Select Board (Rm A & B)
Town of Brewster Select Board
2198 Main St., Brewster, MA 02631
(508) 896-3701
SELECT BOARD MEETING AGENDA
2198 Main Street
August 21, 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:
a. To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the public body and the chair so declares – Police Dispatchers Union
b. To consider the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property if the chair declares that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the public body - 6 Sachemus Trail
Anticipated Start Time for Open Session: 6:00PM
6. Vote on Memorandum of Understanding with Police Dispatchers Union
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. Meeting Minutes: July 24, 2023
b. Appointments: Nancy Evans (Barnstable County Human Rights Advisory Commission), Scott Weissmann (Natural Resources Advisory Committee), Adrienne Jones (Brewster Housing Partnership), Jon Idman (Cape Cod Commission Alternate), and Susan Brown (Water Quality Review Committee)
c. One Day Liquor License Applications: Chatham Bars Inn Farm (8), Cape Cod Museum of Natural History (2), Cape Rep Theatre (2) and Friends of Brewster Seniors (plus fee waiver request)
d. One Day Entertainment License Applications: Chatham Bars Inn Farm and Arts Empowering Life
e. Fee Reduction/Waiver Requests: Friends of Brewster Seniors Crosby Mansion Fee Reduction and Conservation Commission Filing Fee Waiver for the Cape Cod Sea Camps Remediation Project
f. Acceptance of Donation from Willowbend Cape Cod
g. Facility Use Applications: Drummer Boy Park 2024 (Castleberry Fairs & Festivals and A Different Drummer Craft Event)
11. Review and Vote on Common Victualler License: The Peacemaker Inc., 2149 Main Street
12. Update on Local Comprehensive Plan – Sharon Tennstedt, Vision Planning Committee Chair
13. Water Resource Task Force Update on New Title 5 and Watershed Regulations (Joint with Board of Health)
14. Pleasant Bay Alliance Update – Carole Ridley (Joint with Board of Health)
15. Review & Vote on Draft FY24-25 Select Board Strategic Plan
16. Discuss & Vote on Local Preference Designation Spring Rock Village Housing Project, 0 Millstone Road
17. Discuss & Vote on Letter to Department of Environmental Protection Regarding Preliminary Determination on Holtec’s Proposed Wastewater Discharge
18. Discuss & Vote on Addition of Part-Time Department Assistant Position (Recreation Department) to Personnel Bylaw
19. FYIs
20. Matters Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chair
21. Questions from the Media
22. Next Meetings: September 11, September 18, September 27 (Joint with Planning Board regarding Local Comprehensive Plan), October 2, and October 16, 2023
23. Adjournment
Date Posted: Date Revised: Received by Town Clerk:
8/17/2023
