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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. Keri Thompson and Jack Creighton joined after the May 2019 election; Jack Keniley and Steve Gaumer left. Reorganized May 14, 2019: Kevin McCarthy chair, Paul Schubert vice chair, Diane Kennedy clerk. Covers 35 meetings, May 14 to June 23, 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.
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Members
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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 26Recommend Article #25 for AEC Solar Sites on Town…Motion: to recommend Article #25 for AEC Solar Sites on Town Property…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
May 26, 2020: Recommend Article #25 for AEC Solar Sites on Town Property to ATM
To recommend Article #25 for AEC Solar Sites on Town Property to ATM
The minutes name Paul Schubert as both mover and seconder.
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman Schubert to recommend Article #25 for AEC Solar Sites on Town Property to ATM, seconded by Selectman Schubert. Roll Call; Diane Kennedy-Aye, Paul Schubert-Aye, Keri Thompson-Aye, Jack Creighton-Aye, Kevin McCarthy-Aye..” (Motion: Schubert, second: Schubert)
Mar 31Rsuant to Section 1 of Chapter 45 of the…Motion: Rsuant to Section 1 of Chapter 45 of the Acts of…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
March 31, 2020: Rsuant to Section 1 of Chapter 45 of the Acts of 2020 and because of the State of Emergency declared by the governor pursuant to executive order 591, Declaration of…
Rsuant to Section 1 of Chapter 45 of the Acts of 2020 and because of the State of Emergency declared by the governor pursuant to executive order 591, Declaration of a State of Emergency to Respond...
Diane Kennedy and Kevin McCarthy recused and did not vote. The minutes record this motion without restating its wording; the title is taken from the text just before it.
From the minutes
“Motion moved by Selectman Creighton and seconded by Selectman Thompson. Roll Call Vote: Jack Creighton-Aye, Keri Thompson-Aye, Paul Schubert- Aye. Chairman McCarthy and Selectman Kennedy recused from the vote as their terms expire at the election..” (Motion: Creighton, second: Thompson)
Feb 25Approve the Cohasset Rotary Club's Road Race by the…Motion: to approve the Cohasset Rotary Club's Road Race by the Sea…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Kennedy
February 25, 2020: Approve the Cohasset Rotary Club's Road Race by the Sea on 4/5/2020 from 8 am–3:30 pm
To approve the Cohasset Rotary Club's Road Race by the Sea on 4/5/2020 from 8 am–3:30 pm
Yes: Creighton, McCarthy, ThompsonAbstained: Kennedy
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman Creighton to approve the Cohasset Rotary Club's Road Race by the Sea on 4/5/2020 from 8 am–3:30 pm, seconded by Selectman Thompson and the vote was unanimous (3-0). Selectman Kennedy abstained from the vote as a member of Rotary..” (Motion: Creighton, second: Thompson)
Feb 25Put Article #19-To Change the Name of the Cohasset…Motion: to put Article #19-To Change the Name of the Cohasset Board…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
February 25, 2020: Put Article #19-To Change the Name of the Cohasset Board of Health to the Cohasset Board of Public Health
To put Article #19-To Change the Name of the Cohasset Board of Health to the Cohasset Board of Public Health
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman Creighton to put Article #19-To Change the Name of the Cohasset Board of Health to the Cohasset Board of Public Health, seconded by Selectman Thompson and the vote was unanimous (3-0)..” (Motion: Creighton, second: Thompson)
Jan 28Approve the date of April 5, 2020 for the…Motion: to approve the date of April 5, 2020 for the Rotary…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Kennedy
January 28, 2020: Approve the date of April 5, 2020 for the Rotary Road Race by the Sea
To approve the date of April 5, 2020 for the Rotary Road Race by the Sea
Yes: Creighton, McCarthy, Schubert, ThompsonAbstained: Kennedy
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman Creighton to approve the date of April 5, 2020 for the Rotary Road Race by the Sea, seconded by Selectman Thompson and the vote was unanimous (4-0). Selectman Kennedy abstained from the vote..” (Motion: Creighton, second: Thompson)
Dec 17Ratify the Cohasset Superior Officer contract as presentedMotion: to ratify the Cohasset Superior Officer contract as presentedPassed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
December 17, 2019: Ratify the Cohasset Superior Officer contract as presented
To ratify the Cohasset Superior Officer contract as presented
Jack Creighton arrived late (7:36 p.m.); the count (4-0) matches the 4 members present without him, so they are shown as yes.
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman Kennedy to ratify the Cohasset Superior Officer contract as presented, seconded by Selectman Schubert and the vote was unanimous (4-0)..” (Motion: Kennedy, second: Schubert)
Dec 17Approve the extension of hours at the Red Lion…Motion: to approve the extension of hours at the Red Lion Inn…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
December 17, 2019: Approve the extension of hours at the Red Lion Inn on 12/31/19 until 2 a.m. on 1/1/20 for wedding guests in the barn and cave
To approve the extension of hours at the Red Lion Inn on 12/31/19 until 2 a.m. on 1/1/20 for wedding guests in the barn and cave
Jack Creighton arrived late (7:36 p.m.); the count (4-0) matches the 4 members present without him, so they are shown as yes.
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman Kennedy to approve the extension of hours at the Red Lion Inn on 12/31/19 until 2 a.m. on 1/1/20 for wedding guests in the barn and cave, seconded by Selectman Thompson and the vote was unanimous (4-0)..” (Motion: Kennedy, second: Thompson)
Dec 17Discuss this request under topics not reasonably anticipated 48…Motion: to discuss this request under topics not reasonably anticipated 48 hours…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
December 17, 2019: Discuss this request under topics not reasonably anticipated 48 hours in advance
To discuss this request under topics not reasonably anticipated 48 hours in advance
Jack Creighton arrived late (7:36 p.m.); the count (4-0) matches the 4 members present without him, so they are shown as yes.
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman Schubert to discuss this request under topics not reasonably anticipated 48 hours in advance, seconded by Selectman Kennedy and the vote was unanimous (4-0)..” (Motion: Schubert, second: Kennedy)
Dec 17Approve the extension of hours at Curtis Liquors until…Motion: to approve the extension of hours at Curtis Liquors until 9…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
December 17, 2019: Approve the extension of hours at Curtis Liquors until 9 p.m. on 12/22/19
To approve the extension of hours at Curtis Liquors until 9 p.m. on 12/22/19
Jack Creighton arrived late (7:36 p.m.); the count (4-0) matches the 4 members present without him, so they are shown as yes.
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman Schubert to approve the extension of hours at Curtis Liquors until 9 p.m. on 12/22/19, seconded by Selectman Kennedy and the vote was unanimous (4-0)..” (Motion: Schubert, second: Kennedy)
Dec 17Commit $154,420.20 total betterment as presentedMotion: to commit $154,420.20 total betterment as presentedPassed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
December 17, 2019: Commit $154,420.20 total betterment as presented
To commit $154,420.20 total betterment as presented
Jack Creighton arrived late (7:36 p.m.); the count (4-0) matches the 4 members present without him, so they are shown as yes.
From the minutes
“Motion by Selectman Kennedy to commit $154,420.20 total betterment as presented, seconded by Selectman Schubert and the vote was unanimous (4-0)..” (Motion: Kennedy, second: Schubert)
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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