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Eastham Select Board

How the Eastham Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide. Same five members. On June 2, 2025 the board chose Jerry Cerasale as Chair, Suzanne Bryan as Vice Chair and Bob Bruns as Clerk (5-0). Covers 26 meetings, June 2 to May 18, 2026.

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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.

Sources: Massachusetts Select Board Handbook (MMA) · Mass. Division of Local Services: the town budget
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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

Sessions: May 4 and 5, 2026

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the May 4–5, 2026 Annual Town Meeting.

Special Town Meeting · June 23, 2025 1 votes: 1 passed

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the June 23, 2025 Special Town Meeting.

Annual Town Meeting · May 5, 2025 23 votes: 22 passed, 1 failed

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the May 5, 2025 Annual Town Meeting.

Annual Town Meeting · May 4, 2024 27 votes: 27 passed

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the May 4, 2024 Annual Town Meeting.

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).

Members

Bob BrunsClerk · Elected townwide · at 25 of 26 meetingsJamie DemetriMember · Elected townwide · at 18 of 26 meetingsAimée EckmanMember · Elected townwide · at 25 of 26 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: 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.

Monday, May 18, 2026 · Regular meeting7 recorded votes, 1 with disagreementAbsent: Suzanne BryanTuesday, April 21, 2026 · Regular meeting7 recorded votes, 0 with disagreementAll 5 members presentMonday, April 6, 2026 · Regular meeting15 recorded votes, 0 with disagreementAll 5 members presentMonday, March 23, 2026 · Joint meeting11 recorded votes, 8 with disagreementAll 5 members presentMonday, March 16, 2026 · Regular meeting24 recorded votes, 2 with disagreementAll 5 members present

Votes where members disagreed

Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.

Mar 23Approve the new handhole 251/H4-A and 40' +/- of…Motion: approve the new handhole 251/H4-A and 40' +/- of 1-3" conduit.Passed 4–0 · see note

March 23, 2026 (Joint meeting): Approve the new handhole 251/H4-A and 40' +/- of 1-3" conduit

ApprovePassed · 4–0

Approve the new handhole 251/H4-A and 40' +/- of 1-3" conduit.

The roll call does not give a vote for Jamie Demetri, who was at the meeting. Showing the count only.

From the minutes

“Aimée made a motion approve the new handhole 251/H4-A and 40' +/- of 1-3" conduit. Suzanne seconded the motion. ROLL CALL VOTE: Jerry, Yes, Suzanne, Yes, Bob, Yes, Aimée, Yes.” (Motion: Eckman, second: Bryan)

Read it in the official minutes, page 1 (PDF)

Mar 23Opt in for early voting by mail for the…Motion: To opt in for early voting by mail for the town…Passed 4–0 · see note

March 23, 2026 (Joint meeting): Opt in for early voting by mail for the town election on May 19, 2026

ApprovePassed · 4–0

To opt in for early voting by mail for the town election on May 19, 2026.

The roll call does not give a vote for Jamie Demetri, who was at the meeting. Showing the count only.

From the minutes

“Suzanne made a motion to opt in for early voting by mail for the town election on May 19, 2026. Aimée seconded the motion. ROLL CALL VOTE: Jerry, Yes, Suzanne, Yes, Bob, Yes, Aimée, Yes.” (Motion: Bryan, second: Eckman)

Read it in the official minutes, page 1 (PDF)

Mar 23Opt out of early voting in-person for the town…Motion: To opt out of early voting in-person for the town election…Passed 4–0 · see note

March 23, 2026 (Joint meeting): Opt out of early voting in-person for the town election on May 19, 2026

ApprovePassed · 4–0

To opt out of early voting in-person for the town election on May 19, 2026.

The roll call does not give a vote for Jamie Demetri, who was at the meeting. Showing the count only.

From the minutes

“Suzanne made a motion to opt out of early voting in-person for the town election on May 19, 2026. Aimée seconded the motion. ROLL CALL VOTE: Jerry, Yes, Suzanne, Yes, Bob, Yes, Aimée, Yes.” (Motion: Bryan, second: Eckman)

Read it in the official minutes, page 1 (PDF)

Mar 23Set the time for the May 19, 2026, election…Motion: To set the time for the May 19, 2026, election from…Passed 4–0 · see note

March 23, 2026 (Joint meeting): Set the time for the May 19, 2026, election from 8am to 7pm

ApprovePassed · 4–0

To set the time for the May 19, 2026, election from 8am to 7pm.

