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Votes at a glance: Select Board actions, Oct. 20, 2025
Summary
The Acton Select Board recorded several procedural and consent actions at its Oct. 20 meeting, including endorsing the DPW building committee recommendation (Option 4B), closing and taking no action on a special-permit application, continuing another hearing, approving a traffic-calming policy and several consent appointments and licenses.
At its Oct. 20 meeting the Acton Select Board recorded the following formal actions and procedural votes.
- Department of Public Works facility: The board endorsed the DPW Building Committee recommendation to advance Arrow Street Architects'Option 4B for further design and study (motion approved 4'to—2; see separate article for full coverage).
- Public hearing, 77 Powder Mill Road (use special permit): The applicant requested withdrawal without prejudice. The Select Board moved to close the public hearing and then voted to take no action on the application (motions moved and seconded on the record; the board approved the motions by voice vote).
- Hawthorne Realty Company site plan special permit (471 Great Road / 465'469 Great Road): The applicant requested a continuance. The board voted to continue the hearing to Nov. 3, 2025, at 7:10 p.m.
- Traffic calming policy: The Select Board voted to approve the town'wide traffic calming policy included in the meeting packet; members asked staff to implement related outreach and to activate the PACE car program referenced in the policy.
- Consent items: The board approved minutes from the Oct. 6, 2025 meeting, appointed Fang Yang as an associate member of the Volunteer Coordinating Committee (term to 06/30/2026) and approved a one-day malt and wine license for the Acton Memorial Library event on Nov. 12, 2025.
Votes were taken by voice for most consent items; roll-call tallies were not read for each item in the public transcript. Several motions were moved and seconded on the record; names of some seconder/movers for consent motions were not specified in the publicly read minutes.
