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September 14, 2023
2 recorded votes, 1 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Note on these minutes: The minutes have no attendance list; Yolanda Greaves, Robert Scherer, Brandi Kinsman, Joseph Magnani and Claudia Bennett are counted present because the roll calls and motions show them taking part.
Present: Yolanda Greaves, Robert Scherer, Brandi Kinsman, Joseph Magnani, Claudia Bennett
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Appoint Ms. Hayes as an associate member of the Planning Board for a three-year term ending June 30, 2026
Mr. Kinsman motioned to appoint Ms. Hayes as an associate member of the Planning Board for a three-year term ending June 30, 2026. Venkat-aye, Jurczyk-aye, Tesmenitsky-aye, and Kendall-aye, with a vote of 4-0-0. Bennett-aye, Magnani-aye, Kinsman-aye, Greaves-aye, and Scherer-no, with a vote of 4-1-0.
Yes: Bennett, Greaves, Kinsman, MagnaniNo: SchererA joint appointment by the Planning Board and the Select Board, each voting by roll call (Select Board: “Bennett-aye, Magnani-aye, Kinsman-aye, Greaves-aye, and Scherer-no, with a vote of 4-1-0”). The Planning Board’s minutes say “Mr. Kinsman motioned”; the board member named Kinsman is Ms. Brandi Kinsman, so no mover is shown.
From the minutes
“Mr. Kinsman motioned to appoint Ms. Hayes as an associate member of the Planning Board for a three-year term ending June 30, 2026. Venkat-aye, Jurczyk-aye, Tesmenitsky-aye, and Kendall-aye, with a vote of 4-0-0. Bennett-aye, Magnani-aye, Kinsman-aye, Greaves-aye, and Scherer-no, with a vote of 4-1-0..”
Close the Select Board's joint meeting with the Planning Board
Ms. Greaves motioned to close the Select Board's joint meeting with the Planning Board. Ms. Kinsman seconded with a vote of 5-0-0.
From the minutes
“Ms. Greaves motioned to close the Select Board's joint meeting with the Planning Board. Ms. Kinsman seconded with a vote of 5-0-0..” (Motion: Greaves, second: Kinsman)
From the Ashland Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center (Select Board). We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos (the town’s website has no Select Board photos): WACA-TV Ashland videos — Brandi Kinsman (July 2026), Makeda Keegan (September 2026), Joseph Magnani (May 2026), Yolanda Greaves (May 2025) and Claudia Bennett (March 2025). Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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