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Weston Select Board
How the Weston Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms (3 members until 2026). Harvey Boshart was re-elected at the September 10, 2020 town election. On September 24, 2020 the board unanimously chose Laurie Bent as Chair and Harvey Boshart as Clerk (roll calls). Covers 25 meetings, September 24 to June 14, 2021.
A monthly email on what it voted on, starting in November.
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
Coming up
From the agendas Weston posts on its official site. Agendas can change; the posted agenda is the official one.
Members
Harvey BoshartClerk · At-large · at 25 of 25 meetingsChristopher HoustonMember · At-large · at 24 of 25 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: Weston Select Board minutes from January 18, 2018 through September 8, 2026: 237 meetings and 1,101 votes. Minutes back to June 2013 are online; MassVoter loaded 2018 on. The minutes call the board the Board of Selectmen through November 13, 2019 and the Select Board from December 10, 2019. The board had three members until May 2026; a special act approved by the May 2025 Annual Town Meeting, the Legislature (signed October 2025) and the voters at a January 13, 2026 special election enlarged it to five, and the first five-member meeting was May 12, 2026. Many minutes from 2024 to 2026 are posted as scanned images; MassVoter read them with text recognition and checked every name and vote line by hand. Included: regular and special meetings, joint meetings with other boards (only the Select Board members’ votes are shown), the Financial Summits and All Committee meetings the board posted, and the board’s own Water Tank Working Group meetings (all three members, 2025-2026). Not here: executive-session minutes; the MBTA 3A Working Group and Fire Station Working Group (separate groups that include some Select Board members), whose minutes are filed in the same Agenda Center folder; summaries of site visits (informational, no votes); meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes (regular meetings on January 11, April 12, June 7 and July 26, 2022 and November 14 and December 5, 2023; a joint meeting with the Recreation Commission on December 13, 2022; and most of the yearly Financial Summits and All Committee meetings, including October 27 and November 1, 2025); and meetings after September 8, 2026 (the September 29, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Through 2019 most votes read “2nd by Mr. Gillespie. Approved unanimously”, shown as every member present voting yes. Since 2020 nearly every vote is a roll call naming each member who voted yes, with any no vote or abstention named (“Ms. Revers and Mr. McDonald voted in the affirmative and Mr. Palmer voted against”), shown by name. A roll call that leaves out a member who was at the meeting is shown with the named votes only, with a note; where the minutes give no names or count we show the result only (3 votes), and where a roll call names one member twice we show the count only (1 vote). Members who recused themselves, arrived late or left early are shown only in the votes they took part in. A motion with no recorded outcome (several consent agendas, for example) is not counted as a vote. 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.
Jun 8Establish Summer Hours at Town Hall from June 14…Motion: MOTION: Mr. Houston moved to establish Summer Hours at Town Hall…Passed 2–0 · see note
June 8, 2021: Establish Summer Hours at Town Hall from June 14 to September 3
MOTION: Mr. Houston moved to establish Summer Hours at Town Hall from June 14 to September 3 as follows: Monday through Thursday 8am-5pm and Friday 8am-1:30pm. The motion was seconded by Ms. Bent. Roll call vote: Mr. Houston and Ms. Bent voted in the affirmative. Approved unanimously.
Yes: Bent, HoustonHarvey Boshart had left the meeting before this vote and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“MOTION: Mr. Houston moved to establish Summer Hours at Town Hall from June 14 to September 3 as follows: Monday through Thursday 8am-5pm and Friday 8am-1:30pm. The motion was seconded by Ms. Bent. Roll call vote: Mr. Houston and Ms. Bent voted in the affirmative. Approved unanimously..” (Motion: Houston, second: Bent)
Jun 8Approve the consent agendaMotion: MOTION: Mr. Houston moved the consent agenda as follows: Approve a…Passed 2–0 · see note
June 8, 2021: Approve the consent agenda
MOTION: Mr. Houston moved the consent agenda as follows: Approve a request from the Council on Aging to accept a gift donation of $50 The motion was seconded by Ms. Bent. Roll call vote: Mr. Houston and Ms. Bent voted in the affirmative. Approved unanimously.
