Meetings Ahead
Most meetings are remote only, but some are held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions on the agenda.
Thursday, Oct. 26
- Cape Cod Commission, 3 p.m.
- Nauset Regional School Committee, 6 p.m.
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m.
- Shellfish Advisory Board, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall basement conference room & Zoom
Monday, Oct. 30
- Intersection Improvements & Related Work, Rte. 6; Main Street Pre-Construction Conference, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 1
- Conservation Commission, 4 p.m., Town Hall basement conference room & Zoom
- Maurice’s Planning Committee, 6 p.m.
- Marina Advisory Committee, 7 p.m.
Conversation Starters
Filling in Health and Conservation
Town Administrator Rich Waldo hired two people to fill the now separate health and conservation agent positions.
Waldo received support from the select board during its Oct. 19 meeting to extend a formal offer to Heath Martinez for the health agent job, and to Beth Pyles for the conservation agent job.
Martinez has a background in health and sanitary science. According to Waldo, he is a licensed dietician and has been a nutritionist with the Mass. Dept. of Public Health.
Pyles has worked as a land use attorney for various agencies in Boston and Phoenix, Waldo said. He said Pyles understands “the necessity of compliance to state and local laws and regulations,” Waldo wrote to the Independent, and “will provide the conservation commission with policy expertise necessary to make informed decisions.”
The hiring committee consisted of Waldo, interim Assistant Town Administrator David Colton, Human Resources Director Christine Ezersky, and chair of the conservation commission Leon Shreves for the conservation agent position.
Martinez will begin work on Monday, Oct. 30 and Pyles will start on Monday, Nov. 6. They will be assisted by Gary Locke, who Waldo recently hired as administrative assistant to the building and health departments after Jeanne May retired in August.
The Graveyard Shift
Fall clean-up at the Oakdale/Pleasant Hill Cemetery across from the police station will take place on Saturday, Oct. 28 from 9 a.m. to noon, according to a press release from the cemetery commissioners.
Clean-up will entail picking up trash and debris and pruning dead and hazardous vegetation. Volunteers are asked to bring protective gloves, hand tools, and a friend.
Call 508-349-0304 for more information. —Sam Pollak
