MassVoter.com← Concord Select BoardConcord Select Board · 2019–2020 Board · Regular meeting
May 7, 2020
5 recorded votes, 5 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Present: Michael Lawson, Linda Escobedo, Terri Ackerman, Jane Hotchkiss, Susan Bates
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Rescind the April 30th Select Board affirmative vote on the certificate of determination for the maximum useful life for equipment provided as listed and provided to the Select Board in the memo...
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to rescind the April 30th Select Board affirmative vote on the certificate of determination for the maximum useful life for equipment provided as listed and provided to the Select Board in the memo originally sent to Stephen Crane from Kerry Lafleur dated April 22nd, 2020. Roll call vote: Susan Bates: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: 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 rescind the April 30th Select Board affirmative vote on the certificate of determination for the maximum useful life for equipment provided as listed and provided to the Select Board in the memo originally sent to Stephen Crane from Kerry Lafleur dated April 22nd, 2020. Roll call vote: Susan Bates: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: Aye.”
The maximum useful life of the departmental equipment listed below to be financed with the proceeds of a portion of the $900,000 borrowing allocable to equipment authorized by the vote of the Town...
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: that the maximum useful life of the departmental equipment listed below to be financed with the proceeds of a portion of the $900,000 borrowing allocable to equipment authorized by the vote of the Town passed April 10, 2019 (Article 12) to be as follows: Roll call vote: Susan Bates: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: Aye
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: that the maximum useful life of the departmental equipment listed below to be financed with the proceeds of a portion of the $900,000 borrowing allocable to equipment authorized by the vote of the Town passed April 10, 2019 (Article 12) to be as follows: Roll call vote: Susan Bates: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: Aye.”
Extend the deadline for filing property tax abatements to May 1, 2020
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to extend the deadline for filing property tax abatements to May 1, 2020.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to extend the deadline for filing property tax abatements to May 1, 2020..”
Authorize the Director of Public Health to communicate the Town's decision about the postponement of annual Town Meeting to the Attorney General
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: authorize the Director of Public Health to communicate the Town's decision about the postponement of annual Town Meeting to the Attorney General.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: authorize the Director of Public Health to communicate the Town's decision about the postponement of annual Town Meeting to the Attorney General..”
Adjourn
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to adjourn Roll call vote: Susan Bates: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: 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 adjourn Roll call vote: Susan Bates: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: Aye.”
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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