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Carlisle Select Board
How the Carlisle Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Scott Triola joined the board after the May 21, 2024 town election, succeeding Nathan Brown. On May 28, 2024 the board unanimously chose Travis Snell as Chair, Barney Arnold as Vice Chair and Scott Triola as Clerk (roll call). Kate Reid’s last meeting was May 18, 2025. Covers 32 meetings, May 28 to May 21, 2025.
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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.
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Members
ChairTravis SnellChair · At-large · at 32 of 32 meetingsVice-ChairBarney ArnoldVice Chair · At-large · at 30 of 32 meetings
Scott TriolaClerk · At-large · at 31 of 32 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: Carlisle Select Board minutes from January 9, 2018 through September 8, 2026: 247 meetings and 1,946 votes. The town’s Agenda Center holds the board’s minutes back to 2006; MassVoter has loaded 2018 on. The October 17, 2020 Special Town Meeting renamed the Board of Selectmen the Select Board; the minutes use the new name from October 27, 2020. Most minutes are typed documents with searchable text; 36 sets from 2018 to 2021 have no usable text (35 scanned images and one file with a garbled text layer), which MassVoter read with text recognition and checked where names were unclear. Not here: executive-session minutes; cancelled meetings; votes of the Finance Committee, Planning Board, Board of Health, School Committee, Library Trustees and other boards at joint meetings (two joint meetings are recorded only in the other board’s minutes, which show no Select Board vote); meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes (among them May 29, 2018 (the minutes link leads to a missing file), October 22, 2019, June 8, 2021, December 7, 2021, May 4, 2022 (the file posted is a draft of the May 24, 2022 minutes), September 13, 2022 (the file posted is a draft of the October 11, 2022 minutes), February 16, 2023 (the file posted is the February 28, 2023 minutes), September 12, 2023, May 7, 2024, July 23, 2024 (the agenda is posted in place of minutes) and August 13, 2024 (the minutes link opens an empty file)); and meetings after September 8, 2026 (the September 22 and October 6, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Carlisle’s minutes usually read “On the motion made by … and seconded by …, it was unanimously VOTED” or “The motion carried by unanimous voice vote,” which is shown as every member present voting yes. Whenever a member takes part remotely (and at every meeting from March 2020 to 2022) the board votes by roll call (“ROLL CALL VOTE: B. Arnold-Aye, N. Brown-Nay, …”), shown by name; some roll calls list a member with no vote or leave a member out, and that member is left out of that vote, with a note. Members who abstain or vote no are usually named. Where a split count names no one (“VOTED (3-2)”) we show the count only, with a note (16 votes), and where the minutes say only “it was VOTED” with no count or names we show the result only (47 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 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.
May 18Approve the charter; Mr. Model seconded the motionMotion: Ms. Reid moved to approve the charter; Mr. Model seconded the…Passed 4–0 · see note
May 18, 2025 (Special meeting): Approve the charter; Mr. Model seconded the motion
Ms. Reid moved to approve the charter; Mr. Model seconded the motion. By voice vote, the members present voted 4/0 to approve the charter.
Yes: Model, Reid, Snell, TriolaBarney Arnold had not yet joined the meeting and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“Ms. Reid moved to approve the charter; Mr. Model seconded the motion. By voice vote, the members present voted 4/0 to approve the charter..” (Motion: Reid, second: Model)
Apr 15Allow the religious institutions in Carlisle to use Town…Motion: On the motion of Barney Arnold and seconded by Kate Reid,…Passed 4–0 · see note
April 15, 2025: Allow the religious institutions in Carlisle to use Town property for posting signs about their special events, including special services, and activities
On the motion of Barney Arnold and seconded by Kate Reid, it was unanimously voted to allow the religious institutions in Carlisle to use Town property for posting signs about their special events, including special services, and activities.
Yes: Arnold, Reid, Snell, TriolaDavid Model had not yet joined the meeting and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On the motion of Barney Arnold and seconded by Kate Reid, it was unanimously voted to allow the religious institutions in Carlisle to use Town property for posting signs about their special events, including special services, and activities..” (Motion: Arnold, second: Reid)
Apr 15Approve the Grant of Conservation Restriction of Lot 5,…Motion: On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold,…Passed 4–0 · see note
April 15, 2025: Approve the Grant of Conservation Restriction of Lot 5, West St, Carlisle, MA 01741, an approximately 4.2 acre parcel more or less described in a deed recorded at Middlesex County…
On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold, it was unanimously voted to approve the Grant of Conservation Restriction of Lot 5, West St, Carlisle, MA 01741, an approximately 4.2 acre parcel more or less described in a deed recorded at Middlesex County Northern District Registry of Deeds at Book 30620, Page 118, from Grantors Wyatt Garfield, Jr. and Rachel B. Garfield to Grantee Carlisle Conservation Foundation, Inc., pursuant to MGL c 184, sec.
Yes: Arnold, Reid, Snell, TriolaDavid Model had not yet joined the meeting and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold, it was unanimously voted to approve the Grant of Conservation Restriction of Lot 5, West St, Carlisle, MA 01741, an approximately 4.2 acre parcel more or less described in a deed recorded at Middlesex County Northern District Registry of Deeds at Book 30620, Page 118, from Grantors Wyatt Garfield, Jr. and Rachel B. Garfield to Grantee Carlisle Conservation Foundation, Inc., pursuant to MGL c 184, sec..” (Motion: Reid, second: Arnold)
Apr 15Appoint Jonathan DeKock (130 Oak Knoll) as Manager of…Motion: On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold,…Passed 4–0 · see note
April 15, 2025: Appoint Jonathan DeKock (130 Oak Knoll) as Manager of the Foss Farm Community Garden
On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold, it was unanimously voted to appoint Jonathan DeKock (130 Oak Knoll) as Manager of the Foss Farm Community Garden.
