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How the Burlington Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. James Tigges was re-elected at the April 11, 2026 town election; the same five members served. The April 13, 2026 minutes say the board reorganized and “newly elected Jim Tigges stepped into that role” of Chair, but record no vote; later minutes list James Tigges as Chair and Sarah Cawley as Vice-Chair. Minutes after August 20, 2026 are not posted yet. The end date is a placeholder. Covers 9 meetings so far, April 13 to August 20, 2026.
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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.
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Burlington Select Board: 5 out of 10 · Partly open
How easy Burlington makes it to see, online, how each member votes. It scores the town’s records, not any official. Checked October 12, 2026.
- Minutes postedMinutes are posted for nearly every meeting more than three months old.Full points: 2/2
- Each vote namedSplit votes give only the count, not how each member voted.No points: 0/3
- Posted quicklySome minutes are still not posted more than three months after the meeting.No points: 0/2
- Past years onlineSelect Board minutes from 2020 to today are online.Full points: 1/1
- Readable textThe minutes are text you can search and copy.Full points: 1/1
- Member photosThe town’s website shows a named photo of each member.Full points: 1/1
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What Town Meeting decided
In Burlington, 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Annual Town Meeting (May) · May 12, 2025 35 votes: 25 passed, 2 passed as amended, 1 failed, 6 withdrawn, 1 no action
Sessions: May 12, 14 and 19, 2025
- Art. 1 Hear reports of town officers and committees No action “ACTION: No voted required”
- Art. 2 FY2026 operating budget ($186,997,457) Passed “discussed and passed individually for a total amount of”
- Art. 3 Authorize FY2026 departmental revolving funds Passed “ACTION: Passed”
- Art. 4 FY2026 capital budget ($5,967,401 from free cash, $40,000 sewer fund, $42,000 wetlands fund) Passed as amended “ACTION: Passed by Majority”
- Art. 5 Accept Chapter 90 state road funds ($1,399,206.67) Passed “ACTION: Passes”
- Art. 6 Transfer $107,975 from the sewer inflow/infiltration fund for MWRA loan payments Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 7 FY2026 Sewer Enterprise budget ($6,585,000) Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 8 Transfer $1,586,954 from the Water Stabilization Fund for MWRA water connection costs Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 9 Appropriate $790,000 from free cash for a sewer vactor truck Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 10 Borrow $5,300,000 for Town Hall and Annex HVAC and generator upgrades Passed “ACTION: Pass 2/3 Called (9 against)”
- Art. 11 Appropriate $1,000,000 from free cash for the water meter replacement program Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 12 Water main upgrade/replacement (warrant: $1,500,000 from free cash) Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 13 Borrow $1,432,000 for sewer main and manhole repairs (MWRA Phase 16) Passed “ACTION: Pass 2/3 Called”
- Art. 14 Transfer $615,000 from ambulance receipts for a new ambulance Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 15 Transfer $360,000 from ambulance receipts to offset the FY2026 budget Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 16 FY2026 Cable Access Enterprise budget ($550,000) Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 17 Adopt and fund the FY2026 Administrative & Professional Compensation Plan Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 18 Fund the Burlington Municipal Employees Association contract (FY2026-FY2028) Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 19 Fund the Department of Public Works contract (FY2026-FY2028) Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 20 Fund the firefighters union contract (FY2026-FY2028) Withdrawn “MAIN MOTION: WITHDRAWN”
- Art. 21 Fund the police patrol officers union contract (FY2026-FY2028) Withdrawn “MAIN MOTION: WITHDRAWN”
- Art. 22 Fund the police command officers contract (FY2026-FY2028) Withdrawn “MAIN MOTION: WITHDRAWN”
- Art. 23 Accept $73,762.09 from the Marshall Simonds trust for Simonds Park Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 24 Appropriate $20,000 from free cash for the Fourth of July parade Withdrawn “MAIN MOTION: WITHDRAWN”
- Art. 25 Appropriate $74,783 from free cash for school custodial fees for community groups Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 26 Borrow $1,710,000 for Phase 2 of the Marshall Simonds Middle School field renovation Passed “ACTION: Pass 2/3 Called (7 against)”
- Art. 27 Borrow $1,650,000 for bathrooms at the Marshall Simonds Middle School fields Withdrawn “MAIN MOTION: WITHDRAWN”
- Art. 28 Accept a gift of a 48 sq ft fire hydrant easement at 180 Cambridge Street Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 29 General bylaw: rename the B-line revolving fund to Local Transportation under the Council on Aging Passed “ACTION: PASSED”
- Art. 30 General bylaw: replace the stormwater and erosion control bylaw (Art. XIV, Sec. 6.0) Failed “ACTION: Failed by Roll Call Vote · 42 for and 43 against.”
