Finance Committee Appoints Loberg, Reviews FY27 Budgets
Tisbury Finance Committee unanimously appointed Melinda Loberg to fill a vacancy pending Select Board approval, addressing a quorum shortage. The committee reviewed Police and Select Board budgets, with Police up 4.5 percent and Select Board up 8.6 percent, and noted a salary correction reflecting
Finance & Advisory Committee · Meeting of February 19, 2026
Tisbury Finance Committee unanimously appointed Melinda Loberg to fill a vacancy pending Select Board approval, addressing a quorum shortage. The committee reviewed Police and Select Board budgets, with Police up 4.5 percent and Select Board up 8.6 percent, and noted a salary correction reflecting a 3.2 percent cost-of-living adjustment reducing police salary costs to $463,651. Town Administrator Joe LaCivita proposed multiple warrant articles for the April 28 Annual Town Meeting, including a $100,933.20 Director of Planning position, $200,000 for Finance Department operations redefinition, $400,000 for a Tisbury School solar project, and a potential shared Meridian Voting System with Oak Bluffs.
Formal votes on budgets and previous meeting minutes were tabled to the next meeting.
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Source: the Finance & Advisory Committee meeting of February 19, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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