Analysis: Town and Schools
Town Meeting — votes
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Every Town Meeting vote, article by article → — with the Town Clerk’s printed record. This list is the motions heard on the recordings.
- Town minutes ✓ — source: the town’s own minutes
- from video — source: our reading of the meeting video — may be wrong
- No town minutes yet — the record it should come from isn’t available
FY = the budget year the vote acts on, not the year the meeting was held. How FY is set
226 votes at 11 meetings, 16 November 2021 to 3 September 2026 (FY2022-FY2027). What this covers
FY2027 July 2026 – June 2027
No meetings on the town's calendar
what we have for FY2027
FY2027: 0 meetings on the town's calendar; 0 with the town's minutes read. 41 votes below come only from our reading of the video, which may be unreliable.
Amend Article 1's requested amount down to $397,189 (as heard), proposed by the select board
✗ Failedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Alonzo.
Finance committee recommendation on the select board's amendment to Article 1
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Outcome as recorded: opposed 5 to 1 (committee did not support the amendment)
Raise and appropriate an additional sum for the FY27 Lunenburg public schools operating budget, as amended by the cherry sheet increase (Article 1)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Laura Brosovski.
Pass over Article 2
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mandy Gilman.
Outcome as recorded: passed (voice vote, near-unanimous)
School committee, convened informally during town meeting, to support 'Motion A' for Article 3
✓ Passed unanimouslyfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Select board recommendation to approve Article 3 as presented
✓ Passed unanimouslyfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Transfer from the Winter Recovery Assistance Program (WRAP) special revenue fund to supplement the FY27 Lunenburg public schools operating budget, for restored middle school sports and transportation (Article 3, Motion A)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Approve the consent calendar (articles 2,3,6,16,17,18,19; article 7 removed on a hold)
✓ Passed 232-17from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Leighton (moving party).
Article 4: create economic development revolving fund, FY27 spending limit $10,000
✓ Passed 259-27from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Leighton.
Article 5: amend technology revolving fund authorized spender to town manager or designee
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Nulo.
Outcome as recorded: passed 231-836 (figures as heard, likely a caption error)
Article 7: raise and appropriate $1,895 and $5,1966 for prior-year bills (4/5 vote required)
✓ Passed 267-26from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Moore.
Article 9: transfer $520,000 from free cash to the FY2026 snow and ice removal expense line
✓ Passed 265-29from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Leighton.
Article 10: raise and appropriate the FY27 balanced (town manager's) operating budget, approx. $49,963,990.19
✓ Passed 340-68from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Nulo.
Article 11, tier 1: appropriate $2,357,3651.68 (figure as heard) contingent on a $2,400,000 Prop 2 1/2 override
✓ Passed 331-105from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Moore.
Article 11, tier 2: appropriate $3,248,545.83 contingent on a $3,300,000 Prop 2 1/2 override
✓ Passed 302-122from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Moore.
Article 12: rescind and reauthorize prior capital-project transfers ($325,000) so funds reach the FY26 capital plan (cleanup article)
✓ Passed 191-6from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Emparks.
Article 13: fund FY27 capital plan via transfers of $991,627 from free cash, $594,000 from vehicle/equipment stabilization, and $244,576 raised and appropriated
✓ Passed 165-10from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Leighton.
Article 14: fund PEG access enterprise fund FY27 operating budget, $217,847.55 total
✓ Passed 163-8from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Nulo.
Article 15: transfer $77,000 from PEG retained earnings for a replacement CASTUS system
✓ Passed 160-11from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Nulo.
Article 20: adopt FY27 salary schedule (3% COLA) and transfer $54,036 (heard '54,03') from salary reserve
✓ Passed 139-16from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Nulo.
Article 21: fund first year of firefighters' union (IAFF Local 5369) contract
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Nulo.
Outcome as recorded: passed 132-5 (finance committee recommendation roll call 6-0)
Article 22: transfer $25,414 from salary reserve to fund municipal employees' union (AFSCME Council 93) contract
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. MK.
Outcome as recorded: passed 133-12 with 2 abstentions
Article 23: transfer $51,046.33 and $68,294 from salary reserve to fund Teamsters Local 170 (DPW) contract
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Leighton.