- Art. 31 General bylaw: allow up to two non-voting associate Conservation Commission members Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 32 Home rule petition: let up to 15 Town Meeting members attend and vote remotely Passed as amended “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 33 Create an ad hoc Electronic Voting System Implementation Committee Passed “ACTION: Pass”
- Art. 34 Zoning: update the 100-Year Floodplain District (Sec. 8.1) for new FEMA maps Passed “ACTION: Motion passed by a two-thirds majority · (65 in favor, 25 opposed)”
- Art. 35 Zoning: remove the Retail Industrial (IR) district and amend the use tables Withdrawn “MAIN MOTION: WITHDRAWN”
Source: Town Clerk: Annual Town Meeting May 2025 Minutes (PDF, linked as "May 2025 Minutes").
Town Meeting (January) · January 27, 2025 19 votes: 14 passed, 2 passed as amended, 1 failed, 1 no action, 1 other
Sessions: January 27 and 29, 2025
- Art. 1 Hear reports of town officers and committees No action “NO ACTION REQUIRED”
- Art. 2 Zoning: create a Mixed Use Innovation District (MIX) and add it to the zoning map Passed “ACTION: Passed with a counted 2/3s · 91-For 15Against”
- Art. 3 Zoning: modernize the principal and accessory use tables Passed “ACTION: Passed with a counted 2/3s · 91-For 14Against”
- Art. 4 Zoning: add MIX district dimensional requirements Passed “ACTION: Passed by Majority”
- Art. 5 Zoning: add Article XIV, Mixed Use Innovation District Passed “ACTION: Passed by Majority”
- Art. 6 Zoning: create Burlington Signage Districts overlay Passed “ACTION: Passed called 2/3s”
- Art. 7 Zoning: add signage district regulations (Sec. 13.3) Passed as amended “ACTION: Passed called 2/3s”
- Art. 8 Zoning: create a Middle Housing Overlay District in the town center Passed as amended “ACTION: Passed by called 2/3s”
- Art. 9 Zoning: replace the accessory dwelling unit (ADU) bylaw Passed “ACTION: Passed with Called 2/3s”
- Art. 10 Zoning: create a retail marijuana overlay district Other “ACTION: PostPoned by Proponent”
- Art. 11 Allow up to five-year contracts for network and cyber security equipment and services Passed “ACTION: Passed by Majority”
- Art. 12 Transfer $1,767,862 from free cash to the Water Stabilization Fund Passed “ACTION: Passed by Majority”
- Art. 13 Transfer $100,000 from free cash to the Reserve Fund Passed “ACTION: Passed by Majority”
- Art. 14 Spend $34,093 of state Transportation Infrastructure Fund receipts Passed “ACTION: Passed by Majority”
- Art. 15 Transfer $250,000 from overlay surplus for property tax abatement defense Passed “ACTION: Passed Unanimously”
- Art. 16 Transfer $14,800,000 from free cash to paving, Fox Hill School, police station and Overlook Park projects Passed “Passed by Majority”
- Art. 17 General bylaw: rescind the prohibition on marijuana establishments Failed “ACTION: Motion Failed on Roll Call Vote of · 44 For-46 Against with 4 Abstaining.”
- Art. 18 General bylaw: Animal Control Officer under the Police Chief; drop residency rule Passed “ACTION: Passed Unanimously”
- Art. 19 General bylaw: replace the Land Use Committee section (Art. V, Sec. 2.6) Passed “ACTION: Passed by Majority”
Source: Town Clerk: January 27, 2025 Town Meeting Minutes (PDF, linked as "January 2025 Minutes").
