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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). Laurie Bent was re-elected at the May 2022 town election. The June 7, 2022 agenda lists “Reorganization of the Select Board Roles”, but no minutes are posted for that meeting; from July 14, 2022 the minutes name Christopher Houston as Chair, and from August 2022 they are signed by Laurie Bent as Clerk. The start date is the June 7, 2022 meeting. Harvey Boshart’s last meeting was April 25, 2023. Covers 20 meetings, July 14 to April 25, 2023.
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
Laurie BentClerk · At-large · at 20 of 20 meetingsHarvey BoshartMember · At-large · at 19 of 20 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.
Mar 28Grant the Grant of Location as requested under National…Motion: Motion: Ms. Bent moved to grant the Grant of Location as…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Boshart
March 28, 2023 (Special meeting): Grant the Grant of Location as requested under National Grid's petition for main replacement at 20 Riverside Road as requested with the conditions as recommended to be imposed by the…
Motion: Ms. Bent moved to grant the Grant of Location as requested under National Grid's petition for main replacement at 20 Riverside Road as requested with the conditions as recommended to be imposed by the Weston Department of Public Works. Seconded by Mr. Houston. Roll call vote: Ms. Bent and Mr. Houston voted in the affirmative. Approved 2-0 with Mr. Boshart abstaining.
Yes: Bent, HoustonAbstained: Boshart
From the minutes
“Motion: Ms. Bent moved to grant the Grant of Location as requested under National Grid's petition for main replacement at 20 Riverside Road as requested with the conditions as recommended to be imposed by the Weston Department of Public Works. Seconded by Mr. Houston. Roll call vote: Ms. Bent and Mr. Houston voted in the affirmative. Approved 2-0 with Mr. Boshart abstaining..” (Motion: Bent, second: Houston)
Mar 28Authorize the removal of the trees as requested by…Motion: Motion: Ms. Bent moved to authorize the removal of the trees…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Boshart
March 28, 2023 (Special meeting): Authorize the removal of the trees as requested by Lands Sake and to approve the replanting as requested by Lands Sake
Motion: Ms. Bent moved to authorize the removal of the trees as requested by Lands Sake and to approve the replanting as requested by Lands Sake. Seconded by Mr. Houston. Roll call vote: Ms. Bent and Mr. Houston voted in the affirmative. Approved 2-0 with Mr. Boshart abstaining.
Yes: Bent, HoustonAbstained: Boshart
From the minutes
“Motion: Ms. Bent moved to authorize the removal of the trees as requested by Lands Sake and to approve the replanting as requested by Lands Sake. Seconded by Mr. Houston. Roll call vote: Ms. Bent and Mr. Houston voted in the affirmative. Approved 2-0 with Mr. Boshart abstaining..” (Motion: Bent, second: Houston)
Mar 28Approve the consent agendaMotion: MOTION: Ms. Bent moved the Consent Agenda as follows. 2nd by…Passed 2–0 · see note
March 28, 2023 (Special meeting): Approve the consent agenda
MOTION: Ms. Bent moved the Consent Agenda as follows. 2nd by Mr. Houston. Roll call vote: Ms. Bent and Mr. Houston voted in the affirmative. Approved unanimously with Mr. Boshart absent.
Yes: Bent, HoustonThe minutes say Harvey Boshart was absent for this vote, so that member is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“MOTION: Ms. Bent moved the Consent Agenda as follows. 2nd by Mr. Houston. Roll call vote: Ms. Bent and Mr. Houston voted in the affirmative. Approved unanimously with Mr. Boshart absent..” (Motion: Bent, second: Houston)
Dec 21Approve the consent agendaMotion: MOTION: Ms. Bent moved the Consent Agenda as follows: 2nd by…Passed 2–0 · see note
December 21, 2022: Approve the consent agenda
MOTION: Ms. Bent moved the Consent Agenda as follows: 2nd by Mr. Boshart. Approval of minutes November 29, 2022 Vote to authorize $10,000 from the Select Board consulting line for Town Celebration Accept a gift of $500 from Roger and Kathy Marino to the Weston Fire Department Approve a request from the Weston Public Library to accept a donation of $100 from Michael & Deborah Sullivan, $100 from Joseph & Madeline Mullin, $20 from Tanya & Alexandra Childs, $100 from Thomas R. Brome, $100 from Wm. W Gallagher II and $100 from Jane Smith , all of which to be applied to the Weston Art & Innovation Center. Approve renewal application from Weston Golf Club, 275 Meadowbrook Road, for its Club License to Expose, Keep for Sale, and to Sell All Alcoholic Beverages to be drunk on the premises for 2023. License renewal request has been reviewed and approved by Police Chief Denis Linehan and Fire Chief Justin Woodside. Approve renewal application from Pine Brook Country Club, 42 Newton Street, for its Club License to Expose, Keep for Sale, and to Sell All Alcoholic Beverages to be drunk on the premises for 2023. License renewal request has been reviewed and approved by Police Chief Denis Linehan and Fire Chief Justin Woodside. Approve renewal application from RBSBW, d/b/a Brothers Marketplace, 41 Center Street, for its Off- Premises License to Sell Wine and Malt Beverages at a grocery store for 2023. License renewal request has been reviewed and approved Police Chief Denis Linehan and Fire
