Oak Bluffs selectmen tackled a wide range of issues during a busy and lengthy meeting on Tuesday, granting an entertainment license for a downtown restaurant, denying a license for a contractor’s yard at a private residence off Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road and making dozens of appointments to various town boards and committees.

But the meeting was not without controversy, as selectmen clashed over the reappointment of longtime zoning board of appeals member Gail Barmakian.

Selectmen unanimously made appointments to a number of boards and committees with little fanfare, but the spirit of collaboration quickly disappeared when it came to appointments for the zoning board. Selectman Duncan Ross quickly moved to appoint newcomer Derek Tipton to a two-year term and both Peter Palches and Joseph Re to three-year terms.

Mr. Ross did not nominate Ms. Barmakian, who has served on the zoning board for 10 years, which drew the ire of selectman Kerry Scott. “Gail Barmakian has served this town with distinction,” Ms. Scott said. “This feels like payback.”

Over Ms. Scott’s protests, chairman Gregory Coogan moved the question, and selectmen voted 4-1 to make the appointments.

Ms. Barmakian was the only candidate in the audience. She was not given a chance to speak. After the meeting, she said the vote was political and retribution for her asking too many questions during recent zoning board hearings. She declined, however, to specify which hearings.

“I’m disappointed and hurt. But I can’t say this really surprised me. I think this was retribution, and I don’t think politics should play a part in making appointments to a quasi-judicial board,” she said.

Ms. Scott after the meeting said Ms. Barmakian was not reappointed because she asked questions during the public hearing for the Bradley Square affordable housing project.

“She did her job and asked the questions that needed to be asked, and it upset some people. And it got her kicked off a board she has served on for 10 years with dedication and professionalism.... This all seemed very rehearsed, very orchestrated,” she said.

In other business, selectmen granted an entertainment license for Deon’s restaurant on upper Circuit avenue, but only temporarily after hearing from several residents of the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association. The residents expressed concerns about noise and loud music.

Attorney Robyn Nash said the restaurant wants to play light music like jazz, reggae and rhythm and blues during brunch and after dinner service. She said the volume of the music will be kept low, and will stop around 12:30 a.m.

But several Camp Ground residents said they worry live music will keep them up at night, and cited past problems with loud noise and music from the Oyster Bar and Grill next door. “We have no issue with their restaurant,” said Craig Lowe, representing the Camp Meeting Association. “Our issue is changing from a restaurant to an entertainment venue.”

“Remember these are 150-year-old cottages, many with only a single layer of wood. We hear everything back there,” said David Whitney.

Selectmen voted 5-0 to grant the license, with the provision that it be reviewed after 30 days.

Selectmen also denied a request for a contractor’s yard permit by Ben Kelly for his home on Sea Glen Road that would allow him to store trailers, materials and equipment in his yard on a temporary basis.

Mr. Kelly said he has had problems finding steady work recently, which has forced him to store much of his equipment and materials at home. Last year he built a makeshift shed to store many of these materials, but neighbors complained it was an eyesore and should be torn down.

Selectmen voted to deny the permit for a contractor’s yard, but offered to help Mr. Kelly find a place he could rent to store his equipment and materials.

Selectmen also received an update from wastewater superintendent Joe Alosso, who said the wastewater commission recently voted unanimously to repair a series of leaching beds underneath Ocean Park at an estimated cost of $400,000.

Mr. Alosso said repairing the beds will comply with a consent order issued by the state Department of Environmental Protection after treated effluent was found seeping to the surface during an inspection last summer.

He said repairing the leaching beds will allow the town to lift a self-imposed moratorium on new sewer hook-ups, thereby clearing the way for large Island-wide facilities like the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, Martha’s Vineyard Community Services and the new YMCA building to tie into town wastewater.

Mr. Alosso said the town is still hoping to divert a majority of the treated effluent to a new site adjacent to the treatment plant commonly known as the Leonardo Property. But because the site is in a different discharge zone, the town will need to meet a higher groundwater discharge standard, which will require modifications at the treatment plant.

Mr. Alosso said those modifications could cost between $500,000 to $750,000.