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Concord Select Board
How the Concord Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Mark Howell joined the board after the March 2023 town election (first meeting May 15, 2023). On May 15, 2023 the board unanimously chose Henry Dane as Chair and Mary Hartman as Clerk (roll calls, before Mark Howell arrived). Henry Dane’s and Linda Escobedo’s last meeting was April 29, 2024. Covers 28 meetings, May 15 to April 29, 2024.
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What does the Select Board do? It is the town’s executive board. It prepares the Town Meeting warrant (the list of articles voters decide), appoints members of many town boards, hires the town’s top staff, signs warrants to pay town bills, and grants licenses and permits.
Town Meeting, not the Select Board, votes the town budget and town bylaws.
Sources: Massachusetts Select Board Handbook (MMA) · Mass. Division of Local Services: the town budgetBoard years
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Members
Terri AckermanMember · At-large · at 25 of 28 meetingsLinda EscobedoMember · At-large · at 26 of 28 meetings
Mary HartmanClerk · At-large · at 27 of 28 meetingsMark HowellMember · At-large · at 26 of 28 meetings"At X of Y meetings" counts the members the minutes list as present at the start of each meeting in this record. Members who step out are listed on each meeting page.
Meetings
About missing minutes
Loaded: Concord Select Board minutes from January 8, 2018 through August 31, 2026: 342 meetings and 2,592 votes. The town’s Agenda Center holds the board’s minutes back to 2008; MassVoter has loaded 2018 on. The board was already called the Select Board throughout this period. All the minutes loaded are typed documents with searchable text. Not here: executive-session minutes (including released executive-session minutes that some files append after the open-session minutes); agendas posted in place of minutes; cancelled or postponed meetings; meetings of two-member Select Board subcommittees (the Committee Volunteer and Flag Policy subcommittees); the Concord Housing Roundtable, site visits, a liquor-licensing training session and other boards’ hearings that members attended, where the minutes record no Select Board deliberation or vote; meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes (among them the open session of March 26, 2018, April 11 and April 30, 2019, October 15, 2019, December 7, 2019, July 7, 2020, October 23 and November 6 and 17, 2021, and February 7, 2022); and meetings after August 31, 2026 (the September 14, 18 and 28, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Concord’s minutes usually say “Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED,” which is shown as every member present voting yes; they named the mover only from 2025 on. From 2020 to 2023 most votes were roll calls by name, and when a member voted no or abstained the minutes usually name the member (“The motion passed 4-1-0, with Ms. Ackerman voting nay”). Where the minutes say only “it was VOTED” or “MOVED” with no count or names (common in 2018 and 2019) we show the result only (155 votes); where a split count names no one (“by a margin of 3-1 with one member opposed”) we show the count only, with a note (37 votes). A few roll calls contradict the word “unanimously” in the same sentence; those show the result only, with a note. Members who stepped aside (recused) or whom a roll call lists as “Not Present” are not shown in that vote; members who arrived late or left early are shown only in the votes they were there for. In 2021 and 2024 several sets of minutes record the board’s positions on Town Meeting articles in a table (“Affirmative Action – 5-0-0”); each row is shown as a vote. At joint meetings only the Select Board members’ votes are shown. We will ask the town to confirm any noted vote.
Votes where members disagreed
Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.
Apr 29Nominate the following candidates to the Agriculture Committee: Grace…Motion: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted:…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
April 29, 2024: Nominate the following candidates to the Agriculture Committee: Grace Scimone of 10 Dana Road (current Associate Member) as a Full Member for a term to expire May 31, 2027; Brian…
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to nominate the following candidates to the Agriculture Committee: Grace Scimone of 10 Dana Road (current Associate Member) as a Full Member for a term to expire May 31, 2027; Brian Cramer of 792 Monument Street as a Full Member for a term to expire May 31, 2027; Mark Congdon of 11 Heath Road, Shrewsbury as an Associate Member for a term to expire May 31, 2027 and to be exempt from the Concord residency requirements outlined in APP 10.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to nominate the following candidates to the Agriculture Committee: Grace Scimone of 10 Dana Road (current Associate Member) as a Full Member for a term to expire May 31, 2027; Brian Cramer of 792 Monument Street as a Full Member for a term to expire May 31, 2027; Mark Congdon of 11 Heath Road, Shrewsbury as an Associate Member for a term to expire May 31, 2027 and to be exempt from the Concord residency requirements outlined in APP 10..”
Apr 29Recommend affirmative action on the anticipated Finance Committee amendment…Motion: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted: to…Passed 4–1 · No: Escobedo
April 29, 2024: Recommend affirmative action on the anticipated Finance Committee amendment to Article 20
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted: to recommend affirmative action on the anticipated Finance Committee amendment to Article 20. The motion passed 4-1-0, with Ms. Escobedo voting nay.
Yes: Ackerman, Dane, Hartman, HowellNo: EscobedoThe minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted: to recommend affirmative action on the anticipated Finance Committee amendment to Article 20. The motion passed 4-1-0, with Ms. Escobedo voting nay..”
