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Billerica Select Board
How the Billerica Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. John Burrows joined the board after the June 6, 2020 town election, succeeding Edward Giroux. The board reorganized on June 15, 2020 (agenda item 1; those minutes are not posted); from July 13, 2020 the minutes list Michael Rosa as Chairman, John Burrows as Vice Chairman and Daniel Burns as Secretary. Meetings were held by Zoom with roll-call votes. The minutes begin calling the board the Select Board in the fall of 2020 and are headed Select Board from December 2020. Covers 17 meetings, July 13 to March 22, 2021.
A monthly email on what it voted on, starting in November.
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 budgetYour Billerica ballot: 13 quizzes, about a minute each.
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From the agendas Billerica posts on its official site. Agendas can change; the posted agenda is the official one.
What Town Meeting decided
In Billerica, Town Meeting — not the Select Board — votes the town budget, bylaws and zoning. Here is what it did with each article, in the Town Clerk’s own words. Town Meeting members are elected by precinct; counts are from the town’s electronic voting.
Annual Town Meeting (Fall) · October 6, 2026 19 votes: 18 passed, 1 passed as amended
Sessions: Session 1 - October 6, 2026 (meeting continues; later sessions not yet posted)
- Art. 1 Appoint one member to the Bowers Fund Committee Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 149, Votes Opposed 2”
- Art. 4 Transfer free cash to the Debt Stabilization Fund (warrant: $1,800,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 147, Votes Opposed 4”
- Art. 5 Transfer from the Debt Stabilization Fund to the debt service budget (warrant: $2,668,373) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 155, Votes Opposed 0”
- Art. 9 Fund the IAFF firefighters collective bargaining agreement (warrant: $925,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 150, Votes Opposed 3”
- Art. 10 Fund the IAFF civilian fire alarm operators collective bargaining agreement (warrant: $8,416.11) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 156, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 12 FY2027 town capital budget (warrant: $1,140,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 135, Votes Opposed 23”
- Art. 13 FY2027 school capital budget (warrant: $1,200,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 157, Votes Opposed 3”
- Art. 18 Borrow for 2-inch water main replacement, looping of dead-end mains, and main cleaning and relining (warrant: $3,000,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 154, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 19 Fund hydrant and valve replacements (warrant: $100,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 153, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 20 Replace a high lift pump at the water treatment plant (warrant: $100,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 156, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 22 Fund design to rehabilitate the 42-inch interceptor sewer along the MBTA right of way (warrant: $250,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 154, Votes Opposed 3”
- Art. 23 Borrow more for rehabilitating 15,000 feet of 18-inch sewer force main (warrant: $9,300,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 149, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 24 Fund the Darby Street and Waterview Avenue sewer pump station rehabilitation (warrant: $2,500,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 152, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 26 Transfer remaining capital project funds (warrant: $288,847.40) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 152, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 28 Add funds for a fire engine (warrant: $225,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 155, Votes Opposed 0”
- Art. 29 Rescind the previous fire engine borrowing authorization (warrant: $950,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 149, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 31 Community Preservation Committee appropriation (warrant: $55,000; amended at the meeting) Passed as amended “Passed · Votes In Favor 127, Votes Opposed 25”
- Art. 43 Accept G.L. c.200A s.9A (town disposal of abandoned property) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 130, Votes Opposed 27”
- Art. 49 Petition: buy an ADA-accessible vehicle for Veterans Services from free cash (warrant: $50,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 148, Votes Opposed 3”
Annual Town Meeting (Spring) · May 19, 2026 34 votes: 32 passed, 1 passed as amended, 1 withdrawn
Sessions: Opened May 19, 2026; Sessions 1 and 2 (later session date is not stated in the voting reports)
- Art. 1 Set compensation of the Town Clerk (warrant: $96,962.02) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 156, Votes Opposed 10”
- Art. 2 Set compensation of the Select Board (warrant: $9,200) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 153, Votes Opposed 12”
- Art. 3 Hear reports of town departments, committees and officers Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 158, Votes Opposed 3”
- Art. 4 FY2026 budget amendment (warrant: $525,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 163, Votes Opposed 2”