Outcome as recorded: passed 136-13 with 3 abstentions
Amendment to article 24 (John Rabbit) to fund food pantry relocation as part of TCP transfer
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by John Rabbit.
Outcome as recorded: ruled out of scope by the moderator, not voted
Article 24: transfer $121,800 from free cash for TCP operating/decommissioning costs and $27,500 from assessor's overlay surplus for a special assistant to the assessor
✓ Passed 116-24from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Mloud/Nulo.
Article 25: transfer $335,437 from free cash to the OPEB trust fund
✓ Passed 76-59from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Nulo.
Article 26: transfer $10,000 from free cash to the compensated absences reserve fund
✓ Passed 112-50from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Moore.
Article 27: transfer $15,000 from free cash to the 300th anniversary committee
✓ Passed 119-11from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by unclear.
Article 28: transfer $250,000 from free cash to the stabilization fund
✓ Passed 112-12from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Leighton.
Article 29: transfer $250,000 from free cash to the health insurance special purpose stabilization fund
✓ Passed 91-15from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Nulo.
Article 30, motion 1: transfer $51,000 from free cash for vacation buyout (above 3 weeks)
✓ Passed 102-9from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Nulo.
Article 30, motion 2: transfer $219,000 from free cash to buy out remaining accrued vacation liability
✓ Passed 70-24from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Nulo.
Article 31: add assistant town manager to salary grade 17 and retitle current position to HR director
✓ Passed 75-32from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Moore.
Article 32: amend town meeting warrant-notice bylaw to a postcard/opt-in mailing system
✓ Passed 85-24from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. MK.
Article 33: transfer care, custody and control of part of Kids Kingdom land from school committee to select board (2/3 vote)
✓ Passed 100-9from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Leighton.
Article 34: adopt new open space committee bylaw
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Nulo.
Outcome as recorded: passed 99-4 with 1 abstention
Article 35: amend sewer bylaw waiver language from 'emergency circumstances' to 'unusual or extraordinary circumstances'
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Nulo.
Outcome as recorded: passed 91-3 with 3 abstentions
Amendment to article 35 (Robert Bowen) to retain 'emergency' alongside 'unusual or extraordinary'
✓ Withdrawn, not votedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Robert Bowen.
FY2026 July 2025 – June 2026
No meetings on the town's calendar
what we have for FY2026
FY2026: 0 meetings on the town's calendar; 0 with the town's minutes read. 54 votes below come only from our reading of the video, which may be unreliable.
adopt the consent calendar (articles 5, 6, 14) without debate
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by the moderator.
Outcome as recorded: passed 95-2 (2/3 required)
hear the storm water task force and master plan steering committee reports
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Outcome as recorded: passed 74-20, 2 abstain
finance committee recommend approval of article 2 (FY26 omnibus budget amendment)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Outcome as recorded: recommended approval 5-0
adopt article 2, amending the FY26 omnibus budget
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Moore.
Outcome as recorded: passed 91-10 (2/3 required)
adopt article 3, part one (Fitchburg prior-year water bills)
✗ Failedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Outcome as recorded: failed, 97-11-3 (9/10 required)
reconsider the failed vote on article 3, part one
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Costa (floor).
Outcome as recorded: reconsideration passed, 90 in favor to 20 opposed
re-adopt article 3, part one (Fitchburg prior-year water bills), after reconsideration
✓ Passed 110-4from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
finance committee recommend approval of article 3, part two
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Outcome as recorded: recommended approval 5-0
adopt article 3, part two (Haywood Hospital, Advanced Print Technology, CBiz bills)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Outcome as recorded: passed 104-1 (9/10 required)
finance committee recommend disapproval of article 4 (storm water consulting transfer)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Outcome as recorded: recommended disapproval 3-2
adopt article 4, transferring $42,900 for storm water utility consulting
✓ Passed 64-45from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Leighton (select board).
adopt article 7, transferring $50,000 for capital project cost estimation consultants
✓ Passed 70-20from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Moore.
finance committee recommend approval of article 8 (special education reserve fund)
✗ Failedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Outcome as recorded: recommendation failed, 2-3 (recommended disapproval)
move the question on article 8 (end debate)
✓ Passed 86-5from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
adopt article 8, establishing a special education reserve fund
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by select board member (reader).
