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Hudson Select Board
How the Hudson Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. After the May 2019 town election the board unanimously chose Joseph Durant as Chairman, Scott Duplisea as Vice Chairman and James Quinn as Clerk on May 20, 2019. Because of COVID-19 the May 11, 2020 town election was postponed to June 29, 2020, so this board served into July 2020. Covers 21 meetings, May 20 to June 15, 2020.
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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 budgetBoard years
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Loaded: Hudson Select Board minutes from January 8, 2018 through September 9, 2026: 191 meetings and 3,202 votes. The town’s Agenda Center holds the board’s minutes back to 2017; MassVoter has loaded 2018 on. The board was the Board of Selectmen until it voted on December 7, 2020 to call itself the Select Board; from January 2021 its minutes say “Board of Selectmen who, by vote, prefer to be referred to as the Select Board.” All the minutes loaded have searchable text except two: the July 29, 2024 minutes are a scan and the February 28, 2022 file has unreadable text, so both were read with text recognition; two older files were posted as Word documents. Not here: executive-session minutes; cancelled meetings; and meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes. Many of those gaps fall in 2019 to 2024, when the town moved its records to a new website and some meeting pages list a minutes file that was never posted (among them June 17, 2019, January 6 and 13, June 1, 22 and 29, July 13 and December 21, 2020, March 16, May 17, June 7, July 12 and 26 and August 9, 2021, January 10, June 6 and 16, July 25 and August 15, 2022, January 9 and 23, March 13, April 24 and June 5, 2023, and February 26, March 11 and June 3, 2024); April 13 and August 10, 2026 also have no minutes posted, and meetings after September 9, 2026 are not posted yet. Until December 2024 Hudson’s minutes say “On a motion by Mr. Quinn, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted 5-0 to …” and name members who abstain or vote no in the next sentence (“Mr. Lucy abstained”); a count that matches the members present is shown as every member present voting yes. Since December 2024 the minutes name the mover and seconder and list no votes and abstentions by name (“Motion Carries 4-0-1 – Abstained: Scott Duplisea”). Budget hearings are recorded in tables (department, amount, mover, seconder, vote); each row is shown as a vote (225 rows). Some counts do not agree with the names in the same sentence (for example “voted 4-0-1 … Mr. Lucy opposed”); those votes show the count only, with a note quoting both. Where a split count names no one, or the count does not match the members present, we show the count only, with a note (75 votes); where the minutes say only “the Board voted” with no count, or the count is misprinted, we show the result only (22 votes). Members who stepped aside (recused), arrived late or left early are shown only in the votes they were there for. At joint meetings with other boards only the Select Board members’ votes are shown, and choices between candidates where members picked different people show the result only. 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.
Jun 15Approve the public session minutes of June1, 2020Motion: On a motion by Mr. Parent, seconded by Mr. Quinn, the…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Lucy
June 15, 2020: Approve the public session minutes of June1, 2020
On a motion by Mr. Parent, seconded by Mr. Quinn, the Board voted 4-0-1 by roll call vote to approve the public session minutes of June1, 2020. Mr. Lucy abstained.
Yes: Duplisea, Durant, Parent, QuinnAbstained: Lucy
From the minutes
“On a motion by Mr. Parent, seconded by Mr. Quinn, the Board voted 4-0-1 by roll call vote to approve the public session minutes of June1, 2020. Mr. Lucy abstained..” (Motion: Parent, second: Quinn)
Jun 15Approve the promotion of Kenneth J. Blood from Acting…Motion: On a motion Mr. Duplisea, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
June 15, 2020: Approve the promotion of Kenneth J. Blood from Acting General Foreman to Operations Manager for the Department of Public Works at a Grade M-7, Step 3, effective June 20, 2020
On a motion Mr. Duplisea, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted 5-0 by roll call vote to approve the promotion of Kenneth J. Blood from Acting General Foreman to Operations Manager for the Department of Public Works at a Grade M-7, Step 3, effective June 20, 2020.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“On a motion Mr. Duplisea, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted 5-0 by roll call vote to approve the promotion of Kenneth J. Blood from Acting General Foreman to Operations Manager for the Department of Public Works at a Grade M-7, Step 3, effective June 20, 2020..” (second: Durant)
Apr 27Approve the public session minutes of April 6, 2020,…Motion: On a motion by Mr. Quinn, seconded by Mr. Parent, the…Passed 3–0 · see note
April 27, 2020: Approve the public session minutes of April 6, 2020, as amended
On a motion by Mr. Quinn, seconded by Mr. Parent, the Board voted 3-0 to approve the public session minutes of April 6, 2020, as amended.
Yes: Duplisea, Parent, QuinnJoseph Durant arrived after this vote and is not shown voting. Fred Lucy arrived after this vote and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On a motion by Mr. Quinn, seconded by Mr. Parent, the Board voted 3-0 to approve the public session minutes of April 6, 2020, as amended..” (Motion: Quinn, second: Parent)
Apr 27Renew the Mid-Year Licenses for those licensees who have…Motion: On a motion by Mr. Parent, seconded by Mr. Quinn, the…Passed 3–0 · see note
April 27, 2020: Renew the Mid-Year Licenses for those licensees who have met all requirements for renewal
On a motion by Mr. Parent, seconded by Mr. Quinn, the Board voted 3-0 to renew the Mid-Year Licenses for those licensees who have met all requirements for renewal.
