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Attleboro Municipal Council
How the Attleboro Municipal Council voted, from the City Clerk's official minutes. 11 councilors: 6 elected by ward, 5 at large. Elected November 4, 2025; sworn in January 6, 2026. President: Todd M. Kobus. Vice President: Laura Dee Dolan. The city has posted minutes for only the January 6, 2026 meeting so far. Covers 1 meetings so far, January 6 to January 6, 2026.
A monthly email on what it voted on, starting in November.
What does the Municipal Council do? It is the city’s lawmaking body. It passes local laws (ordinances), votes on the yearly budget, and approves borrowing and zoning changes.
The mayor runs the city day to day and proposes the budget.
Sources: Mass. General Laws c. 44 § 32 (city budgets)Your Attleboro ballot: 14 quizzes, about a minute each.
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Attleboro Municipal Council: 5 out of 10 · Partly open
How easy Attleboro makes it to see, online, how each member votes. It scores the city’s records, not any official. Checked October 3, 2026.
- Minutes postedMinutes are posted for only some of the past year’s meetings.Part points: 1/2
- Each vote namedThe minutes name the councilors who voted no (and those absent), but not each councilor’s yes vote.Part points: 2/3
- Posted quicklyMinutes go up months after the meeting. The newest posted minutes are from January 6, 2026.No points: 0/2
- Past years onlineMunicipal Council minutes from 2021 to today are online.Full points: 1/1
- Readable textThe minutes are text you can search and copy.Full points: 1/1
- Member photosThe Municipal Council page lists councilors by name, with no photos.No points: 0/1
How the city can raise its score
- Minutes posted (+1): Post approved minutes for every meeting on the city website. Don’t require a sign-in to view them.
- Each vote named (+1): On any vote that isn’t unanimous, write how each member voted. For example: “Motion passed 3–2. Yes: Smith, Jones, Lee. No: Brown, Silva.” A roll call on split votes is the simplest way to do this.
- Posted quickly (+2): Post minutes within 30 days. If approval takes longer, post a draft marked “Draft – not yet approved” and replace it later.
- Member photos (+1): Show a photo of each member on the board’s web page, with their name, the date their term ends and how to contact them. A group photo of the members, with everyone named in the caption or on the same page, earns half a point.
How we score · Something wrong, or has the city made a change? Email info@massvoter.com and we’ll re-check.
A monthly email on its votes, starting in November. We'll also tell you if this score changes.
Council sessions
Coming up
- Tue, Oct 13Municipal Council Agenda - Finance Committee 6:30 PM/Committee Meetings 7:00 PM, October 13, 2026, 77 Park St. →
- Wed, Oct 14Council on Human Rights Meeting Agenda →
- Tue, Nov 10Municipal Council Special Meeting Notice - November 10, 2026 at 7:00 P.M., 77 Park St. →
From the agendas Attleboro posts on its official site. Agendas can change; the posted agenda is the official one.
Councilors
PresidentTodd M. KobusCouncil President · Ward 3 · at 1 of 1 meetings
Vice PresidentLaura Dee DolanVice President · Ward 5 · at 1 of 1 meetings
Michael A. AngeloCouncilor · Ward 4 · at 1 of 1 meetings
James J. DiLisioCouncilor · At large · at 1 of 1 meetings
Diana HolmesCouncilor · Ward 6 · at 1 of 1 meetings
Brendan M. McIntyreCouncilor · At large · at 1 of 1 meetings
Erin MorrisseyCouncilor · Ward 2 · at 1 of 1 meetings
Sara-Lynn ReynoldsCouncilor · Ward 1 · at 1 of 1 meetings
Laurie A. SawyerCouncilor · At large · at 1 of 1 meetings
Jonathan F. TavaresCouncilor · At large · at 1 of 1 meetings
Ty WatermanCouncilor · At large · at 1 of 1 meetings"At X of Y meetings" counts the roll call at the start of each meeting in this record. Councilors who step out are listed on each meeting page.
Attendance
21 full-board meetings in 2024. Ties share a rank.
