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Report of the Voted to approve the Inter-municipal Agreement between the Town of Mashpee and the Mashpee Select Board Water District to provide assessing and tax collection services. • Approved and executed the Barnstable Sheriff's To the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: Office Communications Center Contract for The Select Board respectfully submits the Dispatch Services. following report for Calendar Year 2022. Voted to participate in the Public Health Excellence Grant Program for Shared Services. Vision Statement: The cross-jurisdiction sharing grant would give "Mashpee is, and shall remain, a small town the Town of Mashpee a voice in the programs to community whose members choose to live in harmony assist other Boards of Health in providing better with one another and with nature; known for its services. leadership ability and creativity in educating and • Approved the extension of the Inter-municipal serving its residents." Agreement with the Towns of Falmouth, Sandwich and Bourne for the Upper Cape In 2022,under the guidance and recommendations Regional Transfer Station. of the Town Seal Committee a new town seal was established and adopted by Town Meeting. The new • Executed the Agreement between the Town seal depicts the rising sun representing a new day,a new and Mashpee Community Media Center, Inc start and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe as the"People (Mashpee TV)for the production and cablecasting of the First Light".The Tribe also holds symbolism in of Public, Education and Government Access the eagle flying closest to the sun.The Mashpee River Programming in Mashpee. was chosen as the symbolic body of water because of With heavy focus on addressing development of its distinguished passage to the open sea. `Welcome the Town's infrastructure and long term capital needs to Mashpee' is written in the Wampanoag language to in July of 2022,after applying for resources,Mashpee honor the past while welcoming the future of Mashpee. was the first Cape Cod town to receive American The border of the seal is colored purple and white to Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant funding in the amount represent wampum beads. The Select Board would of $657,653.41 from the County of Barnstable which like to thank the Town Seal Committee and Pierce- would finance construction of what is known as Phase Cote' who worked diligently on the creation and 1 of the Water Recovery Resource Facility(WRRF).in implementation of the new seal which truly illustrates June of 2022 a contract was executed with Raymond that Mashpee is a welcoming and caring community A.Jack as the Wastewater Project Coordinator to begin that has a deep connection to its own natural history. Phase 1 of the WRRF.In the Summer of 2022 contracts As always, the Board continues to be proactive were put out for public bidding. Contract #1 for the in the growth and improvement of the Town's internal treatment plant was awarded to Waterline Industries. operating procedures. To that end, the Board took Contracts #2 and #3 for the collection systems North action on the following policies and regulations: and South were awarded to Robert B. Our Company, Inc.Completion date for Phase 1 is expected to be mid- • Policy 050—Discriminatory Harassment 2024. • Policy 081 — Public Participation at Public Additionally, in 2022 the Town voted to approve Meetings the following significant Town Meeting warrant • Adoption of 2022 Mashpee Shellfish Regulations articles: The Board similarly took the following significant Appropriate and transfer the sum of $150,000 actions relative to community development and inter- from revenue available for appropriation to the municipal relations: Wastewater Professional and Technical Expenses • Executed the Cable Television License Account.This provides funding for a wastewater Renewal between the Town of Mashpee and consultant for overseeing the Wastewater Comcast Cable Communications Management, Management Department as the Town moves LLC, from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2032. forward with the sewering of the Town. 9