Yes: Bent, HoustonHarvey Boshart had left the meeting before this vote and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“MOTION: Mr. Houston moved the consent agenda as follows: Approve a request from the Council on Aging to accept a gift donation of $50 The motion was seconded by Ms. Bent. Roll call vote: Mr. Houston and Ms. Bent voted in the affirmative. Approved unanimously..” (Motion: Houston, second: Bent)
May 25Appoint Danielle Black to fill the vacancy on the…Motion: MOTION: Ms. Raman moved to appoint Danielle Black to fill the…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
May 25, 2021 (Joint meeting): Appoint Danielle Black to fill the vacancy on the School Committee left by Rachel Stewart to fill the remainder of the term until the conclusion of the May 2022 Annual…
MOTION: Ms. Raman moved to appoint Danielle Black to fill the vacancy on the School Committee left by Rachel Stewart to fill the remainder of the term until the conclusion of the May 2022 Annual Town Meeting. Seconded by Mr. Houston. Roll call vote: Ms. Raman, Mr. Newberg, Ms. Muzila, Ms. Linnard all voted in the affirmative on behalf of the School Committee and Mr. Boshart, Mr. Houston and Ms. Bent all voted in the affirmative on behalf of the Select Board. Approved unanimously.
Joint vote of the Select Board and the other board at this joint meeting; only the Select Board members’ votes are shown. The motion was made by Ms. Raman, who is not a Select Board member.
From the minutes
“MOTION: Ms. Raman moved to appoint Danielle Black to fill the vacancy on the School Committee left by Rachel Stewart to fill the remainder of the term until the conclusion of the May 2022 Annual Town Meeting. Seconded by Mr. Houston. Roll call vote: Ms. Raman, Mr. Newberg, Ms. Muzila, Ms. Linnard all voted in the affirmative on behalf of the School Committee and Mr. Boshart, Mr. Houston and Ms. Bent all voted in the affirmative on behalf of the Select Board. Approved unanimously..” (second: Houston)
Mar 16Approve the Consent Agenda Approve Select Board Minutes: September…Motion: MOTION: Mr. Boshart moved to approve the Consent Agenda Approve Select…Passed 2–0 · see note
March 16, 2021: Approve the Consent Agenda Approve Select Board Minutes: September 24, 2020 regular session; December 8, 2020 regular session
MOTION: Mr. Boshart moved to approve the Consent Agenda Approve Select Board Minutes: September 24, 2020 regular session; December 8, 2020 regular session. Accept a gift from Nancy Bates of a tree to replace an existing tree located at the scattering garden in Linwood Cemetery. Accept the Conservation Commission's 2020 Deer Hunting Report. Approve and sign the payment in lieu of taxes proposal from Weston Community Housing, Inc. for Merriam Village. The motion was seconded by Ms. Bent. Ms. Bent and Mr. Boshart voted in the affirmative. Approved unanimously.
Yes: Bent, BoshartThe roll call does not list Christopher Houston, who was at the meeting, so that member is left out of this vote.
From the minutes
“MOTION: Mr. Boshart moved to approve the Consent Agenda Approve Select Board Minutes: September 24, 2020 regular session; December 8, 2020 regular session. Accept a gift from Nancy Bates of a tree to replace an existing tree located at the scattering garden in Linwood Cemetery. Accept the Conservation Commission's 2020 Deer Hunting Report. Approve and sign the payment in lieu of taxes proposal from Weston Community Housing, Inc. for Merriam Village. The motion was seconded by Ms. Bent. Ms. Bent and Mr. Boshart voted in the affirmative. Approved unanimously..” (Motion: Boshart, second: Bent)
Mar 2Approve the consent agendaMotion: MOTION: Mr. Boshart moved the consent agenda as follows: Approve Select…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
March 2, 2021: Approve the consent agenda
MOTION: Mr. Boshart moved the consent agenda as follows: Approve Select Board Minutes: September 8, 2020 regular session Approve a request from the Weston Public Library to accept a donation of $25 from Cheryl Alpert and $12,000 from the Friends of the Weston Public Library, both of which to be applied to the Library General Purposes Fund. The motion was seconded by Mr. Boshart. Roll call vote: Mr. Boshart, Mr. Houston and Ms. Bent voted in the affirmative. Approved unanimously.
The minutes name Harvey Boshart as both the mover and the seconder, so no seconder is shown.
From the minutes
“MOTION: Mr. Boshart moved the consent agenda as follows: Approve Select Board Minutes: September 8, 2020 regular session Approve a request from the Weston Public Library to accept a donation of $25 from Cheryl Alpert and $12,000 from the Friends of the Weston Public Library, both of which to be applied to the Library General Purposes Fund. The motion was seconded by Mr. Boshart. Roll call vote: Mr. Boshart, Mr. Houston and Ms. Bent voted in the affirmative. Approved unanimously..” (Motion: Boshart)
From the Weston 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): Weston Observer — Al Aydelott, Rebecca Mercuri and Anupam Sachdev (Addison Antonoff, April 2026); Weston Owl — Lise Revers (April 2024) and John McDonald (courtesy photo, January 2025). Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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