Chilmark selectmen this week approved a warrant for a special town meeting later this month, reviewed damage from tropical storm Irene and discussed a draft revision of the Tri-Town Ambulance Service agreement.

Articles on the warrant for the Sept. 26 special session include $550,000 to fund the restoration of the historic Tea Lane Farm house and prepare the farm for a tenant farmer; $25,000 for landscaping and site improvements at the Middle Line Road affordable housing duplexes; and $29,000 to pay off bonding costs for the new Menemsha pier.

Voters also will be asked to fund the town’s portion of the Islandwide affordable housing needs assessment by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, a Tri-Town Ambulance paramedic training program and joining the Cape and Vineyard Electrical Cooperative.

Tropical storm Irene led to broad discussion at the selectmen’s weekly meeting on Tuesday. Executive secretary Timothy Carroll said there was room for improvement but generally the town’s response went off without a hitch.

Mr. Carroll said cooperation among Aquinnah, West Tisbury and Chilmark to share one shelter proved successful.

The biggest problem came when the power went out for most of the day, from 9:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. or later for some residents, Mr. Carroll said. He suggested the selectmen ask Comcast for storm statistics and why their service was lost during the storm. Negotiations are ongoing with Comcast for a new 10-year license.

The temporary cell phone towers put up for President Obama’s visit by the White House Communications Agency were supposed to remain during the storm but were disassembled instead, Mr. Carroll said.

Chairman of the board Frank Fenner expressed his frustration. “The general public is still here,” he said. “Just because the President left, we should still have cell service

Damage from the storm included Squibnocket Beach parking lot’s top layer of soil cement, and pieces from the wave wall on the new town pier in Menemsha blew out.

Selectman Warren Doty said they expected the wave wall to last for 20 to 30 years. An engineer’s report is being undertaken to understand why the wall failed.

Lucy Vincent Beach took a hard hit in the storm, with washover at the walk-on path to the pond and far side of the beach. The washover caused a breach in Chilmark Pond. Commissioner of the Chilmark Pond Association Steve Lewenberg said the town and private association should take the opportunity to work together on a restoration plan for the pond.

“Our mandate is to maintain the health of the pond primarily through opening the pond periodically to the ocean to allow flow back and forth,” he said. “We need cooperation between the pond association and the town of Chilmark; we both have a vested interest in this issue. I will recommend to other commissioners, and they are happy to kick in up to $5,000 as our share of a project to go forward with a professional engineer who will study the site and tell us what if anything needs to be done.

The selectmen also reviewed a draft revision of the ambulance service agreement between Aquinnah, Chilmark and West Tisbury. The draft recommends a new committee consisting of one selectman from each town and the ambulance service chief, and suggests several different assessment methods.

The selectmen from all three towns will discuss the new agreement at a special meeting on Sept. 14.