Yes: Arnold, Reid, Snell, TriolaDavid Model had not yet joined the meeting and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold, it was unanimously voted to appoint Jonathan DeKock (130 Oak Knoll) as Manager of the Foss Farm Community Garden..” (Motion: Reid, second: Arnold)
Apr 15Appoint George Romanski (14 Ember Ln) as Assistant Manager…Motion: On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold,…Passed 4–0 · see note
April 15, 2025: Appoint George Romanski (14 Ember Ln) as Assistant Manager of the Foss Farm Community Garden
On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold, it was unanimously voted to appoint George Romanski (14 Ember Ln) as Assistant Manager of the Foss Farm Community Garden.
Yes: Arnold, Reid, Snell, TriolaDavid Model had not yet joined the meeting and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold, it was unanimously voted to appoint George Romanski (14 Ember Ln) as Assistant Manager of the Foss Farm Community Garden..” (Motion: Reid, second: Arnold)
Apr 15Appoint Thomas Hedden (98 East Riding Dr) as Assistant…Motion: On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold,…Passed 4–0 · see note
April 15, 2025: Appoint Thomas Hedden (98 East Riding Dr) as Assistant Manager of the Foss Farm Community Garden
On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold, it was unanimously voted to appoint Thomas Hedden (98 East Riding Dr) as Assistant Manager of the Foss Farm Community Garden.
Yes: Arnold, Reid, Snell, TriolaDavid Model had not yet joined the meeting and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold, it was unanimously voted to appoint Thomas Hedden (98 East Riding Dr) as Assistant Manager of the Foss Farm Community Garden..” (Motion: Reid, second: Arnold)
Apr 15Appoint Dennis Leib (288 Maple St) as Assistant Manager…Motion: On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold,…Passed 4–0 · see note
April 15, 2025: Appoint Dennis Leib (288 Maple St) as Assistant Manager of the Foss Farm Community Garden
On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold, it was unanimously voted to appoint Dennis Leib (288 Maple St) as Assistant Manager of the Foss Farm Community Garden.
Yes: Arnold, Reid, Snell, TriolaDavid Model had not yet joined the meeting and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold, it was unanimously voted to appoint Dennis Leib (288 Maple St) as Assistant Manager of the Foss Farm Community Garden..” (Motion: Reid, second: Arnold)
Apr 15Approve spending up to $8,500 from the Green Cemetery,…Motion: On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold,…Passed 4–0 · see note
April 15, 2025: Approve spending up to $8,500 from the Green Cemetery, Litchfield Cemetery, and Thomas Green Public Grounds trust funds to purchase a zero-turn standup mower for maintenance of Carlisle's cemeteries
On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold, it was unanimously voted to approve spending up to $8,500 from the Green Cemetery, Litchfield Cemetery, and Thomas Green Public Grounds trust funds to purchase a zero-turn standup mower for maintenance of Carlisle's cemeteries.
Yes: Arnold, Reid, Snell, TriolaDavid Model had not yet joined the meeting and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Barney Arnold, it was unanimously voted to approve spending up to $8,500 from the Green Cemetery, Litchfield Cemetery, and Thomas Green Public Grounds trust funds to purchase a zero-turn standup mower for maintenance of Carlisle's cemeteries..” (Motion: Reid, second: Arnold)
Mar 25Approve the Memorandum of Agreement between the Town and…Motion: On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Scott Triola…Passed 4–0 · see note
March 25, 2025: Approve the Memorandum of Agreement between the Town and The Carlisle Police, Massachusetts Coalition of Police Local 201, and authorize the Town Administrator and Town Counsel to finalize a...
On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Scott Triola it was unanimously voted to approve the Memorandum of Agreement between the Town and The Carlisle Police, Massachusetts Coalition of Police Local 201, and authorize the Town Administrator and Town Counsel to finalize a contract memorializing the three-year agreement as described in the Memorandum of Agreement included in the packet and sign on the Town's behalf.
Yes: Model, Reid, Snell, TriolaBarney Arnold had left the meeting before this vote and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by Scott Triola it was unanimously voted to approve the Memorandum of Agreement between the Town and The Carlisle Police, Massachusetts Coalition of Police Local 201, and authorize the Town Administrator and Town Counsel to finalize a contract memorializing the three-year agreement as described in the Memorandum of Agreement included in the packet and sign on the Town's behalf..” (Motion: Reid, second: Triola)
Mar 25Appoint Steven Hinton as an Associate Member of the…Motion: On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by David Model…Passed 4–0 · see note
March 25, 2025: Appoint Steven Hinton as an Associate Member of the Zoning Board of Appeals, term to end June 30, 2025
On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by David Model it was unanimously voted to appoint Steven Hinton as an Associate Member of the Zoning Board of Appeals, term to end June 30, 2025.
Yes: Model, Reid, Snell, TriolaBarney Arnold had left the meeting before this vote and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On the motion of Kate Reid and seconded by David Model it was unanimously voted to appoint Steven Hinton as an Associate Member of the Zoning Board of Appeals, term to end June 30, 2025..” (Motion: Reid, second: Model)
From the Carlisle 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 Carlisle Mosquito — Rebekah Vieira (Melinda Lindquist) and David Thomas (Beth Clarke), May 2026; Christine Stevens and Travis Snell (Melinda Lindquist, May 2025); Scott Triola (Nancy Hartle, May 2023). Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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