Select Board Pauses Sewer Building, Trims Capital List

Select Board · Meeting of October 28, 2026

Nantucket Select Board paused a $15 million sewer building and sent a $203 million capital wish list to committee for review. Deputy Town Manager Rick Sears said the sewer administration facility is "somewhat paused for fiscal 28" over debt-service concerns, while a $10 million Children's Beach pump-station relocation awaits a townwide stormwater master plan. Member Jill Vieth said she was "100 percent positive" the town cannot repeat last year's roughly $200 million in capital spending.

The board separately approved a National Grid utility license for the Tacoma Green affordable housing project and corrected a 2021 yard-sale deed at 57 Hulbert Avenue to protect beach access. During public comment, a former assistant supervisor in the town's Communications Department, Patrick Considine said he filed a Massachusetts State Ethics Commission complaint against Town Manager Gibson, alleging she improperly commented on litigation involving her husband, Deputy Police Chief Charles Gibson.

In the full story:

• County Commissioners Session and Opening
• Announcements and Administrative Housekeeping
• Public Comment Follow-Up: Our Island Home and Sherbourne Commons
• Public Comment: Verizon Landline Phase-Out and an Ethics Complaint
• 2030 Census Letter
• National Grid License and the 57 Hulbert Avenue Deed Correction
• NP&EDC Special Municipal Employee Designation and an October 19 Ratification
• Capital Improvement Plan: Enterprise Funds
• Town Manager's Monthly Report and Committee Updates
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,804 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of October 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.