Town Meeting (September) · September 23, 2024 24 votes: 14 passed, 1 passed as amended, 4 failed, 1 indefinitely postponed, 2 withdrawn, 1 no action, 1 other
Sessions: September 23, 25 and 30, 2024
- Art. 1 Hear reports of town officers and committees No action “ACTION: No voted required”
- Art. 2 Set the 2025 Annual Town Election for April 5, 2025 Passed “ACTION: PASSED BY MAJORITY”
- Art. 3 Use the water department building at 171 Middlesex Turnpike as a temporary police station Passed “ACTION: PASSED UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 4 Make the Town Clerk an appointed position, subject to a town ballot question Passed “ACTION: PASSED BY MAJORITY”
- Art. 5 Home rule petition: extend the deadline to issue certain liquor licenses to January 22, 2028 Passed “ACTION: PASSED BY MAJORITY”
- Art. 6 Accept $77,644.31 from the Marshall Simonds trust for Simonds Park Passed “ACTION: PASSED BY MAJORITY”
- Art. 7 Adopt the FY2025 Administrative & Professional Compensation Plan ($309,704) Passed “ACTION: PASSED BY MAJORITY”
- Art. 8 Borrow $100,484,141 to design and build a new Fox Hill Elementary School Passed “PASSED BY 2/3rds, count was · 97 for; 7 against.”
- Art. 9 General bylaw: allow hybrid (in-person and remote) Town Meetings (Art. II, Sec. 1.2) Passed “ACTION: PASSED BY count was · 58 for; 37 against.”
- Art. 10 Home rule petition: require Town Meeting and public meetings to be open to remote attendance Indefinitely postponed “ACTION: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY”
- Art. 11 General bylaw: add a recall procedure for elected town officials (Art. I, Sec. 9.1) Failed “ACTION: FAILED BY COUNT OF · 44 FOR, 54 AGAINST”
- Art. 12 Create an ad hoc committee to advise whether Town Meeting should use electronic voting Passed as amended “ACTION: PASSED BY MAJORITY”
- Art. 13 General bylaw: change membership of the Information Systems Security Advisory Committee Passed “ACTION: PASSED BY MAJORITY”
- Art. 14 General bylaw: change "seven" to "twelve" in Town Meeting rules of debate (Art. III, Sec. 11.2) Failed “ACTION: FAILED”
- Art. 15 General bylaw: require a 10-year capital plan presentation before May free-cash capital votes Failed “ACTION: FAILED”
- Art. 16 General bylaw: rescind the prohibition on marijuana establishments Withdrawn “ACTION: WITHDRAWN”
- Art. 17 Zoning: marijuana retail amendment (districts, use table and marijuana sections) Other “ACTION: POSTPONED”
- Art. 18 Rezone 43 Middlesex Turnpike (Middlesex Commons) from Retail Industrial to General Business Passed “ACTION: PASSED UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 19 Zoning: Town Common signage amendment Passed “ACTION: PASSED BY COUNTED 2/3s · 63 FOR – 14 AGAINST”
- Art. 20 Zoning: use table housekeeping amendment Passed “ACTION: PASSED BY CALLED 2/3s”
- Art. 21 Zoning: parking and landscaping housekeeping amendment Passed “ACTION: PASSED CALLED 2/3s”
- Art. 22 Zoning: revise the definition of experiential retail and commercial interactive venue Passed “ACTION: UNANIMOUS”
- Art. 23 Zoning: add a temporary sign bylaw (Sec. 13.3) Withdrawn “ACTION: WITHDRAWN”
- Art. 24 Zoning: accessory use regulations in One-Family (RO) districts Failed “ACTION: FAILED WITH CALLED 2/3s”
Source: Town Clerk: September 2024 Town Meeting Minutes (PDF, linked as "September 2024 Minutes").
Annual Town Meeting (May) · May 13, 2024 35 votes: 28 passed, 1 passed as amended, 4 withdrawn, 2 no action
Sessions: May 13, 15, 20 and 22, 2024
- Art. 1 Hear reports of town officers and committees No action “ACTION: No voted required”
- Art. 2 Transfer funds to pay FY2024 expenses in various accounts Withdrawn “ACTION: WITHDRAWN”
- Art. 3 FY2025 operating budget ($176,865,427) Passed “discussed and passed individually for a total amount of $176,865,427.”
