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Select Board approves consent agenda, reappointments and several administrative actions
Summary
At its April 14 meeting the Concord Select Board approved its consent agenda, reappointed members to advisory committees, ratified the town manager employment agreement and took a set of administrative votes including approving committee charge changes, a Comcast filing extension, and accepting gifts and easement authorizations.
The Concord Select Board on April 14 approved a series of routine and administrative items including the consent agenda, reappointments to advisory committees, an amended committee charge, a contract ratification and several gifts and easement-related motions.
The board first approved the consent agenda and three proclamations commemorating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, Administrative Professionals Day and a week of remembrance for victims of the Holocaust. The board then reappointed Anna Feldwig (343 Commonwealth Ave.) and Barbara Morse (75 Main St.) to the West Concord Advisory Committee, with terms expiring April 30, 2028.
In other business the board voted to approve a revision to the Climate Action Committee charge to reduce its membership from nine to seven, following the committee’s request and staff recommendations. The board then ratified a three-year employment agreement for Town Manager Carrie LaFleur covering July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028, including a 5% base salary increase effective July 1, 2025, cost-of-living adjustments in years two and three, and a merit bonus provision.
The board approved a time extension requested by town staff for filing materials related to the Comcast preliminary assessment process and directed staff to schedule a public hearing for the Comcast contract presentation. It accepted several gifts, including 100 commemorative books from Voyager Publishing for the Concord250 events and a teak bench donation from the Green Thumbs group for West Concord; it also authorized creation of a West Concord Beautification Fund to hold related donations.
Other votes included approving the removal of a designated 15-minute parking space in Concord Center, creating authorization for the town manager to sign an intergovernmental agreement to share consulting services on a regional water-supply study, and confirming acceptance of short-term licensing/easement matters discussed during the meeting.
Several items were discussed at the town meeting public hearing held the same night; the board later voted to recommend affirmative action on a set of warrant articles (including personnel classification changes and the lease-of-land bylaw amendment) and deferred final positions on a handful of citizen petitions until further review.
The board’s actions set the agenda for upcoming meetings and town meeting prep, including scheduled Select Board meetings on April 28, May 5 and May 12.
