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Edgartown Chair
Arthur Smadbeck
Elected townwide · 7 terms in this record
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Start my ballot →Record at a glance · 2020–2021 Board
How these numbers work
- Counted from the official minutes, for 2020–2021 Board only. Committee meetings and routine votes (adjourning, approving minutes) are not counted.
- Attendance counts the meetings where the minutes list Smadbeck as present or absent at the start.
- Only votes the minutes record member by member are counted. Voice votes and votes given only as a count (for example 6-3 with no names) are not.
- Percentages are shown only when there are at least 10 meetings or votes to count.
- A split vote is one where at least one member voted yes and another voted no. “In the minority” means on the side with fewer votes; ties are not counted.
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Attendance
At the start of 15 of 15 Selectboard meetings in 2020–2021 Board.
Missed none.
Every meeting (15)
- Apr 12, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Apr 5, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Mar 29, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Mar 22, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Mar 15, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Mar 8, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Mar 1, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Feb 22, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Feb 16, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Feb 8, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Feb 1, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Jan 25, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Jan 19, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Jan 11, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Jan 4, 2021 · Regular: Present
Votes where members disagreed · 2020–2021 Board
Apr 5New Commercial Marine License for Alewife Charters to provide…Motion: new Commercial Marine License for Alewife Charters to provide catered dinner…Passed 2–0 · Smadbeck: Yes
April 5, 2021: New Commercial Marine License for Alewife Charters to provide catered dinner cruises — approve the new license
New Commercial Marine License for Alewife Charters to provide catered dinner cruises — approve the new license
Voted: Yes
Yes: Serpa, SmadbeckMichael Donaroma abstained.
From the minutes
“Mr. Donaroma moved to approve the new license. Ms. Serpa seconded. Unanimous. Mr. Smadbeck then opened the next item on the agenda which was a Shade Tree Hearing for 53 S. Water Street. Mr. Donaroma abstained from participating. Presenting was Ms. Cammie Naylor. Also present was Tree Warden Allan deBettencourt. Ms. Naylor stated that the tree .” (Motion: Donaroma, second: Serpa)
Votes with no disagreement (25)
From the Edgartown Selectboard’s official minutes, posted on the town website. We check every vote against the members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: The Martha’s Vineyard Times: Arthur Smadbeck (file photo), Alex Morrison (election day, April 2025, Nicholas Vukota), Margaret Serpa (March 2026, Nicholas Vukota). Julia Tarka: Jeanna Shepard, Vineyard Gazette (April 2026).
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