MassVoter.com← Concord Select BoardConcord Select Board · 2019–2020 Board · Regular meeting
February 24, 2020
3 recorded votes, 3 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Note on these minutes: The attendance list does not include Jane Hotchkiss, who is counted absent.
Present: Michael Lawson, Linda Escobedo, Terri Ackerman, Susan Bates
Absent: Jane Hotchkiss
Every vote, in order
1. Call to order
Enter into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing ongoing litigation regarding Nagog Pond
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to enter into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing ongoing litigation regarding Nagog Pond. To discuss strategy with respect to litigation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the litigating position of the town and the chair so declares. The Executive Session is needed to protect strategy discussions affecting litigation on the stated matter. Roll call vote Susan Bates: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to enter into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing ongoing litigation regarding Nagog Pond. To discuss strategy with respect to litigation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the litigating position of the town and the chair so declares. The Executive Session is needed to protect strategy discussions affecting litigation on the stated matter. Roll call vote Susan Bates: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye.”
3. Consent Agenda
Approve the consent agenda as read
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to approve the consent agenda as read
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to approve the consent agenda as read.”
6. Review Middle School Approval
Authorize the Select Board Chair to issue a written warning to Trail's End Café, pursuant to the memo dated February 6, 2020 from Chief of Police Joseph O'Connor
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to authorize the Select Board Chair to issue a written warning to Trail's End Café, pursuant to the memo dated February 6, 2020 from Chief of Police Joseph O'Connor
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to authorize the Select Board Chair to issue a written warning to Trail's End Café, pursuant to the memo dated February 6, 2020 from Chief of Police Joseph O'Connor.”
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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