MassVoter.com← Concord Select BoardConcord Select Board · 2020–2021 Board · Regular meeting
February 22, 2021
5 recorded votes, 5 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Present: Linda Escobedo, Susan Bates, Terri Ackerman, Jane Hotchkiss, Matthew Johnson
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Approve the consent agenda
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to approve the consent agenda. Roll call vote Ms. Escobedo: Aye Ms. Ackerman: Aye Ms. Bates: Aye Ms. Hotchkiss: Aye Mr. Johnson: 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 approve the consent agenda. Roll call vote Ms. Escobedo: Aye Ms. Ackerman: Aye Ms. Bates: Aye Ms. Hotchkiss: Aye Mr. Johnson: Aye.”
Authorize the Town Manager to have a separate plaque honoring George Washington Dugan as proposed today to be manufactured and installed in front of the existing Civil War monument, and also...
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to authorize the Town Manager to have a separate plaque honoring George Washington Dugan as proposed today to be manufactured and installed in front of the existing Civil War monument, and also encourage further study of George Washington Dugan's place on the original monument. Roll call vote Ms. Escobedo: Aye Ms. Ackerman: Aye Ms. Bates: Aye Ms. Hotchkiss: Aye Mr. Johnson: 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 authorize the Town Manager to have a separate plaque honoring George Washington Dugan as proposed today to be manufactured and installed in front of the existing Civil War monument, and also encourage further study of George Washington Dugan's place on the original monument. Roll call vote Ms. Escobedo: Aye Ms. Ackerman: Aye Ms. Bates: Aye Ms. Hotchkiss: Aye Mr. Johnson: Aye.”
Award $100,000 from available affordable housing funds which would include the purchase price for this unit, Emerson Annex Unit #5, for $85,000.00, and up to $15,000.00 for renovations
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to award $100,000 from available affordable housing funds which would include the purchase price for this unit, Emerson Annex Unit #5, for $85,000.00, and up to $15,000.00 for renovations. Roll call vote Ms. Escobedo: Aye Ms. Ackerman: Aye Ms. Bates: Aye Ms. Hotchkiss: Aye Mr. Johnson: 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 award $100,000 from available affordable housing funds which would include the purchase price for this unit, Emerson Annex Unit #5, for $85,000.00, and up to $15,000.00 for renovations. Roll call vote Ms. Escobedo: Aye Ms. Ackerman: Aye Ms. Bates: Aye Ms. Hotchkiss: Aye Mr. Johnson: Aye.”
Approve a FY21 salary compensation adjustment for Stephen Crane, Concord Town Manager, in the amount of a 1.25% increase to the base salary with the first addition of deferred compensation as...
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to approve a FY21 salary compensation adjustment for Stephen Crane, Concord Town Manager, in the amount of a 1.25% increase to the base salary with the first addition of deferred compensation as defined in the contract executed June 3, 2019.
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 a FY21 salary compensation adjustment for Stephen Crane, Concord Town Manager, in the amount of a 1.25% increase to the base salary with the first addition of deferred compensation as defined in the contract executed June 3, 2019..”
Adjourn
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to adjourn. Roll call vote Ms. Escobedo: Aye Ms. Ackerman: Aye Ms. Bates: Aye Ms. Hotchkiss: Aye Mr. Johnson: 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 Ms. Escobedo: Aye Ms. Ackerman: Aye Ms. Bates: Aye Ms. Hotchkiss: Aye Mr. Johnson: 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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