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Groton Select Board
How the Groton Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Nick Degaitas joined the board after the May 2026 town election (first meeting June 1, 2026); Alison Manugian, who lost her bid for reelection, left it (her last meeting was May 18, 2026). On June 1, 2026 the board chose Peter Cunningham as Chair, Becky Pine as Vice Chair (Matt Pisani had nominated John Reilly) and Nick Degaitas as Clerk, each unanimously. Minutes after August 31, 2026 are not posted yet. The end date (May 2027) is a placeholder. Covers 8 meetings so far, June 1 to August 31, 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 budgetVote Transparency Score
Groton Select Board: 8.5 out of 10 · Mostly open
How easy Groton makes it to see, online, how each member votes. It scores the town’s records, not any official. Checked October 10, 2026.
- Minutes postedMinutes are posted for nearly every meeting more than three months old.Full points: 2/2
- Each vote namedThe minutes name the members who vote no or abstain; some votes are roll calls by name.Part points: 2/3
- Posted quicklyMinutes are posted for every meeting more than a month old.Full points: 2/2
- Past years onlineSelect Board minutes from 2001 to today are online.Full points: 1/1
- Readable textThe minutes are text you can search and copy.Full points: 1/1
- Member photosThe town’s website shows photos of some members.Part points: 0.5/1
How the town can raise its score
- Each vote named (+1): On any vote that isn’t unanimous, write how each member voted. For example: “Motion passed 3–2. Yes: Smith, Jones, Lee. No: Brown, Silva.” A roll call on split votes is the simplest way to do this.
- Member photos (+0.5): Show a photo of each member on the board’s web page, with their name, the date their term ends and how to contact them. A group photo of the members, with everyone named in the caption or on the same page, earns half a point.
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Board years
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Members
ChairPeter CunninghamChair · At-large · at 7 of 8 meetings
Vice-ChairBecky PineVice Chair · At-large · at 8 of 8 meetings
John ReillyMember · At-large · at 8 of 8 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.
Attendance
24 full-board meetings so far this year, through August 31. Ties share a rank.
1Matt Pisani24 of 24 meetings Every meeting100%1Nick Degaitas8 of 8 meetings · served from Jun Every meeting100%3Becky Pine23 of 24 meetings96%4Alison Manugian15 of 16 meetings · served until May94%5John Reilly22 of 24 meetings92%6Peter Cunningham21 of 24 meetings88%38 full-board meetings in 2025. Ties share a rank.
1Matt Pisani37 of 38 meetings97%2Peter Cunningham36 of 38 meetings95%2Alison Manugian36 of 38 meetings95%2Becky Pine36 of 38 meetings95%5John Reilly35 of 38 meetings92%34 full-board meetings in 2024. Ties share a rank.
1Matt Pisani34 of 34 meetings Every meeting100%2Alison Manugian33 of 34 meetings97%2Becky Pine33 of 34 meetings97%4Peter Cunningham31 of 34 meetings91%5John Reilly29 of 34 meetings85%33 full-board meetings in 2023. Ties share a rank.
1Matt Pisani33 of 33 meetings Every meeting100%2Alison Manugian32 of 33 meetings97%3Peter Cunningham31 of 33 meetings94%3Becky Pine31 of 33 meetings94%3John Reilly31 of 33 meetings94%33 full-board meetings in 2022. Ties share a rank.
1Peter Cunningham32 of 33 meetings97%2Matt Pisani17 of 18 meetings · served from Jun94%3Alison Manugian31 of 33 meetings94%3Becky Pine31 of 33 meetings94%3John Reilly31 of 33 meetings94%6Joshua Degen14 of 15 meetings · served until May93%39 full-board meetings in 2021. Ties share a rank.
1Becky Pine39 of 39 meetings Every meeting100%1John Reilly39 of 39 meetings Every meeting100%1Peter Cunningham23 of 23 meetings · served from Jun Every meeting100%1John Giger16 of 16 meetings · served until May Every meeting100%5Alison Manugian37 of 39 meetings95%6Joshua Degen36 of 39 meetings92%41 full-board meetings in 2020. Ties share a rank.
