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Chelmsford Select Board
How the Chelmsford Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Virginia Crocker Timmins joined the board after the April 2019 town election; Glenn Diggs left it (his last meeting was March 25, 2019). On April 4, 2019 the board chose Kenneth Lefebvre as Chairman, Patricia Wojtas as Vice Chairman and Emily Antul as Clerk. The 2020 town election was moved to June because of COVID-19, so this board served until June 2020; most meetings from March 2020 on were held remotely. Covers 37 meetings, April 4 to June 1, 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 budgetYour Chelmsford ballot: 13 quizzes, about a minute each.
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Members
Vice-ChairPatricia WojtasVice Chair · At-large · at 37 of 37 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: Chelmsford Select Board minutes (the board was called the Board of Selectmen until August 2020) from January 8, 2018 through August 24, 2026: 282 meetings and 2,533 votes. The town’s Agenda Center holds the board’s minutes back to 2013 (MassVoter has loaded 2018 on). All the minutes are typed documents with searchable text. Joint meetings with other boards (School Committee, Finance Committee, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Board of Health, Housing Authority and others) are included when they are in the board’s minutes; only the Select Board members’ votes are shown. Not here: executive-session minutes (released executive-session minutes attached to some files are left out, except February 15, 2024, where they are the only minutes posted); September 9, 2024 (the file posted for that date is the November 4, 2024 minutes); July 9, 2026 (a joint executive session with the Zoning Board of Appeals; agenda only); January 29, 2020 (a Vision and Values Committee public input session, not a board meeting); and meetings after August 24, 2026 (the September 14, September 28 and October 5, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Chelmsford’s minutes record most votes as “Motion carries 5-0, unanimous” with the members present listed at the top, and since 2020 many votes as roll calls by name (“Roll call vote: Chair Wojtas-Y, Vice Chair Hardy-Y, Clerk Boisvert-Y, Board Member Cunningham-Y and Board Member Kurland-Y”). Split votes name the members who voted no or abstained. Where a count does not match the members present and the minutes do not say who voted which way, or a roll call does not match its count, we show the count only, with a note (21 votes). Two officer elections were a choice between two nominees (April 2023 and April 2024); they show the count, with the minutes’ record of who chose whom in the note. 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 4Approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of January 20. 2020,…Motion: Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Lefebvre
May 4, 2020: Approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of January 20. 2020, as presented
Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of January 20. 2020, as presented. Seconded by Selectman Timmins. Roll Call: Selectman Dixon: Aye Selectman Wojtas: Aye Selectman Timmins: Aye Chairman Lefebvre: Abstained
Yes: Dixon, Timmins, WojtasAbstained: Lefebvre
From the minutes
“Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of January 20. 2020, as presented. Seconded by Selectman Timmins. Roll Call: Selectman Dixon: Aye Selectman Wojtas: Aye Selectman Timmins: Aye Chairman Lefebvre: Abstained Motion carries, unanimous, 3-0..” (Motion: Wojtas, second: Timmins)
May 4Approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of March 9, 2020,…Motion: Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Dixon
May 4, 2020: Approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of March 9, 2020, as presented
Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of March 9, 2020, as presented. Seconded by Selectman Timmins. Roll Call: Selectman Dixon: Abstained Selectman Wojtas: Aye Selectman Timmins: Aye Chairman Lefebvre: Aye
Yes: Lefebvre, Timmins, WojtasAbstained: Dixon
From the minutes
“Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of March 9, 2020, as presented. Seconded by Selectman Timmins. Roll Call: Selectman Dixon: Abstained Approved 5/18/2020 Selectman Wojtas: Aye Selectman Timmins: Aye Chairman Lefebvre: Aye Motion carries, unanimous, 3-0..” (Motion: Wojtas, second: Timmins)
Apr 21Accept Regular Meeting minutes of January 6, 2020, as…Motion: Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to accept Regular Meeting minutes of January…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Antul
April 21, 2020 (Special meeting): Accept Regular Meeting minutes of January 6, 2020, as presented
Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to accept Regular Meeting minutes of January 6, 2020, as presented. Seconded by Selectman Timmins. Selectman Antul abstained, all other in favor.
