Analysis: Town and Schools

Select Board — meetings

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Coming up

Tue, Oct 27, 20267:00 PMBilotta Meeting Room, Town Hallhybridin 3 days

Food pantry license agreement, a special education reserve fund policy, and Special Town Meeting article recommendations

Join on Zoom ↗Facebook Live ↗Meeting ID 909 174 0347· by phone (888) 475-4499· Facebook Live on the Public Access page, per the agenda
The agenda, item by item
  • Update on Food Pantry Relocation and License Agreement — The Board may discuss the food pantry's move and the license agreement that would govern its use of space.
  • Special Education Reserve Fund Policy — A policy on a special education reserve fund is listed under new business, touching how school-related reserve money may be handled.
  • Special Town Meeting, November 17, 2026 — The Board is listed to give its recommendations on the articles for the November 17 Special Town Meeting; the sub-item prints no article details.
  • Introduce Draft of Flag Policy with Modifications — A modified draft of a flag policy is to be introduced to the Board.
  • Discussion on Lunenburg Municipal Buildings — The Board may discuss the town's municipal buildings, with no specifics printed on the agenda.
  • Ratification of the Town Manager’s Appointment of Alexander McLean as Videographer, effective October 28, 2026 — The Board is asked to ratify a town staff hiring for the videographer position, effective the day after the meeting.
  • Change of Officers/Directors Application for Existing Liquor License for Global Montello Group Corporation — A public hearing on a change of officers or directors for an existing liquor license at Honey Farms, 134 Leominster-Shirley Road.
the posted agenda
Tue, Nov 17, 2026in 24 days
the posted agenda

Every meeting, newest first

dateour minutesrecordingagendaofficial minutes
Oct 20 2026Board put the track and field engineering article on the special town meeting warrant and rejected the park design article. · 7 votesvideoagendanot available
Oct 6 2026Select Board put several articles on the Nov. 17 special town meeting warrant and held others pending information. · 10 votes · 1 difference from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Sep 29 2026Board designated the middle-high school cafeteria as polling place and ratified a new fire chief and police officer. · 8 votesvideoagendanot available
Sep 15 2026Select Board advanced the Food Pantry's temporary move to 30 School Street, waiving fees and OK'ing a license. · 5 votes · 7 differences from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Sep 3 2026needs videoMISSINGagendaMISSING
Sep 1 2026Select Board recommends a lower education-aid figure than the school committee for Thursday's special town meeting article. · 4 votes · 2 differences from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Aug 18 2026Select Board ratified Jessica Jack Miller as assistant town manager, deferred snow-and-ice relief funds decision · 7 votesvideoagendaMISSING
Aug 11 2026Select Board and design committee toured Brooks House and TCP in person to assess building condition ahead of a future decision on the properties. · 0 votesvideoagendaMISSING
Aug 10 2026The Select Board placed the school district's shortfall articles on the September special town meeting warrant. · 2 votes · 1 difference from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Aug 4 2026Board directed staff to develop repair-vs-demolition cost estimates for the failing TC Pacios building. · 6 votesvideoagendaMISSING
Jul 28 2026Select Board leaned toward demolishing TC Pacios rather than repairing it, pending a formal committee vote. · 0 votesvideoagendaMISSING
Jul 27 2026The Select Board called a citizen-petition special town meeting for September 3, setting the warrant and hearing schedule. · 3 votes · 1 difference from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Jul 21 2026A citizens' petition forced an earlier special town meeting to consider added state aid for the school budget. · 5 votesvideoagendaMISSING
Jul 14 2026Select Board moves toward a decision on demolishing or renovating the deteriorating TCP building · 3 votesvideoagendaMISSING
Jul 7 2026The board took the Flatill Road bridge land by eminent domain and tabled the DPW union contract over legal disputes. · 7 votesvideoagendaMISSING
Jun 30 2026Electronic voting machines can't be discontinued for the August special election — the state says they're mandatory. · 2 votes · agrees with the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Jun 16 2026The board voted to press the state legislature to preserve the Foundation Budget Review Commission and boost school aid in the FY27 budget. · 3 votes · 1 difference from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Jun 15 2026The Select Board reconstituted the Personnel Committee as a five-member body and filled its seats along with most other town board vacancies. · 8 votes · agrees with the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Jun 2 2026Board set an August 8 special election for two vacant seats and completed the town manager's annual review · 11 votes · 1 difference from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
May 19 2026Amanda Moore resigns as vice chair citing health; board reorganizes and plans a special election · 9 votes · 6 differences from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
May 12 2026Select Board held final public comment on the override before Saturday's town election; the chair backed a yes vote. · 6 votes · 1 difference from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
May 5 2026Appraisal finds the 925 Mass Ave property has a negative value, complicating the town's redevelopment plans · 4 votes · 1 difference from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
May 2 2026needs videoMISSINGagendaminutes
Apr 30 2026Select Board ratified three union contracts (fire, municipal employees, DPW) after executive session. · 1 votes · agrees with the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Apr 21 2026Board took only routine votes; public comment sharply disputed override claims of fire and police service cuts · 6 votes · 4 differences from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Apr 14 2026Public comment turned into a pitched fight over the FY27 override, staffing cuts, and a disputed Ledger story. · 4 votes · 2 differences from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Apr 7 2026Select Board voted to send the FY27 balanced budget and both override tiers to town meeting despite sharp internal debate · 14 votes · 3 differences from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Mar 31 2026Board set the FY27 town meeting warrant and voted a two-tier override question onto the town election ballot · 22 votes · 2 differences from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Mar 24 2026pendingvideo · no transcript yetagendaMISSING
Mar 23 2026pendingvideo · no captionsagendaminutes
Mar 19 2026needs videoMISSINGagendaMISSING
Mar 17 2026Board included nearly all FY27 warrant articles; TC Passios' safety issues leave the food pantry's future unresolved. · 14 votes · 3 differences from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Mar 16 2026Select Board leaned toward a two-tier (core + restoration) joint town/school override, no vote taken · 0 votes · 9 differences from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Mar 10 2026Select Board leans toward letting town meeting voters decide on continued mosquito-control funding. · 1 votes · agrees with the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Mar 9 2026needs videoMISSINGagendaMISSING
Mar 3 2026Board leans toward an FY27 override as the school/town budget gap sits near $3.15 million. · 7 votes · agrees with the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Feb 24 2026Select Board voted to submit three FY27 state earmark requests: boiler, fire radios, primary playground · 1 votes · 1 difference from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes
Feb 17 2026Town manager says the preliminary FY27 budget won't balance and will need an override, projected over $3 million short · 3 votes · 3 differences from the official minutesvideoagendaminutes

38 meetings, by today’s date rather than the day the site was built — so a meeting moves here on its own. Which are missing a record: missing records. For a program, every agenda and set of minutes as one text file: /minutes/select-board.txt.

As of 2026-10-24. All boards.

What changed

Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026