Select Board (RM A)

Event Date: 
Monday, February 26, 2024 - 6:00pm
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.
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. 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.
6. Select Board Announcements and Liaison Reports 
7. Town Manager’s Report 
8. Consent Agenda
a. Approval of Meeting Minutes: February 5, February 7, and February 9, 2024 
b. Brewster Cultural Council Appointment: Anne Weirich 
c. Application for Facility Use: Brewster Conservation Trust (Punkhorn Parklands)
d. Request to Declare Items as Surplus: Police Department 
e. Request to Install Fiber Optic Service Line at 1657 Main Street Cell Tower
f. Intermunicipal Agreement with Falmouth to Purchase Oyster Seed
g. Request for Certified Vote for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Housing Rehabilitation Mortgages
9. Presentation and Vote on the Health and Human Services Committee FY25 Funding Recommendations – Suzanne Kenney, Health & Human Services Committee Chair 
10. Discuss & Vote on Fire Department Staffing Recommendations - Select Board FY24-25 Strategic Plan Goal G-3
11. Discuss and Vote on Sale of Affordable Home by the Brewster Affordable Housing Trust at 212 Yankee Drive
12. Discuss Potential Format for the Sea Camp Comprehensive Plan Warrant Article(s) at Spring 2024 Town Meeting 
13. Discuss and Vote on Spring 2024 Town Meeting Warrant Articles 
14. Discuss and Vote on Select Board Policy Updates (#39, #45 and #67)
15. FYIs
16. Matters Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chair
17. Questions from the Media
18. Next Meetings: March 11, March 25, April 1 (Tentative), April 8, and April 22, 2024 
19. Adjournment