Rich Eldred
The Cape Codder
ORLEANS Orleans and Chatham are renegotiating their agreement on how to divvy up the revenue from off-road-vehicle permit sales for Nauset Beach South, with Chatham looking for a bigger share of those receipts.
Just as the stormy seas have carved up the outer beach and Monomoy Island, the waves have sliced and diced the agreements of seasons past.
“Historically we had five-year agreements with Chatham,” Town Administrator John Kelly reminded the select board last week.
“And then after 2007 when the cut occurred we shortened those windows to three-year agreements and because of the dynamic nature of the beach we were concerned that at times there would not be access to Chatham. [So] we had a termination provision built in and the past couple of years the focus has been Chatham trying to restart its program and looking for more revenue from the non-resident component,” he said.
ORLEANS It ll cost more in boat fees to cruise in and out of Rock Harbor this summer, but probably not as much as anticipated when rate hike discussions began a few weeks back.
The town was seeking to make operational costs for revenue-generating activities, such as moorings, Nauset and Skaket beaches, the transfer station, the (future) sewer and the harbor, transparent and, hopefully, self-supporting through the use of enterprise funds.
However, having the boat fees account for even just 80% of the harbor s operational costs would ve sent per-foot rates for a berth soaring to more than $3,000 on average for recreational boaters, and much higher for nonresidents.
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Nauset Supt. Tom Conrad will retire in June after close to three decades with the system. CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO
ORLEANS Tom Conrad’s long service to the Nauset Public Schools, first as principal of the high school and then as superintendent, will end with his retirement in June. Conrad shared the news at a joint meeting of the Nauset school committees Feb. 3.
“I have been truly blessed to be in public education over 43 years, 29 of which in the Nauset system,” he said. “I am totally grateful to be able to work in a community that values education at the highest level.” Conrad promised to work toward a smooth transition to a new leader for the system.