Yes: Dixon, Lefebvre, Timmins, WojtasAbstained: Antul
From the minutes
“Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to accept Regular Meeting minutes of January 6, 2020, as presented. Seconded by Selectman Timmins. Selectman Antul abstained, all other in favor. Motion passes, 4-0..” (Motion: Wojtas, second: Timmins)
Mar 27Approve the Declaration of Emergency as presentedMotion: Motion: by Selectman Timmins to approve the Declaration of Emergency as…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
March 27, 2020 (Joint meeting): Approve the Declaration of Emergency as presented
Motion: by Selectman Timmins to approve the Declaration of Emergency as presented. Seconded by Selectman Wojtas. Roll Call: Selectman Dixon: Aye Selectman Timmins: Aye Selectman Wojtas: Aye Chairman Lefebvre: Aye Dr. Meikle: Aye Atty. Roark requested a correction to her position title, and a change to the sixth paragraph wording from "major disaster" to a "situation". Mr. Cohen advised her correction has been incorporated. Motion was amended by Selectman Timmins to state that the version of March 26, 2020 that changes Ms. Roark's position to Vice Chairman and changes the wording Paragraph 6 from "major disaster" to "situation" is what is being approved. Seconded by Selectman Antul. Roll Call: Selectman Dixon: Aye Selectman Timmins: Aye Selectman Wojtas: Aye Selectman Antul: Aye Chairman Lefebvre: Aye Dr. Meikle: Aye Attorney Roark: Aye
This was a joint vote with another board; only the Select Board members’ votes are shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: by Selectman Timmins to approve the Declaration of Emergency as presented. Seconded by Selectman Wojtas. Roll Call: Selectman Dixon: Aye Selectman Timmins: Aye Selectman Wojtas: Aye Chairman Lefebvre: Aye Dr. Meikle: Aye Atty. Roark requested a correction to her position title, and a change to the sixth paragraph wording from "major disaster" to a "situation". Mr. Cohen advised her correction has been incorporated. Motion was amended by Selectman Timmins to state that the version of March 26, 2020 that changes Ms. Roark's position to Vice Chairman and changes the wording Paragraph 6 from "major disaster" to "situation" is what is being approved. Seconded by Selectman Antul. Roll Call: Selectman Dixon: Aye Selectman Timmins: Aye Selectman Wojtas: Aye Selectman Antul: Aye Chairman Lefebvre: Aye Dr. Meikle: Aye Attorney Roark: Aye Motion carries, unanimous, 7-0..” (Motion: Timmins, second: Wojtas)
Mar 27Confirm the Town Manager's Bid Award for Electricity Aggregation…Motion: Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to confirm the Town Manager's Bid Award…Passed 3–2 · No: Antul, Lefebvre
March 27, 2020 (Joint meeting): Confirm the Town Manager's Bid Award for Electricity Aggregation to Constellation New Energy, Inc. for a 36 month period at 9.89 cents per KW hour, commencing on November 1, 2020
Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to confirm the Town Manager's Bid Award for Electricity Aggregation to Constellation New Energy, Inc. for a 36 month period at 9.89 cents per KW hour, commencing on November 1, 2020. Seconded by Selectman Dixon. Roll Call: Selectman Dixon: Aye Selectman Antul: Nay Selectman Timmins: Aye Selectman Wojtas: Aye Chairman Lefebvre: Nay
Yes: Dixon, Timmins, WojtasNo: Antul, Lefebvre
From the minutes
“Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to confirm the Town Manager's Bid Award for Electricity Aggregation to Constellation New Energy, Inc. for a 36 month period at 9.89 cents per KW hour, commencing on November 1, 2020. Seconded by Selectman Dixon. Roll Call: Selectman Dixon: Aye Selectman Antul: Nay Selectman Timmins: Aye Selectman Wojtas: Aye Chairman Lefebvre: Nay Motion carries, 3-2..” (Motion: Wojtas, second: Dixon)
Mar 5Extend the Town Manager's current contract by one year,…Motion: Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to extend the Town Manager's current contract…Passed 3–2 · No: Dixon, Lefebvre
March 5, 2020: Extend the Town Manager's current contract by one year, to June 30, 2021
Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to extend the Town Manager's current contract by one year, to June 30, 2021. A vote will be taken in June 2021 as to whether to extend the contract again. If the contract is not renewed at the time, Mr. Cohen will be entitled to six month's severance. He will also be given a 2% cost-of-living salary increase on July 1, 2020. Seconded by Selectman Antul. Roll call vote: Selectman Wojtas: Aye Selectman Antul: Aye Chairman Lefebvre: No Selectman Dixon: No Selectman Timmins: Aye
