Select Board (Rm A)

Town of Brewster Select Board
2198 Main St., Brewster, MA 02631
townmanager@brewster-ma.gov
(508) 896-3701

SELECT BOARD MEETING AGENDA
2198 Main Street  
April 3, 2023 at 5:15 PM

his 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).

1. Call to Order

2. Declaration of a Quorum

3. Meeting Participation Statement

4. Recording Statement

5. Executive Session

• To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with nonunion personnel (Personnel Bylaw & Police Personnel Bylaw)

• 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 Officers Union, Police Superiors Union, Police Dispatchers Union, OPEIU, & SEIU Library)

6:00 PM – Anticipated Start Time for Open Session 

6. Vote on FY24-26 Police Personnel Bylaw, Personnel Bylaw, OPEIU, Police Officers, Police Superiors and/or Police Dispatchers Union Contracts

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 3-5 minutes at the Chair’s discretion. Under the Open Meeting Law, the Select Board is unable to reply 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: March 20, 2023

b. Acceptance of Grants and Gifts

c. Facility Use Application: Family Pantry of Cape Cod and The Anglican Church of the Resurrection

d. One Day Liquor License Applications: Cape Rep Theatre

e. One Day Entertainment License Application: Nichols (345 Robbins Hill Rd)

f. Approve and Sign Updated Amendment to Local Initiative Program (LIP) Home Ownership Regulatory Agreement and Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for Two Affordable Habitat for Humanity Homes on Phoebe Way

g. Town Landing and Public Beach Access Request; Point of Rocks Landing 

11. 6:15pm Public Hearing: Change of Liquor License Classification: JDT Investments, LLC d/b/a the Kitchen Café, 2671 Main Street

12. Review and Vote on Select Board Policy for Brewster Community Pool 

13. Review and Vote to Place Proposition 2 ½ Nauset Regional and Brewster Elementary School Operating Overrides on May 16, 2023 Local Election Ballot

14. Discuss and Vote on Spring 2023 Town Meeting Warrant Articles

15. Vote to Close and Post May 1, 2023 Town Meeting Warrant

16. Discuss and Vote on Proposed Changes to Vision Planning Committee Charge 

17. Discuss and Potential Vote on Proposed Drummer Boy Park Advisory Committee Charge - Joint with Town Moderator

18. FYIs

19. Matters Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chair

20. Questions from the Media

21. Next Meetings: April 24, May 1, May 8, May 17, May 22, and June 5, 2023

22. Adjournment

Date Posted: Date Revised: Received by Town Clerk:

03/30/2023