Terry W. Eldredge

Clerk: 2023 -

Seventy-three-year-old Chatham native.

I graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology in 1972 with a Civil and Highway Engineering degree.

I am a professional land surveyor with over Fifty (50) years of experience in land surveying and engineering. I was licensed to practice land surveying in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on January 23,198I, and started my own boutique Surveying and Engineering firm on April 1 st,  1981.

I have extensive experience with local bylaws, state laws, regulations, codes, and statutes that affect land development. 

I have been qualified as an expert witness in the Barnstable Superior Court, the Middlesex Superior Court, and the Massachusetts Land Court.

I have been a Volunteer Auctioneer over the past 32 years for charitable organizations in all of the New England States and locally for Wild Care, the Creative Art Center, and local Churches, to name a few.

I served two years as President of The Engineering Center in Boston (TEC).  

I have served on various town committees, including the Stormwater Control Committee, the Wastewater Pollution Committee, and the Zoning Bylaw Committee, which completely rewrote Chatham Zoning Bylaw. I have also drafted several bylaws for the Town, including revisions to the Conservancy District bylaw, making it more restrictive.

I worked with local townspeople responsible for adopting the Historic Business District Bylaw. I prepared the first draft of the regulations based on the Nantucket Historical Regulations.

I retired in 2018.