- Art. 5 Fund the AFSCME Council 93 clerical employees collective bargaining agreement (warrant: $125,084) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 162, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 10 Fund the Billerica Professional Administrators Association collective bargaining agreement (warrant: $63,421.51) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 155, Votes Opposed 4”
- Art. 12 FY2027 town and school budgets (warrant: $216,660,805; amended at the meeting) Passed as amended “Passed · Votes In Favor 124, Votes Opposed 24”
- Art. 13 FY2027 Water Enterprise budget (warrant: $7,100,384) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 136, Votes Opposed 4”
- Art. 14 FY2027 Sewer Enterprise budget (warrant: $9,889,971) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 122, Votes Opposed 15”
- Art. 15 Allow the Town Manager and Finance Committee to transfer funds Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 139, Votes Opposed 2”
- Art. 16 Authorize departmental revolving funds Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 130, Votes Opposed 8”
- Art. 17 Fund PEG access cable television services (warrant: $213,892.64) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 138, Votes Opposed 3”
- Art. 18 Community Preservation budget and projects (warrant: $483,067; $1,150,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 114, Votes Opposed 31”
- Art. 19 Rescind prior borrowing authorizations (warrant: $1,050,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 136, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 20 Use Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund money for opioid-related items (warrant: $40,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 137, Votes Opposed 4”
- Art. 21 250th anniversary funding (warrant: $35,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 141, Votes Opposed 3”
- Art. 23 Fund DPW equipment (warrant: $305,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 136, Votes Opposed 10”
- Art. 24 Fund the Lowell Street and Concord River crossing sewer rehabilitation project (warrant: $3,100,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 143, Votes Opposed 4”
- Art. 25 Fund sewer inspection and smoke testing under the Sewer System Evaluation Survey (warrant: $1,100,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 139, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 26 Fund the inflow and infiltration removal project (warrant: $250,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 136, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 27 Replace a secondary treatment aeration blower (warrant: $175,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 140, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 28 Convert from emulsion to dry polymer in the COMAG treatment process (warrant: $250,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 139, Votes Opposed 3”
- Art. 29 Restore historic headstones (warrant: $15,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 143, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 30 Authorize the Select Board to lay out and accept roads as public ways Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 138, Votes Opposed 4”
- Art. 31 Grant National Grid an electric easement for the new North Billerica fire station Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 141, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 33 General By-Law: construction contractor responsibility and labor law compliance Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 132, Votes Opposed 11”
- Art. 34 Amend General By-Law Section 20.4, Town Manager Screening Committee Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 142, Votes Opposed 2”
- Art. 35 Prohibit cryptocurrency automated teller machines Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 134, Votes Opposed 7”
- Art. 36 Amend Zoning By-Law Section 11.11, MBTA Communities Multifamily Overlay District (MCMOD) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 138, Votes Opposed 7”
- Art. 37 Amend Zoning By-Law Section 4.7, site plan approval Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 127, Votes Opposed 43”
- Art. 38 Authorize agreements for ESSA foster care transportation reimbursement Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 144, Votes Opposed 0”
- Art. 39 Deed certain town-owned parcels to the Conservation Commission (first of two articles) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 143, Votes Opposed 3”
- Art. 40 Deed certain town-owned parcels to the Conservation Commission (second of two articles) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 143, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 41 Transfer the Cidermill property to the Select Board for recreation, open space and conservation Withdrawn “Passed · Votes In Favor 120, Votes Opposed 21”
Special Town Meeting (Spring) · May 19, 2026 3 votes: 1 passed, 2 passed as amended
- Art. 2 Amend General By-Law Section 44 to add an Executive Assistant to the Select Board Passed as amended “Passed · Votes In Favor 139, Votes Opposed 27”
- Art. 3 Transfer the Cider Mill property (about 13.6 acres) to the Select Board for passive recreation, open space and conservation Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 132, Votes Opposed 40”
- Art. 4 Grant National Grid an electric easement at 10 Biagiotti Way and part of Baniulis Road Passed as amended “Passed · Votes In Favor 162, Votes Opposed 8”
Source: Billerica Town Meeting electronic voting report, 2026 Special Spring Town Meeting.
