Tisbury selectmen this week approved a license for the first taxi company on the Island to use a meter app for fares. Martha’s Vineyard Taxi owners Michael Mzanski and Morgan Reitzas have led an effort this spring to convert companies across the Island to metered systems that track mileage on tablets mounted on cab dashboards.

The license stipulates that Martha’s Vineyard Taxi cabs using the app must mark their vehicles with a sign or sticker.

Selectman Melinda Loberg asked why selectmen regulate fares in the first place.

“I think the competition in and of itself is going to keep the rates in sync,” she said. “We don’t ever talk about how much restaurants charge for a hamburger.”

“There’s a huge difference,” Mr. Israel responded. “We license cab companies to use the spaces we provide, traverse our roads.”

Melanie West of Stagecoach Taxi expressed concern about the fairness of the new system.

“You’re going to have one taxi company on a completely different model at the Steamship without any different regulations for that system,” she said. “And you’re changing this system a few weeks before summer.”

Selectmen also voted to eliminate parking spaces from Union street reserved for municipal employees.

“I just don’t think it’s a good message,” selectman Jim Rogers said. “I think [municipal employees] should be ticketed and towed like anybody else.”

The board approved the removal of a stop sign on Greenwood and Main street and scheduled a public hearing to discuss changes to parking regulations and enforcement at the Owen Park pier.

Harbor master John Crocker expressed concerns about conservation moorings, which are designed to minimize disturbance to eel grass. He said he knew of three failures with the moorings and that the harbor management committee had voted to eliminate them and replace them with traditional moorings.

“The harbor management committee is very concerned about these moorings in the inner harbor. As am I,” Mr. Crocker said.

He said he hoped to submit a warrant article to fund the initiative at the next town meeting.

A new kiosk will be in use at the town park and ride lot beginning July 1. People who stay longer than four days will pay at the kiosk; under the current system people pay at the town hall.

Selectmen voted to use funds from the Cape and Islands license plate revenue to rent a port-a-potty to put at the Lagoon Pond Bridge through October. Mr. Rogers was hesitant.

“I could see it becoming a graffiti haven and a vandalism haven,” he said. “I think it needs to be closely monitored.”

The board also voted to place a bench at the Lake Street landing to honor the late Cora Medeiros, a former longtime selectman and unofficial town matriarch. The bench will be funded through donations.

“Everybody knows how much time she put into the town,” said Lynne Fraker. “And she loved Tashmoo.”

“We were down there every weekend,” said Ms. Medeiros’s son, Capt. David (Tubby) Medeiros. “This is a good tribute for my mom.”