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Ashby Selectboard
How the Ashby Selectboard voted, from the Selectboard’s official minutes. 3 Selectboard members elected townwide for three-year terms. David Nadeau joined the board after the June 29, 2020 town election, succeeding Janet Flinkstrom. On July 8, 2020 the board unanimously chose Scott Sweeney as Chairman and David Nadeau as Clerk. Scott Sweeney resigned in September 2020 (last meeting September 16); on September 23, 2020 the two remaining members chose Mike McCallum as Chairman and David Nadeau as Clerk. Cathy Biliouris won the January 12, 2021 special election for the empty seat (term to April 2022), and on January 13, 2021 the board kept Mike McCallum as Chairman and David Nadeau as Clerk. Mike McCallum did not run again in April 2021; his last meeting was April 14, 2021. Covers 50 meetings, July 8 to April 14, 2021.
A monthly email on what it voted on, starting in November.
What does the Selectboard do? It is the town’s executive board. It prepares the Town Meeting warrant (the list of articles voters decide), appoints members of many town boards, hires the town’s top staff, signs warrants to pay town bills, and grants licenses and permits.
Town Meeting, not the Selectboard, votes the town budget and town bylaws.
Sources: Massachusetts Select Board Handbook (MMA) · Mass. Division of Local Services: the town budgetBoard years
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What Town Meeting decided
In Ashby, Town Meeting — not the Selectboard — votes the town budget, bylaws and zoning. Here is what it did with each article, in the Town Clerk’s own words. Any registered voter can take part, and most votes are by voice or show of hands, so there is no list of who voted which way.
Special Town Meeting · December 1, 2025 1 votes: 1 passed
- Art. 1 Transfer $184,984.44 from free cash to reduce the FY2026 tax levy Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
Special Town Meeting · May 3, 2025 3 votes: 3 passed
- Art. 1 Transfer $253.85 from free cash to pay prior-year bills Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 2 Transfer $100,000 from free cash to cover the winter operations deficit Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 3 Transfer $856 from recycling center free cash and $2,144 from free cash for recycling center (ARCTS) expenses Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
Annual Town Meeting · May 3, 2025 19 votes: 16 passed, 3 failed
- Art. 1 Elect all other town officers not elected on the ballot Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 2 Hear reports of town officials and committees Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 3 Authorize the Treasurer to borrow in anticipation of revenue Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 4 Accept sums in trust for perpetual care of cemetery lots Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 5 Appropriate $32,000 from recycling center revenues and $8,000 from free cash for FY2026 recycling center operations Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 6 Appropriate $40,000 from the PEG Access fund for FY2026 PEG Access operations Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 7 Set FY2026 revolving fund spending limits Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 8 Appropriate state Chapter 90 road funds Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 9 FY2026 town budget: raise $10,169,748.44 and transfer $549,655.86 from free cash; set elected officials' salaries Passed “VOTE (on original motion): PASSED”
- Art. 10 Lease-purchase a Ford F-550 highway truck; $50,000 first-year payment from ARPA funds Passed “VOTE: PASSED (2/3 VOTE MAJORITY DECLARED BY MODERATOR)”
- Art. 11 Amend the Town Meeting bylaw: post warrant copies at town buildings and online instead of delivering to each home Failed “VOTE (on original motion): DEFEATED”
- Art. 12 Accept G.L. c.44 §54(b) so town trust funds can be invested under the prudent investor rule Passed “VOTE: PASSED MAJORITY”
- Art. 13 Add an MBTA Communities multi-family overlay district to the zoning map (Map 15, Parcels 63, 64 and 64.1) Passed “VOTE: PASSED (2/3 VOTE MAJORITY DECLARED BY MODERATOR)”
- Art. 14 Replace the floodplain district zoning bylaw (Section 9.1) Passed “VOTE: PASSED (2/3 VOTE DECLARED BY MODERATOR)”
- Art. 15 Amend zoning for accessory dwelling units Passed “VOTE: PASSED (2/3 VOTE MAJORITY DECLARED BY MODERATOR)”
- Art. 16 Accept G.L. c.40 §22D (removal of vehicles parked in violation of rules) Failed “VOTE: DEFEATED (STANDING COUNT 25 YES / 32 NO) · 25 YES / 32 NO”
- Art. 17 New bylaw: winter overnight parking ban on public ways (Dec. 1 - Apr. 15) Failed “VOTE: DEFEATED”
- Art. 18 Amend bylaw: no plowing or depositing snow and ice onto sidewalks or public ways Passed “VOTE: PASSED”
- Art. 19 New bylaw: abutting owners must clear snow and ice from sidewalks Passed “VOTE: PASSED”
Special Town Meeting · March 10, 2025 1 votes: 1 failed
- Art. 1 Appropriate $278,000 more for the FY2026 North Middlesex Regional School District assessment, contingent on a Proposition 2 1/2 override Failed “VOTE: DEFEATED”
Special Town Meeting · December 3, 2024 7 votes: 7 passed
