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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. After the April 8, 2025 town election the same three members reorganized on May 1, 2025: Ms. Coffey moved for Jason Suzor to be Chair and Mr. Suzor moved for Eric Beckerman to be Clerk; both motions passed. Covers 26 meetings, May 1 to April 2, 2026.
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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 25 of 26 meetingsShannon CoffeyAssociate · Elected townwide · at 24 of 26 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.
Apr 2Approve the request from Jason L. Suzor, Sr. to…Motion: Mr. Beckerman made a motion to approve the request from Jason…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Suzor
April 2, 2026: Approve the request from Jason L. Suzor, Sr. to display political campaign signs on private properties with the stipulation that it not be displayed 30 days prior to the election…
Mr. Beckerman made a motion to approve the request from Jason L. Suzor, Sr. to display political campaign signs on private properties with the stipulation that it not be displayed 30 days prior to the election and be removed 10 days after the Annual Town Election. Ms. Coffey seconded the motion. Mr. Suzor abstained. The motion passed.
Yes: Beckerman, CoffeyAbstained: SuzorThe minutes say Jason Suzor abstained and the motion passed; the Select Board office told MassVoter.com by email (October 8, 2026) that Eric Beckerman and Shannon Coffey voted yes.
From the minutes
“Mr. Beckerman made a motion to approve the request from Jason L. Suzor, Sr. to display political campaign signs on private properties with the stipulation that it not be displayed 30 days prior to the election and be removed 10 days after the Annual Town Election. Ms. Coffey seconded the motion. Mr. Suzor abstained. The motion passed..” (Motion: Beckerman, second: Coffey)
Mar 5Approve the request for reappointment to the Board of…Motion: Ms. Coffey made a motion to approve the request for reappointment…Passed · see note
March 5, 2026: Approve the request for reappointment to the Board of Registrars for Julie Beckerman for a new term to start on April 1, 2026, and expire on March 31, 2029.'
Ms. Coffey made a motion to approve the request for reappointment to the Board of Registrars for Julie Beckerman for a new term to start on April 1, 2026, and expire on March 31, 2029.' Mr. Suzor seconded the motion. Mr. Beckerman abstained. The motion passed.
The minutes say Eric Beckerman abstained, but they give no count and do not record how the other members voted, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“Ms. Coffey made a motion to approve the request for reappointment to the Board of Registrars for Julie Beckerman for a new term to start on April 1, 2026, and expire on March 31, 2029.' Mr. Suzor seconded the motion. Mr. Beckerman abstained. The motion passed..” (Motion: Coffey, second: Suzor)
Oct 16Approve the Personnel Action Form for Building Commissioner Charles…Motion: Mr. Beckerman made a motion to approve the Personnel Action Form…Passed · see note
October 16, 2025: Approve the Personnel Action Form for Building Commissioner Charles Comeau for a $2,000 contractual increase upon obtaining all necessary certifications effective October 3, 2025
Mr. Beckerman made a motion to approve the Personnel Action Form for Building Commissioner Charles Comeau for a $2,000 contractual increase upon obtaining all necessary certifications effective October 3, 2025. Ms. Coffey seconded the motion. The motion passed.
The minutes repeat this motion and its result word for word in two paragraphs; it is shown once.
From the minutes
“Mr. Beckerman made a motion to approve the Personnel Action Form for Building Commissioner Charles Comeau for a $2,000 contractual increase upon obtaining all necessary certifications effective October 3, 2025. Ms. Coffey seconded the motion. The motion passed..” (Motion: Beckerman, second: Coffey)
May 15Approve invoice #2437-07 dated 05/06/25 from DBVW Architects in…Motion: Mr. Beckerman made a motion to approve invoice #2437-07 dated 05/06/25…Passed · see note
May 15, 2025: Approve invoice #2437-07 dated 05/06/25 from DBVW Architects in the amount of $161,801 for the proposed Municipal Complex Building
Mr. Beckerman made a motion to approve invoice #2437-07 dated 05/06/25 from DBVW Architects in the amount of $161,801 for the proposed Municipal Complex Building. Ms. Coffey seconded the motion. The motion passed.
The minutes name Shannon Coffey, who was absent, as the seconder; the Select Board office told MassVoter.com by email (October 8, 2026) that Jason Suzor seconded the motion.
From the minutes
“Mr. Beckerman made a motion to approve invoice #2437-07 dated 05/06/25 from DBVW Architects in the amount of $161,801 for the proposed Municipal Complex Building. Ms. Coffey seconded the motion. The motion passed..” (Motion: Beckerman, second: Suzor)
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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