MassVoter.com← Belmont Select BoardBelmont Select Board · 2020–2021 Board · Joint meeting
January 22, 2021
1 recorded votes, 1 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Note on these minutes: The minutes do not list the Select Board members present; Roy Epstein called the board to order, Tom Caputo chaired the Financial Task Force, and the board’s 3-0 vote shows all three members voted.
Present: Roy Epstein, Tom Caputo, Adam Dash
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Place a $6.4 million Proposition 2½ override question on the April 6, 2021 town election ballot
Motion to place on the April 6, 2021, town election ballot: Question 1 -- should the Town of Belmont be allowed to assess an additional $6.4M in real estate and personal property taxes for the purpose of supplementing the capital budget and town and school operating budgets for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2021. Yes or No. N.B. Motion was reworded at request of Town Clerk to add the year. Select Board voted to approve the motion by a vote (3-0).
The minutes say the Select Board voted to approve the motion “by a vote (3-0)”, which is all three members. The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion to place on the April 6, 2021, town election ballot: Question 1 -- should the Town of Belmont be allowed to assess an additional $6.4M in real estate and personal property taxes for the purpose of supplementing the capital budget and town and school operating budgets for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2021. Yes or No. N.B. Motion was reworded at request of Town Clerk to add the year. Select Board voted to approve the motion by a vote (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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