- Art. 1 Redo two earlier free cash votes ($675,262 for the FY2025 budget, $50,103.49 for the winter deficit) using certified free cash Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 2 Raise the demand fee on overdue tax and excise bills from $5 to $15 Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 3 Transfer $15,000 from the PEG Access account for FY2025 PEG Access operations Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 4 Transfer $10,000 from free cash for FY2025 recycling center (ARCTS) operations Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 5 Transfer $4,134.80 from free cash to pay FY2024 software licensing invoices Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 6 Appropriate $10,500 from free cash for the first year of the police patrol officers' union contract Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 7 Move $3,200 within the FY2025 police budget from college reimbursement to college incentive expenses Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
Special Town Meeting · August 20, 2024 1 votes: 1 passed
- Art. 1 Appropriate $256,133 more for the FY2025 North Middlesex Regional School District assessment, from stabilization and budget transfers Passed “VOTE ON ORIGINAL MOTION: PASSED (2/3 MAJORITY DECLARED BY MODERATOR)”
Special Town Meeting · May 4, 2024 3 votes: 3 passed
- Art. 1 Transfer $50,103.49 from free cash to cover the FY2024 winter operations deficit Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 2 Transfer $2,000 from recycling center (ARCTS) free cash for FY2024 recycling center expenses Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 3 Lease-purchase a new police vehicle; $22,941.73 first-year payment in the FY2025 police budget Passed “VOTE: PASSED (2/3 VOTE DECLARED BY MODERATOR)”
Annual Town Meeting · May 4, 2024 23 votes: 16 passed, 2 passed as amended, 3 failed, 2 no action
- Art. 1 Elect all other town officers not elected on the ballot Passed “VOTE: PASSED MAJORITY”
- Art. 2 Hear reports of town officials and committees Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 3 Authorize the Treasurer to borrow in anticipation of revenue Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 4 Accept sums in trust for perpetual care of cemetery lots Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 5 Appropriate $40,000 from recycling center revenues and $250 from its free cash for FY2025 recycling center operations Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 6 Appropriate $25,000 from the PEG Access fund for FY2025 PEG Access operations Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 7 Set FY2025 revolving fund spending limits Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 8 Appropriate state Chapter 90 road funds Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 9 FY2025 town budget: raise $9,698,052.81 and transfer $675,262 from free cash; set elected officials' salaries Passed as amended “VOTE (on original motion with amendment): UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 10 Appropriate $595,693 more for the FY2025 North Middlesex Regional School District budget, contingent on a Proposition 2 1/2 override Passed “VOTE: PASSED MAJORITY”
- Art. 11 Transfer money to the Stabilization Fund No action “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 12 Amend zoning Section 8.2.5 to allow one or more marijuana establishments in the Industrial district by special permit Failed “VOTE: DEFEATED”
- Art. 13 Amend the Town Meeting bylaw: post warrant copies at town buildings and online instead of delivering to each home Failed “VOTE: DEFEATED”
- Art. 14 Allow leasing of the town land at 1140 Greenville Road for telecommunications Passed “VOTE: PASSED (2/3 VOTE DECLARED BY MODERATOR)”
- Art. 15 Allow leasing of the town land at 1093 Main Street for battery energy storage and solar (telecommunications removed by amendment) Passed as amended “VOTE (on original motion with amendment): PASSED (2/3 VOTE DECLARED BY MODERATOR)”
- Art. 16 Accept a 5% increase in the motor vehicle excise (G.L. c.60A §10(a)), contingent on the Municipal Empowerment Act Passed “VOTE: PASSED (STANDING COUNT 52 YES / 31 NO) · 52 YES / 31 NO”
- Art. 17 Accept G.L. c.40 §22F allowing town boards to set reasonable fees Passed “VOTE: PASSED MAJORITY”
- Art. 18 Amend the Scenic Roads bylaw to designate all municipal ways as scenic roads Failed “VOTE: DEFEATED (STANDING COUNT 42 YES / 43 NO) · 42 YES / 43 NO”
- Art. 19 Amend zoning: add light and heavy industrial use definitions and rename the Industrial district Light Industrial Passed “VOTE: PASSED (2/3 VOTE DECLARED BY MODERATOR)”
- Art. 20 Replace the Earth Removal general bylaw Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 21 Zoning amendments deleting Sections 5.1.2 and 6.1.5 No action “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 22 Combine the elected Treasurer and Collector into one appointed Treasurer-Collector, subject to a town election vote Passed “VOTE: PASSED (STANDING COUNT 43 YES / 37 NO) · 43 YES / 37 NO”
- Art. 23 Accept G.L. c.166 §32A on the Inspector of Wires and an assistant inspector Passed “VOTE: UNANIMOUS”
Not here yet: The May 2, 2026 Special and Annual Town Meetings are not here because their results are not posted (only the warrants are); no Town Meeting after May 2, 2026 is posted.
