MEETING OF THE WELLFLEET NON- RESIDENT TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION
MINUTES OF 8/25/04 BOARD Of DIRECTORS MEETING (Approved 7/9/05)
Present from the Board: May Ruth Seidel, ChickHoltkamp, Mary von Kaesborg, Sam Frank, Elga Wasserman, Aida Donald, Agnes Wolfe, Curt Lippincott, Dorothy Altman, Karen Holtkamp, Ed Rullman, Lila Croen for the last part, and, by speaker phone, Dave Garrison.
Absent: Tom Baratz, Tina Browne, Bob Mangiaratti, Marian Palley, Marilyn Silver and James Hood
Present: Administrative Consultant, Jean Schaefer
The meeting was called to order at 9:05 am at the Senior Center by our President, May Ruth Seidel.
All approved the acceptance of the Minutes of August 14, 2004 as corrected.
Curt, as Treasurer, reported :
* as of 8/22/04 there was $ 5,368.70 in our checking account.
* from 8/25/03 to 8/22/04 there was $3,770.00 income and $ 4,258.67 in expenses.
* as of 8/22/04 there is an over expenditure of $488.67.
Chick moved and Elga seconded, with all approving, acceptance of the Treasurer's report.
May Ruth said that there was no President's report at this time.
Karen made a Membership Committee report. We now have 537 members. There were 55 people at our annual meeting held on Sunday 8/22/04. To have the meeting on a Saturday morning earlier in the summer would have garnered more people, it was thought. The membership committee is changing its membership form to become one page, and they plan to buy new plastic holders in which the form is to be presented to the public. In the Spring, there will be a new member recruitment effort.
Aida, Chair of the Drinking Water Study Group, presented the water study material revised since the last Board meeting. The survey was emphasized as important to approve and send out to the membership. The philosophy of a community's obligation to provide drinkable water to its inhabitants was deliberated. After much discussion, and suggestions for change, it was moved by Mary, seconded by Sam and approved by all: that the Drinking Water Committee rewrite question #4 on the survey and mail it to the membership. We would vote on it by return mail or email. Sam moved, Mary seconded and all approved: that we send the revised survey and background material to the membership, after the revised question #4 is approved.
The second proposal of the Drinking Water's Study Group, the development of a neighborhood well, was considered. Aida responded to questions that the committee could take care of most concerns. However, she said that no engineer or town official would suggest costs for building a neighborhood well. Also, her committee, from its inception, decided not to tackle septic systems and waste management. (She suggested that the WNRTA might want to form a committee to look into this important subject. No action was taken on this suggestion because the Board felt that, for the present, it had enough working committees.) "Sam moved, Aida seconded and all approved: that we approve the informational memo on Neighborhood wells, with suggested changes.
Sam moved, Aida seconded and all approved: that we send the revised material on neighborhood wells to the membership, the Community Forum for distribution, place a copy on our web site, and give for standard distribution to Town officials.
May Ruth spoke about the continuation of study groups to the 2004-2005 year. A new Study Group will be formed to replace Development, Planning and Zoning. It will report on the update of Wellfleet's Local Comprehensive Plan. This group will be chaired by Dorothy Altman and assisted by Sam Frank. The Drinking Water Group and the Harbor Committee will continue. It was agreed that two new monitoring and reporting groups be formed, one to study Wellfleet's finances (where the money comes from and where it goes) and the other to represent WNRTA on the 335 Main Street committee and to report to our members.
May Ruth and Curt explained the 2004-2005 budget. $175. was added to the projected expenses column for a membership in the Chamber of Commerce. That brought the total estimated expenses to $ 4,877.00. The estimated income is $ 3,890.00, leaving a $ 987. deficit. There was discussion about how to raise our income to match our expenses. A raise in membership fees was suggested, as was a request to our membership for contributions. The group thought that increasing the dues should be revisited at a future Board meeting in the early summer of next year.
Aida moved, Elga seconded and all approved: a motion : that we approve the budget, as amended. After some conversation, Mary moved, Lila seconded and all approved: that we send notices to our membership of the Community Forum's dinner “Taste of Wellfleet” benefiting the Outer Cape Health Services.
Jean brought before us a plan to send out copies of the warrants to be voted on at the next Town Meeting. She wanted to have us all vote on the warrants and present those votes at the Town Meeting. It was decided not to do that at this time.
What to do with the results of the water survey, was deliberated. It was thought that we should share a report of results with relevant people in Town. Aida suggested that it would be helpful to have people who would be liaison to various groups in town, like the Audubon Society or Wellfleet Community Forum. May Ruth said that a notice should go in the Newsletter asking for volunteers. Aida volunteered to serve as liaison to the Historical Society and the Conservation Trust.
Karen reported, and it was approved, that Dan Silverman, representing the fire department, send us material about a new fire safety program for us to e-mail our members.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 am.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary von Kaesborg, for Lila Croen, Secretary
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