1John Giger41 of 41 meetings Every meeting100%1Alison Manugian41 of 41 meetings Every meeting100%1Becky Pine41 of 41 meetings Every meeting100%4Joshua Degen40 of 41 meetings98%4John Reilly40 of 41 meetings98%33 full-board meetings in 2019. Ties share a rank.
1John Giger33 of 33 meetings Every meeting100%1Alison Manugian33 of 33 meetings Every meeting100%1John Reilly18 of 18 meetings · served from Jun Every meeting100%4Becky Pine31 of 33 meetings94%5Joshua Degen27 of 33 meetings82%6Barry Pease10 of 14 meetings · served until May71%40 full-board meetings in 2018. Ties share a rank.
1John Giger24 of 24 meetings · served from Jun Every meeting100%2Alison Manugian39 of 40 meetings98%2Becky Pine39 of 40 meetings98%4John Petropoulos15 of 16 meetings · served until May94%5Barry Pease30 of 40 meetings75%6Joshua Degen29 of 40 meetings73%From the official minutes: full-board meetings only (committee meetings are not counted). Members are counted only for meetings held while they served, and arriving late counts as attending. The minutes rarely say why a member was absent.
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Meetings
About missing minutes
Loaded: Groton Select Board minutes (the board was called the Board of Selectmen until the 2018 Spring Town Meeting renamed it) from January 16, 2018 through August 31, 2026: 315 meetings and 2,132 votes. The town’s meeting portal holds the board’s minutes back to June 2001; MassVoter has loaded 2018 on. Nearly all the minutes are typed documents with searchable text; five files are scans, which we read with text recognition. Not here: executive-session minutes; about 100 dates on the portal that have an agenda but no minutes (many are executive-session-only sessions, Saturday budget sessions with the Finance Committee, joint meetings in neighboring towns and meetings held at Town Meeting); the December 15, 2025 file, which holds only the meeting’s attachments; the April 4, 2023 file, which holds the School Committee’s minutes; and meetings after August 31, 2026 (the September 14 and 28 and October 3, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Groton’s minutes give the mover, the seconder and the result. About two votes in five are roll calls by name (“Roll Call: Pine-aye; Degaitas-aye; Reilly-aye; Cunningham-aye; Pisani-aye”), most of all during the remote meetings of 2020 and 2021; other votes read “The motion carried unanimously,” shown as every member present voting yes, or give the count and name the member who voted no or abstained (“4 in Favor, 1 Against- Manugian”), shown member by member when the count matches the members present. Where the count does not match the members present or a split names no one, we show the count only, with a note (5 votes); 11 votes record the result only (“The motion carried”). When members chose between two nominees for Chair or Vice Chair, we show the result only and quote who chose whom. Members who stepped aside (recused) or left the room are not shown as voting. At joint meetings (the Finance Committee, School Committee, Park, Planning and other boards) only the Select Board’s own votes are shown; when the Select Board voted together with another board to fill a vacancy, only the Select Board members’ votes are shown. Select Board positions on Town Meeting articles that the minutes list without a motion are not shown as votes. 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.
Jul 27Accept the Town Manager's Annual Performance Evaluation with pleasureMotion: Ms. Pine made a motion to accept the Town Manager's Annual…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Degaitas
July 27, 2026: Accept the Town Manager's Annual Performance Evaluation with pleasure
Ms. Pine made a motion to accept the Town Manager's Annual Performance Evaluation with pleasure.
Yes: Cunningham, Pine, Pisani, ReillyAbstained: Degaitas
From the minutes
“Ms. Pine made a motion to accept the Town Manager's Annual Performance Evaluation with pleasure. Mr. Reilly seconded the motion. The motion carried 4 in Favor, 1 abstained- Degaitas..” (Motion: Pine, second: Reilly)
Jul 13Cunningham entertained a nomination: Mr. Cunningham nominated Rebecca Weksner…Motion: Cunningham entertained a nomination: Mr. Cunningham nominated Rebecca Weksner to fill…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
July 13, 2026: Cunningham entertained a nomination: Mr. Cunningham nominated Rebecca Weksner to fill the vacancy on the School Committee until the 2027 Annual Election
Cunningham entertained a nomination: Mr. Cunningham nominated Rebecca Weksner to fill the vacancy on the School Committee until the 2027 Annual Election.