Titles are short descriptions of each article from the official record; the quoted words are the Town Clerk’s. A vote at Town Meeting is not the final word on everything: some articles also need a ballot vote (such as a tax override) or the Attorney General’s approval (bylaws).
Members
Cathy BiliourisMember · At-large · at 19 of 20 meetings · from Jan 2021
David NadeauClerk · At-large · at 50 of 50 meetingsScott SweeneyChair · At-large · at 11 of 12 meetings · until Sep 2020"At X of Y meetings" counts the members the minutes list as present at the start of each meeting in this record. Members who step out are listed on each meeting page.
Meetings
About missing minutes
Loaded: Ashby Selectboard minutes from January 10, 2018 through September 9, 2026: 354 meetings and 2,373 votes. The town’s Selectboard Meeting Agendas and Minutes page holds the board’s minutes back to 2007 (files from 2007 to 2019 on the town’s older ashbyma.gov site, from 2020 on in Google Drive); MassVoter has loaded 2018 on. The minutes call the board the Board of Selectmen until May 2021 and the Selectboard from May 12, 2021 (the town also writes “Select Board”). The minutes from 2018 to 2021 are typed; most minutes since 2022 are scanned images of the signed copies, which MassVoter read with text recognition and checked where names or counts were unclear. The minutes usually name members by first name or initials (“Dave,” “Jessica,” “MM”); MassVoter matched each to the member on the board at the time using the attendance lines, the reorganization votes and the Annual Town Reports. When two members attend another body’s meeting (the Public Safety Building Committee, the Town Administrator Search Committee, the Finance Committee, the Earth Removal Board and others), Ashby posts Selectboard minutes for it; these 34 meetings are shown as joint meetings with only the Selectboard’s own votes. Not here: executive-session minutes (the April 21, 2023 and February 1, 2024 meetings, whose only posted minutes are executive-session minutes, are loaded from those); cancelled and no-quorum meetings; votes of other boards at joint meetings; meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes: February 20, 2019 (the minutes link is broken), March 12, 21, 26 and 31, 2025, and the executive-session meetings of December 9 and 28, 2022, February 17, 2023 (8 AM), August 19 and 22, 2024 and May 5, 2026; the Selectboard’s attendance at other bodies’ meetings on May 25, 2023 and November 12, 2024 (agenda only) and on February 8, May 13 and November 18, 2024 (short notes with no attendance list and no votes); files that are the wrong document (the January 24, 2018 minutes link opens the agenda; the February 22, 2022 file is a copy of the February 2, 2022 minutes; the February 17, 2023 8 AM file is a copy of the 10 AM minutes); and meetings after September 9, 2026 (the September 23, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). How votes are written: from 2018 to early 2022, a table line (“Motion: Janet Flinkstrom Seconded: Mike McCallum Vote: Unan”) with initials when members differ (“Vote: JF/MM – Aye SS – Nay”); from 2022 to mid-2025, each member by first name (“Doug voted yes. Jessica voted yes. David voted yes. Motion passes.”) or “All in favor”; since mid-2025, “Motion made by Jessica, Dave 2nd. Vote was unanimous.” Unanimous wording is shown as every member present voting yes. On this three-member board, when the minutes name one member voting no, the other members are shown voting yes. Since mid-2025 the minutes often list no attendance or only the absent member; members are then counted present when the minutes record them taking part, with a note. Where the minutes give only a count we show the count only (2 votes), and where they give no count or names, name a member twice, or a member joined at a time the minutes do not tie to the vote, we show the result only (15 votes). Members who abstained are shown abstaining; a member who recused is left out of that vote with a note. A motion with no recorded outcome is not counted as a vote. We will ask the town to confirm any noted vote.
