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Leah D. Basbanes
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Leah Basbanes
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Start my ballot →Record at a glance · 2025–2026 Board
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- Counted from the official minutes, for 2025–2026 Board only. Committee meetings and routine votes (adjourning, approving minutes) are not counted.
- Attendance counts the meetings where the minutes list Basbanes as present or absent at the start.
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Attendance
At the start of 25 of 26 Select Board meetings in 2025–2026 Board.
Missed
- Jul 30, 2025 · Regular: Absent
Every meeting (26)
- May 6, 2026 · Regular: Present
- Apr 7, 2026 · Regular: Present
- Mar 27, 2026 · Regular: Present
- Mar 25, 2026 · Regular: Present
- Mar 9, 2026 · Regular: Present
- Feb 18, 2026 · Regular: Present
- Feb 4, 2026 · Regular: Present
- Jan 21, 2026 · Regular: Present
- Jan 7, 2026 · Regular: Present
- Dec 30, 2025 · Regular: Present
- Dec 2, 2025 · Regular: Present
- Nov 17, 2025 · Regular: Present
- Nov 12, 2025 · Regular: Present
- Oct 28, 2025 · Regular: Present
- Oct 15, 2025 · Regular: Present
- Sep 12, 2025 · Regular: Present
- Sep 9, 2025 · Regular: Present
- Aug 12, 2025 · Regular: Present
- Jul 30, 2025 · Regular: Absent
- Jul 24, 2025 · Regular: Present
- Jul 21, 2025 · Regular: Present
- Jul 15, 2025 · Regular: Present
- Jul 3, 2025 · Regular: Present
- Jun 24, 2025 · Regular: Present
- Jun 3, 2025 · Regular: Present
- May 21, 2025 · Regular: Present
Votes where members disagreed · 2025–2026 Board
Jan 21Approve the Town Administrator's request to engage in outside…Motion: On a motion by Select Board Member Ron Mikol and seconded…Passed Unanimous, 2 present · Basbanes: Yes
January 21, 2026: Approve the Town Administrator's request to engage in outside municipal consulting services for the Town of Townsend provided that such work does not interfere with the performance of his duties...
On a motion by Select Board Member Ron Mikol and seconded by Vice Chair Kieran Meehan, it was voted to approve the Town Administrator's request to engage in outside municipal consulting services for the Town of Townsend provided that such work does not interfere with the performance of his duties to the Town of Dunstable, pursuant to the Town Administrator's employment agreement. Ron Mikol aye, Leah Basbanes aye. Kieran Meehan recused himself from the vote. The vote was unanimous (2-0).
Voted: Yes
The minutes say Kieran Meehan recused himself from the vote (“The vote was unanimous (2-0)”).
From the minutes
“On a motion by Select Board Member Ron Mikol and seconded by Vice Chair Kieran Meehan, it was voted to approve the Town Administrator's request to engage in outside municipal consulting services for the Town of Townsend provided that such work does not interfere with the performance of his duties to the Town of Dunstable, pursuant to the Town Administrator's employment agreement. Ron Mikol aye, Leah Basbanes aye. Kieran Meehan recused himself from the vote. The vote was unanimous (2-0)..” (Motion: Mikol, second: Meehan)
Votes with no disagreement (94)
From the Dunstable Select Board’s official minutes, posted on the town’s Select Board minutes page and in its older minutes archive. We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos (the town’s website has no Select Board photos): Town of Dunstable Select Board meeting video — Ron Mikol (May 2026). Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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