Falmouth Board Affirms First Appointed Town Clerk

Select Board · Meeting of October 19, 2026

Falmouth Select Board affirmed its first appointed town clerk and advanced $4.45 million in police station bond financing. The board voted unanimously to appoint Lisa McGoran, who has served as temporary clerk since Michael Palmer's retirement, calling it, in Chair Heather Goldstone's words, "an historic moment for the town." Members also voted unanimously to authorize sale of $4.45 million in bond anticipation notes for the new police station's design and engineering, with Town Manager Renshaw noting the town has already spent $2.63 million against the authorization. On housing, the board unanimously exercised its right of first refusal on a deed-restricted home at 8 Esker Place and approved a $125,000 Affordable Housing Fund grant toward its resale at $385,000.

The board also approved reducing a 17 Walker Street development from 11 to nine units, with three restricted to 80 percent area median income, and adopted the 2027 municipal fee schedule over member Robert Mascali's objection to one fee's elimination.

In the full story:

• Town Manager's Report: Grant Funding and Broadband Expansion
• Public Comment: Police Station Records Request and Marathon Recognition
• Town Clerk Transition: Affirming Lisa McGoran
• Consent Agenda and Licensing: Frederick William House and State Election Warrant
• Committee Interview: Amy Bauer to Commission on Disabilities
• Public Hearing: 2027 Fee Schedule
• Nathan Ellis Highway Auction and Potential Land Swap
• Bond Anticipation Notes for Police Station Design
• 8 Esker Place: Right of First Refusal and Affordable Housing Fund Grant
• 17 Walker Street: Local Initiative Program Modification
• Long Pond Parcel Assessment and Article 97 Transfer
• Minutes, Reports and Future Agenda Items
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 4,042 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of October 19, 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.