Votes where members disagreed
Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.
Feb 3Approve minutes of January 7, 2021 as recordedMotion: 2) Selectmen approve minutes of January 7, 2021 as recorded. Motion:…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Biliouris
February 3, 2021: Approve minutes of January 7, 2021 as recorded
2) Selectmen approve minutes of January 7, 2021 as recorded. Motion: Dave Nadeau Seconded: Cathy Biliouris Vote: MM/DN - Aye CB - Abstain
Yes: McCallum, NadeauAbstained: Biliouris
From the minutes
“2) Selectmen approve minutes of January 7, 2021 as recorded. Motion: Dave Nadeau Seconded: Cathy Biliouris Vote: MM/DN - Aye CB - Abstain.” (Motion: Nadeau, second: Biliouris)
Jan 20Approve minutes of December 17, 2020 as recordedMotion: 2) Selectmen approve minutes of December 17, 2020 as recorded. Motion:…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Biliouris
January 20, 2021: Approve minutes of December 17, 2020 as recorded
2) Selectmen approve minutes of December 17, 2020 as recorded. Motion: Dave Nadeau Seconded: Cathy Biliouris Vote: MM/DN - Aye CB - Abstain
Yes: McCallum, NadeauAbstained: Biliouris
From the minutes
“2) Selectmen approve minutes of December 17, 2020 as recorded. Motion: Dave Nadeau Seconded: Cathy Biliouris Vote: MM/DN - Aye CB - Abstain.” (Motion: Nadeau, second: Biliouris)
Jan 20Approve minutes of December 23, 2020 as recordedMotion: 3) Selectmen approve minutes of December 23, 2020 as recorded. Motion:…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Biliouris
January 20, 2021: Approve minutes of December 23, 2020 as recorded
3) Selectmen approve minutes of December 23, 2020 as recorded. Motion: Dave Nadeau Seconded: Cathy Biliouris Vote: MM/DN - Aye CB - Abstain
Yes: McCallum, NadeauAbstained: Biliouris
From the minutes
“3) Selectmen approve minutes of December 23, 2020 as recorded. Motion: Dave Nadeau Seconded: Cathy Biliouris Vote: MM/DN - Aye CB - Abstain.” (Motion: Nadeau, second: Biliouris)
Jan 20Approve minutes of January 6, 2021 as amendedMotion: 4) Selectmen approve minutes of January 6, 2021 as amended. Motion:…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Biliouris
January 20, 2021: Approve minutes of January 6, 2021 as amended
4) Selectmen approve minutes of January 6, 2021 as amended. Motion: Dave Nadeau Seconded: Cathy Biliouris Vote: MM/DN - Aye CB - Abstain
Yes: McCallum, NadeauAbstained: Biliouris
From the minutes
“4) Selectmen approve minutes of January 6, 2021 as amended. Motion: Dave Nadeau Seconded: Cathy Biliouris Vote: MM/DN - Aye CB - Abstain.” (Motion: Nadeau, second: Biliouris)
Sep 9Place article on the warrant: To see if the…Motion: 3) Selectmen to place article on the warrant: To see if…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Sweeney
September 9, 2020: Place article on the warrant: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of $30,800 to provide for a new position in the Highway…
3) Selectmen to place article on the warrant: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of $30,800 to provide for a new position in the Highway Department for the final eight months of the current fiscal year; or take any other action relative thereto. Motion: Mike McCallum Seconded: Dave Nadeau Vote: MM/DN - Aye SS - Abstains
Yes: McCallum, NadeauAbstained: Sweeney
From the minutes
“3) Selectmen to place article on the warrant: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of $30,800 to provide for a new position in the Highway Department for the final eight months of the current fiscal year; or take any other action relative thereto. Motion: Mike McCallum Seconded: Dave Nadeau Vote: MM/DN - Aye SS - Abstains.” (Motion: McCallum, second: Nadeau)
Sep 9Direct Public Safety Building Committee to look at a…Motion: 6) Selectmen to direct Public Safety Building Committee to look at…Passed 2–1 · No: McCallum
September 9, 2020: Direct Public Safety Building Committee to look at a phased approach to the building & work with Architect to look at the feasibility of it, starting with the Police Department…