Annual Town Meeting (Fall) · October 7, 2025 28 votes: 25 passed, 3 failed
Sessions: October 7, October 9 and October 14, 2025
- Art. 1 Appoint one member to the Bowers Fund Committee (5-year term) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 179, Votes Opposed 2”
- Art. 2 Hear reports of town departments, committees and officers Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 170, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 4 Transfer free cash to the Debt Stabilization Fund (warrant: $1,800,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 177, Votes Opposed 4”
- Art. 5 Transfer from the Debt Stabilization Fund to the debt service budget (warrant: $1,350,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 177, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 6 Transfer free cash to the Land Bank account (warrant: $50,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 176, Votes Opposed 4”
- Art. 7 Community Preservation Committee appropriation recommendations (warrant: $63,245) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 177, Votes Opposed 4”
- Art. 8 FY2026 Billerica Public Schools budget supplemental appropriation (warrant: $1,488,988) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 171, Votes Opposed 10”
- Art. 15 FY2026 town capital budget (warrant: $450,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 166, Votes Opposed 14”
- Art. 16 FY2026 Billerica Public Schools capital budget (warrant: $985,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 173, Votes Opposed 8”
- Art. 17 Fund design of the Billerica Police headquarters renovation (warrant: $640,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 179, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 18 Fund the 250th celebration from free cash (warrant: $25,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 171, Votes Opposed 11”
- Art. 19 Fund street acceptance requirements from free cash (warrant: $50,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 165, Votes Opposed 12”
- Art. 20 Borrow for 2-inch water main replacements and looping of dead-end mains (warrant: $3,000,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 169, Votes Opposed 4”
- Art. 21 Fund cost overruns on cleaning and lining of town fleet diesel fuel tanks (warrant: $75,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 170, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 22 Borrow more for restoring the Crosby Hill and Boston Road water storage tanks (warrant: $2,500,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 167, Votes Opposed 0”
- Art. 23 Replace roofs on the administration and sludge buildings at the wastewater treatment plant (warrant: $690,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 156, Votes Opposed 2”
- Art. 24 Fund design of Darby Street and Waterview Avenue sewer pump station rehabilitation (warrant: $500,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 134, Votes Opposed 3”
- Art. 25 Fund hydrant and valve replacements (warrant: $100,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 136, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 30 Grant an easement to National Grid for electric distribution Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 140, Votes Opposed 0”
- Art. 31 Deed certain town-owned parcels to the Conservation Commission Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 133, Votes Opposed 9”
- Art. 32 Charter amendment: decide all referendum elections by majority vote Failed “Failed · Votes In Favor 69, Votes Opposed 73”
- Art. 33 Amend Zoning By-Law Section 7.6(B) (dog daycare or dog training findings) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 125, Votes Opposed 9”
- Art. 34 Home rule petition to set an age limit for original appointment as a police officer Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 139, Votes Opposed 0”
- Art. 35 Amend the Zoning By-Law Table of Use Regulations (Section 6.3, Appendix A) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 136, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 36 Raise the fine for not clearing snow from an abutting sidewalk from $10 to $75 Failed “Failed · Votes In Favor 58, Votes Opposed 81”
- Art. 37 Accept G.L. c.60 s.3F (voluntary tax-bill donations to a municipal veterans assistance fund) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 152, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 38 Petition: apply the Elderly Housing Overlay District to land at 222 Rangeway Road Failed “Failed · Votes In Favor 68, Votes Opposed 94”
- Art. 39 Petition: rezone 164 Concord Road from Neighborhood Residence to Neighborhood Business Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 154, Votes Opposed 3”
Annual Town Meeting (Spring), Session 1 · May 6, 2025 2 votes: 2 passed
Sessions: Session 1 of 3; Opened May 6, 2025; Sessions 1, 2 and 3 (later session dates are not stated in the voting reports)
- Art. 1 Set compensation of the Town Clerk (warrant: $108,738.49) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 137, Votes Opposed 32”
- Art. 20 FY2026 town and school budgets (warrant: $200,157,030) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 162, Votes Opposed 24”
Annual Town Meeting (Spring), Session 2 · May 6, 2025 27 votes: 22 passed, 1 failed, 4 withdrawn
Sessions: Session 2 of 3; Opened May 6, 2025; Sessions 1, 2 and 3 (later session dates are not stated in the voting reports)
- Art. 2 Set compensation of the Select Board (warrant: $9,200) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 139, Votes Opposed 33”
- Art. 3 Hear reports of town departments, committees and officers Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 172, Votes Opposed 3”
- Art. 4 Transfer funds between 2025 budget line items (warrant: $275,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 147, Votes Opposed 27”
