Waterford/East Lyme Shellfish Commission - Minutes - 10/16/2025

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     Waterford-East Lyme Shellfish Commission

                                                  Regular Meeting Minutes -
                       Revised
                                       Thursday, Oct 16, 2025

                                     Waterford Town Hall, 7:00 pm


      Members present:  Peter Harris, Paul Spakowski, Larry Tytla, Rick
      Kanter, Patrick Kelly, Marcia Benvenuti, and Fred Wise.
      Members absent: Tom Bowlen
      Guests: Ex-Officio Don MacKenzie

   1) The meeting  was  called  to  order  at  7:00  pm  and  a  quorum  was
      established.

   2) Secretary’s minutes from Sep 18, 2025 regular meeting was approved  on
      a motion by Mr. Kelly, seconded by Mr. Spakowski, motion vote 5-0, Ms.
      Benvenuti and Mr. Wise abstained.
      Secretary’s minutes from Oct 2, 2025 special meeting was approved on a
      motion by Mr. Kelly, seconded by Mr. Spakowski, motion vote  6-0,  Mr.
      Wise abstained.



   3) Treasurer’s report was approved on a motion by Mr. Spakowski, seconded
      by Mr. Tytla, motion approved 7-0.



   4) Chief Warden’s comments – Mr. Harris discussed the  warden’s  comments
      communicated to him earlier by Mr. Chmiel.  Scallop permits have  been
      printed for the upcoming scallop season from Nov 15, 2025 – Jan 31,  8
      am to 4 pm each day.



   5) Old business –
        a. Discussion on future of present warden boat  :  Mr.  Tytla,  Mr.
           Kanter will look into repairs when weather permits
        b. Clam stock purchase update – recent Nor’easter has delayed  clam
           delivery.  Mr. Kanter  is  in  frequent  communication  with  CW
           Shellfish about delivery details.


   6) New business  - no new business was presented


   7) Ex-officio comments – Mr. MacKenzie had no pertinent news to discuss

   8) Correspondence  -
        a. Mr. Harris rec’d e-mail about WELSCO Annual report  due  to  the
           town of Waterford and will  present  that  at  the  next  WELSCO
           meeting
        b. Mr. Harris rec’d e-mail about the annual grant requests  to  the
           towns of Waterford and East Lyme which will be discussed at  the
           next WELSCO meeting.





   9) Public comment – no public in attendance



  10)  Meeting was adjourned at 7:24 pm on  a  motion  from  Mr.  Spakowski,
      seconded by Ms. Benvenuti, motion approved 7-0.



Respectfully submitted,


Peter Harris