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Select Board directs staff to design waiting-list system for eight surplus rental-car medallions
Summary
The Select Board discussed how to allocate eight surplus rental-car medallions and signaled a preference for a waiting-list model for businesses rather than a lottery; the policy question of whether peer-to-peer platforms such as Turo fall under the town's rental-car bylaw remains pending and likely to be considered at town meeting.
The Select Board of Nantucket County on an unspecified date discussed procedures to reallocate eight surplus rental-car vehicle medallions and signaled support for a waiting-list allocation model rather than a lottery.
The board’s discussion centered on two linked questions: how to distribute the eight currently available medallions and whether peer-to-peer car‑sharing (platforms such as Turo) should be treated as rental‑car businesses under the town’s rental‑car bylaw. Amy, a staff member, told the board she had prepared two options modeled on existing town processes: a lottery (similar to the Town Pier slip lottery) and a waiting list modeled after taxi/charter/limo lists. “The recommendation is definitely going to be a waiting list type of thing,” Amy said.
Why it matters: waiting lists preserve an ordered queue for applicants who intend to establish a business and allow the town to require annual renewal and a nominal fee; a lottery can produce winners who are unprepared to operate a business and is typically used for time-limited allocations such as seasonal slips.
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