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Votes at a glance: Select Board actions May 20, 2026 — officer elections, appointments, parking decisions
Summary
The Select Board recorded several formal actions May 20: election of Don Hill as chair and Brooke Moore as vice chair (each unanimous 5‑0), approval of an accessible parking space at 8 New Street (unanimous), denial of a third‑permit fee waiver (unanimous), approval of minutes and treasury warrants, and an 8‑1 appointment to the Planning Board.
Here are the formal motions and recorded outcomes from the May 20 Select Board meeting:
• Election of officers: Motion to nominate Don Hill as chair — carried unanimously (5‑0). Motion to nominate Brooke Moore as vice chair — carried unanimously (5‑0).
• Approval of minutes and treasury warrants: Minutes and warrants were moved and seconded and approved by voice vote; the chair recorded unanimous carries in the meeting for these routine items.
• Planning Board vacancy appointment (joint meeting): Combined Select Board and Planning Board vote read aloud and recorded as 8‑1 to appoint Liza Hadden to the planning board vacancy (appointment pursuant to MGL c.41 §81A, runs to the next town election in 2027).
• Accessible parking: Motion to place an accessible on‑street parking space in front of 8 New Street (request from the Commission on Disability to assist a resident with a mobility impairment) — motion and second; vote carried unanimously.
• Parking permit waiver: Motion to deny a waiver request for reduced third parking permit fees (resident requested reduced fee while child is home for two months) — motion to deny seconded; vote carried unanimously.
• Adjournment: Motion to adjourn carried unanimously.
These outcomes were recorded in the meeting minutes and will be followed with administrative steps where applicable (for example, the appointee to the Planning Board is to be sworn in before her first meeting and DPW was asked to act on the accessible parking placement).
