MassVoter.com← Concord Select BoardConcord Select Board · 2019–2020 Board · Regular meeting
August 18, 2020
5 recorded votes, 5 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Present: Michael Lawson, Linda Escobedo, Terri Ackerman, Susan Bates, Jane Hotchkiss
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
30 By Petition: Healthy School Buses for X
Affirmative action on Article 25: Concord Public Schools Budget in the amount $40,777,193.00
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: affirmative action on Article 25: Concord Public Schools Budget in the amount $40,777,193.00. Roll call vote Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Susan Bates: Aye
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: affirmative action on Article 25: Concord Public Schools Budget in the amount $40,777,193.00. Roll call vote Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Susan Bates: Aye.”
Affirmative action on Article 26: Concord Public Schools Capital Projects in the amount of $830,000.00
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: affirmative action on Article 26: Concord Public Schools Capital Projects in the amount of $830,000.00. Roll call vote Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Susan Bates: Aye
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: affirmative action on Article 26: Concord Public Schools Capital Projects in the amount of $830,000.00. Roll call vote Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Susan Bates: Aye.”
Affirmative action on Article 27: Concord-Carlisle Regional High School Budget in the amount of $35,144,038.00, with Concord's assessment with debt $23,747,968.00
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: affirmative action on Article 27: Concord-Carlisle Regional High School Budget in the amount of $35,144,038.00, with Concord's assessment with debt $23,747,968.00. Roll call vote Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Susan Bates: Aye
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: affirmative action on Article 27: Concord-Carlisle Regional High School Budget in the amount of $35,144,038.00, with Concord's assessment with debt $23,747,968.00. Roll call vote Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Susan Bates: Aye.”
Affirmative action on Article 30: By Petition: Healthy School Buses for Students in the amount of $200,000.00
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: affirmative action on Article 30: By Petition: Healthy School Buses for Students in the amount of $200,000.00 Roll call vote Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Susan Bates: Aye
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: affirmative action on Article 30: By Petition: Healthy School Buses for Students in the amount of $200,000.00 Roll call vote Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Susan Bates: Aye.”
Adjourn
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to adjourn Roll call vote Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Susan Bates: 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 Mike Lawson: Aye Terri Ackerman: Aye Jane Hotchkiss: Aye Linda Escobedo: Aye Susan Bates: 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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