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Bedford Select Board
How the Bedford Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Michael Rosenberg served as Chair, with William Moonan, Margot Fleischman, Edward Pierce and Emily Mitchell. MassVoter has loaded this board’s minutes from January 6, 2020 on (nothing earlier is online); the start date is a placeholder. Michael Rosenberg retired from the board; his last meeting was March 11, 2020. The loaded minutes do not name this board’s Clerk. Until March 2020 the minutes call the board the Board of Selectmen. Covers 9 meetings, January 6 to March 11, 2020.
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What does the Select Board 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 Select Board, 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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Members
Margot FleischmanMember · At-large · at 9 of 9 meetingsEmily MitchellMember · At-large · at 9 of 9 meetingsWilliam MoonanMember · At-large · at 9 of 9 meetingsEdward PierceMember · At-large · at 9 of 9 meetings"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: Bedford Select Board minutes from January 6, 2020 through September 14, 2026: 191 meetings and 1,763 votes. Nothing before 2020 is online: the town’s Agenda Center starts in January 2020, and the Select Board page says older meeting minutes are available on request. The minutes call the board the Board of Selectmen through March 11, 2020 and the Select Board from March 18, 2020 on. All the minutes loaded are typed documents with searchable text. Not here: executive-session minutes (including released executive-session minutes that a few 2020-2022 files append after the open-session minutes); votes of the Finance Committee, Board of Assessors and Fire Station Building Committee at joint meetings; meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes (among them December 12 and December 18, 2023, March 25, 2024, August 5, 2024 (the file posted for that date is a copy of the September 9, 2024 minutes), October 28, 2024 and November 3, 2025); and meetings after September 14, 2026 (the October 5, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Bedford’s minutes name the mover and seconder and give the count (“The motion passed 5-0-0”); a count that matches the members present with no no votes is shown as every member present voting yes. In 2020 and 2021, and whenever a member takes part remotely, the board votes by roll call (“Ms. Fleischman aye; Ms. Mitchell aye …”), shown by name. When a member votes no or abstains the minutes sometimes name the member (“passed with a 3-2-0 vote: Mr. Mortenson and Ms. Malone voting nay”); where a split count names no one we show the count only, with a note (36 votes), and where the minutes give no count or names we show the result only (7 votes). Members who recused themselves are not shown in that vote; members who arrived late or left early are shown only in the votes they were there for. A motion with no recorded outcome (for example “moved to adjourn” followed only by “The meeting adjourned”) is not counted as a vote. In October 2025 and March 2026 the minutes record some Town Meeting article votes only in a table; those rows are shown as votes. 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.
Mar 9Appoint Michael Rosenberg to serve on the Bedford 300th…Motion: Ms. Fleischman moved that the Selectmen appoint Michael Rosenberg to serve…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Rosenberg
March 9, 2020: Appoint Michael Rosenberg to serve on the Bedford 300th (ad hoc) Committee with a term ending June 30, 2020
Ms. Fleischman moved that the Selectmen appoint Michael Rosenberg to serve on the Bedford 300th (ad hoc) Committee with a term ending June 30, 2020. Mr. Moonan seconded the motion. The motion passed 4-0-1. Chair Rosenberg abstained.
Yes: Fleischman, Mitchell, Moonan, PierceAbstained: Rosenberg
From the minutes
“Ms. Fleischman moved that the Selectmen appoint Michael Rosenberg to serve on the Bedford 300th (ad hoc) Committee with a term ending June 30, 2020. Mr. Moonan seconded the motion. The motion passed 4-0-1. Chair Rosenberg abstained..” (Motion: Fleischman, second: Moonan)
Feb 10Approve Article 8 - Bylaw Amendment - Universal Changes…Motion: Mr. Pierce made a motion to approve Article 8 - Bylaw…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
February 10, 2020: Approve Article 8 - Bylaw Amendment - Universal Changes as amended
Mr. Pierce made a motion to approve Article 8 - Bylaw Amendment - Universal Changes as amended. Mr. Pierce seconded the motion. Regular Session Minutes February 10, 2020 2 The motion passed 5-0-0.
The minutes name Edward Pierce as both the mover and the seconder, so no seconder is shown.
From the minutes
“Mr. Pierce made a motion to approve Article 8 - Bylaw Amendment - Universal Changes as amended. Mr. Pierce seconded the motion. Regular Session Minutes February 10, 2020 2 The motion passed 5-0-0..” (Motion: Pierce)
Jan 27Approve the line item "dues" from the proposed FY21…Motion: Ms. Mitchell moved that the Selectmen approve the line item "dues"…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Fleischman
January 27, 2020: Approve the line item "dues" from the proposed FY21 Police Department Operating Budget in the amount of $6,000
Ms. Mitchell moved that the Selectmen approve the line item "dues" from the proposed FY21 Police Department Operating Budget in the amount of $6,000. Mr. Pierce seconded the motion. The motion passed 4-0-1. Ms. Fleischman abstained.
Yes: Mitchell, Moonan, Pierce, RosenbergAbstained: Fleischman
From the minutes
“Ms. Mitchell moved that the Selectmen approve the line item "dues" from the proposed FY21 Police Department Operating Budget in the amount of $6,000. Mr. Pierce seconded the motion. The motion passed 4-0-1. Ms. Fleischman abstained..” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Pierce)
Jan 21Inform the Bylaw Study committee that the Arbor Resources…Motion: Mr. Moonan moved that the Selectmen inform the Bylaw Study committee…Failed · see note
January 21, 2020: Inform the Bylaw Study committee that the Arbor Resources Committee be included in the bylaws
Mr. Moonan moved that the Selectmen inform the Bylaw Study committee that the Arbor Resources Committee be included in the bylaws. Mr. Pierce seconded the motion. The motion did not pass.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“Mr. Moonan moved that the Selectmen inform the Bylaw Study committee that the Arbor Resources Committee be included in the bylaws. Mr. Pierce seconded the motion. The motion did not pass..” (Motion: Moonan, second: Pierce)
Jan 6Include the additional cost of $1,000,000 for the new…Motion: Ms. Fleischman moved to include the additional cost of $1,000,000 for…Passed 4–1 · No: Moonan
January 6, 2020: Include the additional cost of $1,000,000 for the new Energy Net Zero HVAC system for the entire Police Building as part of the police station renovation, the addition to be…
Ms. Fleischman moved to include the additional cost of $1,000,000 for the new Energy Net Zero HVAC system for the entire Police Building as part of the police station renovation, the addition to be included in the fiscal year 2021 Capital article. Ms. Mitchell seconded the motion. Mr. Moonan voted against the project funding. The motion passed 4-1-0.
Yes: Fleischman, Mitchell, Pierce, RosenbergNo: Moonan
From the minutes
“Ms. Fleischman moved to include the additional cost of $1,000,000 for the new Energy Net Zero HVAC system for the entire Police Building as part of the police station renovation, the addition to be included in the fiscal year 2021 Capital article. Ms. Mitchell seconded the motion. Mr. Moonan voted against the project funding. The motion passed 4-1-0..” (Motion: Fleischman, second: Mitchell)
From the Bedford 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): The Bedford Citizen — Paul Mortenson and Bopha Malone (Piper Pavelich, February 2026), Terrence Parker and Shawn Hanegan (Wayne Braverman, January 2025), Daniel Brosgol (December 2023). Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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