Waterford/East Lyme Shellfish Commission - Minutes - 10/19/2023

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     Waterford-East Lyme Shellfish Commission

                                                  Meeting Minutes
                                       Thursday, Oct 19, 2023

                                     Waterford Town Hall, 7:30 pm


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

   1) The meeting was called to order at 7:30 pm and a quorum established.

   2)  Review and approval of previous meeting minutes:
           Sep 21, 2023 Regular Meeting minutes approved on a motion by Mr.
           Kelly, seconded by Mr. Wise, vote 7-0.


   3) Review and approval of treasurer’s report
           Treasurer briefed the commission on the Treasurer’s report  sent
           by e-mail earlier.  Report was  approved  on  a  motion  by  Mr.
           Tytla, seconded by Mr. Wise, vote
            7-0.


         4) Chief Warden’s Comments : Chief Warden Chmiel not in attendance,
            no report given.

   5) Old business:


           Commission members will work on questions to be  included  in  a
           survey for scallopers for upcoming scallop season.


   6) New Business
        a. Mr. Kelly briefed the commission on the Annual financial review.
            Motion made by Mr. Harris, seconded by Mr. Wise to approve
           payment of $3150 for the financial review, motion approved 7-0.
        b. Mr. Kanter made a motion to purchase an 8 month CD  for  $15,000
           from Charter Oak for increased interest revenue, seconded by Mr.
           Harris.  Motion approved 6-1, Mr. Bowlen opposed.
        c. Service grant amount requests  were  discussed  briefly  by  the
           commission.  This will be  discussed  further  in  November,  no
           action taken.
        d. Meeting  dates  for  were  discussed  for  2024.   Meeting  will
           continue on the 3rd Thursday of each month.  Motion made by  Ms.
           Benvenuti, seconded by Mr. Harris to move the meeting  times  in
           2024 to 7:00 pm, motion approved 7-0.






   7) Ex-Officio comments : Ex-Officio Cunningham notified the commission
      that this will be his last meeting as East Lyme Ex-Officio.  Mr.
      Cunningham thanked the commission for our work and the commission
      thanked him for his attendance and advice.  Mr. Cunningham also
      discussed town matters with the commission.

   8) Correspondence : No correspondence discussed



   9) Public Comment : No public in attendance


  10)  Adjournment : Meeting adjourned at 8:20 pm on a motion by Ms.
      Benvenuti, seconded by Mr. Tytla, motion approved 7-0.


Respectfully submitted,


Peter Harris