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Holbrook Select Board
How the Holbrook Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. On April 6, 2022, after Lindsy Vayda stepped down as Chair, the board chose Daniel Lee as Chair (3-1, William Watkins voting no), Pamela Campanella as Vice Chair (4-0) and Lindsy Vayda as Clerk (3-0, Vayda recused). The same five members served all year. Covers 25 meetings, April 6 to March 22, 2023.
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.
Sources: Massachusetts Select Board Handbook (MMA) · Mass. Division of Local Services: the town budgetYour Holbrook ballot: 13 quizzes, about a minute each.
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Members
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Meetings
About missing minutes
Loaded: 151 Holbrook Select Board meetings with minutes, from January 8, 2020 through February 4, 2026, including three meetings of the board sitting as the Personnel Board and the August 10, 2022 joint meeting with the Finance Committee (only the Select Board’s votes are shown). These come from the town’s Agenda Center, which holds the board’s minutes from January 2020 on. Not here: minutes from before 2020, which are not on the town’s website; meetings whose minutes were never posted, including July 22 to October 7, 2020, most of the summer and fall of 2021, January 3 to May 1, 2024, and every meeting after February 4, 2026 (the town calendar lists 27 Select Board meetings from July 2025 to July 2026 with no minutes online). MassVoter is asking the town for these minutes. Holbrook’s minutes usually record a roll call that names each member’s vote (“Roll Call Vote: 4-0. Vayda voting yes, Reilly voting yes, Campanella voting yes, and Lee voting yes”); some give only a count (“Motion passed 4-0”). When the count matches the members present, each member is shown voting as recorded. Some minutes, mostly from 2020 to 2025, have roll calls that leave out a member who was present, list a member as absent while recording him or her voting, or give a count that does not match the names; those 84 votes show the count only, with a note. 2 votes record no count and show the result only. Three minutes files are scans and were read by text recognition (January 26 and February 16, 2022; August 2, 2023). 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.
Mar 8Approve a three-year contract with Diane Haley for the…Motion: MOTION to approve a three-year contract with Diane Haley for the…Passed 3–1 · No: Campanella
March 8, 2023: Approve a three-year contract with Diane Haley for the Benefits Coordinator Position subject to certain modifications and added benefits included by Town Counsel
MOTION to approve a three-year contract with Diane Haley for the Benefits Coordinator Position subject to certain modifications and added benefits included by Town Counsel, by Lindsy Vayda, 2nd by David Reilly. Roll Call Vote: 3-1. Vayda voting yes, Reilly voting yes, Campanella voting no, and Lee voting yes.
Yes: David Reilly, Lee, VaydaNo: Campanella
From the minutes
“MOTION to approve a three-year contract with Diane Haley for the Benefits Coordinator Position subject to certain modifications and added benefits included by Town Counsel, by Lindsy Vayda, 2nd by David Reilly. Roll Call Vote: 3-1. Vayda voting yes, Reilly voting yes, Campanella voting no, and Lee voting yes..” (Motion: Vayda, second: David Reilly)
Mar 1Appoint Diane Haley as the Benefits Coordinator for the…Motion: MOTION to appoint Diane Haley as the Benefits Coordinator for the…Passed 3–2 · No: Campanella, Watkins
March 1, 2023: Appoint Diane Haley as the Benefits Coordinator for the Town of Holbrook contingent upon successful contract negotiations
MOTION to appoint Diane Haley as the Benefits Coordinator for the Town of Holbrook contingent upon successful contract negotiations, by Lindsy Vayda, 2nd by David Reilly. Roll Call Vote: 3-2. Vayda voting yes, Watkins voting no, Reilly voting yes, Campanella voting no, and Lee voting yes.
