MassVoter.com← Belmont Select BoardBelmont Select Board · 2020–2021 Board · Regular meeting
June 8, 2020
20 recorded votes, 20 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Present: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, Adam Dash
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
Approve the May 18, 2020 regular session minutes, as amended
Motion: To approve the May 18, 2020 regular session minutes, as amended. (Vote passed 3-0, roll- call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To approve the May 18, 2020 regular session minutes, as amended. (Vote passed 3-0, roll- call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash).”
Approve the May 11, 2020 executive session minutes, as amended
Motion: To approve the May 11, 2020 executive session minutes, as amended. (Vote passed 3-0, roll- call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To approve the May 11, 2020 executive session minutes, as amended. (Vote passed 3-0, roll- call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash).”
Policing / 8Can'tWait
Amend the employment agreement between Patrice Garvin and the Town of Belmont dated December 11, 2016 to say that "...effective July 1, 2020 showing a 0% increase over current base
Motion: To amend the employment agreement between Patrice Garvin and the Town of Belmont dated December 11, 2016 to say that "...effective July 1, 2020 showing a 0% increase over current base." (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To amend the employment agreement between Patrice Garvin and the Town of Belmont dated December 11, 2016 to say that "...effective July 1, 2020 showing a 0% increase over current base." (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash).”
The Board took up the Warrant Articles
Recommend favorable action on Article 2
The Board took up the Warrant Articles: - Article 2, Authorization to represent Town's legal interests: Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 2. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“The Board took up the Warrant Articles: - Article 2, Authorization to represent Town's legal interests: Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 2. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash).”
Caputo, and Adam Dash)
Recommend favorable action on Article 3
Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 3. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash}
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 3. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash}.”
Recommend favorable action on Article 4a
Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 4a. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 4a. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash).”
Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash)
Recommend favorable action on Article 4b
Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 4b. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 4b. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash).”
Recommend favorable action on Article 5
Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 5. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash}
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 5. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash}.”
Recommend favorable action on Article 6
Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 6. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash}
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 6. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash}.”
Recommend favorable action on Article 7a
Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 7a. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-cail vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 7a. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-cail vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash).”
Recommend favorable action on Article 7b
Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 7b. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 7b. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash).”
Recommend favorable action on Article 8
Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 8. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 8. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash).”
Caputo, and Adam Dash)
Recommend favorable action on Article 9, the FY21 budget and authorization to transfer balances in the amounts stated
Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 9, the FY21 budget and authorization to transfer balances in the amounts stated. {Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, Adam Dash)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 9, the FY21 budget and authorization to transfer balances in the amounts stated. {Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, Adam Dash).”
Recommend favorable action on Article 10
Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 10. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash}
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 10. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash}.”
Recommend favorable action on Article 11
Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 11. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 11. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash).”
Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash)
Recommend favorable action on Article 12
Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 12. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend favorable action on Article 12. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash).”
Comments from the Select Board
Adopt the outdoor restaurant seating COVID-19 standards and the outdoor retail COVID-19 standards, as outlined in the memoranda from Community Development Director Glenn Clancy dated June 4, 2020,...
Motion: To adopt the outdoor restaurant seating COVID-19 standards and the outdoor retail COVID-19 standards, as outlined in the memoranda from Community Development Director Glenn Clancy dated June 4, 2020, with the following changes: underlined addition to the text as follows "...tables must be positioned so as to maintain at least six feet of distance from all other tables, unless a barrier is provided between the tables that is acceptable to the Belmont Health Department."; that these standards are in effect until midnight of Labor Day, 2020, as opposed to November 1, 2020. {Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash}
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To adopt the outdoor restaurant seating COVID-19 standards and the outdoor retail COVID-19 standards, as outlined in the memoranda from Community Development Director Glenn Clancy dated June 4, 2020, with the following changes: underlined addition to the text as follows "...tables must be positioned so as to maintain at least six feet of distance from all other tables, unless a barrier is provided between the tables that is acceptable to the Belmont Health Department."; that these standards are in effect until midnight of Labor Day, 2020, as opposed to November 1, 2020. {Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash}.”
Implement the closure of Leonard Street, keeping a fifteen foot emergency travel lane in the middle, along the lines that Community Development Director Glenn Clancy provided this evening, and...
Motion: To implement the closure of Leonard Street, keeping a fifteen foot emergency travel lane in the middle, along the lines that Community Development Director Glenn Clancy provided this evening, and that this closure is in effect until midnight of Labor Day, 2020. {Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To implement the closure of Leonard Street, keeping a fifteen foot emergency travel lane in the middle, along the lines that Community Development Director Glenn Clancy provided this evening, and that this closure is in effect until midnight of Labor Day, 2020. {Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash).”
Garvin reviewed the Town Administrator's Report
Appoint Jon Marshall as acting Town Administrator from July 1 to July 6, 2020
Motion: To appoint Jon Marshall as acting Town Administrator from July 1 to July 6, 2020. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash}
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion: To appoint Jon Marshall as acting Town Administrator from July 1 to July 6, 2020. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash}.”
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn
ADJOURNMENT: Motion: To adjourn at 9:40pm. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash}
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“ADJOURNMENT: Motion: To adjourn at 9:40pm. (Vote passed 3-0, roll-call vote: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, and Adam Dash}.”
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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