MassVoter.com← Concord Select BoardConcord Select Board · 2024–2025 Board · Regular meeting
May 13, 2024
12 recorded votes, 12 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Present: Mary Hartman, Mark Howell, Terri Ackerman, Cameron McKennitt, Wendy Rovelli
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Nominate Mary Hartman as Chair of the Select Board
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY. voted: to nominate Mary Hartman as Chair of the Select Board.
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 Mary Hartman as Chair of the Select Board..”
Nominate Mark Howell as Clerk of the Select Board
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY. voted: to nominate Mark Howell as Clerk of the Select Board.
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 Mark Howell as Clerk of the Select Board..”
Approve the Consent Agenda without the Committee Nominations
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to approve the Consent Agenda without the Committee Nominations.
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 without the Committee Nominations..”
Approve the Committee Nominations
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to approve the Committee Nominations.
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 Committee Nominations..”
Correctively appoint Allison Aley of 47 Warner Street to the West Concord Advisory Committee as an Associate Member with term to expire May 31, 2027 and to appoint the following candidates to the...
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to correctively appoint Allison Aley of 47 Warner Street to the West Concord Advisory Committee as an Associate Member with term to expire May 31, 2027 and to appoint 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; and 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 correctively appoint Allison Aley of 47 Warner Street to the West Concord Advisory Committee as an Associate Member with term to expire May 31, 2027 and to appoint 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; and 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..”
Approve the public art request for sidewalk decals on Town-owned property in West Concord to install one test sidewalk decal at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Beharrell Street to be removed...
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to approve the public art request for sidewalk decals on Town-owned property in West Concord to install one test sidewalk decal at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Beharrell Street to be removed no later than October 2024, pending approval by Concord Public Works.
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 public art request for sidewalk decals on Town-owned property in West Concord to install one test sidewalk decal at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Beharrell Street to be removed no later than October 2024, pending approval by Concord Public Works..”
Reopen the Public Hearing for a Grant of Location request for Concord Municipal Light Plant and Verizon New England for a Pole Petition at 1053 Main Street
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to reopen the Public Hearing for a Grant of Location request for Concord Municipal Light Plant and Verizon New England for a Pole Petition at 1053 Main Street.
Yes: Ackerman, Howell, McKennitt, RovelliThe minutes say Mary Hartman stepped aside (recused), so that member is not shown as voting. The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to reopen the Public Hearing for a Grant of Location request for Concord Municipal Light Plant and Verizon New England for a Pole Petition at 1053 Main Street..”
Close the Public Hearing
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to close the Public Hearing.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to close the Public Hearing..”
Approve the Grant of Location request for a Pole Petition for Concord Municipal Light Plant and Verizon New England as included in the Select Board meeting packet
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to approve the Grant of Location request for a Pole Petition for Concord Municipal Light Plant and Verizon New England as included in the Select Board meeting packet.
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 Grant of Location request for a Pole Petition for Concord Municipal Light Plant and Verizon New England as included in the Select Board meeting packet..”
Endorse the Minuteman School Committee appropriation of $771,211 from its certified Excess & Deficiency Fund and reallocate unspent FY24 Budget in the amount of $863,489
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to endorse the Minuteman School Committee appropriation of $771,211 from its certified Excess & Deficiency Fund and reallocate unspent FY24 Budget in the amount of $863,489.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to endorse the Minuteman School Committee appropriation of $771,211 from its certified Excess & Deficiency Fund and reallocate unspent FY24 Budget in the amount of $863,489..”
Approve the Fiscal Year 2025 Select Board Liaison Assignments as included in the meeting packet and as discussed during the meeting
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to approve the Fiscal Year 2025 Select Board Liaison Assignments as included in the meeting packet and as discussed during 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 approve the Fiscal Year 2025 Select Board Liaison Assignments as included in the meeting packet and as discussed during the meeting..”
Adjourn
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was UNANIMOUSLY voted: to adjourn the meeting at 8:46 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 the meeting at 8:46 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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