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October 7, 2019
16 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Present: Mariano Goluboff, Michael Bettencourt, Jacqueline Welch, Susan Verdicchio, Amy Shapiro
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS
Accept, with gratitude, the donation of $36,568 from the Winchester Sports Foundation to install a Lacrosse Wall at Skillings Field
*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, the donation of $36,568 from the Winchester Sports Foundation to install a Lacrosse Wall at Skillings Field. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, the donation of $36,568 from the Winchester Sports Foundation to install a Lacrosse Wall at Skillings Field. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Welch)
Accept, with gratitude, the donation of $3,000 from Winchester Cooperative Bank to be used for Winchester Coalition for a Safer Community educational programs
*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, the donation of $3,000 from Winchester Cooperative Bank to be used for Winchester Coalition for a Safer Community educational programs. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, the donation of $3,000 from Winchester Cooperative Bank to be used for Winchester Coalition for a Safer Community educational programs. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Welch)
Accept, with gratitude, the donation of $5,000 from Winchester Hospital to be used for Winchester Coalition for a Safer Community educational programs
*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, the donation of $5,000 from Winchester Hospital to be used for Winchester Coalition for a Safer Community educational programs. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, the donation of $5,000 from Winchester Hospital to be used for Winchester Coalition for a Safer Community educational programs. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Welch)
Accept, with gratitude, donations of $9,250 to support the Saltmarsh Park
*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, donations of $9,250 to support the Saltmarsh Park. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, donations of $9,250 to support the Saltmarsh Park. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Welch)
Accept, with gratitude, the donation of $443.76 from the En Ka Society for the Recreation Department's 2019 Camperships
*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, the donation of $443.76 from the En Ka Society for the Recreation Department's 2019 Camperships. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, the donation of $443.76 from the En Ka Society for the Recreation Department's 2019 Camperships. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Welch)
Accept, with gratitude, the donation of $40 from Jessica Fefferman to be used for Climate Action programs
*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, the donation of $40 from Jessica Fefferman to be used for Climate Action programs Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, the donation of $40 from Jessica Fefferman to be used for Climate Action programs Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Welch)
Appointments
Waive the customary fifteen (15) day appointment effective waiting period to allow Captain Gregory Quill, Lieutenant Jeffrey Russo, Peter Decubellis and Robert Miara to begin their employment
*Motion: That the Select Board waive the customary fifteen (15) day appointment effective waiting period to allow Captain Gregory Quill, Lieutenant Jeffrey Russo, Peter Decubellis and Robert Miara to begin their employment. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion: That the Select Board waive the customary fifteen (15) day appointment effective waiting period to allow Captain Gregory Quill, Lieutenant Jeffrey Russo, Peter Decubellis and Robert Miara to begin their employment. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Welch)
HEARING S
To approve the Grant of Location for the installation of approximately seven (7) feet of conduit within the public right-of-way to supply electric service to 30 Everett Avenue
*Motion: That the Select Board to approve the Grant of Location for the installation of approximately seven (7) feet of conduit within the public right-of-way to supply electric service to 30 Everett Avenue. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion: That the Select Board to approve the Grant of Location for the installation of approximately seven (7) feet of conduit within the public right-of-way to supply electric service to 30 Everett Avenue. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Welch)
To approve the Grant of petition from Crown Castle Fiber to install 54ft of underground conduit from manhole #20561 to telephone pole #29 at the intersection of Pond Street and Woodside Avenue to...
*Motion: That the Select Board to approve the Grant of petition from Crown Castle Fiber to install 54ft of underground conduit from manhole #20561 to telephone pole #29 at the intersection of Pond Street and Woodside Avenue to provide new fiber optic service to the Eversource Station 211 located on Pond Street. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion: That the Select Board to approve the Grant of petition from Crown Castle Fiber to install 54ft of underground conduit from manhole #20561 to telephone pole #29 at the intersection of Pond Street and Woodside Avenue to provide new fiber optic service to the Eversource Station 211 located on Pond Street. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Welch)
Bond Counsel
Authorize the Town Manager to appoint Hinckley, Allen & Snyder as the Town of Winchester's Bond Counsel
*Motion That the Select Board authorize the Town Manager to appoint Hinckley, Allen & Snyder as the Town of Winchester's Bond Counsel Bettencourt - Verdicchio Roll Call: Goluboff, Bettencourt, Welch, Verdicchio, Shapiro VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion That the Select Board authorize the Town Manager to appoint Hinckley, Allen & Snyder as the Town of Winchester's Bond Counsel Bettencourt - Verdicchio Roll Call: Goluboff, Bettencourt, Welch, Verdicchio, Shapiro VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Verdicchio)
Committees and Commissions
Appoint David Bae as an alternate member to the Board of Appeals for a term to expire March 31, 2021
*Motion That the Select Board appoint David Bae as an alternate member to the Board of Appeals for a term to expire March 31, 2021. Bettencourt - Shapiro All in favor VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion That the Select Board appoint David Bae as an alternate member to the Board of Appeals for a term to expire March 31, 2021. Bettencourt - Shapiro All in favor VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Shapiro)
CONSENT AGE NDA
Approve One Day Alcoholic Beverage Licenses for - Gail Ockerbloom for Studio on the Common - October 9, 2017 - Studio on the Common; Iaritza Menjivar for Griffin Museum - October 10, 2019 -...