- Art. 4 Transfer free cash to the Stabilization Fund Withdrawn “ACTION: WITHDRAWN”
- Art. 5 Transfer free cash to the OPEB Trust Fund Withdrawn “ACTION: WITHDRAWN”
- Art. 6 Authorize FY2025 departmental revolving funds Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 7 FY2025 capital budget ($5,377,459 from free cash) Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority;”
- Art. 8 Accept Chapter 90 state road funds ($1,058,711.92) Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 9 Transfer $107,975 from the sewer inflow/infiltration fund for MWRA loan payments Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 10 FY2025 Sewer Enterprise budget ($6,453,000) Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 11 Transfer $1,567,700 from the Water Stabilization Fund for MWRA water connection costs Passed “ACTION: Passed Unanimous (2/3s required)”
- Art. 12 Appropriate $1,200,000 from free cash for a fire engine Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 13 Appropriate $3,500,000 from free cash for road, parking lot and sidewalk paving Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 14 Appropriate $2,500,000 from free cash to repair the Grandview Ave sewer pump station Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 15 Allow unused MWRA water connection Phase 2A funds (Jan. 2021, Art. 8) to pay for Phase 2B Passed “ACTION: Passed Unanimously”
- Art. 16 Appropriate $1,200,000 from free cash to replace Mill Pond PFAS filter media Passed “ACTION: Passed Unanimously”
- Art. 17 FY2025 Cable Access Enterprise budget ($575,000) Passed “ACTION: Passed Unanimously”
- Art. 18 Transfer $360,000 from ambulance receipts for paramedic-level ambulance service Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 19 Adopt and fund the FY2025 Administrative & Professional Compensation Plan Withdrawn “ACTION: Withdrawn”
- Art. 20 Borrow $46,225,000 to design and build a new police station at 45 Center Street Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called 2/3s Vote”
- Art. 21 Accept $77,644.31 from the Marshall Simonds trust for Simonds Park Passed “ACTION: Passed Unanimously”
- Art. 22 Appropriate $25,000 from free cash for the Fourth of July parade Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 23 Appropriate $40,000 from free cash for Town Center signage district consulting Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 24 Appropriate $51,611 from free cash for school custodial fees for community groups Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 25 Borrow $4,770,000 to renovate the Marshall Simonds Middle School grass athletic fields Passed as amended “ACTION: Passed by a Roll Call Vote with · 78 for and 28 against.”
- Art. 26 Approve a five-year school bus transportation contract Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 27 Borrow $2,300,000 to renovate Overlook Park and place it under the Recreation Commission as parkland Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called 2/3s vote”
- Art. 28 Appropriate $200,000 from free cash for recreation athletic field and outdoor facility repairs Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 29 Approve the Shawsheen Valley Technical School District stabilization fund Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 30 Make the Town Clerk an appointed position, subject to a town ballot question No action “ACTION: Postponed No action taken”
- Art. 31 Adopt MBTA Communities multifamily zoning bylaw and overlay district Passed “ACTION: Passed by Roll Call Vote · 64 for and 19 against”
- Art. 32 Amend the Grandview Farm Planned Development District Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called 2/3s Vote (4 against)”
- Art. 33 Rezone about 91,735 sq ft of Map 30, Lot 17 from Grandview Farm PDD to Limited Business (BL) Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called 2/3s (3 against)”
- Art. 34 Zoning: parking and landscaping modernization (Article VII) Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called 2/3s (6 against)”
- Art. 35 Zoning: replace the principal and accessory use tables (use table modernization) Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called 2/3s (3 against)”
Source: Town Clerk: May 2024 Annual Town Meeting Minutes (PDF, linked as "May 2024 Minutes").