- Art. 5 Fund the NEPBA police patrolmen (Group A) collective bargaining agreement (warrant: $120,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 167, Votes Opposed 7”
- Art. 6 Fund the NEPBA police superior officers (Group B) collective bargaining agreement (warrant: $80,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 163, Votes Opposed 9”
- Art. 8 Fund the NEPBA Local 105 police civilian dispatchers collective bargaining agreement Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 169, Votes Opposed 6”
- Art. 9 Fund the Teamsters Local 25 DPW employees collective bargaining agreement (warrant: $190,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 165, Votes Opposed 7”
- Art. 16 FY2026 total town department budgets (warrant: $47,816,459) Withdrawn “Passed · Votes In Favor 156, Votes Opposed 7”
- Art. 17 FY2026 Billerica Public Education budget (warrant: $85,578,013) Withdrawn “Passed · Votes In Favor 156, Votes Opposed 7”
- Art. 18 FY2026 Shawsheen Valley Technical High School budget (warrant: $11,792,752) Withdrawn “Passed · Votes In Favor 156, Votes Opposed 7”
- Art. 19 FY2026 town and school shared costs budget (warrant: $54,969,806) Withdrawn “Passed · Votes In Favor 156, Votes Opposed 7”
- Art. 21 FY2026 Water Enterprise budget (warrant: $6,836,957) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 169, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 22 FY2026 Sewer Enterprise budget (warrant: $9,497,120) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 171, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 23 Allow the Town Manager and Finance Committee to transfer funds Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 173, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 24 Authorize departmental revolving funds Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 170, Votes Opposed 4”
- Art. 25 Fund the PEG access and cable related fund (warrant: $218,916.88) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 171, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 27 Community Preservation budget and projects (warrant: $1,150,000 budget; $25,855 projects) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 161, Votes Opposed 13”
- Art. 29 Fund construction for the Lexington Road / Glad Valley intersection improvements (warrant: $150,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 170, Votes Opposed 3”
- Art. 30 Fund cleaning and lining of the town fleet diesel fuel tank (warrant: $80,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 173, Votes Opposed 2”
- Art. 31 Update and calibrate the town's sanitary sewer model (warrant: $75,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 169, Votes Opposed 6”
- Art. 32 Fund cost overruns on the purchase of a new ambulance (warrant: $132,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 169, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 33 Authorize the Select Board to accept roads as public ways Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 158, Votes Opposed 14”
- Art. 34 Authorize the Select Board to acquire easements on listed parcels (Map 58 and 66) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 170, Votes Opposed 2”
- Art. 35 Comply with Article 97 requirements for the Yankee Doodle Bike Path Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 170, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 36 Grant and convey an easement at 121 Lexington Road Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 173, Votes Opposed 2”
- Art. 38 Petition the Legislature to allow remote participation at Town Meeting Failed “Failed · Votes In Favor 27, Votes Opposed 145”
- Art. 39 Amend the General By-Laws to create a Right to Farm by-law Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 121, Votes Opposed 55”
Annual Town Meeting (Spring), Session 3 · May 6, 2025 8 votes: 7 passed, 1 passed as amended
Sessions: Session 3 of 3; Opened May 6, 2025; Sessions 1, 2 and 3 (later session dates are not stated in the voting reports)
- Art. 40 Accept G.L. c.59 s.5 Clause 22I (yearly cost-of-living increase in certain property tax exemptions) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 158, Votes Opposed 0”
- Art. 41 Amend General By-Law Article 1, Sections 6.1-6.2 (budget submission to the Finance Committee) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 153, Votes Opposed 10”
- Art. 43 Accept G.L. c.59 s.5 Clause 5C (property tax exemption for incorporated veterans' organizations, up to $1,500,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 154, Votes Opposed 6”
- Art. 44 Amend Zoning By-Law Section 4.B.5(d), federal maps Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 159, Votes Opposed 3”
- Art. 45 Delete and replace the Zoning By-Law (zoning recodification) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 143, Votes Opposed 21”
- Art. 47 Petition: ask the Legislature for a town-wide ban on second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 159, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 48 Petition: ban use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides on town property Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 159, Votes Opposed 6”
- Art. 49 Petition: create a short-term L.O.R.A.X. committee to draft a tree protection and preservation by-law Passed as amended “Passed · Votes In Favor 134, Votes Opposed 26”
Special Town Meeting (Fall) · December 12, 2024 2 votes: 2 passed
- Art. 1 Adopt MBTA Communities Multi-Family Overlay District (MCMOD) zoning Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 94, Votes Opposed 46”
- Art. 2 Petition: lay out and accept Fitzpatrick Lane as a public way Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 132, Votes Opposed 9”
Source: Billerica Town Meeting electronic voting report, 2024 Special Fall Town Meeting (December 12, 2024).
