PLYMOUTH — September 22, 2026 — Chair Deborah Iaquinto opened an abbreviated Select Board session by imposing new debate protocols on her colleagues: every comment routed through the chair, one turn each before a second round, and a chair empowered to recess to restore order. The board took up its license requests and approved five administrative notes, then retired behind closed doors for four matters.
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Iaquinto framed her statement on how the five-member board conducts itself as a standard rather than a request.
We continue to make headlines, as everyone knows, that don’t reflect the actual work we are doing for the people of Plymouth.
— Chair Deborah Iaquinto 9:45
She set out how she intends to enforce it. Members will address their comments and questions through the chair instead of to one another. One person speaks at a time, with no interruptions. Each member gets one opportunity to speak on an issue before anyone gets a second round. Questions must relate to the agenda item or the chair will redirect, and repetitive discussion will be curtailed. Personal attacks and accusations about colleagues’ motives will draw an intervention, and the chair may recess the meeting at any time to restore order. 9:45
The same standards apply with the doors shut, Iaquinto said.
The board approved three outdoor amplified music permits as listed: a Sept. 30 ribbon-cutting outside Memorial Hall, 83 Court Street, recognizing the Plymouth Philharmonic as the new orchestra in residence, and 5K walk/runs at 12 Resnik Road on Oct. 4 and 62 Water Street on Oct. 18. Four members voted. The chair said member David Golden was joining by Zoom as the roll closed.
The chair amended the one-day wine and malt licenses for the Plymouth Seafood Festival before the vote: the festival has been rescheduled from Sept. 26 to Oct. 10 because of the approaching storm, so the licenses were issued for the new date. One request was struck from the vote because the applicant had moved its location.
Administrative notes one through five passed in a single vote with no discussion. The posted agenda has the town accepting products and services funded by three Massachusetts Clean Energy Center grants: $350,000 to Flood Dynamics of Cambridge to demonstrate an AI-powered flood risk platform, $250,000 to Coastal Measures of Greenland, New Hampshire, for an AI-powered sensor network covering Plymouth and Marshfield, and $200,000 to Upstream Carbon of Jamaica Plain for a land-use analysis platform. They also authorize the sale of two town properties, 4 Guild Road and 45 Colchester Drive, with Treasurer Patricia Meachen as custodian of each.