Yes: Antul, Timmins, WojtasNo: Dixon, Lefebvre
From the minutes
“Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to extend the Town Manager's current contract by one year, to June 30, 2021. A vote will be taken in June 2021 as to whether to extend the contract again. If the contract is not renewed at the time, Mr. Cohen will be entitled to six month's severance. He will also be given a 2% cost-of-living salary increase on July 1, 2020. Seconded by Selectman Antul. Roll call vote: Selectman Wojtas: Aye Selectman Antul: Aye Chairman Lefebvre: No Selectman Dixon: No Selectman Timmins: Aye Approved 5/4/2020 The motion passes, 3-2 Adjourn.” (Motion: Wojtas, second: Antul)
Feb 24Approve the Tri-Board Session meeting minutes of December 9,…Motion: Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to approve the Tri-Board Session meeting minutes…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Lefebvre, Timmins
February 24, 2020: Approve the Tri-Board Session meeting minutes of December 9, 2019, as presented
Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to approve the Tri-Board Session meeting minutes of December 9, 2019, as presented. Seconded by Selectman Antul. Chairman Lefebvre & Selectman Timmins abstained, all others in favor.
Yes: Antul, Dixon, WojtasAbstained: Lefebvre, Timmins
From the minutes
“Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to approve the Tri-Board Session meeting minutes of December 9, 2019, as presented. Seconded by Selectman Antul. Chairman Lefebvre & Selectman Timmins abstained, all others in favor. Motion carries, 3-0..” (Motion: Wojtas, second: Antul)
Dec 2Waive the Town's right of first refusal on the…Motion: Motion: by Selectman Dixon to waive the Town's right of first…Passed 4–0 · see note
December 2, 2019: Waive the Town's right of first refusal on the Elm St. parcel, as described, contingent on the vote of the Conservation Commission
Motion: by Selectman Dixon to waive the Town's right of first refusal on the Elm St. parcel, as described, contingent on the vote of the Conservation Commission. Seconded by Selectman Antul.
The minutes give the count as 4-0, but 5 members were present. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Motion: by Selectman Dixon to waive the Town's right of first refusal on the Elm St. parcel, as described, contingent on the vote of the Conservation Commission. Seconded by Selectman Antul. Motion carries, unanimous, 4-0..” (Motion: Dixon, second: Antul)
Dec 2Does adopt a Small Commercial exemption of 10%Motion: Motion: by Selectman Wojtas that the Board does adopt a Small…Passed 4–1 · No: Antul
December 2, 2019: Does adopt a Small Commercial exemption of 10%
Motion: by Selectman Wojtas that the Board does adopt a Small Commercial exemption of 10%. Seconded by Selectman Timmins.
Yes: Dixon, Lefebvre, Timmins, WojtasNo: Antul
From the minutes
“Motion: by Selectman Wojtas that the Board does adopt a Small Commercial exemption of 10%. Seconded by Selectman Timmins. Motion carries, 4-1, with Selectman Antul opposed..” (Motion: Wojtas, second: Timmins)
Nov 4Approve the Roadside Vendor's License for the Central Congregational…Motion: Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to approve the Roadside Vendor's License for…Passed 4–0 · see note
November 4, 2019: Approve the Roadside Vendor's License for the Central Congregational Church at 1 Worthen St, for the sale of Christmas Trees and wreaths from November 30, 2019 to December 23, 2019
Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to approve the Roadside Vendor's License for the Central Congregational Church at 1 Worthen St, for the sale of Christmas Trees and wreaths from November 30, 2019 to December 23, 2019. Seconded by Selectman Antul.
The minutes give the count as 4-0, but 5 members were present. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Motion: by Selectman Wojtas to approve the Roadside Vendor's License for the Central Congregational Church at 1 Worthen St, for the sale of Christmas Trees and wreaths from November 30, 2019 to December 23, 2019. Seconded by Selectman Antul. Motion carries, unanimous, 4-0..” (Motion: Wojtas, second: Antul)
From the Chelmsford Select Board’s official minutes in the town’s Agenda Center. We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Town of Chelmsford, Select Board page (official board photo, captioned by name; cropped by MassVoter).
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