Waterford/East Lyme Shellfish Commission - Minutes - 03/20/2025

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     Waterford-East Lyme Shellfish Commission

                                                  Meeting Minutes
                                       Thursday, Mar 20, 2025

                                     East Lyme Town Hall, 7:00 pm


      Members present:  Peter Harris, J Patrick Kelly, Marcia Benvenuti,
      Fred Wise, and Larry Tytla.
      Members absent: Rick Kanter, Tom Bowlen, Paul Spakowski
      Guests: ex-officio Don Mackenzie

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

   2)  Review and approval of previous meeting minutes:
           Feb 20, 2025 Regular Meeting minutes approved on a motion by Mr.
           Kelly, seconded by Mr. Tytla, vote 5-0.


   3) Review and approval of treasurer’s report
        a. Mr.  Kelly  reviewed  the  Treasurer’s  report  sent  by  e-mail
           earlier.  Report was approved on a motion by Mr. Tytla, seconded
           by Mr. Wise, vote 5-0.
        b. Motion made by Ms. Benvenuti, seconded by Mr. Tytla  to  approve
           payment of $70.99 to Mr. Kelly for incidental expenses.   Motion
           approved 5-0.


         4) Chief Warden’s Comments :
        a. Mr. Harris communicated the Warden comments sent to  Mr.  Harris
           by text.  The Niantic River is currently closed to  shellfishing
           due to a rainfall event.
        b. Mr. Harris will  set  up  a  meeting  with  Mr.  Tytla  and  the
           Waterford First Selectman about the status of the Waterford Town
           dock finger pier repair.


   5) Old business:
        a. The commission continued to discuss online permitting, no action
           taken.

   6) New Business:
               No new business was presented.


   7) Ex-Officio comments: Mr. Mackenzie discussed 2 items :
        a. Discussion on review of East Lyme budget
        b. Potential purchase of a fireboat was discussed

   8) Correspondence :
        a. Mr. Harris communicated to the commission that the Niantic River
           Watershed Committee is looking for a WELSCO alternate.  Mr.
           Harris currently is the primary WELSCO representative.  – Mr.
           Tytla will be the WELSCO alternate
        b. Earthfest, May 17, 2025 – commission discussed participation in
           Earthfest, responses were favorable, participation plans will be
           discussed at future meetings

   9) Public Comment : No public comment was given.

  10)  Adjournment : Meeting adjourned at 7:39 pm on a motion by Mr. Tytla,
      seconded by Mr. Wise, motion approved 5-0.


Respectfully submitted,


Peter Harris