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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. Officers voted at the May 26, 2022 reorganization. Covers 31 meetings, May 26 to May 18, 2023.
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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.
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Members
John JeffriesMember · Elected townwide · at 31 of 31 meetingsRobert SpringettClerk · Elected townwide · at 29 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.
May 3Call a Special Town Election on June 12, 2023…Motion: to call a Special Town Election on Monday, June 12, 2023…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
May 3, 2023: Call a Special Town Election on June 12, 2023 for a debt exclusion vote on the Community Center project, and allow in-person early voting June 5-9, 2023
To call a Special Town Election on Monday, June 12, 2023 for the purpose of voting on a debt exclusion for the funding of the Community Center project; and to allow early voting in person from June 5 through June 9, 2023 during the Town Clerk's regular office hours
The minutes record this as one motion in two sentences ("She also moved..."), with one second and one vote.
From the minutes
“Chair Robyn Hunter moved to call a Special Town Election on Monday, June 12, 2023 for the purpose of voting on a debt exclusion for the funding of the Community Center project. She also moved to allow early voting in person from June 5 through June 9, 2023 during the Town Clerk's regular office hours, seconded by Mr. Springett. The motion was unanimously approved with a roll-call vote..” (Motion: Hunter, second: Springett)
Mar 16Approve the Professional Services Agreement between the Town of…Motion: to approve the Professional Services Agreement between the Town of Dover…Passed 2–1 · No: Jeffries
March 16, 2023: Approve the Professional Services Agreement between the Town of Dover and the University of Massachusetts Collins Center for a comparative cost study of solid waste and recycling transportation...
To approve the Professional Services Agreement between the Town of Dover and the University of Massachusetts Collins Center for a comparative cost study of solid waste and recycling transportation options at a cost of $8,500 and to authorize the Interim Town Administrator to sign said Agreement
Yes: Hunter, SpringettNo: Jeffries
From the minutes
“Ms. Hunter moved to approve the Professional Services Agreement between the Town of Dover and the University of Massachusetts Collins Center for a comparative cost study of solid waste and recycling transportation options at a cost of $8,500 and to authorize the Interim Town Administrator to sign said Agreement, seconded by Mr. Springett. The motion passed 2 to 1 with Ms. Hunter and Mr. Springett voting in favor and Mr. Jeffries voting against..” (Motion: Hunter, second: Springett)
Mar 2Authorize the Town Administrator to negotiate and execute all…Motion: to authorize the Town Administrator to negotiate and execute all documents…Passed 2–1 · No: Jeffries
March 2, 2023: Authorize the Town Administrator to negotiate and execute all documents related to the agreement between Dover and John Guilfoil Public Relations for communication consultant services with...
To authorize the Town Administrator to negotiate and execute all documents related to the agreement between Dover and John Guilfoil Public Relations for communication consultant services with guidance provided by the Board of Selectmen regarding the number of reporting hours each month
Yes: Hunter, SpringettNo: Jeffries
From the minutes
“Ms. Hunter moved to authorize the Town Administrator to negotiate and execute all documents related to the agreement between Dover and John Guilfoil Public Relations for communication consultant services with guidance provided by the Board of Selectmen regarding the number of reporting hours each month, seconded by Mr. Springett. The motion passed 2 to 1 with Ms. Hunter and Mr. Springett voting in favor and Mr. Jeffries voting against..” (Motion: Hunter, second: Springett)
Jan 20Approve the Dover Planning Board’s submission of an Action…Motion: to approve the Dover Planning Board’s submission of an Action Plan…Passed 2–1 · No: Springett
January 20, 2023: Approve the Dover Planning Board’s submission of an Action Plan to the Department of Housing and Community Development
To approve the Dover Planning Board’s submission of an Action Plan to the Department of Housing and Community Development
Yes: Hunter, JeffriesNo: Springett
From the minutes
“Ms. Hunter moved to approve the Dover Planning Board’s submission of an Action Plan to the Department of Housing and Community Development, seconded by Mr. Jeffries. The motion passed with Ms. Hunter and Mr. Jeffries voting in favor and Mr. Springett voting against..” (Motion: Hunter, second: Jeffries)
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