Analysis: Town and Schools

By-Law Committee — votes

46 votes at 21 meetings, 25 February 2016 to 9 April 2026 (FY2016-FY2026). What this covers

FY2026 July 2025 – June 2026

Town minutes read for 6 of 9 meetings

what we have for FY2026

FY2026: 9 meetings on the town's calendar; 6 with the town's minutes read; 3 with no record we can use.

  • Approve the language of the email to Boards, Committees and Commissions soliciting feedback on their bylaws, and authorize the Town Clerk to send it on behalf of the Committee.

    ✓ Passed unanimouslyTown minutes ✓details

    From the town's minutes of this meeting.

    The minutes, word for wordmr. nuzzolo move d to approve the language of the email and authorize the town clerk to send it on behalf of committee . ms. duffy seconded the motion. the motion passed unanimously.

    Moved by Caesar Nuzzolo; seconded by Jen Duffy.

    Town's minutes ↗on the town's site ↗

FY2022 July 2021 – June 2022

Town minutes read for 6 of 9 meetings

what we have for FY2022

FY2022: 9 meetings on the town's calendar; 6 with the town's minutes read; 1 with the town's minutes posted but not yet read (0 of them with our minutes of the video); 2 with no record we can use.

  • change all references of Board of Selectmen to Select Board

    ✓ Passed unanimouslyTown minutes ✓details

    From the town's minutes of this meeting.

    The minutes, word for wordmotion to change all references of board of selectmen to "select board". (motion s.archambault, 2nd d. christen, approved unanimous)

    Moved by S.Archambault; seconded by D. Christen.

    Town's minutes ↗on the town's site ↗

  • accept the following amendments to the bylaws

    ✓ PassedTown minutes ✓details

    From the town's minutes of this meeting.

    The minutes, word for wordmotion to accepted following amendments (d.christne, 2nd n.gray passed

    Moved by D.Christne; seconded by N.Gray.

    Town's minutes ↗on the town's site ↗

FY2017 July 2016 – June 2017

Town minutes read for 1 of 2 meetings

what we have for FY2017

FY2017: 2 meetings on the town's calendar; 1 with the town's minutes read; 1 with no record we can use.

  • Not adopt the Adoption of Regulations proposed by Conservation Commission

    ✓ PassedTown minutes ✓details

    From the town's minutes of this meeting.

    The minutes, word for wordmotion to "not adopt this new regulation" called by k. herrick. second by c. hennessey. c. all attending voted unanimously in favor of not adopting regulation propos

    Moved by K. Herrick; seconded by C. Hennessey.

    Town's minutes ↗on the town's site ↗

FY2016 July 2015 – June 2016

Town minutes read for 7 of 7 meetings

what we have for FY2016

FY2016: 7 meetings on the town's calendar; 7 with the town's minutes read.

  • repeal Article 5 Section 13

    ✓ Passed unanimouslyTown minutes ✓details

    From the town's minutes of this meeting.

    The minutes, word for wordmotion to repeal art 5 sec 13 . second by n. gray. all attending voted unanimously to repeal .

    seconded by N. Gray.

    Town's minutes ↗on the town's site ↗

  • repeal Section 3 to match Section 6

    ✓ PassedTown minutes ✓details

    From the town's minutes of this meeting.

    The minutes, word for wordchair entertained motion to repeal section 3 to match section 6. so moved by c. hennessy and seconded by n. gray. all voted in favor.

    Moved by C. Hennessy; seconded by N. Gray.

    Town's minutes ↗on the town's site ↗

  • repeal Article 12 Sections 1-3

    ✓ PassedTown minutes ✓details

    From the town's minutes of this meeting.

    The minutes, word for wordchair moved to repeal as it conflicts with town charter. seconded by c. hennessy. all attending voted to repeal sections 1-3.

    seconded by C. Hennessy.

    Town's minutes ↗on the town's site ↗

  • repeal Article 22

    ✓ PassedTown minutes ✓details

    From the town's minutes of this meeting.

    The minutes, word for wordchair moved to repeal as it conflicts with town charter. seconded by c. hennessy. all attending voted to repeal

    seconded by C. Hennessy.

    Town's minutes ↗on the town's site ↗

  • repeal Article 26

    ✓ PassedTown minutes ✓details

    From the town's minutes of this meeting.

    The minutes, word for wordchair moved to repeal as it conflicts with town charter. seconded by c. hennessy. all attending voted to repeal

    seconded by C. Hennessy.

    Town's minutes ↗on the town's site ↗

  • Add text to Article II, Section 1 requiring that minutes be approved in 30 days and providing for quarterly review of executive session

    ✓ PassedTown minutes ✓details

    From the town's minutes of this meeting.

    The minutes, word for wordmotion made by cathy, seconded by nancy to add in between 1' and 2nd paragraph of article ii, section 1 the following, " minutes must be approved in 30 days and periodic review

    Moved by Cathy; seconded by Nancy.

    Town's minutes ↗on the town's site ↗

What this covers

  • 46 votes at 21 meetings, 25 February 2016 to 9 April 2026 (FY2016-FY2026).
  • 46 from the board's own minutes (26 of the 27 sets the town posted have been read), 0 of them matched to the recording; 0 from our minutes of a recording only.
  • A meeting with neither minutes read nor a recording we have written up has no votes here, which is not the same as no votes taken. Each fiscal year says how many such meetings the register knows of.

Where each result comes from

  • The town’s minutes, matched to the video (0): the board's own minutes, matched to the same vote in the video.
  • The town’s minutes (46): the board's own minutes, as the town posted them — the official record.
  • From our reading of the meeting video (0): our reading of the meeting video, from a machine transcript — not an official record, and may be unreliable.

Fiscal years run 1 July to 30 June; a meeting is filed under the fiscal year it was held in.

A quote is the minutes' own words, checked verbatim when they were read. A vote from the recording only is a motion as heard by a language model from captions, never a quote.

One row per motion voted. Procedural votes (minutes, adjournment) are hidden unless asked for.

Every row, as data: /data/votes/by-law-committee.json. What the record cannot answer is on what we cannot answer.

As of 2026-10-24. All boards.

What changed

Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026