Select Board delays housing debt, revisits parking fee
The Nantucket Select Board paused the next phase of municipal employee housing and agreed to revisit downtown paid parking at its annual strategic-planning retreat.
Select Board · Meeting of October 6, 2026
NANTUCKET — The Nantucket Select Board paused the next phase of municipal employee housing and agreed to revisit downtown paid parking at its annual strategic-planning retreat. Members split over debt capacity, now at 15 percent against a prior 11 percent policy cap; Bob DeCosta said he wants "not spend any money for the next three to five years," while Housing Director Christy warned the town's Richmond Place lease, housing 10 employees, expires in 2029. Brooke Mohr called a priority-without-funding commitment "an empty commitment." Matt Fee will represent the board on a transportation subcommittee studying paid parking and ticket-fine increases.
Staff reported 60 municipal job vacancies and said DPW facility cost figures, central to the $145 million capital plan, are due in November.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of October 6, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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