Town Meeting: West Tisbury Eyes $2.8 Million Police Station

Dog owners over 70 will no longer have to pay a fee to license their pets, if West Tisbury voters approve Article 19 on the annual town meeting warrant.

Article 8 asks voters to decide whether the town should "Appropriate the sum of Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,800,000) for the construction and equipping of a new Police Station, to be located at the Public Safety Building site."

The town meeting warrant has 37 articles, all but one of them concerning town expenditures.

The final article, placed on the warrant by petition, is a non-binding referendum related to the last year and subsequent efforts to regulate certain firearms: 

"Whereas, we have witnessed the slaughter of our children, parents, teachers, fellow citizens through the use of semi-automatic and automatic weapons, and Whereas we wish to end these killings, keep our children safe and ensure that these weapons of mass destruction are not in the hands of civilians, WE Resolve that the town of West Tisbury Massachusetts, direct our Senators and Congressman to immediately pass into law Senator Dianne Feinstein’s bill (S-150)."

Tuesday's town meeting will be followed by the town election, Thursday from noon to 8 p.m. at the Public Safety Building (North Tisbury Fire Station). 

What are the most important articles coming before West Tisbury voters, in your opinion? Tell us in the comments.

The West Tisbury town meeting warrant and proposed 2014 budget are attached to this article. To read the Edgartown town meeting warrant for Tuesday, please click here.

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