Outcome as recorded: passed, 65 in favor (simple majority)
adopt article 9, raising the senior tax-deferral income limit
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Outcome as recorded: passed 81-12, 2 abstain
adopt article 10, Main Street easement for the town hall ramp/deck
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Mloud.
Outcome as recorded: passed by overwhelming majority (heard as 86 to [unclear])
pass over article 11 (Kids Kingdom transfer to select board)
✓ Passed by majorityfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Paula Bertram.
pass over the warrant-notice/mailing bylaw article
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Lou Franco.
Outcome as recorded: passed, 55 in favor of passing over (majority of 82 voting)
adopt article 13, MBTA Communities Act multifamily overlay district (with amendments)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by select board reader.
Outcome as recorded: passed, 67 in favor (2/3 required)
finance committee recommend approval of article 15 (SAP position titles/grades)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Outcome as recorded: recommended approval 5-0
adopt article 15, amending SAP position titles and grades
✓ Passed by majorityfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Mloud.
finance committee recommend approval of article 16 (SAP fringe-benefit amendments)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Outcome as recorded: recommended approval 5-0
adopt article 16, amending SAP vacation/sick-leave/benefit provisions
✓ Passed by majorityfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
pass over article 17 (dissolve the personnel committee)
✗ Failed, 32-35from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Tom Alonzo.
adopt article 17, removing the personnel committee from the SAP
✗ Defeated 30-37from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Moore.
Approve the consent calendar (articles 4,5,18,21,23,24,25,26,27,32,33)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Jeff.
Outcome as recorded: passed unanimously (voice vote)
Accept the regular written reports of town officers and committees (Article 1)
The record doesn't sayfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Nulo.
Outcome as recorded: not audible (no closing vote recorded; presentations followed instead)
Article 2: authorize borrowing in anticipation of FY26 revenue
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Jeff.
Outcome as recorded: passed 135-25 (2/3 vote)
Article 3: accept Chapter 90 highway funds and authorize related borrowing
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Moore.
Outcome as recorded: passed 120-14 (2/3 vote)
Article 6: pass over (FY25 budget adjustment article)
✓ Passed (voice vote)from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Lizo.
Article 7: transfer $50,000 free cash to school SPED line and $48,966.86 to snow removal
✓ Passed 171-12from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Jeff.
Article 8: fund FY26 capital plan, option two, $1,225,000 total
✓ Passed 152-30from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Alonzo.
Move the question to end debate on capital plan/Marshall Pond
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Matt Snider.
Outcome as recorded: passed 160-10 (2/3 vote)
Article 9: transfer $152,500 free cash for special projects (TC Pacios decommission, grant writer pilot, assessor directives)
✓ Passed 147-22from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Moore.
Article 10: FY26 omnibus budget, $49,374,465
✓ Passed 162-82from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Emp.
Article 11: citizen petition to appropriate approx. $2,99,337 for schools contingent on a Prop 2½ override
✓ Passed 96-94from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by TJ Laughlin.
Amend Article 12 contingency date to November 15, 2025
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Alonzo.
Outcome as recorded: passed by voice vote (a couple opposed)
Article 12: transfer $500,000 free cash to schools, contingent on override outcome
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Leighton.
Outcome as recorded: passed 123-44, 2 abstain
Article 13: amend salary plan (DPW director grade, new IT/communications manager)
✓ Passed 121-16from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Moore.
Article 14: fund 3% COLA for SAP employees from salary reserve
✓ Passed 125-12from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Alonzo.
Article 15: amend holiday pay for part-time fire personnel
✓ Passed 123-7from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Emp.
Article 16: pass over (no stabilization fund transfer this year)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Nulo.
Outcome as recorded: passed unanimously (voice vote)
Article 17: pass over (no special purpose stabilization transfer this year)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Jeff.
Outcome as recorded: passed unanimously (voice vote)
Article 19: establish compensated absences reserve fund
✓ Passed 127-6from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Alonzo.
Article 20: transfer $10,000 free cash to compensated absences reserve fund
✓ Passed 131-8from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Enki.
Article 22: sewer enterprise fund budget for FY26
✓ Passed 125-6from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Jeff.
Move the question to end debate on Marshall Park (Article 28)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Clark Coulson.