Town Meeting (January) · January 22, 2024 18 votes: 11 passed, 1 passed as amended, 2 failed, 1 no action, 3 other
- Art. 1 Hear reports of town officers and committees No action “ACTION: No voted required”
- Art. 2 Zoning: accessory use rules and setback/structure definitions in One-Family (RO) districts Other “ACTION: POSTPONED by Proponent ZBRC”
- Art. 3 Zoning: update parking requirements (Article VII, General Regulations) Other “ACTION: POSTPONED by Proponent PLANNING DEPT/BOARD”
- Art. 4 Zoning: add fitness center and fitness studio definitions and uses Passed “ACTION: Passed by a called 2/3s”
- Art. 5 Zoning: replace the 100-Year Floodplain District bylaw (Sec. 8.1) Passed as amended “ACTION: Passed by a Called 2/3s”
- Art. 6 Zoning: replace the principal and accessory use tables (use table modernization) Other “ACTION: POSTPONED by Proponent PLANNING DEPT/BOARD”
- Art. 7 Zoning: allow redevelopment or expansion of existing automobile dealerships (new Sec. 4.2.5.11) Failed “ACTION: FAILED THE ROLL CALL VOTE by · 64 FOR and 35 AGAINST”
- Art. 8 Transfer $100,000 from free cash to the Reserve Fund Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 9 Transfer $1,424,514 from free cash to the Water Stabilization Fund Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 10 Transfer $134,189 from free cash to the Opioid Settlement Fund Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 11 Spend $24,800 of state Transportation Infrastructure Fund receipts on local transportation Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 12 Appropriate $50,000 from free cash for a Recreation Department cargo van Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 13 Home rule petition: waive the firefighter maximum-age rule for one named applicant Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 14 Authorize the Select Board to sell 119 South Bedford Street for affordable housing Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called 2/3s”
- Art. 15 Ask the Zoning Board of Appeals to reject the Winn View Heights II proposal and tell the state of Town Meeting opposition Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 16 Home rule petition: change how Town Meeting member vacancies are filled (Ch. 686 of 1970, Sec. 9) Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 17 General bylaw: change how Town Meeting member vacancies are filled (Art. II, Sec. 2.1) Passed “ACTION: Passed by Called Majority”
- Art. 18 Create an ad hoc committee to recommend an electronic voting system for Town Meeting Failed “ACTION: Failed”
Source: Town Clerk: January 22, 2024 Town Meeting Minutes (PDF, linked as "January 2024 Minutes").
Not here yet: Burlington's September 29, 2025, January 26, 2026, May 11, 2026 and September 28, 2026 Town Meetings are not here because the Town Clerk has not posted their minutes; only warrants are posted.
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
ChairJames TiggesChair · At-large · at 9 of 9 meetings✓ Every meeting 2026
Vice-ChairSarah CawleyVice-Chair · At-large · at 9 of 9 meetings
Michael EspejoMember · At-large · at 7 of 9 meetings
Joseph MorandiMember · At-large · at 8 of 9 meetings
Nicholas PriestMember · At-large · at 6 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.
Attendance
14 full-board meetings so far this year, through August 20. Ties share a rank.
1Sarah Cawley14 of 14 meetings Every meeting100%1James Tigges14 of 14 meetings Every meeting100%3Michael Espejo12 of 14 meetings86%3Joseph Morandi12 of 14 meetings86%5Nicholas Priest11 of 14 meetings79%23 full-board meetings in 2025. Ties share a rank.
1Sarah Cawley23 of 23 meetings Every meeting100%1Michael Espejo23 of 23 meetings Every meeting100%1Joseph Morandi23 of 23 meetings Every meeting100%4Nicholas Priest22 of 23 meetings96%4James Tigges22 of 23 meetings96%20 full-board meetings in 2024. Ties share a rank.
1Michael Espejo20 of 20 meetings Every meeting100%1Sarah Cawley15 of 15 meetings · served from Apr Every meeting100%1Michael Runyan5 of 5 meetings · served until Mar Every meeting100%4Nicholas Priest19 of 20 meetings95%4James Tigges19 of 20 meetings95%6Joseph Morandi18 of 20 meetings90%21 full-board meetings in 2023. Ties share a rank.
1Michael Espejo21 of 21 meetings Every meeting100%1Joseph Morandi21 of 21 meetings Every meeting100%1Nicholas Priest21 of 21 meetings Every meeting100%4Michael Runyan20 of 21 meetings95%4James Tigges20 of 21 meetings95%21 full-board meetings in 2022. Ties share a rank.
1Nicholas Priest21 of 21 meetings Every meeting100%1Michael Runyan21 of 21 meetings Every meeting100%1James Tigges21 of 21 meetings Every meeting100%1Michael Espejo14 of 14 meetings · served from Apr Every meeting100%1Robert Hogan7 of 7 meetings · served until Apr Every meeting100%6Joseph Morandi20 of 21 meetings95%24 full-board meetings in 2021. Ties share a rank.
1Robert Hogan24 of 24 meetings Every meeting100%1Nicholas Priest24 of 24 meetings Every meeting100%1James Tigges24 of 24 meetings Every meeting100%4Joseph Morandi23 of 24 meetings96%4Michael Runyan23 of 24 meetings96%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: 2020, because too many of that year’s meetings are missing from the posted minutes.
