Analysis: Town and Schools

Select Board — meetings

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Coming up

Tue, Oct 20, 20267:00 PMBilotta Meeting Room, Town Hallhybridin 4 days

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

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The agenda, item by item
  • • Acknowledgement of the Resignation of Jessica “Jak” Miller, Assistant Town Manager — The board is to acknowledge the resignation of a senior town official, which bears on who staffs the Town Manager's office.
  • • Update on Food Pantry Relocation and License Agreement — The board is to hear an update on moving the food pantry and on the license agreement for its new space, a service residents use.
  • • Special Town Meeting, November 17, 2026 — The board is to finalize the warrant, consider Select Board sponsored articles, and review the postcard for the November 17 Special Town Meeting.
  • • Presentation of Special Town Meeting Articles: — Covers the Brooks House report from the Director of Planning and Economic Development, a joint session with the Stormwater Task Force on an article, and School Department representatives on a Middle/High School track and field article.
  • • Discussion on Lunenburg Municipal Buildings — The board is to discuss the town's municipal buildings; the agenda gives no further detail.
  • • Status of Polling Location for November 3, 2026 Election — Residents voting in the November 3 election may need to know where the polling place will be.
  • • Approval of Election Warrant — The board is to approve the warrant for the upcoming election.
  • • All Liquor, On-premises Liquor License Application for Kiku, Inc. d/b/a Kiku Asian Cuisine Located at 50 Massachusetts Avenue — A public hearing on an all-alcohol on-premises liquor license application for a restaurant at 50 Massachusetts Avenue.
  • • Change of Manager Application for Existing Liquor License for Global Montello Group Corporation d/b/a — A public hearing on a change of manager for the existing liquor license at Honey Farms, 134 Leominster-Shirley Road.
  • • Acknowledgement of the Resignation of Autumn Buck, Heavy Equipment Operator — The board is to acknowledge the resignation of a town heavy equipment operator.
the posted agenda
Tue, Nov 17, 2026in 32 days
the posted agenda

Every meeting, newest first

dateour minutesrecordingagendaofficial minutes
Oct 6 2026Board set Lunenburg Middle High gym as Nov 3 polling place and put several articles on the Nov 17 warrant. · 10 votesvideoagendanot available
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 votesvideoagendaMISSING
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 votesvideoagendaMISSING
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 votesvideoagendaMISSING
Jun 2 2026Board set an August 8 special election for two vacant seats and completed the town manager's annual review · 11 votesvideoagendaMISSING
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
Feb 10 2026Board reviewed a proposed storm water utility fee bylaw headed to spring Town Meeting, split public reaction · 7 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 2026-10-16. All boards.

What changed

Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026