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Council confirms multiple board appointments, approves two one‑day liquor permits and updates pavilion/parking fees
Summary
At Tuesday's meeting the council approved appointments to multiple town boards (Harbor, Library, Planning, Juvenile Hearing Board, etc.), approved Jamestown Arts Center one‑day liquor licenses, and adopted revised Fort Getty pavilion rates and Mackel Cove parking/day‑pass fee increases for 2026 season.
Jamestown's Town Council approved a slate of appointments to various town boards and commissions, granted one‑day liquor licenses to the Jamestown Arts Center, and adopted fee changes for Fort Getty pavilion rentals and Mackel Cove parking.
Appointments: The council confirmed multiple committee and commission appointments after interviews and public discussion. Among appointments approved were Linda Warner to the Beavertail State Park Advisory Committee; Marion Kirby and Laura Clark as full members of the Juvenile Hearing Board with Nancy Ventrone and Sandra Reynolds named as alternates; Jim Archibald and Robert (Bob) Layman were reappointed to the Harbor Management Commission and Paul Sprague was appointed as a third member; Marla Romash and Jean Mahali were appointed to the Library Board of Trustees; and Nicholas Insana was appointed to the Planning Commission (additional planning and zoning vacancies will be advertised where applicants were redirected). The council discussed continuity on commissions and emphasized that many applicants brought relevant, local experience.
Licenses: The council approved two one‑day alcohol licenses for Jamestown Arts Center for specified January event dates (one beer-and-wine class F and one full-liquor class F1 day license). Votes were voice votes recorded as "Aye."
Fort Getty pavilion and parking: Recreation staff proposed streamlining the pavilion fee schedule (reducing redundant resident/nonprofit/peak/off‑peak rates) and increasing several pavilion rates by about 20% (to better align with comparable facilities and to reflect the last 2021 increase). Staff also recommended maintaining current Fort Getty park daily-pass and RV fees for 2025 but proposed an increase in Mackel Cove day‑parking from $15 to $20 for non‑rec‑pass users for the upcoming season; the council approved the package. Staff said the 2026 pavilion-rate schedule will take effect for the 2026 season because 2025 bookings already are largely set; they also said seasonal-pass sales have been steady and substantial (about 2,709 seasonal passes sold last year).
The council moved and approved the consent agenda and completed other routine minutes and communications; several council members asked staff to return with more detail on seasonality and utilization of pavilion rentals and to prepare any necessary ordinance language for fee changes to take effect in the next full season.
