Waterford/East Lyme Shellfish Commission - Minutes - 11/17/2022

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     Waterford-East Lyme Shellfish Commission

                                                  Meeting Minutes
                                       Thursday, Nov 17, 2022

                                     East Lyme Town Hall, 7:31 pm


      Members present:  Peter Harris, J. Patrick Kelly, Marcia Benvenuti,
      Rick Kanter, and Larry Tytla.
      Members absent: Fred Wise, Paul Spakowski, Tom Bowlen
      Guests: Chief Warden Chmiel, 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:
           Oct  20,  2022  Regular  Meeting  Minutes  –  Minutes   approved
           following a motion by Mr. Kelly, seconded by Mr. Tytla, vote  4-
           0, Mr. Kanter abstained.




   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.
            Kanter, seconded by Mr. Tytla, vote 5-0.


         4) Chief Warden’s Comments : Chief Warden Chmiel  communicated  the
            warden report to the commission.  Warden  Chmiel  has  discussed
            with DA/BA about opening area B south  on  time  but  there  are
            still too many boats in the marinas.

   5) Old business:


        a. Discussion and potential action on Waterford Social Services
           Grant request amount and East Lyme town budget request amount.
           Mr. Harris will send the annual report to the town of Waterford
           and collect financial documents for both towns grant requests.

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   6) New Business
           No new business was discussed.




   7) Ex-Officio comments : Ex-Officio Cunningham updated the Commission on
      the purchase of trash compacters for Niantic and the future of the
      Dominion building.

   8) Correspondence : Mr. Harris discussed correspondence related to
      previous agenda items.



   9) Public Comment :
           No public comment



  10)  Adjournment : Meeting adjourned at 7:56 pm on a motion by Mr. Kelly,
      seconded by Mr. Kanter, motion approved 5-0.


Respectfully submitted,


Peter Harris