Outcome as recorded: passed 143-16 (2/3 vote)
Article 28: appropriate $13,800,000 (later stated $13,735,372) via debt exclusion for Marshall Park improvements
✗ Failedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Karen Manard.
Outcome as recorded: failed 85-63 (did not reach required 2/3)
Move to end debate on Article 29 (municipal building design)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Clerk Coulson (referenced).
Outcome as recorded: passed 97-45 (2/3 vote)
Article 29: appropriate $22,422,998 via debt exclusion for municipal building reconstruction (meeting house, Ritter, new town hall)
✗ Failedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr. Jeff.
Outcome as recorded: failed 77-48 (did not reach required 2/3)
Article 30: amend flood plain zoning bylaw to update FEMA maps
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Matthew Brenner.
Outcome as recorded: passed (2/3 vote, ~82 in favor)
Article 31: amend zoning bylaw for accessory dwelling units per state Affordable Homes Act
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Matthew Brenner.
Outcome as recorded: passed 84-1 (majority vote)
Article 34: citizen petition on cemetery commission powers/duties (advisory only per town counsel)
✗ Failedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Robert Bowen (citizen).
Outcome as recorded: failed 12-67 (advisory, non-binding)
FY2025 July 2024 – June 2025
No meetings on the town's calendar
what we have for FY2025
FY2025: 0 meetings on the town's calendar; 0 with the town's minutes read. 41 votes below come only from our reading of the video, which may be unreliable.
Article 1: raise and appropriate additional sums to salary reserve and group health insurance lines.
✓ Passed 185-16from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr Nulo.
Article 2: raise and appropriate additional sum for FY25 school department operating budget.
✓ Passed 180-25from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr Jeff.
Article 3: authorize payment of an FY24 late bill via transfer from overlay surplus (9/10 vote required).
✓ Passed 190-8from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms Moore.
Article 4: appropriate funds for the Mart Connect transportation program via transfer from overlay surplus.
✓ Passed 183-31from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Mr Alonzo.
Article 5: accept MGL prudent investor rule provisions for trust funds.
✓ Passed 208-3from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Miss Empy.
Article 6: accept elderly tax exemption clauses 17E, 17F and 41D with automatic COLA.
✓ Passed 203-6from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Nulo.
Amendment to Article 7 defining Zone One as ending at the water's edge.
✓ Passed 178-25from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by John Fortune.
Article 7 as amended: replace the water supply protection district bylaw.
The record doesn't sayfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Jeff.
Outcome as recorded: passed (2/3 majority, count not stated)
Article 8: create COA meal site revolving fund with FY25 spending limit.
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Moved by Ms Moore.
Outcome as recorded: passed 179 in favor, opposed count not audible
Article 9: create Parks Programming revolving fund, transfer old Parks revolving fund balance, dissolve prior fund.
✓ Passed 169-4from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Alonzo.
Article 10: request select board prepare a report on sale or long-term lease of the Brooks House.
✓ Passed 168-7from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Miss Empy.
Amendment to Article 11 striking "intermittent" from paid-holidays section to cover call firefighters.
✗ Failed 50-67from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Crystal Ladas.
Amendment to Article 11/12 raising initial vacation accrual cap from three to five weeks.
The record doesn't sayfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Glenn McLoud.
Outcome as recorded: failed (count not audible)
Amendment to Article 11 removing the step-four cap on the town manager's hiring authority.
The record doesn't sayfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by unclear speaker.
Outcome as recorded: failed (count not audible)
Article 11: amend Chapter 70 salary administration plan and add Chapter 71 employment contracts.
✓ Passed 82-37from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Nulo.
Article 12: further amendments to Chapter 70 salary administration plan.
The record doesn't sayfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Justice (name as heard).
Outcome as recorded: passed, 21 opposed, yes count not audible
Vote to hear verbal reports from budget task force and municipal building design committee chairs.
✓ Passed 49-28from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Ms Moore.
Article 14: pass over the Marshall Park renovation appropriation.
✓ Passed 75-4from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Anita Shyer.
Article 15: pass over citizen petition article.
✓ Passed 64-1from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by unclear (citizen petitioner).
