Most meetings in Wellfleet are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting that interests you on the calendar at wellfleet-ma.gov for details. All meetings are at Town Hall unless otherwise indicated.
Thursday, July 17
- Sewer Commission, 5:15 p.m., online only
- Energy and Climate Action Committee, 7 p.m., Adult Community Center
Tuesday, July 22
- Open Space Committee, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall basement
- Select Board, 6 p.m., Adult Community Center
Wednesday, July 23
- Joint session, Board of Health and Select Board, 5 p.m., Adult Community Center
Conversation Starters
Select Board Sewers Up
The Wellfleet Sewer Commission is holding its first public meeting online at 5:15 p.m. on July 17. To eagle-eyed meeting-goers, the commissioners may look familiar: they’re the members of the select board.
At the meeting, the commissioners will assign the roles of chair, vice chair, and other officers among themselves as well as determine draft charges and rates for usage.
Getting started on the sewer plan right away was necessary, said Town Administrator Tom Guerino at the select board’s July 8 meeting, because “we really have to move quickly on regulations for the wastewater system at Lawrence Hill.”
Another Sexton Plan Is Denied
The planning board on July 9 voted unanimously to deny an application by Kevin Sexton to build an eight-lot subdivision on 10 acres of land he owns at 230 and 270 Old King’s Highway.
The board had several concerns about the plan, including confusion over revisions during a year of debate since its April 2024 submission, the need for more environmental review, and the plan’s effect on access to Duck Pond. The board’s denial, though, hinged on access issues in the proposed eighth lot on the plan.
Fire Chief Joseph Cappello had found the lot’s 600-foot driveway was too long to allow fire dept. vehicles safe access in an emergency.
Town Planner Beth Pyles agreed. “If there is not adequate access, I think that is not sufficient to approve a plan,” she said.
Judging from the applicant’s own map, board member Beth Singer said, “I see a 600-foot-plus subdivision road with a 600-foot-plus driveway extending it. To me, that’s a 1,200-foot road.” Local bylaws on subdivisions limit dead-end streets to 1,000 feet, she added.
Alternate board member Robert Dupuis raised the prospect of siting seven lots on the property instead of eight. But Sexton said, “I think lot eight’s one of the nicest lots on the plan.” —Tyler Jager
