Town of Concord, Massachusetts
2023 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING UPDATE
Concord’s 2023 Annual Town Meeting, was held at the Concord Carlisle High School (CCHS) on Sunday, April 30, 2023 with 728 voters in attendance and Monday, May 1, 2023 with 353 voters in attendance. The meeting concluded at 10:13pm on Monday evening, having no further business to take up.
ARTICLE | SUBJECT | ACTION TAKEN |
1 | Choose Town Officers | No Action |
CC | Consent Calendar | Passed Unanimously |
2 | Hear Reports | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
3 | Meeting Procedure | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
4 | Ratify Personnel Board Classification Actions | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
5 | New Classification & Compensation Plan for Regular-Status Positions | Passed by a near unanimous vote |
6 | Amended Classification & Compensation Plan for Regular-Status Positions | No Action |
7 | Use of Free Cash | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
8 | FY23 Budget Line-Item Adjustments | No Action |
9 | FY24 Town Budget | Passed by a substantial majority |
10 | DEI Director – by Petition | Passed by a substantial majority |
11 | Capital Improvement and Debt Plan | Passed Unanimously |
12 | OPEB Trust Fund Appropriation | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
13 | OPEB Trust Fund Expense | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
14 | Appropriation of Opioid Settlement Funds Received from the State Settlement Fund | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
15 | Minuteman Regional Technical High School District Budget | Passed Unanimously |
16 | Concord-Carlisle Regional High School Budget | Passed by an overwhelming majority |
17 | Concord Public Schools Budget | Passed by an overwhelming majority |
18 | Concord Public Schools Capital Projects | Passed Unanimously |
19 | Concord Public Schools Capital Projects – Fields & Landscaping | No Action |
20 | Appropriation to Middle School Stabilization Fund | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
21 | Light Plan Solar Expansion – Middle School | Passed by a two-thirds majority |
22 | Municipal In-Town Solar Generation Task Force – by Petition | Passed Unanimously |
23 | Adopt Specialized Stretch Energy Code | Passed by a substantial majority |
24 | Light Plant Expenditures & Payment in Lieu of Taxes | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
25 | Appropriation for 250th Anniversary Celebration | No Action |
26 | Community Preservation Committee Appropriation Recommendations | Near Unanimous Vote |
ARTICLE | SUBJECT | ACTION TAKEN |
27 | Community Preservation Act – Rescind and Reappropriate Funds | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
28 | Community Preservation Committee Appropriation Recommendations – Concord Municipal Affordable Housing Trust | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
29 | Transfer of Housing Funds | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
30 | 162 Plainfield Road Easement | Passed by well more than two-thirds majority |
31 | Beede Swim & Fitness Center Enterprise Fund Expenditures | Passed Unanimously |
32 | Demolition Review General Bylaw | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
33 | Zoning Bylaw Amendment: Restaurant – Prohibited Uses – Parking | Passed by well more than two-thirds majority |
34 | Zoning Bylaw Amendment – Mobile Food Establishment | Passed by two-thirds counted vote Yes: 228 / No: 100 |
35 | Zoning Bylaw Amendment – Combined Business / Residence | No Action |
36 | Update Concord Noise Bylaw – by Petition | No Action |
37 | Prohibition of Gas-powered Leaf Blowers | Passed by majority counted vote Yes: 184 / No: 133 |
38 | Solid Waste Disposal Fund Expenditures | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
39 | Sewer System Expenditures | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
40 | Sewer Improvement Fund Expenditures | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
41 | Water System Expenditures | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
42 | Authorize Expenditure from PEG Access & Cable-Related Fund | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
43 | Annual Appropriation of Parking Meter Receipts | No Action |
44 | Authorize Expenditure of Revolving Funds Under Mass. Gen. laws c. 44, §53E ½ | Unanimous under Consent Calendar |
45 | Unpaid Bills | No Action |
46 | Debt Rescission | No Action |
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