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How the Ashby Selectboard voted, from the Selectboard’s official minutes. 3 Selectboard members elected townwide for three-year terms. At the April 25, 2022 town election Cathy Biliouris was re-elected for three years and Mary Calandrella was elected to the two years left in Matthew Leonard’s seat. On May 11, 2022 the board chose David Nadeau as Chair, Cathy Biliouris as Vice Chair and Mary Calandrella as Clerk (each nominee did not vote). Cathy Biliouris resigned in the summer of 2022 (last meeting July 20; resignation accepted August 3, 2022), and two members served for the rest of the term. Covers 45 meetings, April 27 to April 21, 2023.
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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 budgetMassVoter can’t read Ashby’s meeting calendar automatically yet. See upcoming meetings on the official site →
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.
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).
"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.
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.
Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.
December 7, 2022: Accept donation from United Cultivation in the amount of $10,000.00 to the Ashby Charitable Funding Committee
12. Vote to accept donation from United Cultivation in the amount of $10,000.00 to the Ashby Charitable Funding Committee. Seconded by David Nadeau. Mary Calandrella voted yes. David Nadeau voted yes. Motion passes
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
“12. Vote to accept donation from United Cultivation in the amount of $10,000.00 to the Ashby Charitable Funding Committee. Seconded by David Nadeau. Mary Calandrella voted yes. David Nadeau voted yes. Motion passes.” (second: Nadeau)
July 20, 2022: Approve Selectboard meeting minutes as written from April 12, 2022, April 13, 2022, April 14, 2022, April 20, 2022, April 27, 2022, May 25, 2022, June 8, 2022, June 22,…
Motion made by Cathy Biliouris to approve Selectboard meeting minutes as written from April 12, 2022, April 13, 2022, April 14, 2022, April 20, 2022, April 27, 2022, May 25, 2022, June 8, 2022, June 22, 2022 and July 6, 2022. Second by David Nadeau. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. David Nadeau voted yes. Motion passes
Yes: Biliouris, NadeauThe roll call lists Cathy Biliouris and David Nadeau but not Mary Calandrella, who is recorded present; Mary Calandrella is not shown voting.
“Motion made by Cathy Biliouris to approve Selectboard meeting minutes as written from April 12, 2022, April 13, 2022, April 14, 2022, April 20, 2022, April 27, 2022, May 25, 2022, June 8, 2022, June 22, 2022 and July 6, 2022. Second by David Nadeau. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. David Nadeau voted yes. Motion passes.” (Motion: Biliouris, second: Nadeau)
July 20, 2022: Approve payrol! warrant W23-02P in the amount of $73,341.50
Motion made by Cathy Biliouris to approve payrol! warrant W23-02P in the amount of $73,341.50. Second by David Nadeau. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. David Nadeau voted yes. Motion passes
Yes: Biliouris, NadeauThe roll call lists Cathy Biliouris and David Nadeau but not Mary Calandrella, who is recorded present; Mary Calandrella is not shown voting.
“Motion made by Cathy Biliouris to approve payrol! warrant W23-02P in the amount of $73,341.50. Second by David Nadeau. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. David Nadeau voted yes. Motion passes.” (Motion: Biliouris, second: Nadeau)
July 20, 2022: Approve vendor warrant W22-28 in the amount of $580,257.69 ($535,654.79 for Public Safety Building)
Motion made by Cathy Biliouris to approve vendor warrant W22-28 in the amount of $580,257.69 ($535,654.79 for Public Safety Building). Second by David Nadeau. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. David Nadeau voted yes. Motion passes
Yes: Biliouris, NadeauThe roll call lists Cathy Biliouris and David Nadeau but not Mary Calandrella, who is recorded present; Mary Calandrella is not shown voting.
