MassVoter.com← Belmont Select BoardBelmont Select Board · 2019–2020 Board · Regular meeting
July 8, 2019
9 recorded votes, 9 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Present: Tom Caputo, Adam Dash, Roy Epstein
Absent: None
During the meeting:
- Adam Dash stepped aside (recused) for part of the meeting.
Every vote, in order
ACTION BY CONSENT
Enter executive session as described above
To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for collective bargaining with union personnel (all town unions) Motion: To enter executive session as described above. (Vote passed 3-0; Roll call vote: Tom Caputo, Adam Dash, and Roy Epstein)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for collective bargaining with union personnel (all town unions) Motion: To enter executive session as described above. (Vote passed 3-0; Roll call vote: Tom Caputo, Adam Dash, and Roy Epstein).”
Leave executive session
Motion: To leave executive session. (Vote passed 3-0; Roll call vote: Tom Caputo, Adam Dash, and Roy Epstein)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To leave executive session. (Vote passed 3-0; Roll call vote: Tom Caputo, Adam Dash, and Roy Epstein).”
Approve the placement of a handicapped parking space at 18 Blake Street
Motion: To approve the placement of a handicapped parking space at 18 Blake Street. (Vote passed 3-0)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To approve the placement of a handicapped parking space at 18 Blake Street. (Vote passed 3-0).”
Update oh'33L Municipal Working Group (Massport Advocacy Group, Logan Airport Noise)
Amend the charge of the Meet Belmont Planning Committee to the effect that there be 9 members instead of 7
Motion: To amend the charge of the Meet Belmont Planning Committee to the effect that there be 9 members instead of 7. (Vote passed 3-0)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To amend the charge of the Meet Belmont Planning Committee to the effect that there be 9 members instead of 7. (Vote passed 3-0).”
Extend the duration of the High School Traffic Working Group until July 30, 2020, with existing membership
She also said it was useful to have the HSTWG up and running as a point of public access during construction, The Board was in agreement that there was no downside to extending the working group for another year, at which point the matter could be re-evaluated. - Motion: To extend the duration of the High School Traffic Working Group until July 30, 2020, with existing membership. (Vote passed 2-0; Dash recused)
Yes: Caputo, EpsteinThe minutes say Adam Dash stepped aside (recused), so that member is not shown as voting. The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“She also said it was useful to have the HSTWG up and running as a point of public access during construction, The Board was in agreement that there was no downside to extending the working group for another year, at which point the matter could be re-evaluated. - Motion: To extend the duration of the High School Traffic Working Group until July 30, 2020, with existing membership. (Vote passed 2-0; Dash recused).”
Accept the resignations of Leslie Lee and Michael Cicalese from the Community Path Project Committee
Acceptance of Community Path Project Committee resignations Motion: To accept the resignations of Leslie Lee and Michael Cicalese from the Community Path Project Committee. (Vote passed 3-0)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Acceptance of Community Path Project Committee resignations Motion: To accept the resignations of Leslie Lee and Michael Cicalese from the Community Path Project Committee. (Vote passed 3-0).”
Discussion and possible vote on Financial Task Force II (FTFIl) reorganization
Extend the Financial Task Force II until June 30, 2020
Motion: To extend the Financial Task Force II until June 30, 2020. (Vote passed 3-0)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To extend the Financial Task Force II until June 30, 2020. (Vote passed 3-0).”
Adam Dash be the Board of Selectmen representative to the Minuteman School Internal Working Group
Motion: That Adam Dash be the Board of Selectmen representative to the Minuteman School Internal Working Group. {Vote passed 2-0; Dash recused)
Yes: Caputo, EpsteinThe minutes say Adam Dash stepped aside (recused), so that member is not shown as voting. The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: That Adam Dash be the Board of Selectmen representative to the Minuteman School Internal Working Group. {Vote passed 2-0; Dash recused).”
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn
ADJOURNMENT: Motion: To adjourn. (Vote passed 3-0)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“ADJOURNMENT: Motion: To adjourn. (Vote passed 3-0).”
From the Belmont 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 Belmontonian — Matthew Taylor and Carol Berberian (April 2026); Yates for Belmont campaign website — Taylor Yates. Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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