Selectboard - Virtual

Event Date: 
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 - 7:00pm

Wellfleet Selectboard

Note: Start Time of 7pm

The Wellfleet Selectboard will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be held via Zoom Video Conference in accordance with the temporary suspension and enhancement of the Open Meeting Law requirements by Governor Baker. Instructions for a Zoom video conference meeting which also allows phone dial-in are given below:

Join the meeting hosted in Zoom by using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85689604806?pwd=blplVFFBZzViQ0xNWkZKMm9iMVdrdz09

Audio, video, chat, and screen sharing functions will be disabled during the public session. Request to participate by using the “raise hand” function. Meeting ID: 856 8960 4806 | Passcode: 611877

Raise hand in smartphone app – touch bottom of your screen and select “more” - hit “raise hand” button

Raise hand on computer – hit “participants” button on bottom of screen – hit “raise hand” button on bottom of participants panel

Please make sure you properly identify yourself before speaking, rename yourself by selecting the participants button and choosing “more” (or by holding down on your name on a smartphone app) and selecting “rename” - full, legal names only.

Please join the meeting on time.

You may also listen to the meeting by calling in on a phone to +1 929 205 6099 and enter Meeting ID: 856 8960 4806 | Passcode: 611877 Landline callers can participate by dialing *9 to raise their hand.

You may submit questions and comments to the Town using the following email: executive.assistant@wellfleet-ma.gov Comments made during the meeting via e-mail will be sent to Selectboard members AFTER the meeting.

Meeting materials are attached to this agenda, available online at Wellfleet-ma.gov. It is recommended that phone participants access materials in advance of the meeting.

Please follow the following general instructions:Keep your phone muted at all times when not talking; no one is allowed to unmute themselves during the meeting.

Selectboard meetings are NOT interactive.  If public comments are allowed that’s all, comments only, not questions.

If the Chair is allowing comments during the meeting the number of comments will be limited and may be no longer than one minute.

Do not use speakerphone; do not use Bluetooth devices; mute all background noise.

Please do not speak until the Chair asks for public comments or questions and you have been recognized by the moderator and unmuted.

After the business section is complete no public comments are permitted.  Future agenda items are from the Selectboard, no one else.

It is anticipated that the meeting will be recorded by the Town. Anyone else desiring to record the meeting may do so only after notifying the chair and may not interfere with the conduct of the meeting in doing so.

   l.  Announcements, Open Session and Public Comments

****Note: Public comments must be brief. The Board will not deliberate or vote on any matter raised solely during Announcements & Public Comments.****

   II.  COVID-19 Updates and Recommendations

   III.  Financial Management Workplan

   IV.  Staff Appreciation

  • Nancy Civetta to receive Shellfish Constable of the Year award~ Paul Bagnal 5-10

   V.  Public Hearings

  • Transfer of Shellfish Grant Licenses # 85-J and 85-J-A ~ Shellfish Constable ~ Nancy Civetta
  • Transfer of Shellfish Grant Licenses# 00-01 and 00-01-Ext ~ Shellfish Constable~ Nancy Civetta
  • Transfer of Shellfish Grant License #01-01 Ext ~ Shellfish Constable ~ Nancy Civetta
  • Shellfish Regulation Changes Section 7.6.1 ~ Shellfish Constable~ Nancy Civetta
  • Wellfleet SPAT ~ One Day Beer and Wine License ~ October 9, 2021
  • Use of Town Property Fee Schedule~ Chair of the Selectboard ~ Ryan Curley

   VI.  Update From Chair

  • Briefing Board on Some Modifications to our Meetings ~ Ryan Curley

   VII.  Use of Town Property

  • Kat Williams ~ Bandstand at the Pier ~ September 26, 2021, ~ 4pm-6pm

   VIII.  Board/Committee Appointments and Updates

  • Personnel Board~ Lori Rutter~ Term of 3 years to end June 30, 2024
  • Board of Health ~ Deb Freeman ~ Term of 3 years to end June 30, 2024
  • Wellfleet Cultural Council Committee Size~ Ryan Curley~ Chair of the Selectboard
  • Cultural Council ~ Kevin McMahon~ Term of 3 years to end June 30, 2024
  • TA Search Committee Charge ~ Ryan Curley ~ Chair of the Selectboard·

   IX.  Business

  • Vote to remain a one precinct town for election purposes.~ Jennifer Congel, town clerk
  • High Toss Rd ~ Carole Ridley
  • Harbor Dredging Contract Award ~ Harbormaster ~ Will Sullivan
  • Remote Participation Policy ~ Selectboard Chair~ Ryan Curley
  • Town Media Policy~ Selectboard Chair~ Ryan Curley
  • Proclaim the month of September as Suicide awareness month for the Town of Wellfleet~

   X.  Selectboard Reports

   XI.  Town Administrator's and Assistllnt Town Administrator's Report

  • Please see the packet for full report

   XII.  Topics for Future Discussion

   XIII.  Correspondence and Vacancy Reports

  • Please see packet for full report

    XIV.  Minutes

  • August 10. 2021

   XV.  Adjournment              

TOWN OF WELLFLEET

PUBLIC HEARING

In accordance with MGL Chapter 130 Sections 52, 57, 58, 60, and 68 and all applicable Town Shellfish Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Wellfleet Board of Selectmen will hold a virtual public hearing on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. to consider the following:

1)Applications dated 8/10/2021 for the transfer of shellfish grant licenses # 85-J and 8J-A consisting of three acres total on Indian Neck from James O’Connell (Wellfleet, MA) to James O’Connell and James Mulpeter (Wellfleet, MA) and for the transfer of shellfish grant licenses # 00-01 and 00-01-Ext consisting of 2.1 acres total on Egg Island from James O’Connell and Nancy O’Connell (Wellfleet, MA) to James O’Connell, Nancy O’Connell and James Mulpeter (Wellfleet, MA).

2)Application dated 8/19/2021 for the transfer of shellfish grant license #01-01 Ext consisting of two acres on Lieutenant Island from Ralph Bassett (Wellfleet, MA), Rodney Avery (Wellfleet, MA) and George Pierce III (Wellfleet, MA) to Ralph Bassett and Rodney Avery.

3)Addition of intertidal abutter notification and revisions per Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries to Town of Wellfleet’s Shellfishing Policy and Regulations Section 7.6.1 Application Procedure under Section 7.6 Process for Approval of Aquaculture Licenses.

Recommendation of the Shellfish Constable will be available in the 09/14/21 Selectmen’s packet.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85689604806?pwd=blplVFFBZzViQ0xNWkZKMm9iMVdrdz09

WELLFLEET BOARD OF SELECTMEN