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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. Paul Boehm joined the board after the 2025 town election (first meeting June 30, 2025). On June 30, 2025 the board unanimously elected Mark Howell as Chair and elected Wendy Rovelli as Clerk 4-1 (Cameron McKennitt, who wanted the post, voted no). Mark Howell’s last meeting was April 29, 2026. Covers 36 meetings, June 30 to April 29, 2026.
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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
Paul BoehmMember · At-large · at 35 of 36 meetings
Mary HartmanMember · At-large · at 34 of 36 meetings
Cameron McKennittMember · At-large · at 32 of 36 meetings
Wendy RovelliClerk · At-large · at 36 of 36 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 28Recommend no action on the substitute motion under Article…Motion: Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Hartman and seconded the…Passed · see note
April 28, 2026 (Joint meeting): Recommend no action on the substitute motion under Article 35
Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Hartman and seconded the Select Board voted to recommend no action on the substitute motion under Article 35.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Hartman and seconded the Select Board voted to recommend no action on the substitute motion under Article 35..” (Motion: Hartman)
Apr 28Take no action on the modified motionMotion: Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it…Passed 3–2 · see note
April 28, 2026 (Joint meeting): Take no action on the modified motion
Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it was voted 3-2 to take no action on the modified motion.
The minutes give the count as 3-2 but do not say who voted no or abstained. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it was voted 3-2 to take no action on the modified motion..” (Motion: Rovelli)
Apr 21Appoint Wendy Rovelli of 42 Bow Street to the…Motion: Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Rovelli
April 21, 2026: Appoint Wendy Rovelli of 42 Bow Street to the MCI Concord Master Plan Committee with an APP#10, Section VII(c)1 exception for a term to end May 31, 2027 with Ms.…
Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it was voted 4-0 to appoint Wendy Rovelli of 42 Bow Street to the MCI Concord Master Plan Committee with an APP#10, Section VII(c)1 exception for a term to end May 31, 2027 with Ms. Rovelli abstaining.
Yes: Boehm, Hartman, Howell, McKennittAbstained: Rovelli
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it was voted 4-0 to appoint Wendy Rovelli of 42 Bow Street to the MCI Concord Master Plan Committee with an APP#10, Section VII(c)1 exception for a term to end May 31, 2027 with Ms. Rovelli abstaining..” (Motion: Rovelli)
Apr 13Approve the MCI Concord Master Plan Committee Charge with…Motion: Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Hartman and seconded it…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: McKennitt
April 13, 2026: Approve the MCI Concord Master Plan Committee Charge with the change as discussed- number 9, duty, with Mr. McKennitt abstaining
Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Hartman and seconded it was voted 4-0 to approve the MCI Concord Master Plan Committee Charge with the change as discussed- number 9, duty, with Mr. McKennitt abstaining. Vote: MCI Concord Master Plan Committee Nominations Chair Howell shared the document that was created by Ms. Rovelli which outlines nominees, primary experience and skills and the number of Select Board sponsors each nominee had.
Yes: Boehm, Hartman, Howell, RovelliAbstained: McKennitt
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Hartman and seconded it was voted 4-0 to approve the MCI Concord Master Plan Committee Charge with the change as discussed- number 9, duty, with Mr. McKennitt abstaining. Vote: MCI Concord Master Plan Committee Nominations Chair Howell shared the document that was created by Ms. Rovelli which outlines nominees, primary experience and skills and the number of Select Board sponsors each nominee had..” (Motion: Hartman)
Apr 6Approve the Select Board Appointment of: Andrew Boardman of…Motion: Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli it was voted…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Boehm
April 6, 2026: Approve the Select Board Appointment of: Andrew Boardman of 110 Hillcrest Rd. to the Community Preservation Committee for a term beginning June 1, 2026 and expiring May 31, 2029
Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli it was voted to Approve the Select Board Appointment of: Andrew Boardman of 110 Hillcrest Rd. to the Community Preservation Committee for a term beginning June 1, 2026 and expiring May 31, 2029. Roll call: Mr. Boehm - Abstain Ms. Hartman -Aye Mr. Howell - Aye Mr. McKennitt- Aye Ms. Rovelli -Aye
Yes: Hartman, Howell, McKennitt, RovelliAbstained: Boehm
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli it was voted to Approve the Select Board Appointment of: Andrew Boardman of 110 Hillcrest Rd. to the Community Preservation Committee for a term beginning June 1, 2026 and expiring May 31, 2029. Roll call: Mr. Boehm - Abstain Ms. Hartman -Aye Mr. Howell - Aye Mr. McKennitt- Aye Ms. Rovelli -Aye.” (Motion: Rovelli)
Apr 6Approve the Proclamation celebrating ConcordPride Fest to take place…Motion: Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it…Passed · see note
April 6, 2026: Approve the Proclamation celebrating ConcordPride Fest to take place on June 6, 2026 and authorization to hang decorative pride banner flags on the lamp posts in both Concord Center and…
Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it was voted to approve the Proclamation celebrating ConcordPride Fest to take place on June 6, 2026 and authorization to hang decorative pride banner flags on the lamp posts in both Concord Center and West Concord and authorization to hold a flag raising ceremony of the Pride Flag on June 6, 2026 Vote: Early Termination of Agreement - Shared Public Health Nursing Services
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it was voted to approve the Proclamation celebrating ConcordPride Fest to take place on June 6, 2026 and authorization to hang decorative pride banner flags on the lamp posts in both Concord Center and West Concord and authorization to hold a flag raising ceremony of the Pride Flag on June 6, 2026 Vote: Early Termination of Agreement - Shared Public Health Nursing Services.” (Motion: Rovelli)
Apr 6Nominate Wendy Rovelli to be the Select Board Representative…Motion: Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Hartman and seconded it…Passed 4–1 · No: McKennitt
April 6, 2026: Nominate Wendy Rovelli to be the Select Board Representative for the MCI Concord Master Plan Committee with Mr. McKennitt voting naye
Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Hartman and seconded it was voted 4-1 to nominate Wendy Rovelli to be the Select Board Representative for the MCI Concord Master Plan Committee with Mr. McKennitt voting naye.
Yes: Boehm, Hartman, Howell, RovelliNo: McKennitt
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Hartman and seconded it was voted 4-1 to nominate Wendy Rovelli to be the Select Board Representative for the MCI Concord Master Plan Committee with Mr. McKennitt voting naye..” (Motion: Hartman)
Apr 6Dissolve the MCI Concord Advisory BoardMotion: Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it…Passed · see note
April 6, 2026: Dissolve the MCI Concord Advisory Board
Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it was voted to dissolve the MCI Concord Advisory Board.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it was voted to dissolve the MCI Concord Advisory Board..” (Motion: Rovelli)
Apr 6Approve the Revision to APP #10 as included in…Motion: Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it…Passed · see note
April 6, 2026: Approve the Revision to APP #10 as included in the meeting packet
Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it was voted to approve the Revision to APP #10 as included in the meeting packet.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it was voted to approve the Revision to APP #10 as included in the meeting packet..” (Motion: Rovelli)
Apr 6Approve Amendment to January 27 Minutes by adding the…Motion: Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it…Passed · see note
April 6, 2026: Approve Amendment to January 27 Minutes by adding the addendum and the cover sheet as discussed
Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it was voted to approve Amendment to January 27 Minutes by adding the addendum and the cover sheet as discussed.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“Upon a motion duly made by Ms. Rovelli and seconded it was voted to approve Amendment to January 27 Minutes by adding the addendum and the cover sheet as discussed..” (Motion: Rovelli)
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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