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Meetings
About missing minutes
Loaded: Burlington Select Board minutes from January 13, 2020 through August 20, 2026: 140 meetings and 1,587 votes. The town posts the board’s minutes online from January 2020; older minutes are not online. Until 2021 the board was the Board of Selectmen; on January 20, 2021 it approved Town Meeting articles asking the Legislature to change the name to Select Board, and the minutes use “Select Board” from April 2021. The minutes are typed documents with searchable text. Not here: meetings of the board’s subcommittees (Alcohol, Water, Class 2 Automobile, DPW, Building Department, Town Clerk advisory and Design Advisory Group), which are filed in the same Agenda Center list; strategic planning sessions where the minutes say no votes were taken; executive-session minutes; cancelled or postponed meetings; votes of the Housing Authority, Planning Board and Library Trustees at joint meetings (only the Select Board members’ votes are shown); meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes (among them November 30 and December 14, 2020; August 15, November 14 and December 1, 2022; August 21, 2023; May 6, 2024; May 12 and June 18, 2025; September 30, 2025, whose minutes the board approved on November 3, 2025; June 22, 2026; and August 17, 2026); February 24, 2020, where the agenda is posted in the minutes slot; and meetings after August 20, 2026 (the minutes of September 14, September 28 and October 5, 2026 are not posted yet). Burlington’s minutes name the mover and seconder and give a count of yes, no and abstaining votes (“Motion: Member Tigges moved to approve. Seconded by Member Priest and approved. (5-0-0)”). A count equal to the members present with no no votes or abstentions is shown as every member present voting yes. In 2020 and 2021 the board met remotely and the minutes list each member’s roll-call vote, shown by name; some counts name the member who voted no or abstained (“(4-1-0 with Member Morandi voting against)”), shown by name when they add up. Since 2022 split votes give only the count (“failed (2-3-0)”, “approved. (3-1-0)”) without saying who voted which way, and some counts do not match the members listed as present (“(4-0-0)” with five present); those votes show the count only (144 votes). 16 votes show the result only (no count, a count that cannot be read, or a joint vote counted with another board). Where a member who moved or seconded motions is missing from the attendance line and the counts include that member, the member is counted present with a note. 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.
Jul 13Approve (Approval - New General License - Pokeworks 70…Motion: Motion: Member Morandi moved to approve. Seconded by Member Priest and…Passed 3–0 · see note
July 13, 2026: Approve (Approval - New General License - Pokeworks 70 Burlington Mall Road)
Motion: Member Morandi moved to approve. Seconded by Member Priest and approved. (3-0-0)
The minutes record the vote as (3-0-0), but James Tigges, Sarah Cawley, Joseph Morandi and Nicholas Priest were present; the count and the members present do not match, so the count only is shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: Member Morandi moved to approve. Seconded by Member Priest and approved. (3-0-0).” (Motion: Morandi, second: Priest)
Jul 13Approve (Public Hearing- Alteration of Premises - Tavern in…Motion: Motion: Member Morandi moved to approve. Seconded by Member Priest and…Passed 2–1 · see note
July 13, 2026: Approve (Public Hearing- Alteration of Premises - Tavern in the Square)
Motion: Member Morandi moved to approve. Seconded by Member Priest and approved. (2-1-0)
The minutes record the vote as (2-1-0), but James Tigges, Sarah Cawley, Joseph Morandi and Nicholas Priest were present; the count and the members present do not match, so the count only is shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: Member Morandi moved to approve. Seconded by Member Priest and approved. (2-1-0).” (Motion: Morandi, second: Priest)
Jul 13Approve (Approval - Municipal Aggregation Agreement)Motion: Motion: Member Priest moved to approve. Seconded by Member Morandi and…Passed 3–0 · see note
July 13, 2026: Approve (Approval - Municipal Aggregation Agreement)
Motion: Member Priest moved to approve. Seconded by Member Morandi and approved. (3-0-0)
The minutes record the vote as (3-0-0), but James Tigges, Sarah Cawley, Joseph Morandi and Nicholas Priest were present; the count and the members present do not match, so the count only is shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: Member Priest moved to approve. Seconded by Member Morandi and approved. (3-0-0).” (Motion: Priest, second: Morandi)