Approve the consent calendar (articles 1, 2, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25) as read, excluding article 20 which was held
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed 241-6, 8 abstain
Article 3: amend revolving-fund bylaw to add Wetlands protection bylaw fees revolving fund, $50,000 FY25 spending limit
The record doesn't sayfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed by more than majority (exact count not stated)
Article 4: transfer sum from free cash to pay prior-year bills (police details)
✓ Passed 267-3from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 5: transfer from reserve fund to salary reserve and snow removal lines
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed 262-28, 12 abstain
Amendment to Article 6 (Lizio): reduce capital plan by $33,569 by removing Turkey Hill window safety-film funding
✗ Failedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: failed 28-301, 7 abstain
Move the question (cut off debate) on the Wallace Park court amendment
✗ Failedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: failed to reach 2/3 (33 yes noted; not fully audible)
Amendment to Article 6 (Bowen/Pasio): reduce capital plan by $70,000 by removing Wallace Park basketball/tennis court resurfacing
✗ Failedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: failed, approx. 128 in favor, 218 opposed
Article 6: capital plan as originally presented (unamended)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed 320-31, 1 abstain
Article 7: Omnibus budget, raise and appropriate town/school FY25 budget with associated transfers
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed 309-37, 10 abstain
Article 8: raise and appropriate $948,000 as a Proposition 2½ override for the schools (also requires town election ballot approval)
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Outcome as recorded: not audible (partial figure "267" heard, full tally not clear)
Article 9: amend salary Administration plan to reclassify several positions and add new titles/grades
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Outcome as recorded: not audible (result not announced in captions)
Article 10: adopt FY24/FY25 salary schedule and fund retroactive wage increases for non-union employees
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Outcome as recorded: passed, 151 in favor (opposed not stated)
Amendment to Article 11 (Latis): strike language requiring vacation/personal time be exhausted before using parental sick leave
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Outcome as recorded: passed, 132 in favor (opposed not stated)
Amendment to Article 11 (Cammer): add access to a sick bank/donated sick time
✗ Failed 50-91from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 11 as amended: parental sick-leave policy change
✓ Passed 123-13from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 15: Sewer Enterprise fund FY25 budget
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed 115-6, 1 abstain
Amendment to Article 20 (Bowen): direct $22,000 of cemetery lots money to reimburse the town for DPW cemetery costs
✗ Failed 6-113from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 20: appropriate $10,000 from sale of cemetery lots for cemetery care/improvement
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed, approx. 119 in favor (opposition count garbled)
Article 21: lower senior property-tax exemption age from 70 to 65 and raise exemption amount
✓ Passed 110-3from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 22: re-accept MGL c.32B §20, OPEB liability trust fund
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Outcome as recorded: passed, approx. 102 in favor, 3 abstain (exact opposed not stated)
Article 23: codify Historical Commission bylaw into town code
✓ Passed 104-7from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 24: amend zoning bylaw for battery energy storage systems and solar generating facilities
The record doesn't sayfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: not audible (no explicit tally announced in captions)
FY2024 July 2023 – June 2024
No meetings on the town's calendar
what we have for FY2024
FY2024: 0 meetings on the town's calendar; 0 with the town's minutes read. 33 votes below come only from our reading of the video, which may be unreliable.
Consent calendar: Articles 2, 7 and 8 (prior year expenses $1,423.52; sewer enterprise retained earnings transfers of $1,851.30 and $534 to sewer stabilization funds)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by the moderator.
Outcome as recorded: passed by voice vote, more than 9/10 (one nay heard)
Article 1: transfer/appropriate $319,000 for FY24 budget adjustments (reserve fund, salary reserve, town clerk salary)
✓ Passed, 126-13 of 139from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Jeff.
Article 3: transfer $58,431 from salary reserve to fund year one of the clerical union (Council 93) contract
✓ Passed, 132-11from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Alonzo.
Move the question to end debate on Article 4
✓ Passed, 114-24from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Donald Gurney.
Article 4: transfer $986,000 from the special purpose stabilization fund for a new ambulance and two dump trucks
✗ Failed, 29-92from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Miss Memy.
Article 5: transfer $80,000 from the opioid settlement stabilization fund for the police mental-health co-response program
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Moved by Mr Jeff.
