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Belmont Select Board · 2020–2021 Board · Regular meeting

September 21, 2020

4 recorded votes, 4 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

TOWN CLERK - Approved by

Enter Executive Session to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with nonunion...

Minutes, page 1

ProceduralPassed · Unanimous, 3 present

ACTION BY CONSENT Executive Session Motion: To enter Executive Session to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with nonunion personnel; Motion to leave Executive Session at 5:47pm (Vote passed 3-0)

The minutes do not say who made this motion.

From the minutes

“ACTION BY CONSENT Executive Session Motion: To enter Executive Session to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with nonunion personnel; Motion to leave Executive Session at 5:47pm (Vote passed 3-0).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 1 (PDF)

Extend the Leonard Street Closure, Town-Wide Outdoor Restaurant Seating and Retail Sales, and the Free Parking at the Claflin Street Parking Lot until October 25, 2020

Minutes, page 1

ApprovePassed · 2–1

Motion: To extend the Leonard Street Closure, Town-Wide Outdoor Restaurant Seating and Retail Sales, and the Free Parking at the Claflin Street Parking Lot until October 25, 2020 (Vote passed 2-1, In favor: Caputo and Dash, Opposed: Epstein)

Yes: Caputo, DashNo: EpsteinThe minutes record “Vote passed 2-1, In favor: Caputo and Dash, Opposed: Epstein.” The minutes do not say who made this motion.

From the minutes

“Motion: To extend the Leonard Street Closure, Town-Wide Outdoor Restaurant Seating and Retail Sales, and the Free Parking at the Claflin Street Parking Lot until October 25, 2020 (Vote passed 2-1, In favor: Caputo and Dash, Opposed: Epstein).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 1 (PDF)

Town Administrator Vacation Request

Approve Town Administrator Garvin's vacation request from September 23" to September 30", 2020 and to appoint Assistant Town Administrator Jon Marshall to the position of Acting Town Administrator...

Minutes, page 2

AppointPassed · Unanimous, 3 present

Motion: To approve Town Administrator Garvin's vacation request from September 23" to September 30", 2020 and to appoint Assistant Town Administrator Jon Marshall to the position of Acting Town Administrator during that period. (Vote passed 3-0)

The minutes do not say who made this motion.

From the minutes

“Motion: To approve Town Administrator Garvin's vacation request from September 23" to September 30", 2020 and to appoint Assistant Town Administrator Jon Marshall to the position of Acting Town Administrator during that period. (Vote passed 3-0).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 2 (PDF)

Town Administrator Vacation Request

Minutes, page 2

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 3 present

(Vote passed 3-0)

The minutes do not say who made this motion.

From the minutes

“(Vote passed 3-0).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 2 (PDF)

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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