Falmouth Select Board agendas take up cemetery grants, HVAC conversion, legal opinions and beach funding
The Falmouth Select Board met on October 5, 9 and 16, 2026, with agendas covering cemetery improvement grants, a heating conversion at the Gus Canty Recreation Center, a lease at 300 Dillingham Avenue, legal opinions affecting town building projects, and wastewater and beach planning. Minutes for all three meetings had not been published as of October 19, so no votes, outcomes or final decisions are confirmed in the record summarized here. The items below are what appeared on the agendas.
Cemetery grants and a recreation center conversion (Oct. 5)
On its consent agenda, the board was scheduled to consider authorizing the Town Manager to apply for Community Preservation Act funds of $50,000 for Davisville Cemetery (0 Robert Road Off.) and $22,000 for Robinson Cemetery (0 East Falmouth Hwy.).
The same consent agenda listed an application to the Massachusetts DOER Green Communities program to replace five natural gas HVAC units at the Gus Canty Recreation Center, 790 Main Street, with electric units.
Business items included a possible lease amendment and extension with Joe Q Veteran Coffee Break, Inc. for premises at 300 Dillingham Avenue; a letter to the Massachusetts Plumbing Board on installing urine diverting toilet fixtures in a demonstration project funded by a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection grant to the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center; appointing a poet laureate; and setting annual goals for the Town Manager's 2026-2027 evaluation.
The meeting opened with a 6:00 PM executive session under M.G.L. c. 30A sec. 21(a)(3) to discuss litigation strategy concerning Black Beach, with public session at 6:30 PM. A public hearing on 2027 fee adjustments was listed as a future agenda item, not scheduled for a vote that night.
Legal opinions and project options (Oct. 9)
The Oct. 9 agenda listed a vote to release a 10/02/2026 legal opinion regarding protections for 100 Brick Kiln Road, and discussion of options for the Police Station and wastewater lift station projects following two conflicting legal opinions.
Wastewater, watersheds and beaches (Oct. 16)
The Oct. 16 agenda listed a presentation on the wastewater and watershed management planning process by Superintendent Amy Lowell, an update from the Watershed Management Financial Fairness Taskforce, and a meeting with the Beach Committee on long-range planning and funding for beach facilities, staff and programs, including a review of needed capital improvements for beaches.
Coming up
The Select Board meets Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, with a public hearing on proposed fee changes for 2027 — the item that appeared as a future agenda entry on Oct. 5.
Also on that agenda: authorization for the Falmouth Police Department to apply for an $18,480.00 Municipal Road Safety Grant; transfer of 21 Pheasant Lane, East Falmouth to Falmouth Housing Trust, Inc.; a Right of First Refusal for an affordable deed-restricted property at 8 Esker Place; and the auction sale of two Town parcels and two tax takings on Nathan Ellis Hwy. The agenda also lists authorization of bond anticipation notes and several license amendments.
No other meetings in Falmouth town government appear in the records provided for the next 14 days.