MassVoter.com← Concord Select BoardConcord Select Board · 2019–2020 Board · Regular meeting
May 20, 2019
2 recorded votes, 2 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Present: Michael Lawson, Linda Escobedo, Jane Hotchkiss, Terri Ackerman, Susan Bates
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
SESSION MINUTES
Enter executive session to discuss strategy with respect to the Estabrook Trail litigation, captioned as Town of Concord v
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was: VOTED: to enter executive session to discuss strategy with respect to the Estabrook Trail litigation, captioned as Town of Concord v. Neil Rasmussen, et al., and related Open Meeting Law complaints filed with the Attorney General's Office; to discuss employee contracts in respect to the negotiation of an employment agreement with the new Town Manager; and to review executive session draft minutes. Mr. Lawson stated that in the executive session, the Select Board will discuss with Town Counsel ongoing litigation regarding public rights of access to Estabrook Trail and related Open Meeting Law Complaints filed by defendants in that litigation. Discussing these matters in an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the litigating position of the Town. The Board will also discuss employee contracts with respect to the negotiation of an employment agreement with the new Town Manager and doing so in an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the Town. The Board will also review draft executive session minutes, and to do so in an open meeting would reveal the contents of executive session and compromise the purposes for which executive session was held. The Clerk called for a roll-call vote: Michael Lawson Aye Linda Escobedo Aye Jane Hotchkiss Aye Terri Ackerman Aye Susan Bates Aye
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“On a motion duly made and seconded, it was: VOTED: to enter executive session to discuss strategy with respect to the Estabrook Trail litigation, captioned as Town of Concord v. Neil Rasmussen, et al., and related Open Meeting Law complaints filed with the Attorney General's Office; to discuss employee contracts in respect to the negotiation of an employment agreement with the new Town Manager; and to review executive session draft minutes. Mr. Lawson stated that in the executive session, the Select Board will discuss with Town Counsel ongoing litigation regarding public rights of access to Estabrook Trail and related Open Meeting Law Complaints filed by defendants in that litigation. Discussing these matters in an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the litigating position of the Town. The Board will also discuss employee contracts with respect to the negotiation of an employment agreement with the new Town Manager and doing so in an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the Town. The Board will also review draft executive session minutes, and to do so in an open meeting would reveal the contents of executive session and compromise the purposes for which executive session was held. The Clerk called for a roll-call vote: Michael Lawson Aye Linda Escobedo Aye Jane Hotchkiss Aye Terri Ackerman Aye Susan Bates Aye.”
ADJOURN
Adjourn
Upon a motion duly made and seconded the Board UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to adjourn the meeting for the evening.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“upon a motion duly made and seconded the Board UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to adjourn the meeting for the evening..”
From the Concord 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 Concord Bridge — Wendy Rovelli and Cameron McKennitt (Celeste Katz Marston, April 2024), Paul Boehm and Mary Hartman (January 2025), Dean Banfield (courtesy photo, March 2026). Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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