Yes: Bent, BoshartChristopher Houston arrived late (the minutes do not say when; Ms. Bent chaired until he arrived) and is not in this roll call, so he is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“MOTION: Ms. Bent moved the Consent Agenda as follows: 2nd by Mr. Boshart. Approval of minutes November 29, 2022 Vote to authorize $10,000 from the Select Board consulting line for Town Celebration Accept a gift of $500 from Roger and Kathy Marino to the Weston Fire Department Approve a request from the Weston Public Library to accept a donation of $100 from Michael & Deborah Sullivan, $100 from Joseph & Madeline Mullin, $20 from Tanya & Alexandra Childs, $100 from Thomas R. Brome, $100 from Wm. W Gallagher II and $100 from Jane Smith , all of which to be applied to the Weston Art & Innovation Center. Approve renewal application from Weston Golf Club, 275 Meadowbrook Road, for its Club License to Expose, Keep for Sale, and to Sell All Alcoholic Beverages to be drunk on the premises for 2023. License renewal request has been reviewed and approved by Police Chief Denis Linehan and Fire Chief Justin Woodside. Approve renewal application from Pine Brook Country Club, 42 Newton Street, for its Club License to Expose, Keep for Sale, and to Sell All Alcoholic Beverages to be drunk on the premises for 2023. License renewal request has been reviewed and approved by Police Chief Denis Linehan and Fire Chief Justin Woodside. Approve renewal application from RBSBW, d/b/a Brothers Marketplace, 41 Center Street, for its Off- Premises License to Sell Wine and Malt Beverages at a grocery store for 2023. License renewal request has been reviewed and approved Police Chief Denis Linehan and Fire Chief Justin Woodside. As the Licensing Authority for the Town of Weston, approve a request for a 2023 License to Dispense Food and Beverages, issued under the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 140, Section 21E, from The Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Tennis Center and approve a request for a 2023 Common Victualler's License, issued under the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 140, Section 2, from DiDi Center Street Weston LLC d/b/a Dumpling Daughter, Weston Breakfast d/b/a Heirloom, MOTAB LLC d/b/a Theo's Pizzaria and Grill, David Gray Associates Inc. d/b/a Cedar Hill Dairy Joy and Roche Bros. Supermarkets Co. d/b/a Brother's Marketplace. Roll call vote: Mr. Boshart and Ms. Bent voted in the affirmative. Approved unanimously..” (Motion: Bent, second: Boshart)
Oct 21Ratify the settlement with the Davenports, approve the Purchase…Motion: MOTION: Mr. Boshart move that the Select Board ratify, validate and…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
October 21, 2022: Ratify the settlement with the Davenports, approve the Purchase and Sale Agreement for 25 Livermore Lane, and approve the October 17, 2022 minutes (three motions, one roll call)
MOTION: Mr. Boshart move that the Select Board ratify, validate and confirm the Board's approval of a Settlement and Release Agreement with Christopher Davenport and Deborah Davenport relative to the sale of property at 25 Livermore Lane, including a purchase price of $1,150,000.00, all as approved at the October 17, 2022 meeting. MOTION: Mr. Boshart move that the Select Board approve the Purchase and Sale Agreement for 25 Livermore Lane, and authorize the Chair to execute a Compliance Certificate under the Deed Rider for the property upon receipt of proceeds from the sale and authorize the Chair to take any further action as may necessary to facilitate the votes hereunder. MOTION: Mr. Boshart move that the Select Board approve and include the minutes of the October 17, 2022 meeting, as amended removing Ms. Yanakakis as an attendee, with the minutes of this meeting. All were 2nd by Ms. Bent. Roll call vote: Mr. Boshart, Ms. Bent and Mr. Houston voted in the affirmative. Approved unanimously.
Mr. Boshart made three motions (ratify the Settlement and Release Agreement for 25 Livermore Lane; approve its Purchase and Sale Agreement; approve the October 17, 2022 minutes as amended); the minutes say “All were 2nd by Ms. Bent” and record one roll call, so they are shown as one vote.
From the minutes
“MOTION: Mr. Boshart move that the Select Board ratify, validate and confirm the Board's approval of a Settlement and Release Agreement with Christopher Davenport and Deborah Davenport relative to the sale of property at 25 Livermore Lane, including a purchase price of $1,150,000.00, all as approved at the October 17, 2022 meeting. MOTION: Mr. Boshart move that the Select Board approve the Purchase and Sale Agreement for 25 Livermore Lane, and authorize the Chair to execute a Compliance Certificate under the Deed Rider for the property upon receipt of proceeds from the sale and authorize the Chair to take any further action as may necessary to facilitate the votes hereunder. MOTION: Mr. Boshart move that the Select Board approve and include the minutes of the October 17, 2022 meeting, as amended removing Ms. Yanakakis as an attendee, with the minutes of this meeting. All were 2nd by Ms. Bent. Roll call vote: Mr. Boshart, Ms. Bent and Mr. Houston voted in the affirmative. Approved unanimously..” (Motion: Boshart, second: Bent)
Jul 14Authorize the Town Manager Leon Gaumond Jr. to sign…Motion: MOTION: Ms. Bent moved to authorize the Town Manager Leon Gaumond…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
July 14, 2022: Authorize the Town Manager Leon Gaumond Jr. to sign the Fiscal Year 2023 Intermunicipal Agreement with RHSO
MOTION: Ms. Bent moved to authorize the Town Manager Leon Gaumond Jr. to sign the Fiscal Year 2023 Intermunicipal Agreement with RHSO. The motion was seconded by Mr. Harvey. Roll call vote: Ms. Bent, Mr. Houton, and Mr. Harvey voted in the affirmative. Approved unanimously.
It was seconded by Mr. Harvey, who is not a Select Board member.
From the minutes
“MOTION: Ms. Bent moved to authorize the Town Manager Leon Gaumond Jr. to sign the Fiscal Year 2023 Intermunicipal Agreement with RHSO. The motion was seconded by Mr. Harvey. Roll call vote: Ms. Bent, Mr. Houton, and Mr. Harvey voted in the affirmative. Approved unanimously..” (Motion: Bent)
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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