Analysis: Town and Schools

Select Board

Posted since 2010: 702 agendas, 594 sets of minutes, 509 recordings, 172 meetings with our minutes and 3,735 votes on the record.

Next meeting

Tue, Oct 20, 2026, 7:00 PMin 4 days

Assistant Town Manager's resignation, food pantry license agreement, and the Special Town Meeting warrant

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

Meets Tuesdays, 7:00 pm · Bilotta Meeting Room, Town Hall · hybrid, Zoom link on each agenda · broadcast live on public access

the posted agenda
1 more coming up →

Its record

minutes posted · FY27 so far25%

2 of 8 meetings · FY26 44 of 59

on YouTube · FY27 so far93%

13 of 14 meetings · FY26 49 of 59

compared with every board →

FY2027: 0 approved in the town’s minutes. 11 in all.

What it is deciding

Open matters, tracked across every board, that have come up at this one.

Every matter the town is deciding →

Lately

Every meeting →

Latest votes

datemotionoutcomerecordcheck it
Oct 6 2026Approve the common victualler license for Kiku Asian Cuisine at 50 Mass Ave — moved by Tompassed unanimouslythe recording onlyvideo 6:43 · ours
Oct 6 2026Set the Nov 3 polling location to Lunenburg Middle High School (gymnasium, 1079 Mass Ave) with posting locations at Whalen Variety, Jack's, Town Hall and Powell's — moved by Damonpassed unanimouslythe recording onlyvideo 55:02 · ours
Oct 6 2026Accept the Boards, Committees and Commissions handbook changes through chapter 6passed unanimouslythe recording onlyvideo 78:07 · ours
Oct 6 2026Include Article 1 (reports of officers and committees) in the special town meeting warrant — moved by Tompassed unanimouslythe recording onlyvideo 110:30 · ours
Oct 6 2026Include article amending the fiscal year 2027 omnibus budget in the warrant — moved by Tompassed unanimouslythe recording onlyvideo 111:03 · ours
All 3,735 votes →

Where its time goes

The top topics across the 175 recorded meetings we have minutes for.

personnel58.0 h · 16%
public comment48.8 h · 14%
capital46.2 h · 13%
town meeting45.6 h · 13%
warrant article42.9 h · 12%
Every topic →

Select Board stated goals · FY2026 · superseded

Build the FY27 budget with the other two boards, then decide what to recommend to Town Meeting.
Work out what to do with the town’s buildings, alongside the Building Design Committee.
Rewrite six board policies, from the financial rules to open meeting law training.

The meeting that adopted these is not in the minutes we can read. The goals document. The one-line summaries are ours; open a goal for the board’s own words. Nothing here says whether a goal was met.

Town Manager stated goals · FY2026 · superseded

Build FY27 with a three-year forecast, and finish the draft financial policies.
Employee ExperienceModernise the pay bylaw, and fix how new staff are brought in.
Municipal PropertyDecommission part of TC Passios, sell 925 Mass Ave, and sort the tax-title properties.

The meeting that adopted these is not in the minutes we can read. The goals document. The one-line summaries are ours; open a goal for the board’s own words. Nothing here says whether a goal was met.

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As of 2026-10-16. All boards.

What changed

Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026