This was a joint vote with another board (to fill a vacancy or as a joint meeting); only the Select Board members’ votes are shown.
From the minutes
“Cunningham entertained a nomination: Mr. Cunningham nominated Rebecca Weksner to fill the vacancy on the School Committee until the 2027 Annual Election. Mr. Degaitas seconded the motion. The Groton Dunstable Regional School Committee Roll Call: Foley-aye; Casavecchia-aye; Owens-aye The Groton Select Board Roll Call: Pisani-aye; Reilly-aye; Cunningham-aye; Degaitas- aye; Pine-aye.” (Motion: Cunningham, second: Degaitas)
Jun 15Nominate Jeff Ohringer to fill the vacancy on the…Motion: Pine offered a motion: Ms. Pine made a motion to nominate…Passed 3–2 · No: Cunningham, Reilly
June 15, 2026: Nominate Jeff Ohringer to fill the vacancy on the Park Commission
Pine offered a motion: Ms. Pine made a motion to nominate Jeff Ohringer to fill the vacancy on the Park Commission.
Yes: Degaitas, Pine, PisaniNo: Cunningham, ReillyThis was a joint vote with another board (to fill a vacancy or as a joint meeting); only the Select Board members’ votes are shown.
From the minutes
“Pine offered a motion: Ms. Pine made a motion to nominate Jeff Ohringer to fill the vacancy on the Park Commission. Ms. Jennings seconded the motion. Roll call: Jennings- aye; Eliot- nay; Presti- aye; Petropolous- aye; Pisani- aye; Degaitas- aye; Pine- aye; Cunningham- nay; Reilly- nay.” (Motion: Pine)
Jun 1Choose Becky Pine as Vice ChairMotion: Mr. Pisani nominated Mr. Reilly for the Vice Chair position, while…Passed · see note
June 1, 2026: Choose Becky Pine as Vice Chair
Mr. Pisani nominated Mr. Reilly for the Vice Chair position, while Mr. Cunningham nominated Ms. Pine.
Mr. Pisani nominated Mr. Reilly and Mr. Cunningham nominated Ms. Pine; the minutes record the vote on Ms. Pine’s nomination as unanimous. The minutes record the result but no count.
From the minutes
“Mr. Pisani nominated Mr. Reilly for the Vice Chair position, while Mr. Cunningham nominated Ms. Pine. Mr. Reilly seconded Ms. Pine's nomination. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. Cunningham nominated Mr. Degaitas to be the Clerk. Ms. Pine seconded the motion. The vote to name Mr. Degaitas as Clerk was unanimous. ANNOUNCEMENTS Ms. Pine took a moment to acknowledge former Select Board Member A.” (Motion: Cunningham, second: Reilly)
Jun 1Choose Becky Pine as Vice ChairMotion: Reilly for the Vice Chair position, while Mr. Cunningham nominated Ms.…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
June 1, 2026: Choose Becky Pine as Vice Chair
Reilly for the Vice Chair position, while Mr. Cunningham nominated Ms. Pine.
Mr. Pisani nominated Mr. Reilly and Mr. Cunningham nominated Ms. Pine; the minutes record the vote on Ms. Pine’s nomination as unanimous.
From the minutes
“Reilly for the Vice Chair position, while Mr. Cunningham nominated Ms. Pine. Mr. Reilly seconded Ms. Pine's nomination. The motion was carried unanimously..” (Motion: Cunningham, second: Reilly)
From the Groton Select Board’s official minutes, posted on the town’s public meeting portal (Select Board). We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Town of Groton, Select Board page (Peter Cunningham, Becky Pine, John Reilly).
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