Island van tour owner Ron Minkin can now count Chilmark among the towns on his route, after the selectmen approved his street license for the coming summer.

The approval stipulates that Mr. Minkin limit his Martha’s Vineyard Transport LLC fleet to 14-passenger vans, and that no tours run through Menemsha after 5 p.m., to avoid congestion from the swarm of visitors that come to enjoy the Menemsha sunsets.

“I’m trying to make a special tour,” said Mr. Minkin. “I don’t want to be a big tour company and have 80 vans.”

He said he hires knowledgeable tour guides with a long history on the Vineyard, which enhances the tour. “The Island needs a tour like this,” he said. “We want to make sure that Chilmark is in coordination with other towns,” said selectman and board chairman Warren Doty, asking if Mr. Minkin had approached other town boards.

Mr. Minkin said he has approval from Oak Bluffs, West Tisbury, and Aquinnah, and is scheduled to speak with the Tisbury selectmen in two weeks. The Edgartown selectmen postponed a decision, pending a public hearing.

In the end the selectmen agreed to approve the license with stipulations. “I wouldn’t expect there would be an issue,” said selectman Frank M. Fenner Jr.

In other business, selectmen agreed to meet early this morning in Menemsha, to tour the docks and discuss a cleanup plan in the village before the summer season.

Harbor master Dennis Jason said the town needs clearer regulations about what can be left on the docks, to avoid accidents. “What I’m looking for is something a little more decisive as to what we’re going to allow,” he said. “It seems to me it would be simpler and cleaner if we just had the regulation that nothing could be left on the docks.”

Selectman Jonathan Mayhew, a commercial fisherman by trade, agreed. “Personally, I think we should have the dock cleared,” he said.

The board will discuss the matter further at this morning’s meeting.

The selectmen also approved the purchase of a John Deere tractor for use on Tea Lane Farm. “Everybody agrees that it’s a very appropriate piece of equipment for this property,” said Mr. Doty, adding that the town does not currently own a tractor and may find more uses for the machine in the future.

The purchase price is $12,000, which will come from the selectmen’s unclassified account.