Yes: Duplisea, Parent, QuinnJoseph Durant arrived after this vote and is not shown voting. Fred Lucy arrived after this vote and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On a motion by Mr. Parent, seconded by Mr. Quinn, the Board voted 3-0 to renew the Mid-Year Licenses for those licensees who have met all requirements for renewal..” (Motion: Parent, second: Quinn)
Apr 27Reappoint Peter Feil to the Board of Registrars for…Motion: On a motion by Mr. Duplisea, seconded by Mr. Parent, the…Passed 3–0 · see note
April 27, 2020: Reappoint Peter Feil to the Board of Registrars for a term to expire on March 31, 2023
On a motion by Mr. Duplisea, seconded by Mr. Parent, the Board voted 3-0 to reappoint Peter Feil to the Board of Registrars for a term to expire on March 31, 2023.
Yes: Duplisea, Parent, QuinnJoseph Durant arrived after this vote and is not shown voting. Fred Lucy arrived after this vote and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On a motion by Mr. Duplisea, seconded by Mr. Parent, the Board voted 3-0 to reappoint Peter Feil to the Board of Registrars for a term to expire on March 31, 2023..” (Motion: Duplisea, second: Parent)
Apr 27Note the resignation of Reserve Intermittent Patrol Officer Dinis…Motion: On a motion by Mr. Parent, seconded by Mr. Quinn, the…Passed 3–0 · see note
April 27, 2020: Note the resignation of Reserve Intermittent Patrol Officer Dinis Silva, effective April 14, 2020
On a motion by Mr. Parent, seconded by Mr. Quinn, the Board voted 3-0 to note the resignation of Reserve Intermittent Patrol Officer Dinis Silva, effective April 14, 2020.
Yes: Duplisea, Parent, QuinnJoseph Durant arrived after this vote and is not shown voting. Fred Lucy arrived after this vote and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On a motion by Mr. Parent, seconded by Mr. Quinn, the Board voted 3-0 to note the resignation of Reserve Intermittent Patrol Officer Dinis Silva, effective April 14, 2020..” (Motion: Parent, second: Quinn)
Apr 27Note the resignation of Patrol Officer Timothy Provencal, effective…Motion: On a motion by Mr. Parent, seconded by Mr. Duplisea, the…Passed 3–0 · see note
April 27, 2020: Note the resignation of Patrol Officer Timothy Provencal, effective April 24, 2020
On a motion by Mr. Parent, seconded by Mr. Duplisea, the Board voted 3-0 to note the resignation of Patrol Officer Timothy Provencal, effective April 24, 2020.
Yes: Duplisea, Parent, QuinnJoseph Durant arrived after this vote and is not shown voting. Fred Lucy arrived after this vote and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On a motion by Mr. Parent, seconded by Mr. Duplisea, the Board voted 3-0 to note the resignation of Patrol Officer Timothy Provencal, effective April 24, 2020..” (Motion: Parent, second: Duplisea)
Apr 27Note the resignation of Jason Weksner from the Conservation…Motion: On a motion by Mr. Parent, seconded by Mr. Durant, the…Passed 4–0 · see note
April 27, 2020: Note the resignation of Jason Weksner from the Conservation Commission effective immediately
On a motion by Mr. Parent, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted 4-0 to note the resignation of Jason Weksner from the Conservation Commission effective immediately.
Yes: Duplisea, Durant, Parent, QuinnFred Lucy arrived after this vote and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On a motion by Mr. Parent, seconded by Mr. Durant, the Board voted 4-0 to note the resignation of Jason Weksner from the Conservation Commission effective immediately..” (Motion: Parent, second: Durant)
Apr 27Approve the appointment of Megan Downing as Part-Time Dispatcher…Motion: On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parent, the…Passed 4–0 · see note
April 27, 2020: Approve the appointment of Megan Downing as Part-Time Dispatcher for the Police Department at a Grade 10-B, Step 1, effective May 1, 2020
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parent, the Board voted 4-0 to approve the appointment of Megan Downing as Part-Time Dispatcher for the Police Department at a Grade 10-B, Step 1, effective May 1, 2020.
Yes: Duplisea, Durant, Parent, QuinnFred Lucy arrived after this vote and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parent, the Board voted 4-0 to approve the appointment of Megan Downing as Part-Time Dispatcher for the Police Department at a Grade 10-B, Step 1, effective May 1, 2020..” (Motion: Durant, second: Parent)
Apr 27Approve and authorize the signing of a contract with…Motion: On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parent, the…Passed 4–0 · see note
April 27, 2020: Approve and authorize the signing of a contract with Mass Broken Stone for the Milling & Overlay of John Robinson Road in the amount of $249,220
On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parent, the Board voted 4-0 to approve and authorize the signing of a contract with Mass Broken Stone for the Milling & Overlay of John Robinson Road in the amount of $249,220.
Yes: Duplisea, Durant, Parent, QuinnFred Lucy arrived after this vote and is not shown voting.
From the minutes
“On a motion by Mr. Durant, seconded by Mr. Parent, the Board voted 4-0 to approve and authorize the signing of a contract with Mass Broken Stone for the Milling & Overlay of John Robinson Road in the amount of $249,220..” (Motion: Durant, second: Parent)
From the Hudson Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center (Select Board). We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos (the town’s website has no Select Board photos): Community Advocate — Michele Tousignant Dufour (Paul Hopkins, August 2026), Lauren DuBreuil and Patrick Thayer (candidate photos, May 2025), Steven Sharek and Diane Bemis (candidate photos, May 2024). Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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