Annual Town Meeting (Fall) · October 1, 2024 22 votes: 22 passed
Sessions: Opened October 1, 2024 (session dates are not stated in the voting report)
- Art. 4 FY2025 budget amendment (warrant: $1,115,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 167, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 5 Transfer free cash to the Debt Stabilization Fund (warrant: $1,800,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 173, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 6 Transfer from the Debt Stabilization Fund to the debt service budget (warrant: $1,350,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 174, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 7 Community Preservation Committee appropriation recommendations (warrant: $392,725) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 165, Votes Opposed 15”
- Art. 8 Fund the NEPBA police patrolmen (Group A) collective bargaining agreement Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 171, Votes Opposed 6”
- Art. 10 FY2025 town capital budget (warrant: $1,743,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 147, Votes Opposed 29”
- Art. 11 FY2025 school capital budget (warrant: $980,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 170, Votes Opposed 8”
- Art. 12 Fund a town-wide financial and risk analysis audit (warrant: $300,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 160, Votes Opposed 18”
- Art. 14 Borrow to build a new North Billerica fire station (warrant: $12,000,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 177, Votes Opposed 2”
- Art. 15 Use Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund money for opioid-related items (warrant: $400,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 169, Votes Opposed 3”
- Art. 16 Fund one-time start-up cost of a new town website (warrant: $60,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 167, Votes Opposed 2”
- Art. 17 Pave roads at the North Cemetery (warrant: $30,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 159, Votes Opposed 8”
- Art. 18 Fund antenna/radio communication upgrades at sewer pump stations (warrant: $300,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 165, Votes Opposed 6”
- Art. 19 Borrow to replace the secondary treatment aeration blower (warrant: $800,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 153, Votes Opposed 14”
- Art. 20 Replace three motors/pumps for the COMAG process (warrant: $150,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 163, Votes Opposed 4”
- Art. 22 Replace variable frequency drive(s) at the water intake building (warrant: $260,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 160, Votes Opposed 6”
- Art. 23 Fund design of Fox Hill booster station improvements (warrant: $100,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 159, Votes Opposed 8”
- Art. 24 Fund design of 2-inch water main replacements and looping of dead-end mains (warrant: $100,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 166, Votes Opposed 2”
- Art. 25 Install an insertion valve on the finished water main at the water treatment plant (warrant: $200,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 167, Votes Opposed 2”
- Art. 26 Fund a space needs feasibility study and design for the current police station (warrant: $200,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 167, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 31 Fund, dedicate as park land, and accept grants for the old Ditson property (warrant: $800,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 163, Votes Opposed 1”
- Art. 32 Amend General By-Laws Article II, Section 20.5(A) (Town Manager additional qualifications) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 125, Votes Opposed 30”
Source: Billerica Town Meeting electronic voting report, 2024 Fall Annual Town Meeting results.
Special Town Meeting (Spring) · May 14, 2024 3 votes: 1 passed, 1 failed, 1 tabled
- Art. 1 Borrow to design and build a new Recreation Center (warrant: $20,337,065.76) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 159, Votes Opposed 17”
- Art. 2 Borrow to design and build a new Council on Aging facility (warrant: $20,653,133.45) Tabled “Passed · Votes In Favor 131, Votes Opposed 44”
- Art. 4 Petition: amend Town Charter Section 2-13(e) so referendum questions are decided by majority vote Failed “Failed · Votes In Favor 104, Votes Opposed 70”
Source: Billerica Town Meeting electronic voting report, Special Town Meeting May 14, 2024.
