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Dennis Teehan
Elected townwide · 9 terms in this record
Dr. Dennis J. Teehan, Jr.
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Board years
Record at a glance · 2023–2024 Board
How these numbers work
- Counted from the official minutes, for 2023–2024 Board only. Committee meetings and routine votes (adjourning, approving minutes) are not counted.
- Attendance counts the meetings where the minutes list Teehan as present or absent at the start.
- Only votes the minutes record member by member are counted. Voice votes and votes given only as a count (for example 6-3 with no names) are not.
- Percentages are shown only when there are at least 10 meetings or votes to count.
- A split vote is one where at least one member voted yes and another voted no. “In the minority” means on the side with fewer votes; ties are not counted.
- “Whole board” combines every member’s record for the same term.
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Attendance
At the start of 14 of 14 Select Board meetings in 2023–2024 Board.
Missed none.
Every meeting (14)
- Apr 11, 2024 · Regular: Present
- Mar 27, 2024 · Regular: Present
- Feb 8, 2024 · Regular: Present
- Jan 18, 2024 · Regular: Present
- Jan 4, 2024 · Regular: Present
- Nov 29, 2023 · Regular: Present
- Nov 13, 2023 · Special: Present
- Nov 9, 2023 · Regular: Present
- Sep 14, 2023 · Regular: Present
- Jul 17, 2023 · Joint: Present
- Jul 13, 2023 · Regular: Present
- May 15, 2023 · Special: Present
- May 8, 2023 · Special: Present (Mr. Teehan arrived after the board’s votes, as it adjourned to the Warrant Review Meeting.)
- Apr 12, 2023 · Regular: Present
Votes where members disagreed · 2023–2024 Board
Nov 9Concur with the recommendations of the Finance and Warrant…Motion: On a motion duly made, it was voted to concur with…Passed 4–1 · Teehan: Not recorded
November 9, 2023: Concur with the recommendations of the Finance and Warrant Committee for Article 18
On a motion duly made, it was voted to concur with the recommendations of the Finance and Warrant Committee for Article 18. Motion carried, 4-1.
The minutes give only the count (4-1), not who voted no or abstained. The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“On a motion duly made, it was voted to concur with the recommendations of the Finance and Warrant Committee for Article 18. Motion carried, 4-1..”
Votes with no disagreement (5)
From the Dedham Select Board’s official minutes, posted on the town’s Agendas and Minutes page. We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Stephen Acosta from Dedham Public Schools (School Committee page); Dimitria Sullivan and Erin Boles Welsh from Dedham Patch (2022 candidate profiles); Michelle Persson Reilly from her campaign website; James MacDonald from the Massachusetts School Building Authority staff page.
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