MassVoter.com← Belmont Select BoardBelmont Select Board · 2025–2026 Board · Regular meeting
March 19, 2026
3 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Present: Elizabeth Dionne, Matthew Taylor, Taylor Yates
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
CALL TO ORDER
Approve the one-day liquor license application for all alcohol from the Foundation for Belmont Education to host a fundraising event at the Jordan Athletic Center at Belmont Hill School on...
Mr. Yates moved to approve the one-day liquor license application for all alcohol from the Foundation for Belmont Education to host a fundraising event at the Jordan Athletic Center at Belmont Hill School on Saturday, March 21, 2026, from 6:00 to 10:30 p.m. The motion was seconded by Ms. Dionne and passed unanimously.
From the minutes
“Mr. Yates moved to approve the one-day liquor license application for all alcohol from the Foundation for Belmont Education to host a fundraising event at the Jordan Athletic Center at Belmont Hill School on Saturday, March 21, 2026, from 6:00 to 10:30 p.m. The motion was seconded by Ms. Dionne and passed unanimously..” (Motion: Yates, second: Dionne)
Executive Sessions
Close open session and enter into executive session to consider the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real estate
To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with nonunion personnel: Police Chief Mr. Yates moved to close open session and enter into executive session to consider the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real estate. If the chair declares that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the public body with respect to the Claflin Memorandum of Understanding. The motion was seconded by Ms. Dionne and passed unanimously via roll-call vote.
From the minutes
“To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with nonunion personnel: Police Chief Mr. Yates moved to close open session and enter into executive session to consider the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real estate. If the chair declares that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the public body with respect to the Claflin Memorandum of Understanding. The motion was seconded by Ms. Dionne and passed unanimously via roll-call vote..” (Motion: Yates, second: Dionne)
Close open session and enter into executive session to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-union personnel, or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract...
Mr. Yates moved to close open session and enter into executive session to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-union personnel, or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with nine union personnel for the police chief. The motion was seconded by Ms. Dionne and passed unanimously via roll-call vote.
From the minutes
“Mr. Yates moved to close open session and enter into executive session to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-union personnel, or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with nine union personnel for the police chief. The motion was seconded by Ms. Dionne and passed unanimously via roll-call vote..” (Motion: Yates, second: Dionne)
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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