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Dover Board of Selectmen
How the Dover Board of Selectmen voted, from the Board of Selectmen’s official minutes. 3 Selectmen elected townwide for three-year terms, one seat each year. No change in members (Robert Springett re-elected May 17, 2021). Officers voted at the May 20, 2021 reorganization. Covers 31 meetings, May 20 to May 12, 2022.
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What does the Board of Selectmen 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 Board of Selectmen, votes the town budget and town bylaws.
Sources: Massachusetts Select Board Handbook (MMA) · Mass. Division of Local Services: the town budgetBoard years
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Members
Robyn HunterClerk · Elected townwide · at 30 of 31 meetingsRobert SpringettMember · Elected townwide · at 30 of 31 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: Dover Board of Selectmen minutes from January 11, 2018 through June 30, 2026, from the town’s Agenda Center. The town has not posted minutes for any meeting after June 30, 2026, or for eight earlier 2026 meetings (January 27, March 24, April 28, May 4, May 12, May 28, June 9 and June 15); in all, about 58 meetings since 2018 have an agenda online but no minutes. We list every meeting without minutes, and MassVoter is asking the town for them. Most minutes since 2020 are typed; about 70 from 2018 to early 2020 are scanned images, which MassVoter read with text recognition and checked by hand. Most Dover votes are recorded as unanimous or as a roll call by name, so we show each member’s vote. When the minutes give only the result, or a count without names (two 2-1 votes in 2019), we show that without guessing. Eleven motions that have no recorded vote are left out. Minutes of other committees filed in the same place (the Town Meeting Review, Board Membership Size and Police Chief Screening committees) are not loaded. 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.
Jan 20Approve the Contract Between Carl Valente and the Town…Motion: to approve the Contract Between Carl Valente and the Town of…Passed 2–1 · No: Hunter
January 20, 2022: Approve the Contract Between Carl Valente and the Town of Dover, as amended to $90 an hour
To approve the Contract Between Carl Valente and the Town of Dover, as amended to $90 an hour
Yes: Jeffries, SpringettNo: Hunter
From the minutes
“Mr. Jeffries moved to approve the Contract Between Carl Valente and the Town of Dover, as amended to $90 an hour, seconded by Mr. Springett; it was approved by a vote of 2 to 1 with Mr. Jeffries and Mr. Springett voting in favor and Ms. Hunter voting against..” (Motion: Jeffries, second: Springett)
Dec 16Approve Dover’s Housing Production Plan dated December 16, 2021Motion: to approve Dover’s Housing Production Plan dated December 16, 2021Passed 2–1 · No: Springett
December 16, 2021: Approve Dover’s Housing Production Plan dated December 16, 2021
To approve Dover’s Housing Production Plan dated December 16, 2021
Yes: Hunter, JeffriesNo: Springett
From the minutes
“Mr. Jeffries moved to approve Dover’s Housing Production Plan dated December 16, 2021, seconded by Ms. Hunter. The Motion was approved 2 to 1 with Mr. Jeffries and Ms. Hunter voting in favor and Mr. Springett voting against..” (Motion: Jeffries, second: Hunter)
Sep 23Authorize Mr. Dwelley to execute all documents related to…Motion: to authorize Mr. Dwelley to execute all documents related to the…Passed · see note
September 23, 2021: Authorize Mr. Dwelley to execute all documents related to the two Agreements with CliftonLarsonAllen for professional accounting support services
To authorize Mr. Dwelley to execute all documents related to the two Agreements with CliftonLarsonAllen for professional accounting support services
The minutes name only some votes (Hunter yes; Springett yes) and do not say how Jeffries voted.
From the minutes
“Mr. Jeffries moved to authorize Mr. Dwelley to execute all documents related to the two Agreements with CliftonLarsonAllen for professional accounting support services, seconded by Ms. Hunter; it was approved by roll call vote with Ms. Hunter and Mr. Springett voting in favor..” (Motion: Jeffries, second: Hunter)
May 26Endorse the financial plan as proposed utilizing $4 million…Motion: to endorse the financial plan as proposed utilizing $4 million of…Passed 2–1 · No: Hunter
May 26, 2021: Endorse the financial plan as proposed utilizing $4 million of Free Cash over a 12-year period to service the debt of the Community Center Building project and that the $4…
To endorse the financial plan as proposed utilizing $4 million of Free Cash over a 12-year period to service the debt of the Community Center Building project and that the $4 million will be appropriated and voted on annually by Town Meeting
Yes: Jeffries, SpringettNo: Hunter
From the minutes
“Mr. Jeffries moved to endorse the financial plan as proposed utilizing $4 million of Free Cash over a 12-year period to service the debt of the Community Center Building project and that the $4 million will be appropriated and voted on annually by Town Meeting, seconded by Mr. Springett. The motion passed, by roll call vote with Mr. Jeffries and Mr. Springett in favor and Ms. Hunter against..” (Motion: Jeffries, second: Springett)
From the Dover Board of Selectmen’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center. We check every vote against the Selectmen present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials.
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