Annual Town Meeting (Spring) · May 9, 2024 29 votes: 28 passed, 1 passed as amended
Sessions: Session 1 - May 9th; Session 2 - May 14th (2024)
- Art. 1 Set compensation of the Town Clerk (warrant: $101,215) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 156, Votes Opposed 18”
- Art. 2 Set compensation of the Select Board (warrant: $9,200) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 120, Votes Opposed 54”
- Art. 3 Hear reports of town departments, committees and officers Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 173, Votes Opposed 7”
- Art. 4 Transfer funds between 2024 budget line items (warrant: $2,000,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 173, Votes Opposed 6”
- Art. 6 Fund the NEPBA police superior officers (Group B) collective bargaining agreement Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 134, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 7 FY2025 town and school budget (warrant: $191,951,450; amended at the meeting) Passed as amended “Passed · Votes In Favor 161, Votes Opposed 19”
- Art. 8 FY2025 Water Enterprise budget (warrant: $6,849,290) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 171, Votes Opposed 9”
- Art. 9 FY2025 Sewer Enterprise budget (warrant: $9,558,006) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 174, Votes Opposed 7”
- Art. 10 Allow the Town Manager and Finance Committee to transfer funds Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 181, Votes Opposed 2”
- Art. 11 Authorize departmental revolving funds Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 177, Votes Opposed 8”
- Art. 12 Community Preservation budget and projects (warrant: $1,100,000 from CPA revenues; $871,537 for projects) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 132, Votes Opposed 55”
- Art. 13 Fund PEG access cable television services (warrant: $220,322) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 175, Votes Opposed 9”
- Art. 15 Fund a consultant for the FY2025 state-mandated property value re-certification (warrant: $75,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 162, Votes Opposed 22”
- Art. 16 Buy casket lowering devices for the cemetery (warrant: $25,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 173, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 17 Fund design and evaluation of town culverts (warrant: $200,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 170, Votes Opposed 10”
- Art. 18 Borrow for non-participating water work on the Yankee Doodle Bike Path (warrant: $690,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 159, Votes Opposed 25”
- Art. 19 Borrow for easements and engineering construction services for the Yankee Doodle Bike Path (warrant: $2,000,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 165, Votes Opposed 14”
- Art. 20 Fund non-participating wastewater work on the Yankee Doodle Bike Path (warrant: $120,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 150, Votes Opposed 34”
- Art. 21 Replace water meters (warrant: $450,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 173, Votes Opposed 12”
- Art. 22 Upgrade the ammonia and fluoride rooms at the water treatment plant (warrant: $285,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 127, Votes Opposed 10”
- Art. 23 Replace the main electrical service at the water treatment plant (warrant: $350,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 134, Votes Opposed 7”
- Art. 24 Borrow for the sewer inflow and infiltration removal project (warrant: $1,600,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 136, Votes Opposed 6”
- Art. 25 Fund sewer inflow and infiltration investigation (warrant: $500,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 136, Votes Opposed 7”
- Art. 26 Borrow to buy a new fire engine (warrant: $950,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 139, Votes Opposed 5”
- Art. 27 Borrow to install sewer on part of Rangeway Road by sewer betterment (warrant: $550,000) Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 140, Votes Opposed 4”
- Art. 28 Rescind prior borrowing authorizations Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 142, Votes Opposed 0”
- Art. 30 Authorize the Select Board to accept roads as public ways Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 139, Votes Opposed 3”
- Art. 33 Amend Town Charter Section 2-13(c), referendum petition procedures Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 120, Votes Opposed 22”
- Art. 40 Petition: accept easements for access, water, sewer and utilities serving 24 and 26 Town Farm Lane Passed “Passed · Votes In Favor 132, Votes Opposed 10”
Not here yet: Billerica posts only electronic voting reports, not Town Clerk minutes, so articles decided without an electronic vote are not here; the 2026 Fall Annual Town Meeting is still under way (Session 1 of October 6, 2026 only).
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).