Yes: David Reilly, Lee, VaydaNo: Campanella, Watkins
From the minutes
“MOTION to appoint Diane Haley as the Benefits Coordinator for the Town of Holbrook contingent upon successful contract negotiations, by Lindsy Vayda, 2nd by David Reilly. Roll Call Vote: 3-2. Vayda voting yes, Watkins voting no, Reilly voting yes, Campanella voting no, and Lee voting yes..” (Motion: Vayda, second: David Reilly)
Dec 21Approve the following license renewals for 2023 pending all…Motion: MOTION to approve the following license renewals for 2023 pending all…Passed 4–1 · No: David Reilly
December 21, 2022: Approve the following license renewals for 2023 pending all obligations have been met: Coldstone & Planet Smoothies, 176 South Franklin Street and Holbrook House of Pizza, 31 North Franklin Street
MOTION to approve the following license renewals for 2023 pending all obligations have been met: Coldstone & Planet Smoothies, 176 South Franklin Street and Holbrook House of Pizza, 31 North Franklin Street, by William Watkins, 2nd by Lindsy Vayda. Roll Call Vote: 4-1. Watkins voting yes, Reilly voting no, Vayda voting yes, Campanella voting yes, and Lee voting yes.
Yes: Campanella, Lee, Vayda, WatkinsNo: David Reilly
From the minutes
“MOTION to approve the following license renewals for 2023 pending all obligations have been met: Coldstone & Planet Smoothies, 176 South Franklin Street and Holbrook House of Pizza, 31 North Franklin Street, by William Watkins, 2nd by Lindsy Vayda. Roll Call Vote: 4-1. Watkins voting yes, Reilly voting no, Vayda voting yes, Campanella voting yes, and Lee voting yes..” (Motion: Watkins, second: Vayda)
Dec 7Accept the recommendation of Superintendent Keith Nastasia to hire…Motion: MOTION to accept the recommendation of Superintendent Keith Nastasia to hire…Passed 2–1 · No: Campanella
December 7, 2022: Accept the recommendation of Superintendent Keith Nastasia to hire Jesse Baxter as a Laborer in the Department of Public Works
MOTION to accept the recommendation of Superintendent Keith Nastasia to hire Jesse Baxter as a Laborer in the Department of Public Works by William Watkins, 2nd by Daniel Lee. Roll Call Vote: 2-1. Watkins voting yes, Campanella voting no, and Lee voting yes.
Yes: Lee, WatkinsNo: Campanella
From the minutes
“MOTION to accept the recommendation of Superintendent Keith Nastasia to hire Jesse Baxter as a Laborer in the Department of Public Works by William Watkins, 2nd by Daniel Lee. Roll Call Vote: 2-1. Watkins voting yes, Campanella voting no, and Lee voting yes..” (Motion: Watkins, second: Lee)
Dec 7Classify the Town of Holbrook under the Classification Act…Motion: MOTION to classify the Town of Holbrook under the Classification Act…Passed 2–1 · No: Watkins
December 7, 2022: Classify the Town of Holbrook under the Classification Act at a Factor of 1.75 for Fiscal Year 2023
MOTION to classify the Town of Holbrook under the Classification Act at a Factor of 1.75 for Fiscal Year 2023 by Pamela Campanella, 2nd by William Watkins. Roll Call Vote: 2-1. Watkins voting no, Campanella voting yes, and Lee voting yes.
Yes: Campanella, LeeNo: Watkins
From the minutes
“MOTION to classify the Town of Holbrook under the Classification Act at a Factor of 1.75 for Fiscal Year 2023 by Pamela Campanella, 2nd by William Watkins. Roll Call Vote: 2-1. Watkins voting no, Campanella voting yes, and Lee voting yes..” (Motion: Campanella, second: Watkins)
Nov 16Approve the following annual (Automatic Amusement) license renewals for…Motion: MOTION to approve the following annual (Automatic Amusement) license renewals for…Passed 4–1 · No: David Reilly
November 16, 2022: Approve the following annual (Automatic Amusement) license renewals for 2023 pending all obligations have been met: Donahue’s Pub - 783 South Franklin Street, Golden Pacific Restaurant - 470…
MOTION to approve the following annual (Automatic Amusement) license renewals for 2023 pending all obligations have been met: Donahue’s Pub - 783 South Franklin Street, Golden Pacific Restaurant - 470 North Franklin Street, by Lindsy Vayda, 2nd by William Watkins. Roll Call Vote: 4-1. Vayda voting yes, Watkins voting yes, Campanella voting yes, Reilly voting no, and Lee voting yes.
