Selectmen want more from WCTV.

The town’s contract with the public access TV organization is not up for renewal until 2017. But Selectmen on Tuesday agreed to act now to ask WCTV to increase the number of government meetings it broadcasts and to “stream” more meetings on the internet.

At the suggestion of Selectman Peter Teitelbaum, the board will urge WCTV to start broadcasting Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals and Conservation Commission meetings – in addition to the Selectmen’s and School Committee sessions.

“The only reason to have an access corporation is to have access,” declared Selectman Patrick Tropeano in backing that request and Selectmen Steve Holmes’ assertion that more meetings should be streamed live on the internet.

WCTV is funded to the tune of about $450,000 annually through a contract with the town – using money that the town obtains for public access programming through the town’s separate contracts with cable providers Verizon and Comcast.

Selectmen varied in their sympathy for WCTV’s internal issues. It was noted that WCTV Executive Director Jay Heard has retired and his successor has not yet been selected. The recent annual meeting saw the long-time board chairman voted off the board entirely, and new members are just learning the ropes. The station is also working on technical upgrades to be able to broadcast live from more meeting rooms and with better quality from all.

Holmes was not so understanding.

“We pay these people a lot of money,” Holmes said. Yet, when people go on one of the public access stations looking to see a town meeting, they find only something about what he described as “fixing a truck.”

In addition to making the more immediate programming requests, Teitelbaum is seeking citizen volunteers to serve on the Cable Advisory Committee, dealing with contracts with WCTV and the cable companies.

In other business:

Veterans Day: Welcoming the organizing group for next Wednesday’s Veterans Day parade, ceremony and luncheon, Selectmen presented the volunteers with a proclamation and agreed to march in the parade and help serve lunch to vets. “Thank you for all you do. It’s just awesome,” Tropeano said.

Stonebridge hours: Selectmen agreed to change the hours of the Stonebridge restaurant’s liquor license to allow the Onset establishment to be open from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. seven days a week from April 1 through Columbus Day, and from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. Wednesday through Sunday in the off-season.

Appointment: Kathleen Gleason was appointed to the Wareham Cultural Council.

“Walking the bounds”: Selectman Judy Whiteside invited fellow board members to join her later this year in the longtime tradition of walking the boundary of the town. While its not an essential activity in the age of GPS technology, she urged the other selectmen to “step up to the plate and join me in the woods.”