Jul 13Approve (Approval - Year End Transfer)Motion: Motion: Member Priest moved to approve. Seconded by Member Morandi and…Passed 3–0 · see note
July 13, 2026: Approve (Approval - Year End Transfer)
Motion: Member Priest moved to approve. Seconded by Member Morandi and approved. (3-0-0)
The minutes record the vote as (3-0-0), but James Tigges, Sarah Cawley, Joseph Morandi and Nicholas Priest were present; the count and the members present do not match, so the count only is shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: Member Priest moved to approve. Seconded by Member Morandi and approved. (3-0-0).” (Motion: Priest, second: Morandi)
Jul 13Approve (Approval - Meeting Minutes)Motion: Motion: Member Morandi moved to approve. Seconded by Member Priest and…Passed 3–0 · see note
July 13, 2026: Approve (Approval - Meeting Minutes)
Motion: Member Morandi moved to approve. Seconded by Member Priest and approved. (3-0-0)
The minutes record the vote as (3-0-0), but James Tigges, Sarah Cawley, Joseph Morandi and Nicholas Priest were present; the count and the members present do not match, so the count only is shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: Member Morandi moved to approve. Seconded by Member Priest and approved. (3-0-0).” (Motion: Morandi, second: Priest)
May 11Approve (Approval - Warrant Article Review)Motion: Motion: Member Morandi moved to approve. Seconded by Member Cawley and…Passed 3–1 · see note
May 11, 2026: Approve (Approval - Warrant Article Review)
Motion: Member Morandi moved to approve. Seconded by Member Cawley and approved. (3-1-0)
The minutes record the vote as (3-1-0) but do not say who voted no, so the count only is shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: Member Morandi moved to approve. Seconded by Member Cawley and approved. (3-1-0).” (Motion: Morandi, second: Cawley)
May 4Approve (Approval - Warrant Article Review)Motion: Motion: Member Espejo moved to approve. Seconded by Member Priest and…Passed 3–0 · see note
May 4, 2026: Approve (Approval - Warrant Article Review)
Motion: Member Espejo moved to approve. Seconded by Member Priest and approved. (3-0-2)
The minutes record the vote as (3-0-2) but do not say who voted which way or who abstained, so the count only is shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: Member Espejo moved to approve. Seconded by Member Priest and approved. (3-0-2).” (Motion: Espejo, second: Priest)
Apr 27Approve (Approval - Warrant Article Review 3.7/3.8/3.9/3.10/3.11/3.12/3.13/3.14/3.15/9/10/11/20)Motion: Motion: Member Cawley moved to approve. Seconded by Member Espejo and…Passed 4–0 · see note
April 27, 2026: Approve (Approval - Warrant Article Review 3.7/3.8/3.9/3.10/3.11/3.12/3.13/3.14/3.15/9/10/11/20)
Motion: Member Cawley moved to approve. Seconded by Member Espejo and approved. (4-0-1)
The minutes record the vote as (4-0-1) but do not say who voted which way or who abstained, so the count only is shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: Member Cawley moved to approve. Seconded by Member Espejo and approved. (4-0-1).” (Motion: Cawley, second: Espejo)
Apr 27Approve (Approval - Operating Budget)Motion: Motion: Member Priest moved to approve. Seconded by Member Espejo and…Passed 4–0 · see note
April 27, 2026: Approve (Approval - Operating Budget)
Motion: Member Priest moved to approve. Seconded by Member Espejo and approved. (4-0-0)
The minutes record the vote as (4-0-0), but James Tigges, Sarah Cawley, Joseph Morandi, Nicholas Priest and Michael Espejo were present; the count and the members present do not match, so the count only is shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: Member Priest moved to approve. Seconded by Member Espejo and approved. (4-0-0).” (Motion: Priest, second: Espejo)
Apr 27Approve (Approval - Operating Budget)Motion: Motion: Member Priest moved to approve. Seconded by Member Espejo and…Passed 4–0 · see note
April 27, 2026: Approve (Approval - Operating Budget)
Motion: Member Priest moved to approve. Seconded by Member Espejo and approved. (4-0-0)
The minutes record the vote as (4-0-0), but James Tigges, Sarah Cawley, Joseph Morandi, Nicholas Priest and Michael Espejo were present; the count and the members present do not match, so the count only is shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: Member Priest moved to approve. Seconded by Member Espejo and approved. (4-0-0).” (Motion: Priest, second: Espejo)
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