Yes: Campanella, Lee, Vayda, WatkinsNo: David Reilly
From the minutes
“MOTION to approve the following annual (Automatic Amusement) license renewals for 2023 pending all obligations have been met: Donahue’s Pub - 783 South Franklin Street, Golden Pacific Restaurant - 470 North Franklin Street, by Lindsy Vayda, 2nd by William Watkins. Roll Call Vote: 4-1. Vayda voting yes, Watkins voting yes, Campanella voting yes, Reilly voting no, and Lee voting yes..” (Motion: Vayda, second: Watkins)
Nov 16Approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Town of…Motion: MOTION to approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Town of…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
November 16, 2022: Approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Town of Holbrook and the International Union of Public Employees, Local 151 – Town Clerical Employees for the period of July 1, 2022…
MOTION to approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Town of Holbrook and the International Union of Public Employees, Local 151 – Town Clerical Employees for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025, by Lindsy Vayda, 2nd by William Watkins. Roll Call Vote: 4-0. Vayda voting yes, Watkins voting yes, Campanella voting yes, and Lee voting yes.
"David Reilly recused himself."
From the minutes
“MOTION to approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Town of Holbrook and the International Union of Public Employees, Local 151 – Town Clerical Employees for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025, by Lindsy Vayda, 2nd by William Watkins. Roll Call Vote: 4-0. Vayda voting yes, Watkins voting yes, Campanella voting yes, and Lee voting yes..” (Motion: Vayda, second: Watkins)
Oct 19Approve the assistant clerk position for the Town AccountantMotion: MOTION to approve the assistant clerk position for the Town Accountant…Passed 3–1 · No: Campanella
October 19, 2022: Approve the assistant clerk position for the Town Accountant
MOTION to approve the assistant clerk position for the Town Accountant by William Watkins, 2nd by Pamela Campanella. Roll Call Vote: 3-1. Watkins voting yes, Reilly voting yes, Campanella voting no, and Lee voting yes.
Yes: David Reilly, Lee, WatkinsNo: Campanella
From the minutes
“MOTION to approve the assistant clerk position for the Town Accountant by William Watkins, 2nd by Pamela Campanella. Roll Call Vote: 3-1. Watkins voting yes, Reilly voting yes, Campanella voting no, and Lee voting yes..” (Motion: Watkins, second: Campanella)
Aug 24Appoint Zachary Martineau as a Holbrook police officerMotion: MOTION to appoint Zachary Martineau and James Micciche as Police Officers…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
August 24, 2022: Appoint Zachary Martineau as a Holbrook police officer
MOTION to appoint Zachary Martineau and James Micciche as Police Officers for the Town of Holbrook, by Lindsy Vayda, 2nd by David Reilly. Roll Call Vote: 5-0 for Martineau. Vayda voting yes, Watkins voting yes, Reilly voting yes, Campanella voting yes, and Lee voting yes.
One motion covered two officers; the board took a separate roll call for each.
From the minutes
“MOTION to appoint Zachary Martineau and James Micciche as Police Officers for the Town of Holbrook, by Lindsy Vayda, 2nd by David Reilly. Roll Call Vote: 5-0 for Martineau. Vayda voting yes, Watkins voting yes, Reilly voting yes, Campanella voting yes, and Lee voting yes..” (Motion: Vayda, second: David Reilly)
Aug 24Appoint James Micciche as a Holbrook police officerMotion: Roll Call Vote: 4-0- 1 for Micciche. Vayda voting yes, Watkins…Passed 4–0 · see note
August 24, 2022: Appoint James Micciche as a Holbrook police officer
Roll Call Vote: 4-0- 1 for Micciche. Vayda voting yes, Watkins voting yes, Reilly voting yes, Campanella voting to abstain, and Lee voting yes.
Yes: David Reilly, Lee, Vayda, WatkinsSame motion as the Martineau appointment ("MOTION to appoint Zachary Martineau and James Micciche as Police Officers"); the board took a separate roll call for each.
From the minutes
“Roll Call Vote: 4-0- 1 for Micciche. Vayda voting yes, Watkins voting yes, Reilly voting yes, Campanella voting to abstain, and Lee voting yes..” (Motion: Vayda, second: David Reilly)
From the Holbrook 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 members’ own campaign Facebook pages (Patricia Conway, Christopher Eddington, Christopher Lade). No photo found yet for Kevin Costa or Pamela Campanella.
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