MassVoter.com← Bedford Select BoardBedford Select Board · 2021–2022 Board · Regular meeting
November 22, 2021
8 recorded votes, 1 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Present: Margot Fleischman, Emily Mitchell, William Moonan, Bopha Malone, Edward Pierce
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Open the Public Hearing
Mr. Pierce moved to open the Public Hearing. Ms. Mitchell seconded. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0.
From the minutes
“Mr. Pierce moved to open the Public Hearing. Ms. Mitchell seconded. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0..” (Motion: Pierce, second: Mitchell)
Continue the Public hearing to December 20, 2021
Mr. Pierce moved to continue the Public hearing to December 20, 2021. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0.
From the minutes
“Mr. Pierce moved to continue the Public hearing to December 20, 2021. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0..” (Motion: Pierce)
Open the Public Hearing
Mr. Pierce moved to open the Public Hearing. Mr. Moonan seconded. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0.
From the minutes
“Mr. Pierce moved to open the Public Hearing. Mr. Moonan seconded. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0..” (Motion: Pierce, second: Moonan)
Close the public hearing
Mr. Moonan moved to close the public hearing. Mr. Pierce seconded. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0.
From the minutes
“Mr. Moonan moved to close the public hearing. Mr. Pierce seconded. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0..” (Motion: Moonan, second: Pierce)
One matter of classifying the tax rate: To establish a residential factor so as to create a 175% allocation of the tax burden from the Residential/Open Space property classes to the...
Mr. Mitchell moved: One matter of classifying the tax rate: To establish a residential factor so as to create a 175% allocation of the tax burden from the Residential/Open Space property classes to the Commercial/Industrial/Personal Property classes On the matter of an Open Space discount: Not to grant an Open Space discount because the Board of Assessors has not classified any properties as such for FY22. On the matter of a Residential Exemption: Not to grant a Residential Exemption, so as not to shift the tax burden within the residential class from residents to non-residents, or from certain low-valuation owner-occupied properties to high valuation properties. Page | 3 On the matter of Small Commercial Exemptions: Not to grant a Small Business Exemption, so as not to shift the tax burden within the Commercial/Industrial/Personal Property classes from a certain small commercial property to other commercial and industrial properties. Ms. Malone seconded. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0.
From the minutes
“Mr. Mitchell moved: One matter of classifying the tax rate: To establish a residential factor so as to create a 175% allocation of the tax burden from the Residential/Open Space property classes to the Commercial/Industrial/Personal Property classes On the matter of an Open Space discount: Not to grant an Open Space discount because the Board of Assessors has not classified any properties as such for FY22. On the matter of a Residential Exemption: Not to grant a Residential Exemption, so as not to shift the tax burden within the residential class from residents to non-residents, or from certain low-valuation owner-occupied properties to high valuation properties. Page | 3 On the matter of Small Commercial Exemptions: Not to grant a Small Business Exemption, so as not to shift the tax burden within the Commercial/Industrial/Personal Property classes from a certain small commercial property to other commercial and industrial properties. Ms. Malone seconded. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0..” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Malone)
Approve the Consent Agenda
Ms. Mitchell moved that the Select Board approve the Consent Agenda. And authorize the Town Manager to sign the One Day Liquor license for Page | 5 Suzanne and Company as well as the AP/Expense Warrant on behalf of the Select Board. Mr. Pierce seconded. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0.
From the minutes
“Ms. Mitchell moved that the Select Board approve the Consent Agenda. And authorize the Town Manager to sign the One Day Liquor license for Page | 5 Suzanne and Company as well as the AP/Expense Warrant on behalf of the Select Board. Mr. Pierce seconded. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0..” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Pierce)
Adjourn
Mr. Moonan moved that the Select Board adjourn for the purposes of strategy related to the purchase, exchange, taking, lease or value of real property, and collective bargaining or litigation and not to return to open session. Ms. Mitchell seconded. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0.
From the minutes
“Mr. Moonan moved that the Select Board adjourn for the purposes of strategy related to the purchase, exchange, taking, lease or value of real property, and collective bargaining or litigation and not to return to open session. Ms. Mitchell seconded. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0..” (Motion: Moonan, second: Mitchell)
Enter executive session (real property, collective bargaining or litigation strategy)
Executive session for the purposes of strategy related to the purchase, exchange, taking, lease or value of real property, and collective bargaining or litigation. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0.
The minutes record the roll call under the agenda item without writing out the motion or its mover.
From the minutes
“Executive session for the purposes of strategy related to the purchase, exchange, taking, lease or value of real property, and collective bargaining or litigation. The Select Board was polled individually: Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye; Ms. Malone aye; Mr. Moonan aye; Mr. Pierce aye. The motion passed 5-0-0..”
From the Bedford Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center (Select Board). We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos (the town’s website has no Select Board photos): The Bedford Citizen — Paul Mortenson and Bopha Malone (Piper Pavelich, February 2026), Terrence Parker and Shawn Hanegan (Wayne Braverman, January 2025), Daniel Brosgol (December 2023). Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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