6) Selectmen to direct Public Safety Building Committee to look at a phased approach to the building & work with Architect to look at the feasibility of it, starting with the Police Department first & modular cost & impact cost of the project. Motion: Scott Sweeney Seconded: Dave Nadeau Vote: SS/DN - Aye MM - Nay
Yes: Nadeau, SweeneyNo: McCallum
From the minutes
“6) Selectmen to direct Public Safety Building Committee to look at a phased approach to the building & work with Architect to look at the feasibility of it, starting with the Police Department first & modular cost & impact cost of the project. Motion: Scott Sweeney Seconded: Dave Nadeau Vote: SS/DN - Aye MM - Nay.” (Motion: Sweeney, second: Nadeau)
Aug 12Approve that Scott Sweeney, Dave Nadeau & Mike McCallum…Motion: 3) Selectmen approve that Scott Sweeney, Dave Nadeau & Mike McCallum…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: McCallum
August 12, 2020: Approve that Scott Sweeney, Dave Nadeau & Mike McCallum can speak to Town Counsel in regards to this complaint
3) Selectmen approve that Scott Sweeney, Dave Nadeau & Mike McCallum can speak to Town Counsel in regards to this complaint. Motion: Scott Sweeney Seconded: Dave Nadeau Vote: SS/DN - Aye MM - Abstains
Yes: Nadeau, SweeneyAbstained: McCallum
From the minutes
“3) Selectmen approve that Scott Sweeney, Dave Nadeau & Mike McCallum can speak to Town Counsel in regards to this complaint. Motion: Scott Sweeney Seconded: Dave Nadeau Vote: SS/DN - Aye MM - Abstains.” (Motion: Sweeney, second: Nadeau)
Aug 5Approve to send plan to SS's guy for a…Motion: 8) Selectmen approve to send plan to SS's guy for a…Passed 2–1 · No: McCallum
August 5, 2020: Approve to send plan to SS's guy for a quick sketch with Cathy's proposed cuts & spend $400.00 out of Public Safety Building Committee for new sketch
8) Selectmen approve to send plan to SS's guy for a quick sketch with Cathy's proposed cuts & spend $400.00 out of Public Safety Building Committee for new sketch. Motion: Scott Sweeney Seconded: Dave Nadeau Vote: SS/DN - Aye MM - Nay
Yes: Nadeau, SweeneyNo: McCallum
From the minutes
“8) Selectmen approve to send plan to SS's guy for a quick sketch with Cathy's proposed cuts & spend $400.00 out of Public Safety Building Committee for new sketch. Motion: Scott Sweeney Seconded: Dave Nadeau Vote: SS/DN - Aye MM - Nay.” (Motion: Sweeney, second: Nadeau)
Jul 22Approve minutes of July 15, 2020 as recordedMotion: 3) Selectmen approve minutes of July 15, 2020 as recorded. Motion:…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Sweeney
July 22, 2020: Approve minutes of July 15, 2020 as recorded
3) Selectmen approve minutes of July 15, 2020 as recorded. Motion: Mike McCallum Seconded: Dave Nadeau Vote: MM/DN - Aye SS - Abstains
Yes: McCallum, NadeauAbstained: Sweeney
From the minutes
“3) Selectmen approve minutes of July 15, 2020 as recorded. Motion: Mike McCallum Seconded: Dave Nadeau Vote: MM/DN - Aye SS - Abstains.” (Motion: McCallum, second: Nadeau)
Jul 8Approve minutes of June 24, 2020 as recordedMotion: 4) Selectmen approve minutes of June 24, 2020 as recorded. Motion:…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Nadeau
July 8, 2020: Approve minutes of June 24, 2020 as recorded
4) Selectmen approve minutes of June 24, 2020 as recorded. Motion: Mike McCallum Seconded: Scott Sweeney Vote: SS/MM - Aye DN - Abstains
Yes: McCallum, SweeneyAbstained: Nadeau
From the minutes
“4) Selectmen approve minutes of June 24, 2020 as recorded. Motion: Mike McCallum Seconded: Scott Sweeney Vote: SS/MM - Aye DN - Abstains.” (Motion: McCallum, second: Sweeney)
From the Ashby Selectboard’s official minutes, posted on the town’s Selectboard Meeting Agendas and Minutes page. We check every vote against the Selectboard members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos (the town’s website has no Selectboard photos): Ashby MA Studio “Knowing Your Town” interviews — David Nadeau and Jessica Kallin (2026). Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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