MassVoter.com← Ashland Select BoardAshland Select Board · 2025–2026 Board · Regular meeting
September 3, 2025
5 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Present: Joseph Magnani, Claudia Bennett, Yolanda Greaves, Makeda Keegan, Brandi Kinsman
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Appoint Jeanne Horner to the Open Space and H Recreation Committee with a term to expire 8/31/2028
Motion: Ms. Greaves motioned to appoint Jeanne Horner to the Open Space and H Recreation Committee with a term to expire 8/31/2028. Ms. Keegan seconded the motion. Vote: 5-0-0. Motion approved.
From the minutes
“Motion: Ms. Greaves motioned to appoint Jeanne Horner to the Open Space and H Recreation Committee with a term to expire 8/31/2028. Ms. Keegan seconded the motion. Vote: 5-0-0. Motion approved..” (Motion: Greaves, second: Keegan)
Accept the resignation from the Mindess School Building Committee of Tayler (Van Buskirk) Bodio, Nicholas DiGiovanni, Ed Hart, Ketan Joshi, Christopher Lee, Tim MacKay, Tilak Subrahmanian and...
Motion: Ms. Greaves motioned to accept the resignation from the Mindess School Building Committee of Tayler (Van Buskirk) Bodio, Nicholas DiGiovanni, Ed Hart, Ketan Joshi, Christopher Lee, Tim MacKay, Tilak Subrahmanian and Jenna Larrenaga, who has left the district. Ms. Kinsman seconded the motion. Vote: 5-0-0. Motion approved.
From the minutes
“Motion: Ms. Greaves motioned to accept the resignation from the Mindess School Building Committee of Tayler (Van Buskirk) Bodio, Nicholas DiGiovanni, Ed Hart, Ketan Joshi, Christopher Lee, Tim MacKay, Tilak Subrahmanian and Jenna Larrenaga, who has left the district. Ms. Kinsman seconded the motion. Vote: 5-0-0. Motion approved..” (Motion: Greaves, second: Kinsman)
School Committee Representative, Yolanda Greaves, Select Board
Dissolve the current Mindess School Building Committee that was originally created on April 18, 2018 and reconstitute the Mindess School Building Committee consisting of 11 members, including:...
Motion: Ms. Greaves motioned to dissolve the current Mindess School Building Committee that was originally created on April 18, 2018 and reconstitute the Mindess School Building Committee consisting of 11 members, including: James Adams, Superintendent of Schools, Michael Herbert, Town Manager, Paul Kendall, School Committee Representative, Yolanda Greaves, Select Board Representative, Christopher Mathieu, Director of Business and Operations, MCPPO, Jon Murray, Director of Facilities, Michael Caira, Assistant Superintendent, Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, Claudia Bennett, Community Member, Michael Kane, Community Member, Paul Carpenter, Directory of Technology (Non-Voting Member) and Kate Altman, Principal, Mindess Elementary School (Non-Voting Member). The motion was seconded by Ms. Kinsman. Vote: 5-0-0. Motion approved.
From the minutes
“Motion: Ms. Greaves motioned to dissolve the current Mindess School Building Committee that was originally created on April 18, 2018 and reconstitute the Mindess School Building Committee consisting of 11 members, including: James Adams, Superintendent of Schools, Michael Herbert, Town Manager, Paul Kendall, School Committee Representative, Yolanda Greaves, Select Board Representative, Christopher Mathieu, Director of Business and Operations, MCPPO, Jon Murray, Director of Facilities, Michael Caira, Assistant Superintendent, Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, Claudia Bennett, Community Member, Michael Kane, Community Member, Paul Carpenter, Directory of Technology (Non-Voting Member) and Kate Altman, Principal, Mindess Elementary School (Non-Voting Member). The motion was seconded by Ms. Kinsman. Vote: 5-0-0. Motion approved..” (Motion: Greaves, second: Kinsman)
Approve the consent agenda as presented
Motion: Ms. Greaves motioned to approve the consent agenda as presented; Ms. Bennett seconded the motion, Vote: 5-0-0. Motion approved.
From the minutes
“Motion: Ms. Greaves motioned to approve the consent agenda as presented; Ms. Bennett seconded the motion, Vote: 5-0-0. Motion approved..” (Motion: Greaves, second: Bennett)
Joseph Magnani
Adjourn
Motion: Ms. Greaves motioned to adjourn; which was seconded by Ms. Kinsman. Vote: 5-0-0. Motion approved.
From the minutes
“Motion: Ms. Greaves motioned to adjourn; which was seconded by Ms. Kinsman. Vote: 5-0-0. Motion approved..” (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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