1/26/1977 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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W ti Studley mi ht discus in more detail c1nd come up with a joint decision. • It was decided that there has to be a schedule. which is partially Ron I s- res on i illty and partly that of the Commission, The two should deep meeting until they work it out. r. O'Connell said that itt s not their intent, that this is a onemlp direction information flow? that -lthough Ronworks tinder the Conservation Commission, the information shouldn't b just froom the Com. ission to Ron," As well as reporting ting the Cominission his' activities., he should e put. ting - tin; in his thoughts and ideas. It v,as suggested that he reserve a por. tion of their meeting for 'Input coning from the Conservation Officer, There are many thus on the a enda that Mr. Pocknett- h .s to handle. It was also mentioned that the Conservation Commission probably gets sick of "Piers, pierspiers". too, but when applications Borne in, they have no choice. Mr. O'Connell further suggested that: the Commfission set aside part that meeting o Ron could rep �.t on his activities that have taken Flaw over a certain period of time - things of major importance.. ideas that he's found out in the fi eld, etc. Mr. Pocknett spoke about not attending meetings. Sometimes he has • meetings the same night at the same time, for instance on Referendum #5, curing the elections, he had to meet with them on the same night as the onservation Cormnis-Aon had their meeting. He also s f.:et with the Barns-" table rn - table County League of Sportsmen, saying 't does hi 'good to be'at the other meetings and see what other Con ery tion off icers are doing. He said he has to rake a choa.ce' between the two meetings. That was said t be all right as long as it is the exception rather than the rule. ' If h does have a conflict lie that, he should check with the Commission ar�d express his concerns as t Thy this other rneetirC is more important, but his priority should be that once-'a-month meeting with the Conservation Commission, As a rule ., the primary responsibility is to make the Corraission meeting; the two should meet each otl.er half-way. Mr. lenTe-v y r-aent .on d receiv ng a. lot of calls sa Ing that man piers aro coming lip out f the ice and ranted to know. if this r�equ�ired . permit to rout thea back down. I was e l ined that t.ndividuals are assigned a -* ncaber painted in orange and they have a permit to install and maintain and that nwriber never has to be renewed, it stays with the person. vIrs. Stiidley asked if it eras not correct that Ron i beim aid rni g � le age now, mentioning that it doesn't appear in the •T own BY-Laws., ' She was told that it was checked out with Town Counsel and it is okay. She also mentioned that she ra r t aware tf atgiving out warnings for -boat viola- tions was a part of Ronk ,Job, nor the area of shel fi hirg. She was told that inasriuch as,he is a law enforcement officer, he can It very well turn around and ignore violations, it ,just -doesn't make any sense. Therefore, ....-.. - fr. 3erraay thinks that that is in Ron's area, -She was asked if that was in respect to scallop season when Mr. Court rnanche vrasn 1t around and lairs. �tudley said she was referring to, meeting with inspector of boat division and general patrol of John 'Is Pond, when seven violations -were cited. , It was reiterated that if lie sees anything going on he should give a citation. Mrs.. Studley questioned voucher of $17-55 for s an'dwiche and asked U that i1 to come out of r. Pocknett's Expense Account. t was explained that --it was for lunch for-the oris :r ate.oxo C oris si ori-the day the town sponsored the trip d Tin the Hashee fiver;— t was mentioned that the Conservation Commission would be meeting with