Rockport considers Fox on the Run peddler’s truck at harbor, committee appointments
ROCKPORT — The Select Board in Rockport will consider a slew of municipal business items Monday evening, April 14, including the possible approval of a peddler’s enterprise selling lunchtime food at Marine Park this summer.
The regularly scheduled board meeting takes place at 7 p.m. in the Rockport Opera House Meeting Room. The meeting is televised on Public Access Channel 22.
Lauren Jellison, of Camden, is asking the Select Board for permission to operate the Fox on the Run food truck at Rockport Marine Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, through the summer season.
Harbor Master Abbie Leonard wrote in her recommendation, that: “It is in my opinion that Fox on the Run will be a welcome addition for park-goers, commercial and recreational boaters, and the town of Rockport.”
Town Manager Rick Bates also recommended the truck, writing: “We are trying to make the harbor more visible and an active contributor to the vitality of the community. This will provide another reason to come to the harbor during the summer months and enjoy spending time there.”
Police Chief Mark Kelley told the board in writing that he saw no reason to deny a permit.
In other town news
Nomination papers for town offices are due by close of business day Friday, April 25. Open seats this spring include two on the Select Board that are currently occupied by William Chapman and Geoffrey Parker; three on the Budget Committee occupied by David Jackson, Stephanie Kumble and Thomas Murphy; one on the Library Committee, occupied by Elizabeth Elwin, plus the completion of one term that expires in 2015 that had been served by Barrie Pribyl; and school board seats on School Administrative District 28 and the Five Town CSD, occupied by Eliza Haselton.
There are also a multitude of committee seat vacancies, including:
Camden-Rockport Pathways Committee – 1 regular vacancy, 3 alternate vacancies
Conservation Commission – 1 vacancy
Harbor Committee – 1 vacancy (see resignation and appointment below)
Historic Resources Preservation Committee – 4 vacancies (see appointment below)
Investment Committee – 2 vacancies
Opera House Committee – 1 vacancy
Ordinance Review Committee – 1 vacancy
Recreation Committee – 2 vacancies
Zoning Board of Appeals – 1 vacancy
The Select Board will also hear the resignation of Robert Tassi from the Harbor Committee, and consider the committee applications of Ted Skowronski, who hopes to sit on the Historical Preservations Committee, as well as Gordon Best, for the Harbor Committee.
Other agenda items include:
Approval of the Special Harbor Celebration on July 5, Abbie Leonard
Discussion and approval of the revisions to the Weidman Fund, Stacey Parra and Charlton Ames
Discussion and vote to change the reserve policy for Public Works vehicles
Discussion and vote to change the reserve policy limit for Fire Apparatus
Discussion and vote regarding the lease period for the Public Works F-350 truck to be purchased in FY 14-15
Discussion related to adopting an Executive Order making the National Incident Management System (NIMS) the Town of Rockport’s “all-hazard incident management system” – Rick to make brief presentation and answer questions
Appointment of a member of the Rockport Select Board to serve on the joint Camden- Rockport Planning Commission charged with consideration of designs for the Elm- Camden-John streets and Conway Road intersection
Appointment of Election Clerks for a term of two years – May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2016 as presented by Town Clerk Linda Greenlaw
Approval of Quitclaim Deeds for four foreclosed properties
Approval of an updated Job Description for the Library Director
Wastewater Commissioners
a. Commitment of Commercial Sewer User Rates for the period of February 2014
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