A report card on late bar closings, staff shortages for highway, fire and police, and mooring management in town waters were all topics for discussion with town department heads this week.
About 35,000 cubic yards of sand have been deposited on the beach below Sea View avenue in Oak Bluffs, out of a total of nearly 85,000 yards scheduled to be placed on the beach to rebuild it as part of a $400,000 federal erosion control project now under way.
In addition to the beach buildup, a 570-foot stone groin is being built perpendicular to the shore out into Nantucket Sound to reduce further erosion of the town bathing and recreation area.
The town of Oak Bluffs has reached agreement with Eversource that will allow work to continue on an energy storage facility in the town. The battery storage facility will be capable of storing 14.7 megawatts.
In a sometimes tense, sometimes emotional debate, Oak Bluffs selectmen heard arguments for and against a request to remove plaques from a Civil War monument.
Town conservation agent Liz Durkee reported on the town's application to join the state Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grant program, which awards funds for projects to combat climate change.
