Aquinnah selectmen denied a new taxi license application this week, citing a lack of town rules and regulations.

Selectman Spencer Booker said at the selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday he couldn’t approve Jeff Corr’s application because the town has no taxi bylaws.

“I’m looking to work some rules and [regulations] up perhaps similar to other towns before I feel comfortable issuing any more licenses,” he said. “We have no [regulations] in place and we really need to make that happen before we can move forward.”

The selectmen approved a renewal license for the another operator, Aquinnah Taxi company, in June, but Mr. Booker said the selectmen should have looked at that application more closely.

Police chief Randhi Belain agreed and said a taxi parking space at the Cliffs would need to be designated along with a new bylaw before he would support a new taxi company.

Selectmen tasked town administrator Adam Wilson, who owned a taxi company for 13 years, with drafting the regulations. Mr. Wilson said he would have a draft completed within a month, at which point Mr. Corr was encouraged to return to reapply.

Mr. Wilson also updated the selectmen on the digital antenna system (DAS) poles being installed to increase cell phone and wireless service in Chilmark and Aquinnah. Mr. Wilson said after a meeting with Chilmark executive secretary Tim Carroll and the president of American Tower Company, the contractor, the poles will be installed in the fall, tested by November and up and running by January.

Aquinnah residents Kate Taylor and Joanie LeLacheur told the board a wampum belt they have been working on for 30 years to honor the townspeople is finally complete. The belt is made of purple shells, all found in Menemsha Pond, and is about three feet long. The belt will be presented to the town at a special ceremony during a wampum jewelry show at the Cliffs on August 6.

“I’m honored to be a selectman at this point in time, this is wonderful,” Mr. Booker said. “Well done, well done. It’s really incredible, I can’t wait to see it.”

Selectmen also set a date for the annual Aquinnah taxpayers’ meeting for August 10.