Monday on Cape Ann: Essex selectmen explain the fall warrant, Manchester takes up its harbor plan, Gloucester returns to shopping carts

Essex selectmen will walk residents through the articles on the fall town meeting warrant on Monday, Nov. 2, two weeks before the Nov. 16 town meeting. Here is what Monday's posted agendas say.

Essex Board of Selectmen, 6 p.m.

The board meets in the third floor auditorium at Town Hall, 30 Martin St., and online. The agenda lists:

• At 6:05 p.m., a public hearing on a change of manager for Marshview Farm Store.
• At 6:15 p.m., a discussion of the articles on the fall town meeting warrant, with public comment and questions, and work on a list of frequently asked questions about the articles for the town website and social media. Read how the board signed the warrant on Oct. 19.
• At 6:30 p.m., a joint meeting with the Board of Public Works and the Finance Committee about public works projects, planning, town meeting, the budget and operations.
• Whether the board will vote to support any or all of the warrant articles.
• Another look at, and a possible vote on, the makeup of the screening committee for the town's new full-time fire chief. Read how Essex planned the search.
• A request from the Manchester Essex Little League to put advertising signs on the fence at the Field of Dreams, which the agenda says needs zoning relief and a new policy.
• A complaint about a voter who could not vote early when the town clerk had to be away from Town Hall for part of a day.
• Design and construction money for the Centennial Grove erosion control project, holiday garlands on the Essex River Bridge and at Paglia Park, a Citizens' Police Academy, and trading the harbormaster's boat Marine 1 for a fuel credit.

The town administrator's report covers a draft social media policy, the town accountant search, the Centennial Grove restrooms, the DeSoto Road watermain project, a ResilientCoasts technical assistance grant and a Gloucester coal tar pollution settlement grant. To watch, use the link on the agenda, or check 1623 Studios on local cable.

Essex Board of Public Works, 6 p.m.

The commissioners meet on the second floor of Town Hall before the joint session. Their agenda lists the compost pile at the transfer station, the bridge scope of work, drainage at 52 Martin St., street sweeping, and updates on the finished water pump and the sewer pump.

Manchester-by-the-Sea Select Board, 6:30 p.m.

The board meets at Town Hall and on Zoom (meeting ID 842 3551 5248, passcode 459006). The revised agenda lists acceptance of the harbor management plan, construction work hours for the harbor improvement projects, the Tappan Street utilities and the Lincoln Street well, and the motions and talking points for the special town meeting. It also has a discussion of the timeline for clearing snow from sidewalks. Read how the board set its Nov. 16 warrant.

Gloucester City Council Ordinances and Administration Committee, 6 p.m.

The committee meets in the first floor conference room at City Hall, 9 Dale Ave., and on Zoom (meeting ID 821 0351 4913). Its one item is the proposed shopping cart ordinance, continued from Oct. 19. It would add rules on marking carts, keeping them on store property and enforcement. Read why the committee sent it back for a rewrite.

Also Monday: Rockport's Granite Pier Committee meets at 5 p.m., and the Manchester Essex School Council at 3:15 p.m. No agendas were posted for them Friday evening.

Find every meeting on the meetings calendar.