Select Board (Rm A)
Town of Brewster Select Board
2198 Main St., Brewster, MA 02631
(508) 896-3701
REVISED SELECT BOARD MEETING AGENDA
2198 Main Street
June 26, 2023 at 5:30 PM
This meeting will be conducted in person at the time and location identified above. This means that at least a quorum of the members of the public body will attend the meeting in person and members of the public are welcome to attend in person as well. As a courtesy only, access to the meeting is also being provided via remote means in accordance with applicable law. Please note that while an option for remote attendance and/or participation is being provided as a courtesy to the public, the meeting/hearing will not be suspended or terminated if technological problems interrupt the virtual broadcast or affect remote attendance or participation, unless otherwise required by law. Members of the public with particular interest in any specific item on this agenda, which includes an applicant and its representatives, should make plans for in-person vs. virtual attendance accordingly.
Members of the public who wish to access the meeting may do so in the following manner:
Phone: Call (312) 626 6799 or (301) 715-8592. Webinar ID:890 9291 0526 Passcode: 509224
To request to speak: Press *9 and wait to be recognized.
ZoomWebinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89092910526?pwd=WHM2V3hrVklhSTloWWhVU09kanUzQT09
Passcode: 509224
To request to speak: Tap Zoom “Raise Hand”, then wait to be recognized.
When required by law or allowed by the Chair, persons wishing to provide public comment or otherwise participate in the meeting, may do so by accessing the meeting remotely, as noted above. Additionally, the meeting will be broadcast live, in real time, via Live broadcast (Brewster Government TV Channel 18), Livestream (livestream.brewster-ma.gov), or Video recording (tv.brewster-ma.gov).
Please note that for any item listed in this section the Select Board may take officials action including votes.
1. Call to Order
2. Declaration of a Quorum
3. Meeting Participation Statement
4. Recording Statement: As required by the Open Meeting Law we are informing you that the Town will be video and audio taping as well as broadcasting this public meeting. In addition, if anyone else intends to either video or audio tape this meeting they are required to inform the Chair
5. Executive Session:
• To discuss strategy with respect to litigation if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the litigating position of the public body and the chair so declares – Lanctot et al v. Town of Brewster
• To conduct collective bargaining sessions with nonunion personnel - Fire Union
Anticipated Start Time of Open Session: 6:00 PM
6. Vote on FY24-26 Fire Union Contract
7. Public Announcements and Comment: Members of the public may address the Select Board on matters not on the meeting’s agenda for a maximum of 3-5 minutes at the Chair’s discretion. The Select Board will not reply to statements made or answer questions raised during public comment but may add items presented to a future agenda.
8. Select Board Announcements and Liaison Reports
9. Town Manager’s Report
10. Consent Agenda
a. One Day Liquor License Applications: Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Chatham Bars Inn Farm and Treats Catering for an Event at Crosby Mansion
b. One Day Entertainment License Application: Chatham Bars Inn Farm
c. Pass Through Town Permission –Brew Run Road Race
d. Water Department Items Declared as Surplus for Sale
e. Brewster Conservation Trust Representative to the Bay Property Planning Committee
f. Letter of Opposition to Proposed Discharge of Radioactive Waste from Pilgrim Power Plant
g. Conservation Commission Request to Authorize Expenditure from Wetlands Protection Fund
h. Vote on Re-appointment of KP Law, PC as Town Counsel
i. Notice of Owner’s Intent to Sell Affordable Home at 6 Sachemus Trail; Town’s Election to Vote to Decline the Option to Purchase and Market to an Eligible Purchaser for the Home
j. Request for Building Department Fee Waiver: Latham Centers
11. 6:15pm - Public Hearing, Renewal of Entertainment Licenses: Brewster Council on Aging, Brewster Inn, Inc. d/b/a Woodshed; Brewster VFW Post #9917; Brown Dog Investments, Inc d/b/a Laurino’s Tavern; Cape Cod Repertory Theatre; Ocean Edge Resort Limited Partnership d/b/a Ocean Edge Inn and Conference Center; Ocean Edge Resort Limited Partnership d/b/a Linx Tavern; Shady Knoll Tent Sites, Inc. d/b/a Shady Knoll Campground; Sweetwater Forest Inc d/b/a Sweetwater Forest
12. 6:30pm - Public Hearing, Annual Entertainment License: Putt Putt Chicken Butt, Inc. d/b/a Harbor Lights Mini Golf
13. Review and Vote on Common Victualler License: Putt Putt Chicken Butt, Inc. d/b/a Harbor Lights Mini Golf
14. Discuss and Vote on Proposed Appropriation from Special Education Stabilization Fund to Cover FY23 Brewster Elementary School Budget Deficit – Joint Meeting with Brewster School Committee
15. Vote on Re-Appointments to Various Boards and Committees
16. Discuss Proposed Select Board Liaison Assignments
17. FYIs
18. Matters Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chair
19. Questions from the Media
20. Next Meetings: July 10, July 21, July 24, August 7, and August 17 and August 21, 2023
21. Adjournment
Date Posted: Date Revised: Received by Town Clerk:
6/22/2023 6/23/2023
