Edgartown selectmen voted this week to stay the course on seasonal alcohol licenses, which run between April 1 and Nov. 30.

The vote followed a public hearing held at the request of a seasonal license holder who wants to keep his establishment open through the Christmas season.

Brion McGroarty plans to open a new restaurant with a seasonal alcohol licence at the site of the former Flatbread Pizza restaurant near the airport. He advocated extending the Nov. 30 closing date for serving alcohol.

“I had hoped that once the license was finalized, we could come in and ask for an extension,” he said.

But owners of the Wharf, Alchemy and the Grill on Main, all year-round establishments, spoke against the policy change, saying they depend on the Christmas season to stay afloat for the long winter months.

“The last three failures of restaurants in Edgartown, they were all year-round,” said Scott Caskey, owner of Alchemy. “You can lose, easily, $20,000 a month keeping the chef, the manager, and your year-round staff employed, without much revenue coming in.”

Selectmen Art Smadbeck sided with the year-round restaurants.

“I don’t see any compelling reason to change the policy that we have,” he said. “To allow the seasonals to stay open through December would definitely hurt the year-round restaurants. We want to encourage people that can, to keep their restaurants open year round.”

Board chairman Margaret Serpa agreed. “The policy seems to be working pretty well,” she said.

Selectman Michael Donaroma did not attend.

Also Monday, selectmen voted to award a contract CAM HVAC and Construction, based in Smithfield, R.I., to replace the town hall heating system. The value of the contract is $456,000.

The town advertised the request for proposals four times before receiving a bid; CAM HVAC was the lone bidder.

The bid covers only the most basic work needed, town administrator Pam Dolby said.

“The most important thing is to replace the boiler, which has taken on a life of its own,” Ms. Dolby said.

At their meeting last week, selectmen appointed members of the dredge crew. Gregory Bettencourt will be foreman, along with crew members Donald Benefit and Daniel Gilkes. Mark DeFeo was appointed as a consultant. Selectmen set hourly salaries for Mr. Bettencourt and Mr. Benefit at $43 per hour, and for Mr. Gilkes and Mr. DeFeo at $33 per hour. The crew works 40 hours per week from Oct. 15 to Jan. 15.

And the board rejected an extension request from a landscape architect for planting trees as required to replace shade trees removed at 96 Summer street.

In a letter, landscape architect Kristen Reimann asked for an extension until May 15, 2017 to plant five trees. Selectmen originally set a June 30 deadline to complete the planting. Ms. Reimann wrote that the trees specified in the permit were not available at that time.

Selectmen ordered the trees planted by the end of November.

A letter of appreciation will go out to town lifeguards Austin Read and Alex Vasiliades for their quick action on August 29. According to a police report, the two lifeguards saved a man who had floated a bit too far offshore and could not swim back.