Outcome as recorded: passed (count not audible)
Amendment to Article 6 requiring the school district to pursue a Green Communities grant (to completion) before spending the AC funds
✗ Failedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Dave Blad (amended by Rond Delissio).
Outcome as recorded: defeated (94% voted to close debate; amendment then failed)
Second amendment to Article 6 requiring the district to return to town meeting if the funds do not cover 16 classrooms
✗ Defeatedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Rond Delissio.
Article 6: transfer $232,800 from the FY23 capital plan for ductless mini-split climate control systems at the primary school
✓ Passed, majority votefrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Franco.
Select board internal vote to recommend approval of Article 9 (water supply protection bylaw rewrite)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by select board.
Outcome as recorded: passed, with Mr Franco abstaining
Motion to pass over Article 9 (water supply protection district bylaw) to the next town meeting
Not audiblefrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by a resident from the floor.
Motion to pass over Article 10
✓ Passed (voice vote)from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by unclear.
Article 11: transfer $300,000 from the FY23 capital plan to repair a portion of the TC Pasos building roof
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Alonzo.
Outcome as recorded: passed, majority vote (exact count garbled)
Article 12: reauthorize $184,000 plus committed ARPA/state funds and deed restriction for the Marshall Park renovation, to qualify for a state grant
✓ Passed, required 2/3from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Franco (as printed).
Article 13: amend zoning to align farm definition with state law
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Franco.
Outcome as recorded: passed, required 2/3 (figures heard: "975 to 2.41")
Article 14: amend common driveway bylaw provisions
✓ Passed by 2/3from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Franco.
Article 15: add solar parking canopy provisions to commercial and office/industrial zoning districts
✓ Passed, required 2/3from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Alonzo.
Article 16: amend large-scale ground-mounted solar definition to exempt solar parking canopies
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by unclear (select board member).
Outcome as recorded: passed, 2/3 (91.8% heard)
Accept the consent calendar (Articles 1,2,10,16,17,18,19,20) by voice vote
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by the moderator.
Outcome as recorded: passed unanimously (voice vote)
Transfer $4,000 from free cash for payment of prior year expenses (Article 3)
✓ Passed 99-4 out of 103from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Franco.
Amend prior-year appropriations via line-item transfers, including to health insurance and snow removal (Article 4)
✓ Passed 100-6from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Ms. Soroka.
Transfer $1,500,000 from free cash to the overlay account for FY23 abatements (Article 5)
✓ Passed 98-12from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Jeffries.
Raise and appropriate funds for the FY24 capital plan (Article 6)
✓ Passed 103-6from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Alonso.
Raise and appropriate the FY24 town and school budget (Article 7)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Franco.
Outcome as recorded: passed 98-8 out of 106 (two-thirds required)
Fund the first year of the fire union collective bargaining agreement (Article 8)
✓ Passed 98-3from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
We don't know whether the town posted minutes for this meeting; this result is from our reading of the meeting video and may be wrong.
Moved by Ms. Soroka.
Adopt the FY24 salary schedule for salary administration plan employees (Article 9)
✓ Passed 86-7 out of 93from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Ms. Belotta.
Transfer $250,000 from free cash to the special purpose stabilization fund (Article 11)
✓ Passed 63-26from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Franco.
Transfer funds into the OPEB trust fund (Article 12)
✓ Passed 69-19from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Ms. Soroka.
Create an opioid settlement stabilization fund and transfer settlement proceeds into it (Article 13)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Jeffries.
Outcome as recorded: passed 80-11 out of 91 (two-thirds required)
Appropriate funds to operate the sewer enterprise fund for FY24 (Article 14)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Alonso.
Outcome as recorded: passed 72-8 (two-thirds required)
Amend Article 21 by striking the word 'residential' from section 3, so the exemption cost is shared by all property classes
✓ Passed 74-9from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Alonso.
Authorize the select board to petition for special legislation creating a means-tested senior property tax exemption, as amended (Article 21)
The record doesn't sayfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Alonso.
Outcome as recorded: not audible - only a figure of 77 was given, with no opposition count or explicit pass statement
Amend the zoning bylaw to add self-storage as a special-permit use (Article 22)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Jeffries.
