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Westwood Select Board · 2024–2025 Board · Regular meeting

March 19, 2025

3 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.

Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda

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Attendance

Present: Robert Gotti, Marianne LeBlanc Cummings, Joseph Previtera

Absent: None

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Support the language for Budget Article #3 - FY26 Operating Budgets (Appendix "D"). R. Gotti

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 3 present

M. LeBlanc Cummings moved that the Select Board vote to support the language for Budget Article #3 - FY26 Operating Budgets (Appendix "D"). R. Gotti,

From the minutes

“M. LeBlanc Cummings moved that the Select Board vote to support the language for Budget Article #3 - FY26 Operating Budgets (Appendix "D"). R. Gotti, Seconded. Unanimous Vote 3-0. M. LeBlanc Cummings, aye. R. Gotti, aye. J. Previtera, aye. RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Marianne LeBlanc Cummings, Board Member SECONDER:Robert Gotti, Board Member AYES: Joseph Previtera, Robert Gotti, Marianne LeBlanc Cummings.” (Motion: Cummings, second: Gotti)

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Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendments

Adopt the direction that M. LeBlanc Cummings has specified for the drafting of said article with the inclusion of the requested reference to the Planning Board for a Public Hearing. M. LeBlanc...

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 3 present

R. Gotti moved that the Select Board adopt the direction that M. LeBlanc Cummings has specified for the drafting of said article with the inclusion of the requested reference to the Planning Board for a Public Hearing. M. LeBlanc Cummings,

From the minutes

“R. Gotti moved that the Select Board adopt the direction that M. LeBlanc Cummings has specified for the drafting of said article with the inclusion of the requested reference to the Planning Board for a Public Hearing. M. LeBlanc Cummings, Seconded. Unanimous Vote 3-0. M. LeBlanc Cummings, aye. R. Gotti, aye. J. Previtera, aye. RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Robert Gotti, Board Member SECONDER:Marianne LeBlanc Cummings, Board Member AYES: Joseph Previtera, Robert Gotti, Marianne LeBlanc Cummings.” (Motion: Gotti, second: Cummings)

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Sponsor a Zoning Amendment Warrant Article for consideration by voters at the May 19, 2025, Annual Town Meeting, which article would ask voters to adopt proposed revisions to Section 9.2 of the...

Adopt orderPassed · Unanimous, 3 present

M. LeBlanc Cummings moved that the Select Board vote to sponsor a Zoning Amendment Warrant Article for consideration by voters at the May 19, 2025, Annual Town Meeting, which article would ask voters to adopt proposed revisions to Section 9.2 of the Westwood Zoning Bylaw [Flood Area Overlay District (FAOD)] in order to achieve compliance with FEMA regulations prior to the release of the Norfolk County Flood Insurance Study on July 8, 2025. If the Board so votes, for the Select Board to forward the FAOD Zoning Amendment Warrant Article to the Planning Board with a request for a Planning Board public hearing on the warrant article at the earliest possible date and for the Planning Board's favorable recommendation on the warrant article to Town Meeting voters. R. Gotti,

From the minutes

“M. LeBlanc Cummings moved that the Select Board vote to sponsor a Zoning Amendment Warrant Article for consideration by voters at the May 19, 2025, Annual Town Meeting, which article would ask voters to adopt proposed revisions to Section 9.2 of the Westwood Zoning Bylaw [Flood Area Overlay District (FAOD)] in order to achieve compliance with FEMA regulations prior to the release of the Norfolk County Flood Insurance Study on July 8, 2025. If the Board so votes, for the Select Board to forward the FAOD Zoning Amendment Warrant Article to the Planning Board with a request for a Planning Board public hearing on the warrant article at the earliest possible date and for the Planning Board's favorable recommendation on the warrant article to Town Meeting voters. R. Gotti, Seconded. Unanimous Vote 3-0. M. LeBlanc Cummings, aye. R. Gotti, aye. J. Previtera, aye. RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Marianne LeBlanc Cummings, Board Member SECONDER:Robert Gotti, Board Member AYES: Joseph Previtera, Robert Gotti, Marianne LeBlanc Cummings.” (Motion: Cummings, second: Gotti)

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From the Westwood Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s iQM2 meeting portal. We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Marianne LeBlanc Cummings (her 2022 candidacy announcement, via Westwood Minute), Joseph Previtera (his 2023 candidacy announcement, via Westwood Minute), Erin Sibley (erinsibley.com), Westwood Minute (Robert Gotti, 2021 candidate profile) and the Massachusetts Municipal Association (Michael Walsh, 2022). No photos yet for former members John Hickey and Nancy Hyde.

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