Members
ChairMichael RosaChair · At-large · at 17 of 17 meetingsVice-ChairJohn BurrowsVice Chair · At-large · at 17 of 17 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: Billerica Select Board minutes from January 8, 2018 through August 17, 2026: 219 meetings and 3,564 votes. The town’s Agenda Center holds the board’s minutes back to 2010; MassVoter has loaded 2018 on. The board was the Board of Selectmen until 2020; the minutes begin calling it the Select Board in the fall of 2020 and are headed Select Board from December 2020. Most minutes from 2022 on are typed documents with searchable text; 84 files (2018 to 2021, two in 2022 and one in 2024) are scanned images, which MassVoter read with text recognition and checked where names or counts were unclear. Not here: executive-session minutes; cancelled meetings; meetings of two-member Select Board sub-committees and the 2025 Acting Town Manager negotiations committee; votes of the Billerica Housing Authority and other boards at joint meetings; meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes, among them June 15, 2020 (reorganization), November 16 and December 7, 2020, February 22, 2021, November 17, December 8 and December 15, 2025, and March 30, April 27 (reorganization), April 30, May 4, May 18 and June 1, 2026; dates where the file posted is the wrong one (April 23 and May 7, 2018 hold the April 27, 2018 dangerous dog hearing minutes, which are loaded once; April 8, 2019 repeats the March 4, 2019 minutes; June 16, 2025 repeats the June 26, 2025 minutes); and meetings after August 17, 2026 (the September 14 and 21 and October 5, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Billerica’s minutes have used several forms: in 2018 and 2019 “It was voted: 4 – In Favor, 1 – Opposed (Selectman …)”, with dissenters, abstainers and absent members named; from 2020 to 2022 roll calls by name (“Selectman Rosa-AYE … Roll call vote (5-0)”); from 2022 to 2025 “unanimously voted 5-0-0” or a count with a roll call by name or the dissenters named; and since late 2025 a table with each member’s vote. A count equal to the members present, or unanimous wording, is shown as every member present voting yes. Some roll calls leave out a member who was at the meeting; that member is left out of that vote, with a note. Where the count and the names in the minutes disagree, or a split count names no one, we show the count only (49 votes), and where the minutes give no count or names we show the result only (21 votes). Members who recused themselves or were out of the room 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 is not counted as a vote. 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 22(the minutes do not state the motion)Motion: Roll call vote - Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Conway-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
March 22, 2021: (the minutes do not state the motion)
Roll call vote - Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Conway-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Chairman Rosa-AYE (5-0)
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Roll call vote - Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Conway-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Chairman Rosa-AYE (5-0).”
Mar 22Special Beer & Wine LicensesMotion: Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Conway
March 22, 2021: Special Beer & Wine Licenses
Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley April 9, 2021 from 5-8:30PM and they are to obtain an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN, Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Chairman Rosa-AYE Roll call vote (4-1)
Yes: Burns, Burrows, Deslaurier, RosaAbstained: ConwayThe minutes write the count as 4-1; the member named abstained, so the second number is the abstention, not a no vote.
From the minutes
“Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley April 9, 2021 from 5-8:30PM and they are to obtain an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN, Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Chairman Rosa-AYE Roll call vote (4-1).” (Motion: Burns, second: Burrows)
Mar 22Special Beer & Wine LicensesMotion: Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Conway
March 22, 2021: Special Beer & Wine Licenses
Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley April 23, 2021 from 5-8:30PM and they are to have obtained an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN, Chairman Rosa-AYE Roll call vote (4-1)
Yes: Burns, Burrows, Deslaurier, RosaAbstained: ConwayThe minutes write the count as 4-1; the member named abstained, so the second number is the abstention, not a no vote.
From the minutes
“Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley April 23, 2021 from 5-8:30PM and they are to have obtained an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN, Chairman Rosa-AYE Roll call vote (4-1).” (Motion: Burns, second: Burrows)
Mar 22Special Beer & Wine LicensesMotion: Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Conway
March 22, 2021: Special Beer & Wine Licenses
Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley April 30, 2021 Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley April 30, 2021 from 5-8:00PM and they are to have obtained an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Chairman Rosa-AYE Roll call vote (4-1)
Yes: Burns, Burrows, Deslaurier, RosaAbstained: ConwayThe minutes write the count as 4-1; the member named abstained, so the second number is the abstention, not a no vote.
