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2026-08-24 - Select Board

Summary

Built from the official minutes. No video is posted, so there is no transcript or timing.

  • All five members present; adjourned 9:59 PM. Joint session with the Finance Committee on Cape Air.
  • Cape Air: Finance Committee approved $70,000 from its reserve fund 4-3; Board chose winter schedule Option 2, 5-0; Senator Cyr announced $150,000 secured.
  • FY2027 tax classification: residential factor 1, no split rate, 35 percent residential exemption, 5-0.
  • Soft commitment of $1.5 million for Brewster Street artist housing, 5-0.
  • Sewer user rate and betterment revisions approved, 5-0.
  • Economic Development Permit for a function hall at MacMillan Wharf approved with conditions, 5-0.
  • Traffic hearing: e-bike and scooter penalties amended and removable speed humps approved, 5-0.
  • Letter to the Cape Cod Commission on Truro's watershed plan approved as amended, 5-0.
  • July 27 minutes approved, 5-0.
  • Approved without objection (except the pulled Commission letter): surplus Fire Department items; letter to the Department of Environmental Protection about North Union Field wellfield monitoring (Truro Water Supply Monitoring); appointments (Board Committee Appointments); acceptance of gifts of art from the collection of the late Peter Hutchinson for the Town Art Collection; and Certificates of Donation for Town parcels (Shank Painter Road Reconstruction).
  • Clerk Miller pulled the Cape Cod Commission letter, edited it after Commission feedback, and it passed 5-0 as amended.

Public statements and opening statements

  • Heins-Lore (Conservation Trust) and Mullen spoke about the annual Green event; Kent and Rossmoore on Cape Air winter service; Toller read a letter from the bike committee about working with the Board on bike and pedestrian safety; Ritchie asked the Board to keep the residential exemption the same.
  • Members praised the Conservation Trust and a successful Carnival, thanked Police, Fire and Public Works, and Abramson praised DPW for cleaning Commercial Street right after the parade.

Board Committee Appointments

  • Catena appointed to the Year-Round Market Rate Housing Trust, 5-0; Community Housing Council and Cultural Council interviews.

Property Tax Rate Classification

  • Seven public speakers asked to keep the exemption at 35 percent. Approved 5-0 with $64,805.27 of unused levy capacity.

MacMillan Wharf Function Hall Permit

  • Approved 5-0 with DEP, plumber and winter shutdown conditions.

Commercial Street Speed Humps and E-Bike Scooter Violation Fines

  • Traffic hearing led by Riviello; both motions passed 5-0.

Cape Air Winter Service

  • Joint meeting with the Finance Committee; $70,000 reserve fund vote 4-3; Option 2 chosen 5-0.

Sewer Betterment Fee Increase

  • Water and Sewer Board actions of August 19 approved 5-0.

Brewster Street Artist Housing

  • $1.5 million soft commitment, 5-0.

Continued items

Town Manager's report

  • No questions or discussion; the written report is posted on the Town website.

Data quality notes

  • The minutes call item 00C the Commission letter, refer to "Troy" Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan (apparently Truro), and give 1,617 gallons in the wharf motion versus 1,607 on the agenda. The speed hump motion lists locations numbered 2 and 3 only. The penalty amendment's strikethrough formatting was lost, so the old and new figures are both shown. The Cultural Council vote result is not recorded. The Finance Committee vote is recorded as a tally only.

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