Tiverton is getting a pump-out boat after a California marina owner donated a vessel to the town.
Tiverton will get its pump-out boat after all. A California marina owner donated a 30-foot vessel after catching news of the town's difficulty securing adequate funding to run the program. Deciding to accept the boat in a split 4-3 decision, councilors William P. Gerlach, Jay J. Lambert, Brett N. Pelletier and council President Edward Roderick said starting a pump-out boat program was a step toward investing in developing Tiverton's harbor. "This is an opportunity for the Town Council to make a statement that we are willing to invest in one of our greatest assets - we have the opportunity to take this boat, try for it for a season and if it's not working or if it's adding to infrastructure costs, then we can just sell it and be on our …
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A motion to fund a pump-out boat for boaters in Tiverton waters failed in a 3-3 vote in Monday's town council meeting.
There will be no pump-out boat in Tiverton, the Town Council decided in a 3-3 vote during its Monday meeting. Tiverton's Harbor Management Commission says the boat is needed to retain the town's mooring fees. Without the boat, Tiverton cannot guarantee water quality, a component that is necessary to garner the approval of the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) on the town's harbor management plan. Without this approval, Harbormaster David E. Vannier said the town could lose its rights to collect mooring fees. "We do not have an active harbor management plan right now," said Vannier. "We are running on our 1993 plan. We are supposed to do our plan over every five years and we are in danger of losing our ability to collect fees." …
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10:13 am on Thursday, February 28, 2013
"All Tiverton has to do is make sure the boat is ensured for travel." And how much is this going to cost the town? I don't agree with the town spending money on things only a small percentage of the people can afford to use. When are we going to stop subsidizing the wealthy? more ›