MassVoter.com← Concord Select BoardConcord Select Board · 2022–2023 Board · Regular meeting
October 3, 2022
8 recorded votes, 8 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Note on these minutes: The attendance list does not include Terri Ackerman, who is counted absent.
Present: Matthew Johnson, Linda Escobedo, Henry Dane, Mary Hartman
Absent: Terri Ackerman
Every vote, in order
Appoint Henry Dane as Acting Clerk for the meeting
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to appoint Henry Dane as Acting Clerk for the meeting.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to appoint Henry Dane as Acting Clerk for the meeting..”
Approve the consent agenda
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to approve the consent agenda.
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..”
Approve to approve a Special Town Meeting on January 19, 2023 at 7:00 PM at the Concord Carlisle Regional High School
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: to approve to approve a Special Town Meeting on January 19, 2023 at 7:00 PM at the Concord Carlisle Regional High School. The vote passed 3-1-0, with Henry Dane opposed.
Yes: Escobedo, Hartman, JohnsonNo: DaneThe minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: to approve to approve a Special Town Meeting on January 19, 2023 at 7:00 PM at the Concord Carlisle Regional High School. The vote passed 3-1-0, with Henry Dane opposed..”
Disband the Personnel Study Task Force
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to disband the Personnel Study Task Force.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to disband the Personnel Study Task Force..”
Approve the White Pond Preservation Task Force charge with the proposed revisions to include the first two paragraphs (Background, Current Situation) from Ms. Hartman's memorandum to the Board in...
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to approve the White Pond Preservation Task Force charge with the proposed revisions to include the first two paragraphs (Background, Current Situation) from Ms. Hartman's memorandum to the Board in the charge itself, to expand the explanation of town beach in the first bullet point of the "Current Situation" paragraph to state "town beach and surrounding area", and to require two members of the Task Force to reside outside of the White Pond watershed.
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 White Pond Preservation Task Force charge with the proposed revisions to include the first two paragraphs (Background, Current Situation) from Ms. Hartman's memorandum to the Board in the charge itself, to expand the explanation of town beach in the first bullet point of the "Current Situation" paragraph to state "town beach and surrounding area", and to require two members of the Task Force to reside outside of the White Pond watershed..”
Approve the Select Board Citizen Correspondence Policy with the proposed revisions discussed
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to approve the Select Board Citizen Correspondence Policy with the proposed revisions discussed.
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 Select Board Citizen Correspondence Policy with the proposed revisions discussed..”
Appoint to the Conservation Restriction Stewardship Committee: Richard Higgins of 15 Grove Street reappointed for a term to expire April 30, 2025; a corrective reappointment of Mary Ann Lippert of...
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to appoint to the Conservation Restriction Stewardship Committee: Richard Higgins of 15 Grove Street reappointed for a term to expire April 30, 2025; a corrective reappointment of Mary Ann Lippert of 19 Cranberry Lane for a term of May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2023; a corrective reappointment of Arthur Schwope of 281 Holden Wood Road for a term of May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2024 and a corrective appointment to the Hugh Cargill Trust Committee: Deena Whitfield of 67 Whit's End Road for a term of May 1, 2020 to May 31, 2023.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to appoint to the Conservation Restriction Stewardship Committee: Richard Higgins of 15 Grove Street reappointed for a term to expire April 30, 2025; a corrective reappointment of Mary Ann Lippert of 19 Cranberry Lane for a term of May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2023; a corrective reappointment of Arthur Schwope of 281 Holden Wood Road for a term of May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2024 and a corrective appointment to the Hugh Cargill Trust Committee: Deena Whitfield of 67 Whit's End Road for a term of May 1, 2020 to May 31, 2023..”
Adjourn
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: to adjourn at 9:38 PM.
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 at 9:38 PM..”
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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