How the Eastham Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide. Same five members. On June 7, 2021 the board chose Arthur Autorino as Chair, Aimée Eckman as Vice Chair and Alexander Cestaro as Clerk (by roll calls of all five members). Covers 23 meetings, June 7 to April 25, 2022.
A monthly email on what it voted on, starting in November.
What does the Select Board 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 Select Board, votes the town budget and town bylaws.
Under the state Open Meeting Law, boards post notice at least 48 hours ahead, not counting weekends and legal holidays.
What Town Meeting decided
In Eastham, Town Meeting — not the Select Board — votes the town budget, bylaws and zoning. Here is what it did with each article, in the Town Clerk’s own words. Any registered voter can take part, and most votes are by voice or show of hands, so there is no list of who voted which way.
Annual Town Meeting · May 4, 2026 38 votes: 30 passed, 1 failed, 2 indefinitely postponed, 4 referred, 1 advisory
Titles are short descriptions of each article from the official record; the quoted words are the Town Clerk’s. A vote at Town Meeting is not the final word on everything: some articles also need a ballot vote (such as a tax override) or the Attorney General’s approval (bylaws).
"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: Select Board minutes (the board was called the Board of Selectmen until September 2019) from January 2, 2018 through September 8, 2026, from the town’s online Agenda Center, which holds minutes back to 2017 (MassVoter has loaded 2018 on). Not here: executive-session minutes; one set of minutes for which the town posted the wrong file (September 27, 2021, which holds the Housing Production Plan instead); minutes the town has not posted, including the February 26, 2026 emergency meeting and June 22, 2026; and every meeting after September 8, 2026. Most minutes are typed; 11 are scanned copies, which MassVoter read with text-recognition software and checked by hand. Eastham’s minutes give the mover, the seconder and a count for each motion, such as “VOTE: Yes 5, No 0” or “VOTE: Yes 4, No 1 (Jamie Rivers)”; many votes, especially from 2018 to 2023, are roll calls that list each member’s vote by name (since 2025 sometimes by first name only, as in “Jerry, Yes”). Warrant-article recommendations in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023 are recorded in tables. When the count matches the members present, we show every member present as voting yes, and when the minutes name the members who voted no or abstained, everyone else present as voting yes. Where the minutes give only a split count without names, a roll call leaves out a member who was there or names one who was not, or the count does not match the members present, we show the count only and add a note. A few motions have no vote written down; we show those with no count. Members who stepped aside (recused), had not yet arrived or had left are left out of that vote. Votes taken by other boards at joint meetings (such as the Finance Committee) are not included. We will ask the town to confirm any noted vote.
Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.
Apr 25Approve the licenses for the grant holders as listedMotion: To approve the licenses for the grant holders as listedPassed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
April 25, 2022: Approve the licenses for the grant holders as listed
ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 3 present
To approve the licenses for the grant holders as listed
Alexander Cestaro stepped aside (recused) and did not take part in this vote. Jared Collins stepped aside (recused) and did not take part in this vote.
From the minutes
“Jamie Demetri made a motion to approve the licenses for the grant holders as listed Aimée Eckman seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Arthur Autorino, Yes; Aimée Eckman, Yes; Alexander Cestaro, Recused; Jamie Demetri, Yes; Jared Collins, Recused.” (Motion: Demetri, second: Eckman)
The roll call does not give a vote for Jared Collins, who was at the meeting. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Aimée Eckman made a motion to approve the licenses as listed Jamie Demetri seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Arthur Autorino, Yes; Aimée Eckman, Yes; Jamie Demetri, Yes;.” (Motion: Eckman, second: Demetri)
Mar 28Recommend Article 11: ACCEPT LOCAL OPTION COMMUNITYMotion: Recommend Article 11: ACCEPT LOCAL OPTION COMMUNITYPassed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
March 28, 2022: Recommend Article 11: ACCEPT LOCAL OPTION COMMUNITY
ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 3 present
Recommend Article 11: ACCEPT LOCAL OPTION COMMUNITY
Jared Collins stepped aside (recused) and did not take part in this vote.
From the minutes
“11 ACCEPT LOCAL OPTION COMMUNITY Aimée Eeckman/Jamie Demetri IMPACT FEE Jared Collins Recused The Board discussed the article and agreed that they 3-0 would like to look at it further considering our cottage colonies. Based on this, they agreed to withdraw this article from the warrant for this year..” (Motion: Eckman, second: Demetri)
Mar 7Approve the Renewals, Expansions and New Licenses as listed…Motion: To approve the Renewals, Expansions and New Licenses as listed with…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
March 7, 2022: Approve the Renewals, Expansions and New Licenses as listed with the correction noted for the Edmunds site from 1.5 acres to 1.1 acres
ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 3 present
To approve the Renewals, Expansions and New Licenses as listed with the correction noted for the Edmunds site from 1.5 acres to 1.1 acres
Alexander Cestaro stepped aside (recused) and did not take part in this vote. Jared Collins stepped aside (recused) and did not take part in this vote.
From the minutes
“Aimée Eckman made a motion to approve the Renewals, Expansions and New Licenses as listed with the correction noted for the Edmunds site from 1.5 acres to 1.1 acres Jamie Demetri seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Arthur Autorino, Yes; Aimée Eckman, Yes; Alexander Cestaro, Clerk, Recused; Jamie Demetri, Yes; Jared Collins, Recused.” (Motion: Eckman, second: Demetri)
“Aimée Eckman made a motion to approve the request from NSTAR Alexander Cestaro seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Arthur Autorino, Yes; Aimée Eckman, Yes; Alexander Cestaro, Clerk, Yes; Jamie Demetri, No; Jared Collins, Yes.” (Motion: Eckman, second: Cestaro)
The roll call does not give a vote for Alexander Cestaro, who was at the meeting. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Jamie Demetri made a motion to sign the correction needed to the NRHS Deed Aimée Eckman seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Arthur Autorino, Yes; Aimée Eckman, Yes; Alexander Cestaro, Clerk, Off Zoom; Jamie Demetri, No; Jared Collins, Yes.” (Motion: Demetri, second: Eckman)
The roll call does not give a vote for Jared Collins and Alexander Cestaro, who were at the meeting. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Jamie Demetri made a motion to approve the letter as presented Aimée Eckman seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Arthur Autorino, Yes; Aimée Eckman, Yes; Alexander Cestaro, Clerk, Off Zoom; Jamie Demetri, No; Jared Collins, Off Zoom.” (Motion: Demetri, second: Eckman)
Feb 7Accept the resignation of Wendy Walsh with ThanksMotion: To accept the resignation of Wendy Walsh with ThanksPassed 3–0 · see note
February 7, 2022: Accept the resignation of Wendy Walsh with Thanks
ApprovePassed · 3–0
To accept the resignation of Wendy Walsh with Thanks
The roll call does not give a vote for Jared Collins and Alexander Cestaro, who were at the meeting. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Jamie Demetri made a motion to accept the resignation of Wendy Walsh with Thanks Aimée Eckman seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Arthur Autorino, Yes; Aimée Eckman, Yes; Alexander Cestaro, Clerk, Off Zoom; Jamie Demetri, Yes; Jared Collins, Off Zoom.” (Motion: Demetri, second: Eckman)
From the Eastham Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center. We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: The Provincetown Independent (courtesy of the members, or by Nigel Diamond and Joe Navas).