*Motion That the Select Board approve One Day Alcoholic Beverage Licenses for - Gail Ockerbloom for Studio on the Common - October 9, 2017 - Studio on the Common; Iaritza Menjivar for Griffin Museum - October 10, 2019 - Griffin Museum; Lucia Rubini for Rubini Art - October 11, 2019 - Rubini Art Gallery; William Ference for William Ference Catering - October 12, 2019 - Sanborn House; Jessica Belanger for Fireside Catering - October 12, 2019 - Wright- Locke Farm; Norman Doucette for Jumelage, Inc. - October 25, 2019 - Sanborn House; Amy Rindskopf - October 10, 11, 17, & 20, 2019 - Wright- Locke Farm Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion That the Select Board approve One Day Alcoholic Beverage Licenses for - Gail Ockerbloom for Studio on the Common - October 9, 2017 - Studio on the Common; Iaritza Menjivar for Griffin Museum - October 10, 2019 - Griffin Museum; Lucia Rubini for Rubini Art - October 11, 2019 - Rubini Art Gallery; William Ference for William Ference Catering - October 12, 2019 - Sanborn House; Jessica Belanger for Fireside Catering - October 12, 2019 - Wright- Locke Farm; Norman Doucette for Jumelage, Inc. - October 25, 2019 - Sanborn House; Amy Rindskopf - October 10, 11, 17, & 20, 2019 - Wright- Locke Farm Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Welch)
Acknowledge that $5,000 is not needed from the $40,000 appropriated November 19, 2018 to pay the Metropolitan Area Planning Council for the Housing Production Plan from the Select Board Housing Fund
*Motion That the Select Board acknowledge that $5,000 is not needed from the $40,000 appropriated November 19, 2018 to pay the Metropolitan Area Planning Council for the Housing Production Plan from the Select Board Housing Fund. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion That the Select Board acknowledge that $5,000 is not needed from the $40,000 appropriated November 19, 2018 to pay the Metropolitan Area Planning Council for the Housing Production Plan from the Select Board Housing Fund. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Welch)
Approve the Chamber of Commerce request to use the Town Common and to close Laraway Road on Thursday, December 5, 2019 from 6:30 PM to 8 PM for the "Lighting on the Common" festivities
*Motion That the Select Board approve the Chamber of Commerce request to use the Town Common and to close Laraway Road on Thursday, December 5, 2019 from 6:30 PM to 8 PM for the "Lighting on the Common" festivities. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion That the Select Board approve the Chamber of Commerce request to use the Town Common and to close Laraway Road on Thursday, December 5, 2019 from 6:30 PM to 8 PM for the "Lighting on the Common" festivities. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Welch)
Approve the Request from Hunt Estate Sales to hold an Estate Sale at 7 Vinson Circle on Saturday, October 12, 2019, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
*Motion That the Select Board approve the Request from Hunt Estate Sales to hold an Estate Sale at 7 Vinson Circle on Saturday, October 12, 2019, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion That the Select Board approve the Request from Hunt Estate Sales to hold an Estate Sale at 7 Vinson Circle on Saturday, October 12, 2019, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Bettencourt - Welch All in favor VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Welch)
COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING GROUP REPORTS
Adjourn
*Motion: That the Select Board adjourn for the evening. Bettencourt - Welch Roll Call: Goluboff, Bettencourt, Welch, Verdicchio, Shapiro VOTED
From the minutes
“*Motion: That the Select Board adjourn for the evening. Bettencourt - Welch Roll Call: Goluboff, Bettencourt, Welch, Verdicchio, Shapiro VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Welch)
From the Winchester 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): Winchester News candidate profiles — Michelle Prior and Michael Bettencourt (2026), Anthea Brady and William McGonigle (2025), courtesy of the candidates. Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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