How the Eastham Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide. Suzanne Bryan and Jerry Cerasale joined the board after the May 2022 town election, when Jared Collins and Alexander Cestaro did not run again. On May 23, 2022 the board chose Jamie Demetri as Chair, Arthur Autorino as Vice Chair and Aimée Eckman as Clerk (each 5-0). Covers 26 meetings, May 23 to April 24, 2023.
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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.
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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.
Mar 20Approve the nominations of David W. Crary, Jr. and…Motion: To approve the nominations of David W. Crary, Jr. and Joanne…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
March 20, 2023 (Joint meeting): Approve the nominations of David W. Crary, Jr. and Joanne Stevens to the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission
AppointPassed · Unanimous, 3 present
To approve the nominations of David W. Crary, Jr. and Joanne Stevens to the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission
Aimée Eckman stepped aside (recused) and did not take part in this vote.
From the minutes
“Suzanne Bryan made a motion to approve the nominations of David W. Crary, Jr. and Joanne Stevens to the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission Arthur Autorino seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Aimée Eckman, Recused; Jerry Cerasale, Yes, Suzanne Bryan, Yes, Arthur Autorino, Yes.” (Motion: Bryan, second: Autorino)
Mar 20Recommend David Crary as the voting member of the…Motion: To recommend David Crary as the voting member of the Cape…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
March 20, 2023 (Joint meeting): Recommend David Crary as the voting member of the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission and Joanna Stevens as the alternate voting member
ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 3 present
To recommend David Crary as the voting member of the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission and Joanna Stevens as the alternate voting member
Aimée Eckman stepped aside (recused) and did not take part in this vote.
From the minutes
“Suzanne Bryan made a motion to recommend David Crary as the voting member of the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission and Joanna Stevens as the alternate voting member Arthur Autorino seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Aimée Eckman, Recused; Jerry Cerasale, Yes, Suzanne Bryan, Yes, Arthur Autorino, Yes.” (Motion: Bryan, second: Autorino)
“Arthur Autorino made a motion to implement the Residential Tax Exemption Suzanne Bryan seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Suzanne Bryan, Yes; Jerry Cerasale, No; Arthur Autorino, No; Aimée Eckman, No, Jamie Demetri, Yes.” (Motion: Autorino, second: Bryan)
Jan 23Approve the Renewal of the Common Victualler License for…Motion: To approve the Renewal of the Common Victualler License for the…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
January 23, 2023: Approve the Renewal of the Common Victualler License for the Royal Thai Cuisine
ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 4 present
To approve the Renewal of the Common Victualler License for the Royal Thai Cuisine
Jamie Demetri stepped aside (recused) and did not take part in this vote.
From the minutes
“Arthur Autorino made a motion to approve the Renewal of the Common Victualler License for the Royal Thai Cuisine Aimée Eckman seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Suzanne Bryan, Yes; Jerry Cerasale, Yes; Arthur Autorino, Yes; Aimée Eckman, Yes, Jamie Demetri, Recuse.” (Motion: Autorino, second: Eckman)
Jan 9Approve the request from Verizon and Eversource to place…Motion: To approve the request from Verizon and Eversource to place a…Passed 5–0 · see note
January 9, 2023 (Joint meeting): Approve the request from Verizon and Eversource to place a jointly owned pole on Governor Prence Road
ApprovePassed · 5–0
To approve the request from Verizon and Eversource to place a jointly owned pole on Governor Prence Road
The roll call lists Aimée Eckman, but the minutes show this member as not present (Aimée Eckman is not on the attendance line). Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Jerry Cerasale made a motion to approve the request from Verizon and Eversource to place a jointly owned pole on Governor Prence Road Arthur Autorino seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Suzanne Bryan, Yes; Jerry Cerasale, Yes; Arthur Autorino, Yes; Aimée Eckman, Yes, Jamie Demetri, Yes.” (Motion: Cerasale, second: Autorino)
Jan 9Approve the Renewal of the Common Victualler License for…Motion: To approve the Renewal of the Common Victualler License for the…Passed 4–0 · see note
To approve the Renewal of the Common Victualler License for the Chocolate Café
The roll call lists Aimée Eckman, but the minutes show this member as not present (Aimée Eckman is not on the attendance line). Showing the count only. Jamie Demetri stepped aside (recused) and did not take part in this vote.
From the minutes
“Jerry Cerasale made a motion to approve the Renewal of the Common Victualler License for the Chocolate Café Suzanne Bryan seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Suzanne Bryan, Yes; Jerry Cerasale, Yes; Arthur Autorino, Yes; Aimée Eckman, Yes, Jamie Demetri, Recuse.” (Motion: Cerasale, second: Bryan)
Jan 9Approve the Annual Town Election Hours from 8AM to…Motion: To approve the Annual Town Election Hours from 8AM to 8PM…Passed 5–0 · see note
January 9, 2023 (Joint meeting): Approve the Annual Town Election Hours from 8AM to 8PM and that we continue the option of mail-in voting and eliminate the early in-person voting
ApprovePassed · 5–0
To approve the Annual Town Election Hours from 8AM to 8PM and that we continue the option of mail-in voting and eliminate the early in-person voting.
The roll call lists Aimée Eckman, but the minutes show this member as not present (Aimée Eckman is not on the attendance line). Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Arthur Autorino made a motion to approve the Annual Town Election Hours from 8AM to 8PM and that we continue the option of mail-in voting and eliminate the early in-person voting. Jerry Cerasale seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Suzanne Bryan, Yes; Jerry Cerasale, Yes; Arthur Autorino, Yes; Aimée Eckman, Yes, Jamie Demetri, Yes.” (Motion: Autorino, second: Cerasale)
To accept the final account from the Estate of Shirley J. Crowley as presented by Scott Davis.
The roll call lists Aimée Eckman, but the minutes show this member as not present (Aimée Eckman is not on the attendance line). Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Jerry Cerasale made a motion to accept the final account from the Estate of Shirley J. Crowley as presented by Scott Davis. Suzanne Bryan seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Suzanne Bryan, Yes; Jerry Cerasale, Yes; Arthur Autorino, Yes; Aimée Eckman, Yes, Jamie Demetri, Yes.” (Motion: Cerasale, second: Bryan)
To accept the resignation of Rae Ann Palmer with thanks from the Board
The roll call lists Aimée Eckman, but the minutes show this member as not present (Aimée Eckman is not on the attendance line). Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Arthur Autorino made a motion to accept the resignation of Rae Ann Palmer with thanks from the Board Suzanne Bryan seconded the motion ROLL CALL VOTE: Suzanne Bryan, Yes; Jerry Cerasale, Yes; Arthur Autorino, Yes; Aimée Eckman, Yes, Jamie Demetri, Yes.” (Motion: Autorino, second: Bryan)
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).