The search for a new police chief, laurels for the town shellfish constable and taxi regulations topped a three-hour Tisbury selectmen’s meeting Tuesday.

On the search to replace retiring police chief Daniel Hanavan, selectmen reviewed a proposal from their consultant Strategic Policy Partnership of West Tisbury. The firm made several recommendations, beginning with a revised job description. And town administrator Jay Grande asked selectmen to begin thinking about the makeup of a selection committee. “We’re looking for the consultant to help generate a good pool of candidates in terms of recruitment and giving us some vetting of those candidates at some level,” Mr. Grande said. “I’m suggesting the selection committee get up and running early on.”

The search committee may include representatives from the fire department, selectmen, Community Services, the business community and police, among others. Mr. Grande said the committee makeup will be determined at a selectmen’s meeting later this month.

Selectman Melinda Loberg suggested that the town vision counsel also be involved.

“I hope our current chief will give us some input as well in this process,” selectman and board chairman Tristan Israel said. Chief Hanavan’s contract runs through the summer of 2019, but he has announced he intends to retire as early as this summer, with the selectmen’s blessing.

In other business Tuesday, Lieut. Eerik Meisner presented proposed taxi regulations. The regulations include a list of maximum fares for common routes, like from the Steamship Authority to South Beach ($25), but taxi business leaders Michael Mszanski and Morgan Reitzas, who have been making the rounds on the Island proposing use of a GPS tracking app for taxi metering, attended the meeting as well. They were told they could present their software to the selectmen later this month.

Shellfish constable Danielle Ewart, who has been named shellfish constable of the year by the Massachusetts Shellfish Officers Association, earned a standing ovation and congratulations all around. Edgartown shellfish constable Paul Bagnall, president of the board of the association, came to the meeting to honor Ms. Ewart and present her with an engraved, glass award.

“I’ve come today all the way from Edgartown,” Mr. Bagnall quipped. He said the selection process involves constables from around the state. “It is truly an award from your peers. In my mind, that’s the best award to have,” the longtime Edgartown constable said.

Later in the meeting Nelson Sigelman was appointed assistant shellfish constable.

Selectmen also voted to apply to join the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grant program, which awards funds to prepare for climate change related challenges.

Department of public works director Ray Tattersall requested approval to close the landfill on Tuesdays in order to save costs and reallocate staff. He also briefed selectmen on a new leaf pickup program for the town, which could roll out next fall. He also proposed changes to a bus turn off near Hillside Village. That will be discussed again later this month.

Mr. Israel officially took up the gavel as chairman of the board, succeeding Larry Gomez, who did not seek re-election this year. In Tisbury, the member of the board who is up for re-election next assumes the position.

“While that’s not a rule, it’s a precedent, and I think it’s a good precedent,” Mr. Israel said.