Board of Selectmen

Annual Town-wide Policy Goals Adopted for

Fiscal Year 2000

The Provincetown Board of Selectmen held a public hearing on Monday, June 28, 1999 at 7 p.m. in the Judge Welsh Hearing Room, Provincetown Town Hall, 260 Commercial Street, and then and there adopted the following annual Town-wide policy goals for Fiscal Year 2000 The annual adoption of policy goals by the Board of Selectmen is a focal point for the Town Government, as these goals are translated into objectives to be achieved by the Town Administration in the coming year.
 
 

Wastewater - present a plan to the April 2000 Town Meeting; public education on alternatives for on-site solutions, proposed plans for a centralized facility; financial impact
 
 

Water - reduce unaccounted for water, repair leaks; develop plans for future water supply needs, including discussions with Truro and Cape Cod National Seashore; maintain compliance with the state-issued water management permit and continue to pursue the permitting process
 
 

Cape End Manor - continue to explore alternatives for governance, ownership, and management; limit the general fund subsidy to $150,000 per year; implement deficit reduction strategies, including out-patient rehab, private fund-raising
 
 

Reorganize DPW Buildings & Grounds - to create a distinct function to coordinate custodial maintenance of Town-owned buildings and grounds, including development of a policy directive outlining the relationship between the Beautification Committee and reorganized DPW; develop plans for upgrading cemetery grounds.
 
 

Library/Heritage Museum - have the Library and the Heritage Museum swap buildings, without the model of the Rose Dorothea being relocated, if the spaces created for the library and the museum are adequate for 20 years and costs are feasible; having the Rose Dorothea model in a library does not negatively impact eligibility for grant funding (e.g., library grants) or negatively impact the viewing of the Rose; consider the current library building also for archives, genealogy, historical society and/or Visitor Services Center
 
 

Other Building & Grounds

• Develop plans for disposition of remaining Fire Houses
• complete the School/Library/Recreation Consolidation Study regarding Community Center and PHS Annex
• upgrade the interior and exterior of Town Hall, including but not limited to audio-engineering of Town Hall Auditorium; lighting, hedges, flagpoles, access to Rose Dorothea monument

Fiscal/Tax Bill

• to create a formula that defines a tax bill threshold amount below which the Board of Selectmen would like to keep an average tax bill
• developing preferred scenarios for addressing facility needs within that cap
• review option of residential exemption on the tax rate, and its impact on year-round rental housing
• examine state aid formulas to make sure Provincetown is getting its fair share
• complete the examination of user fees with an emphasis on solid waste, Town Clerk, & regulatory boards. Examine the possibility of raising fees to reflect actual costs for any information that is available at no cost on the Town web site to encourage use of this free resource.

Affordable Housing - creative or innovative solutions to increase the supply of affordable housing in Provincetown
 
 

Human Resources

• address staff morale, professional development training opportunities, employee incentives, volunteer appreciation, customer service; to organize a training program for new committee members and to provide specifically targeted training opportunities for regulatory board members.
• establish foot patrols and enhance visibility of police, including bike patrols
• develop a proposal for MIS computer coordination of Town functions

Administration

• pursue the Charter revision process
• improve communication with the public on projects and for town meeting
• new evaluation instrument for Town Manager
• stipends for Board of Selectmen
• address archive needs
• develop harbor information sheet

Planning/Regulatory

• revisit mission and purpose of Department of Regulatory Management Coordinating Committee
• hold a public hearing in September on the Growth Management By-law
• complete the Local Comprehensive Plan
• to monitor licensed establishments for compliance with regulations prohibiting overcrowding, and to effect enforcement efforts relevant thereto

Public Works

• Remove 50 signs by October first
• Reduce unauthorized curb cuts, use berms or paint for traffic control
• Investigate feasibility and cost of placing overhead wires underground

Elizabeth Steele-Jeffers, Chairman

Board of Selectmen
 
 

Provincetown Advocate: July 8, 1999

Provincetown Banner: July 8, 1999

Posted Town Hall: July 1, 1999

Posted http://www.provincetown-ma.gov July 1, 1999