The roll call does not give a vote for Jamie Demetri, who was at the meeting. Showing the count only.

From the minutes

“Aimée made a motion to set the time for the May 19, 2026, election from 8am to 7pm. Bob seconded the motion. ROLL CALL VOTE: Jerry, Yes, Suzanne, Yes, Bob, Yes, Aimée, Yes.” (Motion: Eckman, second: Bruns)

Read it in the official minutes, page 2 (PDF)

Mar 23Not to place Article 8E in the warrantMotion: not to place Article 8E in the warrant.Passed 4–1 · No: Cerasale

March 23, 2026 (Joint meeting): Not to place Article 8E in the warrant

ApprovePassed · 4–1

Not to place Article 8E in the warrant.

Yes: Bruns, Bryan, Demetri, EckmanNo: Cerasale

From the minutes

“Bob made a motion not to place Article 8E in the warrant. Aimée seconded the motion. ROLL CALL VOTE: Jerry, No, Suzanne, Yes, Bob, Yes, Aimée, Yes, Jamie, Yes.” (Motion: Bruns, second: Eckman)

Read it in the official minutes, page 2 (PDF)

Mar 23Recommend article 8CMotion: To recommend article 8C.Passed 4–1 · No: Demetri

March 23, 2026 (Joint meeting): Recommend article 8C

ApprovePassed · 4–1

To recommend article 8C.

Yes: Bruns, Bryan, Cerasale, EckmanNo: Demetri

From the minutes

“Suzanne made a motion to recommend article 8C. Aimée seconded the motion. ROLL CALL VOTE: Jerry, Yes, Suzanne, Yes, Bob, Yes, Aimée, Yes, Jamie, No.” (Motion: Bryan, second: Eckman)

Read it in the official minutes, page 2 (PDF)

Mar 23Recommend Article 2BMotion: To recommend Article 2B.Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Bruns

March 23, 2026 (Joint meeting): Recommend Article 2B

ApprovePassed · 4–0

To recommend Article 2B.

Yes: Bryan, Cerasale, Demetri, EckmanAbstained: Bruns

From the minutes

“Jamie made a motion to recommend Article 2B. Suzanne seconded the motion. ROLL CALL VOTE: Jerry, Yes, Suzanne, Yes, Bob, Abstain, Aimée, Yes, Jamie, Yes.” (Motion: Demetri, second: Bryan)

Read it in the official minutes, page 2 (PDF)

Mar 16Recommend Article 6BMotion: To recommend Article 6B.Failed 1–4 · No: Bruns, Cerasale, Demetri, Eckman

March 16, 2026: Recommend Article 6B

ApproveFailed · 1–4

To recommend Article 6B.

Yes: BryanNo: Bruns, Cerasale, Demetri, Eckman

From the minutes

“Jamie made a motion to recommend Article 6B. Aimée seconded the motion. ROLL CALL VOTE: Jerry, No, Suzanne, Yes, Bob, No, Aimée, No, Jamie, No.” (Motion: Demetri, second: Eckman)

Read it in the official minutes, page 3 (PDF)

Mar 16Recommend Article 9AMotion: To recommend Article 9A.Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Cerasale

March 16, 2026: Recommend Article 9A

ApprovePassed · 4–0

To recommend Article 9A.

Yes: Bruns, Bryan, Demetri, EckmanAbstained: Cerasale

From the minutes

“Aimée made a motion to recommend Article 9A. Bob seconded the motion. ROLL CALL VOTE: Jerry, Abstain, Suzanne, Yes, Bob, Yes, Aimée, Yes, Jamie, Yes.” (Motion: Eckman, second: Bruns)

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Sep 8Approve the residential tax exemptionMotion: To approve the residential tax exemptionPassed 3–2 · see note

September 8, 2025: Approve the residential tax exemption

ApprovePassed · 3–2

To approve the residential tax exemption

The minutes give only the count (3-2), not how each member voted.

From the minutes

“Jamie motioned to approve the residential tax exemption Suzanne seconded the motion VOTE: 3, YES, 2, NO.” (Motion: Demetri, second: Bryan)

Read it in the official minutes, page 2 (PDF)

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).

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