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ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF NONVOTING T AXP AYERS
TOWN & COUNTY BUILDING
NANTUCKET MA 02554
NEXT MEETING: JULY 20, 2001 2 P.M. TOWN BUILDING CONFERENCE ROOM
MINUTES OF JULY tt, 200t MEETING
1. The first meeting of the FY2002 ACNVT was convened by the Town Administrator Libby
Gibson. Also present, 5 of the 9 appointees: Roger Ernst, Suzanne Mueller, Ellen Roman, Bill
Sherman, and Terry Sutphen, a quorum. (See attached for list of members with phone & email.)
2. Nominated and elected as ACNVT officers were Chairman Roger Ernst, Vice Chairman
Howard Blitman (elected in absentia) and Secretary Bill Sherman. The two present indicated
willingness to step down if, during the year ahead, the full Committee showed interest in
electing others.
3. Preference was indicated for meeting on Fridays, with off-season schedule conformed to Land
Council meetings if convenient to the full membership. Since the Town Building conference
room is committed Friday mornings, the next meeting there was set for Friday, July 21st at 2
p.m. The Vice-Chair is expected to conduct the meeting in the absence of the Chair that day. The
ACNVT Secretary is to arrange for proper posting of meetings and marking the calendar in the
Selectmen's office for use of the Town Building conference room.
4. To comply with the spirit of the Open Meeting Law, an off-season meeting might be preceded
by email exchanges and then conducted as a brief phone-conference. At least one committee
member participating in the phone conference would be located at an on-island site accessible to
the public and identified in a timely posting of the meeting through the Town Clerk's office.
5. Ellen Roman volunteered to consider the existing ACNVT mission statement and, if thought
appropriate, to propose at the next meeting an updated version.
6. Ideas were shared about topics and resources (e.g., Town department heads, selectmen) for
future meetings. Those present thought the emphasis of the ACNVT should be on positive
contributions by summer residents in discussing and dealing with island issues, not e.g. gripes
about tax burdens on non-residents, lack of a Nantucket vote, or limitation at Town Meetings to
one representative speaking on behalf of summer residents. Besides advising the selectmen, the
ACNVT might send PR to the I&M.
Roger Ernst furnished his "Notes for Meeting of7/11/01 - Possible Topics" (copy attached)o
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Current concerns include year-end loss of building cap, planned airport expansi<i ~to a;
permitting or other curbs on traffic, sewer plant upgrade and other capital needs,:lJio.gsing n~ds
and commuting workforce, burying utility wires. Avoid "we/they" splits, try to ~~alist~
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Adjourned at 10:45 a.m.
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