Apr 29Recommend affirmative action on Article 38 - Citizen Petition:…Motion: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted:…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
April 29, 2024: Recommend affirmative action on Article 38 - Citizen Petition: Citizen Support for a Cell Tower Located at the Landfill at 755 Walden Street
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to recommend affirmative action on Article 38 - Citizen Petition: Citizen Support for a Cell Tower Located at the Landfill at 755 Walden Street.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to recommend affirmative action on Article 38 - Citizen Petition: Citizen Support for a Cell Tower Located at the Landfill at 755 Walden Street..”
Apr 29Recommend affirmative action on Article 1 - In-Town Utility…Motion: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted:…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
April 29, 2024: Recommend affirmative action on Article 1 - In-Town Utility Scale Battery
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to recommend affirmative action on Article 1 - In-Town Utility Scale Battery.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to recommend affirmative action on Article 1 - In-Town Utility Scale Battery..”
Apr 22Approve the Consent AgendaMotion: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted:…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
April 22, 2024: 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..”
Apr 22Appoint Allison Aley of 47 Warner Street to the…Motion: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted:…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
April 22, 2024: Appoint Allison Aley of 47 Warner Street to the West Concord Advisory Committee as a Full Member to complete an unexpired term of April 30, 2026; to appoint Gregory Dorothy…
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to appoint Allison Aley of 47 Warner Street to the West Concord Advisory Committee as a Full Member to complete an unexpired term of April 30, 2026; to appoint Gregory Dorothy of 188 Border Road to the West Concord Advisory Committee as a Full Member (current Associate Member) for a term to expire April 30, 2027; to appoint Sue Gladstone of 339 Heaths Bridge Road to the West Concord Junction Cultural District Committee for a term to expire May 31, 2027; and to appoint the following candidates to the Historical Commission as Alternate Members for a term to expire May 31, 2025: - Lauren Meier of 36 Millrun Lane - Beth Van Duzer of 4 Granite Post Road - Douglas Ellis of 11 Concord Greene, Unit 1 - Daniel Frost of 10 Orchard Road.
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 Allison Aley of 47 Warner Street to the West Concord Advisory Committee as a Full Member to complete an unexpired term of April 30, 2026; to appoint Gregory Dorothy of 188 Border Road to the West Concord Advisory Committee as a Full Member (current Associate Member) for a term to expire April 30, 2027; to appoint Sue Gladstone of 339 Heaths Bridge Road to the West Concord Junction Cultural District Committee for a term to expire May 31, 2027; and to appoint the following candidates to the Historical Commission as Alternate Members for a term to expire May 31, 2025: - Lauren Meier of 36 Millrun Lane - Beth Van Duzer of 4 Granite Post Road - Douglas Ellis of 11 Concord Greene, Unit 1 - Daniel Frost of 10 Orchard Road..”
Apr 22Approve the Concept Design and Notice to Proceed to…Motion: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted:…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
April 22, 2024: Approve the Concept Design and Notice to Proceed to the Design Development Phase for the Concord Prison Cemetery project
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to approve the Concept Design and Notice to Proceed to the Design Development Phase for the Concord Prison Cemetery project.
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 Concept Design and Notice to Proceed to the Design Development Phase for the Concord Prison Cemetery project..”
Apr 22Approve the request to execute public art on town-owned…Motion: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted:…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
April 22, 2024: Approve the request to execute public art on town-owned property in West Concord (painting of traffic signal boxes by June 30, 2024, anticipated to remain for three years), subject to…
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to approve the request to execute public art on town-owned property in West Concord (painting of traffic signal boxes by June 30, 2024, anticipated to remain for three years), subject to any additional required permits.
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 request to execute public art on town-owned property in West Concord (painting of traffic signal boxes by June 30, 2024, anticipated to remain for three years), subject to any additional required permits..”
Apr 22Approve the request to execute public art on town-owned…Motion: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted:…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
April 22, 2024: Approve the request to execute public art on town-owned property in Monument Square, Concord Center (Freedom's Silhouette in September 2024, anticipated to remain through spring 2025), in...
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to approve the request to execute public art on town-owned property in Monument Square, Concord Center (Freedom's Silhouette in September 2024, anticipated to remain through spring 2025), in coordination with the 250th permanent memorial subcommittee.
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 request to execute public art on town-owned property in Monument Square, Concord Center (Freedom's Silhouette in September 2024, anticipated to remain through spring 2025), in coordination with the 250th permanent memorial subcommittee..”
Apr 22Recommend affirmative action on Article 7: FY 2024 Budget…Motion: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted:…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
April 22, 2024: Recommend affirmative action on Article 7: FY 2024 Budget Line Item Adjustments
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to recommend affirmative action on Article 7: FY 2024 Budget Line Item Adjustments.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to recommend affirmative action on Article 7: FY 2024 Budget Line Item Adjustments..”
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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