Select Board

BELMONT — June 15, 2026 — Belmont Select Board unanimously appoints retired CFO Jeffrey Lucas to fill a vacancy on the Municipal Light Board and approves traffic improvements on three corridors. In a joint session with the Municipal Light Board Monday, the two bodies chose Lucas — a 32-year Belmont resident, CPA,

BELMONT — May 27, 2026 — Belmont Select Board clears slate of town meeting positions, including $172 million budget and $525,000 union payment. The three-member board — Chair Matt Taylor, Vice Chair Taylor Yates, and Member Carol Barbarian — voted unanimously Wednesday on seven motions covering a new four-tier site plan

BELMONT — May 18, 2026 — Belmont Select Board votes unanimously to buy a new $379,500 sewer cleaner and require a fresh cannabis host agreement from would-be new owner Clover Partners, LLC. The board, meeting May 18 at Belmont High School ahead of Annual and Special Town Meeting, approved the

BELMONT — May 4, 2026 — Belmont Select Board unanimously approved a hybrid format for the May 18 Special Town Meeting and previewed a slate of warrant articles ahead of the Annual Town Meeting the same night. Chair Matt Taylor, Vice Chair Taylor Yates, and Member Carol Barbarian voted without dissent to

BELMONT — March 11, 2026 — Belmont Select Board moves toward a vote on joining the state Group Insurance Commission to contain exploding health care costs. Town Administrator Patrice Garvin told the board at a March 11 public information session that self-insured claims have surged from $13 million in FY2021 to

BELMONT — February 23, 2026 — Belmont Select Board approves $200,000 no-interest water loan and authorizes spring festivals as FY2027 budget shows $1.7 million gap. Meeting fully remotely due to a winter storm, Chair Matthew Taylor and Vice Chair Taylor Yates — the only members present, with Elizabeth Dionne absent