2026-10-19 - Select Board (Licensing & Petitions)

Summary

Based on auto-generated captions; names and details may be misheard. This was a very short meeting: the recording runs from 0:00 to about 6:18 with no closed session and no gaps in the captions (205 caption lines). The captions do not label speakers, so the Select Board members below are matched to first names spoken aloud and should be verified.

Time on topic (from transcript timestamps; approximate, includes side talk):

Topic	Minutes	Share
Fairgrounds Road Conduit Utility Petition	4	67%
Served Well Seasonal All-Alcohol Restaurant License	1	17%
Other business	1	17%
Served Well Live Entertainment License	0	0%

Monday, October 19, 2026, Select Board (Licensing & Petitions) meeting, called to order at the start of the recording and adjourned about 6:18 in.
No minutes were up for approval.
Three members took part: Brooke (apparently presiding, addressed as "Madam Chair"; unconfirmed), Bobby and Matt.
Every vote was unanimous among the members not recused.

Served Well Seasonal All-Alcohol Restaurant License

0:28-1:50

Town staff (Amy, surname not captioned) said that, by mutual request of staff and the applicant, Served Well Straight Wharf LLC's two hearings should be continued while staff wait for further information requested from the applicant.
Bobby recused from both Served Well items.
The hearing on the new seasonal all-alcoholic-beverages restaurant license was opened and continued, not closed, to November 16, 2026; the roll call was unanimous among the members voting.

Served Well Live Entertainment License

1:50-2:09

The companion live entertainment license hearing was opened and continued to November 16, 2026 on the same terms; Bobby again recused.

Fairgrounds Road Conduit Utility Petition

2:09-5:47

Nantucket Electric Company (National Grid) petitioned, under plan 313-495-75, to install about 25 ft of 2 to 3 inch conduit from a pole on Fairgrounds Road to a new handhold for a new electric service.
Matt disclosed a personal interest in the property being served and recused.
A staff member summarized departmental comments: the sewer department noted a 12-inch sewer force main near the bike path, asked the contractor to contact it for a mark-out, and supplied a sewer main plan.
Bobby asked whether the work would go under or cut the bike path; staff understood the contractor planned to bore underneath. The presiding member asked for proper compaction of the underlayment and bike path repair, citing sunken utility patches elsewhere.
No public comment. The hearing was closed 2-0 with one recusal, and the petition was approved 2-0 with a preference for boring under the bike path, cutting it only if the sewer main prevents boring, and proper compaction to prevent settling.

Other business

0:00-0:28, 5:47-6:18

Opening announcements (meeting is audio and video recorded) and adjournment; Matt rejoined after his recusal and the adjournment passed by roll call.

Agenda

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Transcript

00:00Bobby Syria.

00:00>> Okay.

00:02Hold on, let me start the recording.

00:04Thank you, Charles. Okay, so I'm going

00:06to call the October 19th Select Board

00:09Licensing and Petitions meeting to

00:11order.

00:12Um

00:14Help me. Do we have minutes to approve?

00:16>> No. No minutes on this.

00:18>> Okay. So, the

00:20the first two items on the

00:21>> Hold on, announcements.

00:23>> Uh

00:24Okay, announcements.

00:25>> Select Board meeting is being audio and

00:26video recorded.

00:27>> Thank you.

00:28>> And then item number three are two

00:30public hearings for

00:33um Served Well Straight Wharf LLC.

00:36So, I would put this on to Amy.

00:40>> Yeah. Amy?

00:42>> Yes, we are we are requesting actually

00:44to mutual request us and the applicant

00:46that um this be continued um pending

00:49further information that we have

00:51requested from the applicant to the

00:53November 16th Select Board Licensing um

00:55meeting.

00:57>> So, first things first, um we have to do

00:59these one at a time. Brooke, could you

01:01open the public hearing and then Bobby,

01:03you're going to recuse.

01:04>> Correct.

01:06So, I'm going to open the public hearing

01:08on uh item one, uh which is uh

01:12consideration of the application for new

01:14seasonal all alcoholic beverages

01:16restaurant license for Served Well,

01:19um and request a motion to continue the

01:22hearing is a month

01:24good, Amy?

01:25>> Yes. Bobby needs to recuse first.

01:27>> I'm recusing from these two items.

01:29>> Okay.

01:30Uh so, uh a motion and what's the date

01:34of our November meeting?

01:34>> November I'll make a motion November

01:3616th.

01:37>> Okay, and I'll second that motion. By

01:39roll call, Matt.

01:41>> I.

01:41>> And the

01:43sitting chair votes I. Okay. Oh, no,

01:45wait. We have to close No, we don't

01:47close up.

01:47>> We don't close.

01:48>> Continue it.

