 voters present. The only substantive action was the passage of Article 1, which accepted the Seasonal Community Designation as provided by Massachusetts law. The meeting adjourned after 15 minutes.
- Approved Seasonal Community Designation (5-0)
📄 From the minutes
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The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 6:20pm who declared
a quorum of 5% with 283 qualified voters present. All articles were duly
moved, seconded and voted upon. The meeting was adjourned at 6:35pm.
WEST TISBURY
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
WARRANT FOR
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
County of Dukes County, SS
To Either of the Constables of the Town of West Tisbury,
GREETINGS:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify
and warn the inhabitants of West Tisbury qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs to
meet in the West Tisbury Elementary School, Old County Road, in said Town on Tuesday
the eighth day of April, two thousand and twenty-five, at Five Fifty-Five o’clock in the
evening; then and there to act on the articles of this Warrant.
ARTICLE 1: To see if the Town will vote to accept on behalf of the Town of West Tisbury,
the Seasonal Community Designation as provided for in General Laws Chapter 23B, Section
32(b); or to take any other action relative thereto. (RECOMMENDED 5-0)
PASSED
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof in not
less than six (6) public places in West Tisbury fourteen days (14) at least before the holding of
such meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with doings thereon to the Town
Clerk at the time and place of Meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 12th Day of March in the Year T …
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🌐 County-level context
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Traffic fatalities1 (2023)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC