Records made public

Sent the requested Selectboard minutes as a scanned file and explained the executive-session-only and other-board dates. The town will also correct the posting issues we noted. Seven meetings are now on MassVoter, with copies hosted there.

Thank you: Barbara Thorpe, Executive Assistant to the Town Administrator

Added to MassVoter: 7 meetings, 33 votes

Selectboard on MassVoter →

Sent the May 2, 2026 Special and Annual Town Meeting results. MassVoter added both meetings; the results are also on the town's Town Meeting page, under links labeled "Warrant".

Thank you: Town Clerk Angela Jack

Added to MassVoter: 2 meetings, 17 votes

Town Meeting (Selectboard page) on MassVoter →

The 2026 council minutes are now on the city's new Legistar site and the Jun 28 and Jul 12, 2021 minutes are on MinuteTraq. She also confirmed there was no meeting on Oct 18, 2021. MassVoter added 9 meetings; the board's score went from 8 to 10.

Thank you: City Clerk / Records Access Officer Ashley E. Melnik

Added to MassVoter: 9 meetings, 110 votes

City Council on MassVoter →   Official records →

Sent the 2018-2021 Select Board minutes and the missing 2022, 2025 and 2026 dates in a shared folder, with notes on each date. They are now on MassVoter; the board's score went from 6 to 7.

Thank you: Records Access Officer Judith Lizardi

Added to MassVoter: 129 meetings, 965 votes

Select Board on MassVoter →

Updated the Mar 1 and Apr 5, 2022 minutes on the Town Clerk's website and fixed the May 18, 2026 minutes posting.

Thank you: Records Access Officer Judith Lizardi (Town Clerk's office)

Select Board on MassVoter →   Official records →

Forums where the Board did not deliberate will get an attendance note in future. These dates had been labeled "Minutes on Record", which was not accurate.

Thank you: Records Access Officer Judith Lizardi

Select Board on MassVoter →

Posted the Jan 5 and May 11, 2026 minutes and replaced the wrong Jul 30, 2018 and Nov 2, 2020 files with the right minutes (4 meetings in all).

Thank you: Town Manager Colin F. Loiselle

Added to MassVoter: 4 meetings, 56 votes

Select Board on MassVoter →   Official records →

Corrected the Jul 30, 2018 and Nov 2, 2020 minutes files, and noted on the town website that the May 22, 2024 kickoff had no quorum and took no action. He also confirmed Sep 21, 2020 was cancelled and Sep 8, 2026 was an executive session only.

Thank you: Town Manager Colin F. Loiselle

Select Board on MassVoter →   Official records →

Will work with the Board to record each member's vote on regular (non-roll-call) votes in future minutes. The town is also planning an archived-minutes page for early 2027.

Thank you: Town Manager Colin F. Loiselle

Select Board on MassVoter →

Re-ran the Sep 21, Sep 28 and Nov 16, 2021 minutes (and Mar 4 and Mar 25, 2025) to Legistar, and confirmed the Jan 9, 2018 and Jan 14, 2020 inaugural meetings were already posted.

Thank you: City Clerk Carol Ann Desiderio

Added to MassVoter: 3 meetings, 22 votes

City Council on MassVoter →   Official records →

The Assistant City Clerk will cross-check that minutes are also published in the city's Agenda Center.

Thank you: City Clerk Carol Ann Desiderio; Assistant City Clerk Morgan Hunte

City Council on MassVoter →

Answered each item: the agenda-only dates were cancellations, a postponement, a tour, goal-setting meetings or executive sessions. She also gave the answers for three votes, so 10 votes now show each member's name.

Thank you: Select Board Administrator Ashley Maher

Added to MassVoter: 10 votes

Select Board on MassVoter →

Updated the Sep 23, 2024 minutes to show Mr. Helmuth was present remotely.

Thank you: Select Board Administrator Ashley Maher

Select Board on MassVoter →

Posted all the requested 2025 and 2026 council minutes on the city website as searchable PDFs. MassVoter added 12 meetings; the board's score went from 8 to 10.

Thank you: City Council Clerk Clifford Cunningham's office (reply by Law Department paralegal Jessica C. Morales)

Added to MassVoter: 12 meetings, 122 votes

City Council on MassVoter →   Official records →

Replaced three minutes files that had been posted as drafts (the ones we asked about) with the final versions.

Thank you: City Council Clerk Clifford Cunningham's office (reply by Law Department paralegal Jessica C. Morales)

City Council on MassVoter →   Official records →

Sent scanned minutes for five meetings (Oct 22 and Dec 3, 2020; Apr 29 and Aug 7, 2025; Apr 28, 2026) and explained that the Jan 16, 2024 joint meeting had no quorum. Copies are hosted on MassVoter.

Thank you: Town Clerk John Doyle

Added to MassVoter: 5 meetings, 19 votes

Select Board on MassVoter →

Sent the certified votes for all five Town Meetings from 2024 to 2026. Rehoboth's "What Town Meeting decided" section is now live on MassVoter.

Thank you: Town Clerk Laura L. Schwall

Added to MassVoter: 5 meetings, 103 votes

Town Meeting (Board of Selectmen page) on MassVoter →

Pointed MassVoter to the Document Center folder with Select Board minutes back to 2011. The 2018-2023 minutes are now on MassVoter, and the board's score went from 5 to 6.

Thank you: Donna Muzzy, Select Board Office Manager / Records Access Officer

Added to MassVoter: 288 meetings, 2,829 votes

Select Board on MassVoter →   Official records →

Confirmed that the 2024 Town Report's "motion passes" for the Dec 16, 2024 MBTA zoning article was a misprint: the motion failed, as the Clerk's minutes say. MassVoter already showed Failed; the note now cites her answer.

Thank you: Town Clerk Susan M. Lawless

Town Meeting (Board of Selectmen page) on MassVoter →

Answered all 8 questions about roll calls, seconders, motions with no recorded result and abstentions. 29 votes were fixed or added on MassVoter.

Thank you: Shanna M. Faro, Human Resources Director / Executive Assistant, Select Board

Added to MassVoter: 29 votes

Select Board on MassVoter →

Said she is "open to all suggestions" to make it easier to see who made each vote, and will proofread the minutes and put the recommendations into practice going forward.

Thank you: Shanna M. Faro, recording secretary, Select Board

Select Board on MassVoter →

Sent 12 minutes files and put them on the town website, along with a list of cancelled dates and two date clarifications. They are now on MassVoter (data v3).

Thank you: Town Clerk / Records Access Officer Patricia Bessette

Added to MassVoter: 10 meetings, 100 votes

Select Board on MassVoter →   Official records →

Replaced the Jan 26, 2023 minutes with the full version (one page had been missing) and sent the misdated Document Center files to the website vendor to fix.

Thank you: Town Clerk / Records Access Officer Patricia Bessette

Select Board on MassVoter →

Confirmed the board's current roster: Mr. Suzor resigned effective Oct 2, 2026, Mr. Beckerman is Chair, Ms. Coffey is Clerk, and a special election is set for Dec 12, 2026. The Avon term note now says so.

Thank you: Shanna M. Faro, Human Resources Director / Executive Assistant, Select Board

Select Board on MassVoter →

Showed that most of the 62 dates we asked about were already in the town's Laserfiche archive, and explained the rest (executive session only, cancelled, or another board's minutes). 46 meetings were added; the board's score went from 7 to 8.

Thank you: Laurie Bogue, Administrative Secretary, Select Board office

Added to MassVoter: 46 meetings, 1,074 votes

Select Board on MassVoter →

Fixed the 2022 file labels, an extra page and duplicate folders in the Laserfiche minutes archive.

Thank you: Laurie Bogue, Administrative Secretary, Select Board office

Select Board on MassVoter →

Answered all 9 roll-call questions (who was present, names typed wrong, blank roll calls, joint votes). 24 votes now show each member correctly and one missing vote was added.

Thank you: Town Clerk's office (Town Clerk Julie S. Smith), public records request #26-297

Added to MassVoter: 25 votes

Select Board on MassVoter →   Official records →

Posted the Jan 27, 2026 minutes and put the real Oct 5, 19 and 25, 2021 minutes in place of the agendas in the minutes slots ("All corrections have been made to the website").

Thank you: Patricia Tucker, Assistant to the Town Administrator & Board of Selectmen

Added to MassVoter: 4 meetings, 59 votes

Board of Selectmen on MassVoter →   Official records →

Retitled the Sep 23, 2025 minutes file, which had been labeled "August 23, 2025".

Thank you: Patricia Tucker, Assistant to the Town Administrator & Board of Selectmen

Board of Selectmen on MassVoter →   Official records →

Sent 18 approved minutes (Oct 7, 2025 - Jun 16, 2026), now linked from each meeting page on MassVoter, and confirmed that Jan 22, 2019 and Feb 24, 2026 were cancelled for snow and Sep 21, 2022 was not held.

Thank you: Clerk of the Council / Records Access Officer Susan M. Cimino

Added to MassVoter: 18 meetings

Town Council on MassVoter →

Pointed MassVoter to the 2018-2024 Select Board minutes in the town's Document Center. They are now on MassVoter, and the board's score went from 7 to 8.

Thank you: Aoife Kelly, Director of Administrative Services

Added to MassVoter: 188 meetings, 2,515 votes

Select Board on MassVoter →   Official records →

Answered all 8 questions about the minutes: who voted on Feb 4, 2025 (Mr. Barrett arrived late), four typing errors confirmed, and the Nov 18 tax classification confirmed as FY2026. MassVoter's votes and notes now match.

Thank you: Aoife Kelly, Director of Administrative Services

Select Board on MassVoter →

Answered our questions on the 2024-2026 council minutes: 1st and 2nd Vice Presidents are not elected (past Presidents rotate in), and a councillor who objects usually asks for a roll call. The office is correcting the other items we listed.

Thank you: City Clerk / Clerk of the City Council Dennis W. Farias

City Council on MassVoter →

Sent the full-size official 2024-2025 City Council portrait. It is credited to the City of New Bedford and let MassVoter show Councillors Giesta and Morad.

Thank you: City Clerk Dennis W. Farias

City Council on MassVoter →

Shared 9 official photos: individual photos of Councilors Cabeceiras and Mitchell, the 2016-2017 and 2020-2021 group photos and the 2022-2023 original.

Thank you: City Clerk Inês da Silva Paulino Leite (City Clerk's office)

City Council on MassVoter →

Sent the Feb 18, 2026 (joint with the Planning Board) and Jul 15, 2026 Board minutes, plus three Town Meeting minutes. Copies are hosted on MassVoter; the board's score went from 7 to 8.

Thank you: Executive Assistant Christine Eaton, Board of Selectmen office

Added to MassVoter: 2 meetings, 31 votes

Board of Selectmen on MassVoter →