01:50Little slow. Okay, now I'm going to open

01:52the public hearing to consider the

01:53application for the live entertainment

01:55license for Served Well.

01:57>> And I will make a motion to continue to

02:00November 16th as well.

02:02>> Okay, and I'll second that motion by

02:03roll call.

02:05Matt?

02:05>> Aye.

02:06>> Um, and I vote

02:08>> And I recuse.

02:09>> Bobby's recused. Okay. All right, now we

02:13will go to number three, which is and I

02:16will open the public hearing to consider

02:17utility petition from National Electric

02:20Nantucket Electric Company, National

02:22Grid, uh, plan 313-495-75

02:27to install approximately 25 ft of 2 to

02:303-in conduit

02:31from pole 16 on Fairgrounds Road to a

02:34new handhold 8 HH16-13

02:37for new service at 6 Rugged Road. And uh

02:42Matt's going to recuse from this item.

02:44>> I'll disclose that's my property. I'm

02:46building a house for my son there,

02:47hopefully, and uh I am re- I am

02:50recusing.

02:51>> Okay. So,

02:53um

02:55uh Jose, do you want to or Bob, do you

02:57want to lead us through this?

02:59>> Yeah, yeah, Madam Chair, um that you you

03:01described exactly the proposal. It's

03:04plan number 313-495-75.

03:08In your packet are the materials. And uh

03:12you know, just of note, uh I've gathered

03:14departmental comments and the sewer

03:17department advised that there's a 12-in

03:19sewer force main close to the bike path,

03:22and they asked the contractor contact

03:24the sewer department so it can be marked

03:25out. And they even provided me with a

03:28copy of the sewer main plan. So, that's

03:31all in the materials.

03:33Um and I don't know if Jose has anything

03:35to add or you have any questions for

03:37him, Madam Chair?

03:39>> I do not. Bobby, do you have any

03:41questions?

03:42>> Yeah, um

03:43when it goes under the bike path, are

03:45they going to try to

03:46burrow underneath or are they going to

03:47cut the bike path?

03:50Do they know?

03:50>> Jose, do you know?

03:53>> Um, I'm unaware. I think their

03:55contractor is going to try to burrow

03:57under.

03:58>> Okay.

03:58>> Um

03:59>> My

03:59my preference would be to burrow under

04:01it if possible so that we don't have to

04:03cut the asphalt.

04:05If that would if we can I'll make a

04:07motion to approve with that

04:10as

04:10>> Hold hold on. Don't not yet. We have to

04:12uh

04:13>> Oh, we have to take public comments.

04:14>> And then

04:15>> would be my my comment only comment

04:17would be I prefer to go underneath it

04:19than have to cut it.

04:21>> Yeah,

04:21um and and I'll I'll add to that um that

04:24at the very least um do you want to make

04:28it restricted to that Bobby or

04:30preference? And that and and if it's a

04:32preference that I would say proper

04:35compaction of the underlayment and and

04:37any bike path repair has to be done. I'm

04:40sick and tired of riding over sunken

04:43utility

04:45um patches on bike paths.

04:48So,

04:49um

04:49with that it uh this is a public

04:51hearing. Is there anyone from the public

04:53who wish to make a comment?

04:58Seeing none,

04:59um

05:00I would accept a motion to close the

05:01public hearing.

05:03>> So moved.

05:04>> And I will second that motion by roll

05:06call, Bobby.

05:08>> I.

05:08>> And I vote I, so that passes two to zero

05:13with one recusal.

05:14And

05:16uh and now a motion

05:18You want to articulate the motion,

05:20Bobby?

05:21>> A motion is to allow uh

05:23for this work to be done with a with a

05:25preference of going under the bike path

05:28unless they can't get under it because

05:30of

05:31sewer main and they have to cut it and

05:33that proper compaction is done

05:35to make sure that the uh bike path

05:37doesn't cave in.

05:39>> Okay. Terrific. I will second that

05:41motion

05:42um by roll call.

05:44>> I.

05:45>> And I vote I. Uh that passes two to zero

05:47with Matt recused. Uh Motion to adjourn?

05:51>> Matt

05:52is back in.

05:53>> Hm?

05:55>> I was just saying Matt's back on.

05:57>> Okay.

05:57>> I'm back.

05:58>> Bobby with a second from Matt by roll

05:59call. Bobby?

06:01>> I.

06:02>> Matt?

06:03>> I.

06:04>> And I vote I.

06:05>> All right.

06:06>> All right.

06:07>> Thank you everybody.

06:08>> Seven minutes.

06:09>> Thanks.

06:10>> Thanks everybody.

06:10>> Nice.

06:11>> Good job.

06:12>> Jose, enjoy the rest of your time.

06:14>> [laughter]

06:14>> Yeah, thanks. Okay. Take care. Have a

06:17good one.

06:18>> Ciao everybody.