MassVoter.com← Dighton Board of SelectmenDighton Board of Selectmen · 2023–2024 Board · Regular meeting
June 29, 2023
3 recorded votes, 1 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF)
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Attendance
Present: Leonard E. Hull, Jr., Nicole Mello, Peter D. Caron
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Place Chief of Police Shawn Cronin on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an administrative investigation and delegate Town Administrator Michael Mullen to draft any documents and take an
To place Chief of Police Shawn Cronin on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an administrative investigation and delegate Town Administrator Michael Mullen to draft any documents and take any actions relative thereto
From the minutes
“Selectman Hull motioned, Selectman Mello seconded and it was VOTED to place Chief of Police Shawn Cronin on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an administrative investigation and delegate Town Administrator Michael Mullen to draft any documents and take any actions relative thereto. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Hull, aye. Selectman Mello, aye. Chairman Caron, aye..” (Motion: Hull, second: Mello)
That the town designate Sergeant George Nichols as acting Police Chief in the absence of Police Chief Shawn Cronin and designate Town Administrator Michael Mullen to draft documents, coordinate sweari
That the town designate Sergeant George Nichols as acting Police Chief in the absence of Police Chief Shawn Cronin and designate Town Administrator Michael Mullen to draft documents, coordinate swearing in and any actions relative thereto
From the minutes
“Selectman Hull motioned, Selectman Mello seconded and it was VOTED that the town designate Sergeant George Nichols as acting Police Chief in the absence of Police Chief Shawn Cronin and designate Town Administrator Michael Mullen to draft documents, coordinate swearing in and any actions relative thereto. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Hull, aye. Selectman Mello, aye. Chairman Caron, aye..” (Motion: Hull, second: Mello)
Close the meeting. a
To close the meeting. a
The roll call in the minutes includes a vote without a member’s name, so individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Selectman Hull motioned, Selectman Mello seconded and it was VOTED to close the meeting. a Roll Call Vote: Selectman Hull, aye. Selectman Mella, aye. Chairman Caron, aye..” (Motion: Hull, second: Mello)
From the Dighton Board of Selectmen’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center. Nearly every vote is a roll call with each Selectman named; we check every roll call against the members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades officials; votes and attendance are shown exactly as the minutes record them. Member photos: Mark Pacheco and Peter Caron from the Taunton Daily Gazette; Glen Cabbage from the Town of Dighton video of the September 23, 2026 Board of Selectmen meeting (identified by the nameplate in front of each member).
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