Town of Aquinnah

Selectmen’s Meeting
Minutes
June 19, 2018

Attending for Board of Selectmen: Gary Haley (Chairman), Juli Vanderhoop; Absent: Jim Newman, Jeffrey Madison (Town Administrator)

Others Attending: Vern Welch, Elise LeBovit, Wendy Swolinsky, Spring Sheldon, Jay Smalley

Gary Haley called the meeting to order at 5:33 p.m.

Juli made a motion that the minutes of May 22 and June 5, 2018 be approved without objection. The motion was seconded by Gary and approved unanimously.

Vernon Welch submitted copies of business licenses issued in 2015 and 2018 in the name of d/b/a Alphred’s Bait Shop together with letters dated June 10, 2015 and July 13, 2015 concerning operations of fishing related businesses. All of the aforementioned operations are conducted from the shack that Mr. Welch leases from the Town on Menemsha Channel. The Selectmen accepted the documents without comment.

Julie moved and Gary seconded a motion to approve Sam Hart as the local representative on the M. V. Regional High School Facilities Committee. The motion was approved without discussion.

Spring Sheldon made a presentation to the Selectmen that outlined a request from Maker’s Table of an event to be held on July 17, 2017 at the Aquinnah Cultural Center. The event for 40 paying customers will feature foods with ingredients from local farms and aquaculture ventures. Beer and wine will be served to guests so they requested a one day victualler’s license to serve malt beverages and wine. Juli moved and Gary seconded a motion to allow the issuance of the license and event provided proper proof of insurance and other paperwork required for issuance of the license. The motion passed unanimously.

The following appointments were confirmed unanimously by the Board of Selectmen:

Town Accountant - Emily Day
Treasurer- Sibel Suman
Tax Collector - Wenonah Madison-Sauer
Electrical Inspector - Peter Dawley
Asst. Electrical Inspector - David Schwab
Gas Inspector - George Apostolides
Plumbing Inspector - George Apostolides
Board of Appeals:
James Vercruysse
H. Ted Cammann
Peter Ives
Kathy Newman (alternate)

Board of Registrars:
Carolyn Feltz
Mallory Butler
June Manning
Marjorie Spitz
Cape Light Compact Representative - Michael Hebert
Cable Advisory Board:
Richard Skidmore
Adam Wilson
Cemetery Commission:
Eleanor Hebert
Fulton Malonson
Gabriella Camilleri
Community Preservation Committee:
Derrill Bazzy
Mary Elizabeth Pratt
Marshall Lee
Richard Skidmore
Beverly Wright
Carolyn Feltz
Kathy Newman
Bettina Washington
Beth Green
Juli Vanderhoop
Conservation Commission:
Sarah Thulin
Steve Yaffe
Mary Elizabeth Pratt
Sibel Suman
Kathy Newman
Director Public Works - Jay Smalley
Emergency Management Director – Gary Robinson
Finance Committee:
Allen Rugg
Mark Foster
Tom Murphy
Fire Chief - Simon Bollin
Housing Committee
Michael Hebert
Derrill Bazzy
Tiffany Smalley
Mary Elizabeth Pratt
Open Spot
Sophia Welch
Lighthouse Advisory Board:
Len Butler
Richard Skidmore
Elise LeBovit
James Pickman
Open Spot - (to replace Tom Murphy)
Bettina Washington
Open Spot- (to replace Betsey Mayhew)
Library
Rosa Parker - Interim Director
Angela Waldron
Vera Dello-Russo
Jennifer Burquin
Personnel Committee
Kathy Newman
Alexandra Taylor
June Manning
Paul Manning (employee rep.)
Philbin Scholarship Committee
Eleanor Hebert
Roxanne Ackerman
Shellfish Committee - (5)
William Vanderhoop, Jr.
James Sanfillipo
Hollis Smith
Ed Belain
Gordon Perry - (by request)
Vernon Welch - (by request)
Shellfish Constable/Harbormaster
Brian Vanderhoop
William Vanderhoop, Jr. - Deputy
Hollis Smith - Deputy
Town Administrator - Jeffrey Madison
Town Counsel - Ronald Rappaport, Esq.
Dukes County Advisory Board - James Newman
Dukes County Regional Housing Authority - Richard Skidmore
M.V. Center for Living:
June Manning
Adam Wilson
M.V. Cultural Council
Theresa Manning
Elizabeth Witham
Open Spot
M.V. Transit Authority - June Manning
M.V.T.V. Advisory Board - Richard Skidmore
M.V. Resource and Recovery District
Jim Glavin
Megan Ottens Sargent
Tri-Town Ambulance Committee - James Newman
Up-Island Council on Aging:
Kristina Hook-Leslie
June Manning
Open Spot (Jean Lince)
Police Officer - Tyler Moreis
Park and Recreation Committee
Jamie Sue Vanderhoop
Christina Hook-Leslie
Meg Higgins
Sarah Ives
Elise LeBovit
Juli Vanderhoop – Selectmen’s representative
Peyton Jeffers – Student representative
William Jette – Student representative
Ann-Marie Ralph – (ex-officio)

Appointment of an assessor as approved at the annual election was postponed pending a meeting with the Board of Assessors. Juli suggested that a notice of open spots be listed on the Town website.

The Selectmen deferred action on notice of an overdue billing by the University of Massachusetts (Dartmouth) requesting payment of the Town’s 1/3 share totaling $31,767.00 for an analysis of Menemsha/Squibnocket estuary. The contract, signed by Camille Rose in 2010, was sent by UMass Dartmouth. Selectmen asked the Town Administrator to further investigate the billing and sources available for payment.

Highway Superintendent, Jay Smalley, presented a contract for mowing at the cemetery. After receiving three (3) bids the lowest was from First Light Tree Company at $400.00/mowing every 10 days or three times per month. Juli moved and Gary seconded a motion to approve the contract with the company. Jay also gave notice that a portion of Moshup Trail would be paved on June 26.

Juli gave notice of a filming by the Travel Channel at Orange Peel Bakery on June 26.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:20 p.m.