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Avon Select Board
How the Avon Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 3 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Jason L. Suzor, Sr. joined the board after the June 16, 2020 town election (postponed from April because of COVID-19), and Robert Brady left the board. On June 18, 2020 the board chose Steven Rose as Chairman and Eric Beckerman as Clerk, by roll calls. Covers 37 meetings, June 18 to April 8, 2021.
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What does the Select Board do? It is the town’s executive board. It prepares the Town Meeting warrant (the list of articles voters decide), appoints members of many town boards, hires the town’s top staff, signs warrants to pay town bills, and grants licenses and permits.
Town Meeting, not the Select Board, votes the town budget and town bylaws.
Sources: Massachusetts Select Board Handbook (MMA) · Mass. Division of Local Services: the town budgetBoard years
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Members
Eric BeckermanClerk · Elected townwide · at 37 of 37 meetingsJason SuzorAssociate · Elected townwide · at 37 of 37 meetings"At X of Y meetings" counts the members the minutes list as present at the start of each meeting in this record. Members who step out are listed on each meeting page.
Meetings
About missing minutes
Loaded: Avon Select Board (called the Board of Selectmen until late 2023) minutes from January 6, 2018 through September 17, 2026. Minutes from 2025 on come from the town’s Agenda Center; minutes from 2018 to 2024 come from the town’s Document Center (Minutes, Select Board folder), where the town posted its older files. Some meetings from 2018 to 2025 have an agenda but no minutes online, and a few files are filed under the wrong date; we load each file under the meeting it really records and list the gaps for the town. Meetings after September 17, 2026 are not posted yet. Nearly every minutes file is a scanned image, which MassVoter read with text recognition and checked by hand. Avon’s minutes name who made and seconded each motion, but most of them then say only “The motion carried” or “The motion passed,” without a count or names. For those votes we show the result only, without guessing how each member voted, even though the board has only three members. When the minutes say the vote was unanimous or that all were in favor, every member present is shown voting yes, and when the minutes record a roll call (usually for executive sessions, adjourning and remote meetings), each member’s vote is shown by name. Votes taken by other boards at joint meetings (for example the Finance Committee) are left out. We will ask the town to confirm any noted vote. The Select Board office answered MassVoter’s questions about the minutes on October 7 and 8, 2026; each vote changed by those answers says so in its note.
Votes where members disagreed
Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.
Feb 4Approve the request from Mr. Beckerman to display up…Motion: Mr. Suzor made a motion to approve the request from Mr.…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Beckerman
February 4, 2021: Approve the request from Mr. Beckerman to display up to 75 campaign lawn signs throughout town for the April 13, 2021 election
Mr. Suzor made a motion to approve the request from Mr. Beckerman to display up to 75 campaign lawn signs throughout town for the April 13, 2021 election. Chairman Rose seconded the motion. Mr. Beckerman abstained. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Suzor voted aye. Mr. Beckerman abstained. Mr. Suzor voted aye. The motion carried.
Yes: Rose, SuzorAbstained: BeckermanThe roll call in the minutes names Jason Suzor twice; the Select Board office told MassVoter.com by email (October 8, 2026) that Chairman Rose voted aye. Eric Beckerman abstained (the request was his).
From the minutes
“Mr. Suzor made a motion to approve the request from Mr. Beckerman to display up to 75 campaign lawn signs throughout town for the April 13, 2021 election. Chairman Rose seconded the motion. Mr. Beckerman abstained. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Suzor voted aye. Mr. Beckerman abstained. Mr. Suzor voted aye. The motion carried..” (Motion: Suzor, second: Rose)
Oct 1Appoint Jason L. Suzor, Jr. to the Planning BoardMotion: Mr. Beckerman made a motion to appoint Jason L. Suzor, Jr.…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Suzor
October 1, 2020: Appoint Jason L. Suzor, Jr. to the Planning Board
Mr. Beckerman made a motion to appoint Jason L. Suzor, Jr. to the Planning Board. Chairman Rose seconded the motion. Mr. Suzor abstained. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Beckerman voted aye. Chairman Rose voted aye. The motion carried.
Yes: Beckerman, RoseAbstained: Suzor
From the minutes
“Mr. Beckerman made a motion to appoint Jason L. Suzor, Jr. to the Planning Board. Chairman Rose seconded the motion. Mr. Suzor abstained. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Beckerman voted aye. Chairman Rose voted aye. The motion carried..” (Motion: Beckerman, second: Rose)
Sep 3Submit the Complete Streets Policy to the state for…Motion: Mr. Beckerman approved submitting the Complete Streets Policy to the state…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
September 3, 2020: Submit the Complete Streets Policy to the state for final approval
Mr. Beckerman approved submitting the Complete Streets Policy to the state for final approval. Mr. Suzor seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Beckerman voted aye. Mr. Suzor voted aye. Chairman Rose voted aye. The motion carried.
The minutes word the motion as “Mr. Beckerman approved submitting the Complete Streets Policy”; Mr. Suzor seconded it.
From the minutes
“Mr. Beckerman approved submitting the Complete Streets Policy to the state for final approval. Mr. Suzor seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Beckerman voted aye. Mr. Suzor voted aye. Chairman Rose voted aye. The motion carried..” (Motion: Beckerman, second: Suzor)
Aug 13Keep town offices closed to the public, open by…Motion: the Board voted to keep town offices closed to the public,…Passed · see note
August 13, 2020: Keep town offices closed to the public, open by appointment only
The Board voted to keep town offices closed to the public, open by appointment only.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“the Board voted to keep town offices closed to the public, open by appointment only..”
Aug 13The Board unanimously approved of Mr. Fitzgerald's requestMotion: The Board unanimously approved of Mr. Fitzgerald's request.Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
August 13, 2020: The Board unanimously approved of Mr. Fitzgerald's request
The Board unanimously approved of Mr. Fitzgerald's request.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“The Board unanimously approved of Mr. Fitzgerald's request..”
Aug 12For town offices to remain closed to the public…Motion: the Board voted to for town offices to remain closed to…Passed · see note
August 12, 2020 (Workshop meeting): For town offices to remain closed to the public and open by appointment only during the coronavirus pandemic
The Board voted to for town offices to remain closed to the public and open by appointment only during the coronavirus pandemic.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“the Board voted to for town offices to remain closed to the public and open by appointment only during the coronavirus pandemic..”
From the Avon Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center (2025 on) and Document Center (2018–2024). We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials.
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