Outcome as recorded: passed 66-8 (two-thirds)
FY2023 July 2022 – June 2023
No meetings on the town's calendar
what we have for FY2023
FY2023: 0 meetings on the town's calendar; 0 with the town's minutes read. 40 votes below come only from our reading of the video, which may be unreliable.
Consent calendar: adopt articles 2, 6, 7 and 9 as printed without debate
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed unanimously (voice vote)
Article 1: raise and appropriate $73,000 in FY23 budget adjustments (town management, assessors, planning board, facilities and grounds lines)
✓ Passed (two-thirds)from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Jeffries.
Article 3: transfer $16,000 from salary reserve to fund year one of the police officers' collective bargaining agreement
✓ Passed 127 (majority)from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Franco.
Article 4: raise and appropriate $184,000 for final engineering/design at Marshall Park
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Dwyer.
Outcome as recorded: passed 124 (two-thirds)
Article 5: pass over the article (stopgap measure superseded by article 4's passage)
✓ Passed (voice vote)from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Ms Soroka.
Article 8: accept MGL c.32 §4(2)(b) allowing call firefighters/reserve officers to buy back time beyond five years
✓ Passed 109-37from videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Franco.
Article 10: amend Code of Lunenburg ch.81 to let town meeting amend individual items in capital plan warrant articles
✗ Failedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Ms Saroka.
Outcome as recorded: failed, 85 reported in favor, did not reach majority
Article 11: amend zoning use table to change motel use in commercial district from allowed-by-right to special permit
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Jeffries.
Outcome as recorded: passed 91-24 (two-thirds)
Article 12: override the APDC's denial of a certificate to alter for Ritter Library window replacement
✗ Failedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Alonso.
Outcome as recorded: failed, 74 no to 37 yes
Article 13: amend APDC bylaw (ch.113) to shorten review timeline and change application procedures
✗ Failedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr Franco.
Outcome as recorded: failed, 73 against to 38 in favor
Move the question to close debate on article 15
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed, 57-14 (two-thirds)
Article 14: rezone a portion of 199 Mass Ave from Residence A to Commercial so the whole lot is commercial
✓ Passed, 95 in favorfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mike Chapin.
Article 15: move the annual town meeting and town election from the first/third Saturday in May to the first/third Saturday in April
The record doesn't sayfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Ms Christian.
Outcome as recorded: failed, 12 in favor (opposed count not stated)
Approve the consent calendar (articles 1, 2, 3, 9-17, 20) without debate as printed
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed, 125 in favor, 4 opposed, 129 voted
Article 4: transfer among several FY22 budget lines (insurance, workers comp, group health, reserve fund, unemployment) to cover the snow and ice deficit and fund salary reserve
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Dwyer.
Outcome as recorded: passed, 123 in favor, 3 opposed, 126 voted
Article 5: transfer from salary reserve to fund the first year of the FY22-23 AFSCME Council 93 collective bargaining agreement
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Jeffries.
Outcome as recorded: passed, 120 in favor, 6 opposed, 126 voted
Article 6: raise and appropriate and transfer from free cash and various prior article balances to fund the FY23 capital plan
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Alonso.
Outcome as recorded: passed, 122 in favor, 45 opposed, 167 voted
Article 7: approve the administrative organization plan creating a facilities director position
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Franco.
Outcome as recorded: passed, 136 in favor, 28 opposed, 164 voted
Article 8: raise and appropriate the FY23 omnibus town and school operating budget
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Dwyer.
Outcome as recorded: passed, 164 in favor, 9 opposed, 173 voted
Article 18: transfer from free cash to remove solid waste materials and restore the Woodruff property (104 Fairview Road)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Jeffries.
Outcome as recorded: passed, 164 in favor, 7 opposed, 171 voted
First attempt: vote on the Bertram amendment reducing Article 19 to $250,000 (procedurally flawed, later redone)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: amendment reported passing, 101 in favor, 68 opposed, 169 total; later voided and re-voted after town counsel flagged a procedural problem
Vote on the corrected Bertram amendment to Article 19 (transfer $250,000 from free cash for demolition and design, not delineated by category)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Paula Bertram.
Outcome as recorded: passed, 94 in favor, 83 opposed
Article 19 as amended: transfer $250,000 from free cash for demolition of the old primary school and final engineering/design
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed, 145 in favor, 18 opposed, 163 voted
Article 21: replace the current salary schedule with the FY2023 salary schedule for non-union permanent employees
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Jeffries.