1James J. DiLisio21 of 21 meetings Every meeting100%1Laura Dee Dolan21 of 21 meetings Every meeting100%1Nicholas G. Lavoie21 of 21 meetings Every meeting100%1Laurie A. Sawyer21 of 21 meetings Every meeting100%1Ty Waterman21 of 21 meetings Every meeting100%6Michael A. Angelo20 of 21 meetings95%6Pamela Foa20 of 21 meetings95%6Sara-Lynn Reynolds20 of 21 meetings95%9Jonathan F. Tavares19 of 21 meetings90%10Todd M. Kobus18 of 21 meetings86%11Diana Holmes17 of 21 meetings81%25 full-board meetings in 2023. Ties share a rank.
1Michael A. Angelo24 of 25 meetings96%1Ty Waterman24 of 25 meetings96%3James J. DiLisio20 of 21 meetings95%4Jonathan F. Tavares13 of 14 meetings · served from Jun93%5Peter Blais23 of 25 meetings92%5Laura Dee Dolan23 of 25 meetings92%7Kelly Bennett22 of 25 meetings88%7Sara-Lynn Reynolds22 of 25 meetings88%9Todd M. Kobus21 of 25 meetings84%10Richard J. Conti20 of 25 meetings80%10Cathleen DeSimone4 of 5 meetings · served until Mar80%12Diana Holmes16 of 25 meetings64%28 full-board meetings in 2022. Ties share a rank.
1Cathleen DeSimone28 of 28 meetings Every meeting100%1Ty Waterman28 of 28 meetings Every meeting100%3James J. DiLisio27 of 28 meetings96%4Richard J. Conti26 of 28 meetings93%4Laura Dee Dolan26 of 28 meetings93%6Michael A. Angelo25 of 28 meetings89%7Todd M. Kobus24 of 28 meetings86%8Kelly Bennett23 of 28 meetings82%8Peter Blais23 of 28 meetings82%8Diana Holmes23 of 28 meetings82%8Sara-Lynn Reynolds23 of 28 meetings82%20 full-board meetings in 2021. Ties share a rank.
1Cathleen DeSimone20 of 20 meetings Every meeting100%1James J. DiLisio20 of 20 meetings Every meeting100%1Laura Dee Dolan20 of 20 meetings Every meeting100%1Kate M. Jackson20 of 20 meetings Every meeting100%1Ty Waterman20 of 20 meetings Every meeting100%6Todd M. Kobus19 of 20 meetings95%6Sara-Lynn Reynolds19 of 20 meetings95%8Peter Blais18 of 20 meetings90%8Richard J. Conti18 of 20 meetings90%8Mark J. Cooper18 of 20 meetings90%11Diana Holmes17 of 20 meetings85%From the official minutes: full-board meetings only (committee meetings are not counted). Members are counted only for meetings held while they served, and arriving late counts as attending. The minutes rarely say why a member was absent. Not shown: 2025, 2026, because too many of that year’s meetings are missing from the posted minutes.
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Meetings
About missing minutes
Not here yet: the city has posted Municipal Council minutes online from 2021, but minutes for most 2025 meetings (January to October) and every meeting after January 6, 2026 are not posted. Some special meetings from 2021 to 2024 have no posted minutes, including the January 4, 2022 inauguration. For a few meetings the city’s minutes link opens the minutes of a different meeting (May 4, 2021; May 2, 2023; March 5, 2024; April 16, 2024). Most minutes name the Councilors who voted no and those absent. Where a split vote does not name who voted no, or a count does not match the Councilors listed as present, the vote shows the count with a note and individual votes are not shown. Committee meetings are not included. We will ask the City Clerk for the missing minutes and to confirm the noted votes.
Votes where councilors disagreed
Most council votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one councilor voted no or abstained, newest first.
None.
From the official minutes kept by the Attleboro City Clerk (agendas and minutes). From the Attleboro Municipal Council’s official minutes, posted in the city’s Agenda Center. We check every count against the Councilors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. MassVoter never grades officials; votes and attendance are shown exactly as the minutes record them. Councilor photos: BallotReady candidate profiles (from the candidates). James DiLisio and Laura Dolan: from their candidate statements on DoubleACS, Attleboro’s access TV (DiLisio 2025, Dolan 2017). Former councilors without a photo show initials.
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