Moped Rental Licenses
The council voted unanimously to postpone the licensing item until the January meeting since two council members were not there, Council Member Martha Ball and Second Warden Sven Risom. Council Member Keith Stover said that mopeds were “enough of a public issue that the entire council should be here.”The legal counsel for all five moped companies, Josh Sparks, disagreed and urged the council to grant the licenses. He was joining the meeting via Zoom sincethe afternoon boats were canceled, and said the applicants deserved to have their applications heard “in a timely fashion.”Council Member Mark Emmanuelle said he would also like to have representatives of the moped companies present at the January meeting, although Sparks countered that he was the representative of the moped companies. Additionally, Mike Finnimore, owner of Island Mopeds had sent his on-site manager to the proceedings.
Bird tracking
The council voted unanimously to approve the extension of the Special Temporary Permit for two 20-foot bird tracking telemetry towers on land owned by TheNature Conservancy and the Southeast Light Foundation. Dr. Peter Paton joined the meeting by Zoom to explain that his team was using the towers and the “latesttransmitters” to track