From the minutes
“Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley April 30, 2021 Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley April 30, 2021 from 5-8:00PM and they are to have obtained an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Chairman Rosa-AYE Roll call vote (4-1).” (Motion: Burns, second: Burrows)
Mar 22Special Beer & Wine LicensesMotion: Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Conway
March 22, 2021: Special Beer & Wine Licenses
Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley May 7, 2021 from 5-8:30 PM and they are to have obtained an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Chairman Rosa-AYE
Yes: Burns, Burrows, Deslaurier, RosaAbstained: Conway
From the minutes
“Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley May 7, 2021 from 5-8:30 PM and they are to have obtained an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Chairman Rosa-AYE.” (Motion: Burns, second: Burrows)
Mar 22Special Beer & Wine LicensesMotion: Roil cal vote (4-1) Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Conway
March 22, 2021: Special Beer & Wine Licenses
Roil cal vote (4-1) Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley May 21, 2021 5- 8:30PM and they are to have obtained an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Chairman Rosa-AYE. Roll call vote (4-1)
Yes: Burns, Burrows, Deslaurier, RosaAbstained: ConwayThe minutes write the count as 4-1; the member named abstained, so the second number is the abstention, not a no vote.
From the minutes
“Roil cal vote (4-1) Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley May 21, 2021 5- 8:30PM and they are to have obtained an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Chairman Rosa-AYE. Roll call vote (4-1).” (Motion: Burns, second: Burrows)
Mar 22Special Beer & Wine LicensesMotion: Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Conway
March 22, 2021: Special Beer & Wine Licenses
Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley May 30, 2021 from 5-8:00PM and they are to have obtained an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN,
Yes: Burns, BurrowsAbstained: ConwayThe roll call does not list Michael Rosa and Andrew Deslaurier, who were at the meeting, so they are left out of this vote.
From the minutes
“Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley May 30, 2021 from 5-8:00PM and they are to have obtained an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN,.” (Motion: Burns, second: Burrows)
Mar 22Special Beer & Wine LicensesMotion: Roll call vote (4-1)Passed 4–1 · see note
March 22, 2021: Special Beer & Wine Licenses
Roll call vote (4-1)
The minutes give the count as 4-1 but do not say who voted no or abstained. Showing the count only. The minutes do not say who made this motion.
Mar 22Special Beer & Wine LicensesMotion: Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Conway
March 22, 2021: Special Beer & Wine Licenses
Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley June 4, 2021 from 5-8:30PM and they are to have obtained an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Chairman Rosa-AYE Roll call vote (4-1)
Yes: Burns, Burrows, Deslaurier, RosaAbstained: ConwayThe minutes write the count as 4-1; the member named abstained, so the second number is the abstention, not a no vote.
From the minutes
“Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley June 4, 2021 from 5-8:30PM and they are to have obtained an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Chairman Rosa-AYE Roll call vote (4-1).” (Motion: Burns, second: Burrows)
Mar 22Special Beer & Wine LicensesMotion: Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Conway
March 22, 2021: Special Beer & Wine Licenses
Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley June 18, 2021 from 5-8:30PM and they are to have obtained an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Chairman Rosa-AYE Roll call vote (4-1)
Yes: Burns, Burrows, Deslaurier, RosaAbstained: ConwayThe minutes write the count as 4-1; the member named abstained, so the second number is the abstention, not a no vote.
From the minutes
“Selectman Burns makes a motion contingent upon insurance certificate to approve a one day beer and wine license for High Octane Harley June 18, 2021 from 5-8:30PM and they are to have obtained an entertainment license. Seconded by Selectman Burrows. Selectman Burns-AYE, Selectman Burrows-AYE, Selectman Conway-ABSTAIN, Selectman Deslaurier-AYE, Chairman Rosa-AYE Roll call vote (4-1).” (Motion: Burns, second: Burrows)
From the Billerica 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 Lowell Sun — Michael Riley and Michael Rosa (Peter Currier, March 2026), Jillian Pavidis and Daniel Darris-O’Connor (Peter Currier, March 2025), Dina Favreau (courtesy photo, March 2024). Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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