“Motion made by Cathy Biliouris to approve vendor warrant W22-28 in the amount of $580,257.69 ($535,654.79 for Public Safety Building). Second by David Nadeau. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. David Nadeau voted yes. Motion passes.” (Motion: Biliouris, second: Nadeau)
July 20, 2022: Approve vendor warrant W23-01 in the amount of $1,282,063.71 ($1,105,369.00 for NMRSD and $87,739.33 for Monty Tech)
Motion made by Cathy Biliouris to approve vendor warrant W23-01 in the amount of $1,282,063.71 ($1,105,369.00 for NMRSD and $87,739.33 for Monty Tech). Second by David Nadeau. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. David Nadeau voted yes. Motion passes
Yes: Biliouris, NadeauThe roll call lists Cathy Biliouris and David Nadeau but not Mary Calandrella, who is recorded present; Mary Calandrella is not shown voting.
“Motion made by Cathy Biliouris to approve vendor warrant W23-01 in the amount of $1,282,063.71 ($1,105,369.00 for NMRSD and $87,739.33 for Monty Tech). Second by David Nadeau. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. David Nadeau voted yes. Motion passes.” (Motion: Biliouris, second: Nadeau)
July 20, 2022: Adopt the Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy
Motion made by Cathy Biliouris to adopt the Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy. Second by Mary Calandrella. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. David Nadeau voted yes. Motion passes
Yes: Biliouris, NadeauThe roll call lists Cathy Biliouris and David Nadeau but not Mary Calandrella, who is recorded present; Mary Calandrella is not shown voting.
“Motion made by Cathy Biliouris to adopt the Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy. Second by Mary Calandrella. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. David Nadeau voted yes. Motion passes.” (Motion: Biliouris, second: Calandrella)
July 6, 2022: Sign FY23 Land Use Agent Contract with Elizabeth Wood for period 7/1/2022 - 6/30/2023
Motion made to sign FY23 Land Use Agent Contract with Elizabeth Wood for period 7/1/2022 - 6/30/2023. Second by Mary Calandrella. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. Mary Calandrella voted yes. David Nadeau voted yes. Motion passes
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
“Motion made to sign FY23 Land Use Agent Contract with Elizabeth Wood for period 7/1/2022 - 6/30/2023. Second by Mary Calandrella. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. Mary Calandrella voted yes. David Nadeau voted yes. Motion passes.” (second: Calandrella)
May 25, 2022: Approve and authorize the Town Administrator to sign District Local Technical Assistance (DLTA) Grant Award and contract for services with MRPC
Motion by Mary Calandrella to approve and authorize the Town Administrator to sign District Local Technical Assistance (DLTA) Grant Award and contract for services with MRPC. Second by Cathy Biliouris. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. Mary Calandrella voted yes. David Nadeau voted no. Motion passes
Yes: Biliouris, CalandrellaNo: Nadeau
“Motion by Mary Calandrella to approve and authorize the Town Administrator to sign District Local Technical Assistance (DLTA) Grant Award and contract for services with MRPC. Second by Cathy Biliouris. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. Mary Calandrella voted yes. David Nadeau voted no. Motion passes.” (Motion: Calandrella, second: Biliouris)
May 25, 2022: Authorize the release of vendor checks made payable to Cathy Biliouris and Cindy Zwicker
Motion by David Nadeau to authorize the release of vendor checks made payable to Cathy Biliouris and Cindy Zwicker. Second by Mary Calandrella. Dave voted yes. Mary Calandrella voted yes. Cathy Biliouris abstains
Yes: Calandrella, NadeauAbstained: Biliouris
“Motion by David Nadeau to authorize the release of vendor checks made payable to Cathy Biliouris and Cindy Zwicker. Second by Mary Calandrella. Dave voted yes. Mary Calandrella voted yes. Cathy Biliouris abstains.” (Motion: Nadeau, second: Calandrella)
May 11, 2022: Appoint David Nadeau as Chair
Motion by Cathy Biliouris to appoint David Nadeau as Chair. Second by Mary Calandrella. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. Mary Calandrella voted yes. Motion passes
Yes: Biliouris, CalandrellaThe roll call lists Cathy Biliouris and Mary Calandrella but not David Nadeau, who is recorded present; David Nadeau is not shown voting.
“Motion by Cathy Biliouris to appoint David Nadeau as Chair. Second by Mary Calandrella. Cathy Biliouris voted yes. Mary Calandrella voted yes. Motion passes.” (Motion: Biliouris, second: Calandrella)
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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