Outcome as recorded: passed, 142 in favor, 4 opposed, 146 voted
Amendment to Article 22 removing the one floating holiday from the paid holiday list (offsetting the Juneteenth addition)
✗ Failedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Jeffries.
Outcome as recorded: failed, 84 in favor, 91 opposed, 175 voted
Amendment to Article 22 deleting the added floating-holiday-for-non-scheduled-day language in section 70-19(c)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Alonso.
Outcome as recorded: passed, 95 in favor, 78 opposed
Article 22 as amended: replace the salary administration plan bylaw language per the personnel committee's proposal
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed, 155 in favor, 18 opposed, 173 voted
Article 23: create a 300th-anniversary steering committee and appropriate funds for initial expenses
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Franco.
Outcome as recorded: passed, 161 in favor, 3 opposed, 164 voted
Article 24: amend the general bylaws as printed (bylaw review committee omnibus changes)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Dwyer.
Outcome as recorded: passed, 171 in favor, 4 opposed, 175 voted
Vote on the amended sewer bylaw waiver section (10.0) as negotiated on the floor
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed, 168 in favor, 5 opposed
Article 25 as amended: amend the sewer bylaw waiver provisions
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed, 147 in favor, 33 opposed, 180 voted
Article 26: amend the marijuana establishment bylaw's special permit procedure regarding provisional licensure
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Jeffries.
Outcome as recorded: passed by more than two-thirds, 159 in favor, 7 opposed, 166 total
Amendment to Article 27 correcting the map date from 2020 to 2021
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Moved by Mr. Bernie.
Outcome as recorded: passed unanimously by unopposed voice vote
Article 27: amend the water supply protection district bylaw and map (select board recommended disapproval)
Not audiblefrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 30: adopt a resolution in support of changing the state flag and seal of Massachusetts
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Moved by Paul Lauria.
FY2022 July 2021 – June 2022
No meetings on the town's calendar
what we have for FY2022
FY2022: 0 meetings on the town's calendar; 0 with the town's minutes read. 17 votes below come only from our reading of the video, which may be unreliable.
Approve consent calendar articles 5, 9, 10, 11 and 12
✓ Passed unanimouslyfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 1: FY2022 budget adjustments and transfers
✓ Passed unanimouslyfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 2: pay prior year expenses
✓ Passed unanimouslyfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 3: transfer from salary reserve to fund firefighter collective bargaining agreement
✓ Passed unanimouslyfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 4: amend sewer enterprise appropriation
✓ Passed unanimouslyfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 6: hear interim reports of the TC Pacios building design committee
Not audiblefrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 7: pass over (TC Passios renovation)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed; majority, no challenge
Article 8: pass over (new town hall design funds)
✓ Passed by majorityfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 13: Salary Administration Plan amendments
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Amend article 14 to say at least one of the listed evidence items is required
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Vote on the amendment to article 14
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Select Board recommend approval of article 14 as amended
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed 3-1 (Jeffries no)
Article 14 demolition delay bylaw as amended
✓ Passed; clear majorityfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 15: zoning bylaw name change to village center district
✓ Passed unanimouslyfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 16: pass over (aquifer protection map)
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 17: pass over
✓ Passed unanimouslyfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Article 18: lot area table change to limited business residential district
✓ Passedfrom videoTown minutes unknowndetails
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Outcome as recorded: passed; more than two-thirds
What this covers
- 226 votes at 11 meetings, 16 November 2021 to 3 September 2026 (FY2022-FY2027).
- 0 from the board's own minutes (0 of the 0 sets the town posted have been read), 0 of them matched to the recording; 226 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 (0): the board's own minutes, as the town posted them — the official record.
- From our reading of the meeting video (226): our reading of the meeting video, from a machine transcript — not an official record, and may be unreliable.
FY = the budget year the vote acts on, not the year the meeting was held. An Annual Town Meeting votes the next year's budget; a Special amends the year it is held in. Fiscal years run 1 July to 30 June.
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/town-meeting.json. What the record cannot answer is on what we cannot answer.
As of 2026-10-24. All boards.