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Cohasset Select Board
How the Cohasset Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Board of Selectmen. Paul Schubert chaired, Jack Keniley was vice chairman and Diane Kennedy was clerk (from the attendance lines, for example April 24, 2018). The 2017 reorganization is before the period covered, so the start date shown is the first meeting in this data. Covers 13 meetings, January 2 to May 8, 2018.
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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
"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
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Loaded: Cohasset Select Board minutes (called the Board of Selectmen until 2020) from January 2, 2018 through September 22, 2026, from the town’s Agenda Center, which has minutes back to 2013. The town posts minutes for nearly every meeting; 32 meetings since 2018 have an agenda but no minutes (most in 2018–2022, plus July 28, 2026), and the June 12, 2018 minutes file would not open. We list every meeting without minutes. Most minutes are typed; 55 are scanned images, which MassVoter read with text recognition and checked by hand. Most votes are roll calls by name or recorded as unanimous, so we show each member’s vote. When the minutes give only a count that doesn’t match the members present, or only the result, we show that without guessing. Motions with no recorded result (including four 2021 and 2026 roll calls where each member answered “present”) are left out. When members chose between candidates for an office, we show the result and quote each member’s choice in a note. At joint meetings, only the Select Board members’ votes are shown. 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 8Accept the letter as presented from the Selectmen and…Motion: to accept the letter as presented from the Selectmen and Town…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
May 8, 2018: Accept the letter as presented from the Selectmen and Town Manager
To accept the letter as presented from the Selectmen and Town Manager
Diane Kennedy, taking part remotely, was to leave at 8:00 p.m. and is not on this roll call; the four members named voted yes.
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman Keniley to accept the letter as presented from the Selectmen and Town Manager, seconded by Selectman Gaumer. Roll Call Vote: Kevin McCarthy-Aye, Paul Schubert-Aye, Jack Keniley-Aye, Steve Gaumer-Aye..” (Motion: Keniley, second: Gaumer)
Apr 11Recommend Article #8 to ATMMotion: to recommend Article #8 to ATMPassed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
April 11, 2018: Recommend Article #8 to ATM
To recommend Article #8 to ATM
The minutes name Kevin McCarthy as both mover and seconder.
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman McCarthy to recommend Article #8 to ATM, seconded by Selectman McCarthy and the vote was unanimous (5-0)..” (Motion: McCarthy, second: McCarthy)
Mar 27Approve the change of date of filming for Universal…Motion: to approve the change of date of filming for Universal Television…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Kennedy
March 27, 2018: Approve the change of date of filming for Universal Television to 3/28/18
To approve the change of date of filming for Universal Television to 3/28/18
Yes: Gaumer, Keniley, McCarthy, SchubertAbstained: Kennedy
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman McCarthy to approve the change of date of filming for Universal Television to 3/28/18, seconded by Selectman Keniley and the vote was 4-0-1. Selectman Kennedy abstained from the vote..” (Motion: McCarthy, second: Keniley)
Mar 27Recommend Article #25-Citizen's Petition-Harbor Committee Membership to Annual Town…Motion: to recommend Article #25-Citizen's Petition-Harbor Committee Membership to Annual Town MeetingPassed 4–1 · No: Gaumer
March 27, 2018: Recommend Article #25-Citizen's Petition-Harbor Committee Membership to Annual Town Meeting
To recommend Article #25-Citizen's Petition-Harbor Committee Membership to Annual Town Meeting
Yes: Keniley, Kennedy, McCarthy, SchubertNo: Gaumer
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman McCarthy to recommend Article #25-Citizen's Petition-Harbor Committee Membership to Annual Town Meeting, seconded by Selectman Kennedy and the vote was 4-1. Selectman Gaumer voted against..” (Motion: McCarthy, second: Kennedy)
Mar 27Recommend Article #26-Plastic Bag Reduction Bylaw to Annual Town…Motion: to recommend Article #26-Plastic Bag Reduction Bylaw to Annual Town MeetingPassed 4–0 · Abstained: Gaumer
March 27, 2018: Recommend Article #26-Plastic Bag Reduction Bylaw to Annual Town Meeting
To recommend Article #26-Plastic Bag Reduction Bylaw to Annual Town Meeting
Yes: Keniley, Kennedy, McCarthy, SchubertAbstained: Gaumer
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman McCarthy to recommend Article #26-Plastic Bag Reduction Bylaw to Annual Town Meeting, seconded by Selectman Kennedy and the vote was 4-0-1. Selectman Gaumer abstained from the vote..” (Motion: McCarthy, second: Kennedy)
Mar 15Put Articles #12, #13, #14, #15 and #17 on…Motion: to put Article #12, #13, #14, #15 and #17 on the…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
March 15, 2018: Put Articles #12, #13, #14, #15 and #17 on the Warrant for Annual Town Meeting (amended to add Articles #18 and #19)
To put Article #12, #13, #14, #15 and #17 on the Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
Steve Gaumer amended his motion to add Articles #18 and #19, seconded by Diane Kennedy, "and the vote was unanimous (4-0)."
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman Gaumer to put Article #12, #13, #14, #15 and #17 on the Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, seconded by Selectman Kennedy. Selectman Gaumer amended the motion to include Article #18 and #19, seconded by Selectman Kennedy and the vote was unanimous (4-0). Mr. Senior stated some members are.” (Motion: Gaumer, second: Kennedy)
Feb 13Approve the Road Race by the Sea on 3/25/18Motion: to approve the Road Race by the Sea on 3/25/18Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
February 13, 2018: Approve the Road Race by the Sea on 3/25/18
To approve the Road Race by the Sea on 3/25/18
Diane Kennedy recused and did not vote.
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman Gaumer to approve the Road Race by the Sea on 3/25/18, seconded by Selectman Keniley and the vote was 4-0. Selectman Kennedy recused herself from the vote..” (Motion: Gaumer, second: Keniley)
Jan 23Direct the Town Hall Building Committee to proceed with…Motion: to direct the Town Hall Building Committee to proceed with the…Passed 3–2 · No: Gaumer, Keniley
January 23, 2018: Direct the Town Hall Building Committee to proceed with the preferred design with the two main characteristics of a conjoined building and locate offices above town hall as they deem…
To direct the Town Hall Building Committee to proceed with the preferred design with the two main characteristics of a conjoined building and locate offices above town hall as they deem necessary to complete the design
Yes: Kennedy, McCarthy, SchubertNo: Gaumer, Keniley
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman McCarthy to direct the Town Hall Building Committee to proceed with the preferred design with the two main characteristics of a conjoined building and locate offices above town hall as they deem necessary to complete the design, seconded by Selectman Kennedy. After further discussed the Board took a roll call vote. Kevin McCarthy-Aye, Diane Kennedy-Aye, Paul Schubert-Aye, Jack Keniley-Nay, Steve Gaumer-Nay. Motion passed 3-2..” (Motion: McCarthy, second: Kennedy)
Jan 9Town hall should remain on the town common at…Motion: that town hall should remain on the town common at 41…Passed 4–1 · No: McCarthy
January 9, 2018: Town hall should remain on the town common at 41 Highland Avenue
That town hall should remain on the town common at 41 Highland Avenue
Yes: Gaumer, Keniley, Kennedy, SchubertNo: McCarthy
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman Gaumer that town hall should remain on the town common at 41 Highland Avenue, seconded by Selectman Keniley and the vote was 4-1. Selectman McCarthy voted against..” (Motion: Gaumer, second: Keniley)
From the Cohasset Select Board’s official minutes, posted 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.
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