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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. Judy Congdon joined the board after the May 2022 town election, replacing Fred Lucy. On May 16, 2022 the board chose Scott Duplisea as Chair, Michael Burks as Vice Chair and James Quinn as Clerk (each 4-0-1, the nominee abstaining). Covers 17 meetings, May 16 to April 10, 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.
Sources: Massachusetts Select Board Handbook (MMA) · Mass. Division of Local Services: the town budgetBoard years
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Members
"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
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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.
Apr 10Approve the minutes of March 27, 2023Motion: On a motion by Mr. Sadowski, seconded by Mr. Burks, the…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Duplisea
April 10, 2023: Approve the minutes of March 27, 2023
On a motion by Mr. Sadowski, seconded by Mr. Burks, the Board voted 3-0-1 to approve the minutes of March 27, 2023. Mr. Duplisea abstained.
Yes: Burks, Congdon, SadowskiAbstained: Duplisea
From the minutes
“On a motion by Mr. Sadowski, seconded by Mr. Burks, the Board voted 3-0-1 to approve the minutes of March 27, 2023. Mr. Duplisea abstained..” (Motion: Sadowski, second: Burks)
Apr 10End Town Counsel appointment with an effective date of…Motion: On a motion by Ms. Congdon, seconded by Mr. Burks, the…Passed 3–1 · No: Sadowski
April 10, 2023: End Town Counsel appointment with an effective date of June 30, 2023
On a motion by Ms. Congdon, seconded by Mr. Burks, the Board voted 3-1-0 to end Town Counsel appointment with an effective date of June 30, 2023. Mr. Sadowski voted against.
Yes: Burks, Congdon, DupliseaNo: Sadowski
From the minutes
“On a motion by Ms. Congdon, seconded by Mr. Burks, the Board voted 3-1-0 to end Town Counsel appointment with an effective date of June 30, 2023. Mr. Sadowski voted against..” (Motion: Congdon, second: Burks)
Apr 10Appoint Brooks & Durensis as new Town Counsel, effective…Motion: On a motion by Ms. Congdon, seconded by Mr. Burks, the…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Sadowski
April 10, 2023: Appoint Brooks & Durensis as new Town Counsel, effective July 1, 2023
On a motion by Ms. Congdon, seconded by Mr. Burks, the Board voted by roll call vote to appoint Brooks & Durensis as new Town Counsel, effective July 1, 2023. Mr. Sadowski abstained.
Yes: Burks, Congdon, DupliseaAbstained: SadowskiThe minutes name Shawn Sadowski (abstained) and record the motion as passed; with 4 members present, the other members are shown voting yes.
From the minutes
“On a motion by Ms. Congdon, seconded by Mr. Burks, the Board voted by roll call vote to appoint Brooks & Durensis as new Town Counsel, effective July 1, 2023. Mr. Sadowski abstained..” (Motion: Congdon, second: Burks)
Mar 27Approve the public session minutes of March 13, 2023Motion: On a motion by Mr. Sadowski, seconded by Mr. Burks, the…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Congdon
March 27, 2023: Approve the public session minutes of March 13, 2023
On a motion by Mr. Sadowski, seconded by Mr. Burks, the Board voted 3-0-1 to approve the public session minutes of March 13, 2023. Ms. Congdon abstained.
Yes: Burks, Quinn, SadowskiAbstained: Congdon
From the minutes
“On a motion by Mr. Sadowski, seconded by Mr. Burks, the Board voted 3-0-1 to approve the public session minutes of March 13, 2023. Ms. Congdon abstained..” (Motion: Sadowski, second: Burks)
Mar 27Approve and authorize the signing of a contract with…Motion: On a motion by Ms. Congdon, seconded by Mr. Sadowski, the…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Quinn
March 27, 2023: Approve and authorize the signing of a contract with VHB in the amount of $50,000.00 for a Downtown Parking Study
On a motion by Ms. Congdon, seconded by Mr. Sadowski, the Board voted 3-0-1 to approve and authorize the signing of a contract with VHB in the amount of $50,000.00 for a Downtown Parking Study. Mr. Quinn abstained.
Yes: Burks, Congdon, SadowskiAbstained: Quinn
From the minutes
“On a motion by Ms. Congdon, seconded by Mr. Sadowski, the Board voted 3-0-1 to approve and authorize the signing of a contract with VHB in the amount of $50,000.00 for a Downtown Parking Study. Mr. Quinn abstained..” (Motion: Congdon, second: Sadowski)
Feb 27Approve the public session minutes of January 23, 2023…Motion: On a motion by Ms. Congdon, seconded by Mr. Sadowski, the…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Burks, Quinn
February 27, 2023: Approve the public session minutes of January 23, 2023 as corrected
On a motion by Ms. Congdon, seconded by Mr. Sadowski, the Board voted 3-0-2 to approve the public session minutes of January 23, 2023 as corrected. Mr. Quinn and Mr. Burks abstained.
Yes: Congdon, Duplisea, SadowskiAbstained: Burks, Quinn
From the minutes
“On a motion by Ms. Congdon, seconded by Mr. Sadowski, the Board voted 3-0-2 to approve the public session minutes of January 23, 2023 as corrected. Mr. Quinn and Mr. Burks abstained..” (Motion: Congdon, second: Sadowski)
Feb 27Approve the public session minutes of February 8, 2023Motion: On a motion by Mr. Burks, seconded by Ms. Congdon, the…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Sadowski
February 27, 2023: Approve the public session minutes of February 8, 2023
On a motion by Mr. Burks, seconded by Ms. Congdon, the Board voted 4-0-1 to approve the public session minutes of February 8, 2023. Mr. Sadowski abstained.
Yes: Burks, Congdon, Duplisea, QuinnAbstained: Sadowski
From the minutes
“On a motion by Mr. Burks, seconded by Ms. Congdon, the Board voted 4-0-1 to approve the public session minutes of February 8, 2023. Mr. Sadowski abstained..” (Motion: Burks, second: Congdon)
Feb 27Approve the budget for HUD-TV Salaries ($222,609)Motion: HUD-TV Salaries $222,609 Congdon Burks 5-0Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
February 27, 2023: Approve the budget for HUD-TV Salaries ($222,609)
HUD-TV Salaries $222,609 Congdon Burks 5-0
One row of the budget-hearing table in the minutes (department, amount, mover, seconder and vote).
From the minutes
“HUD-TV Salaries $222,609 Congdon Burks 5-0.” (Motion: Congdon, second: Burks)
Feb 27Approve the budget for HUD-TV Operational Expenses ($78,516)Motion: HUD-TV Operational Expenses $78,516 Burks Congdon 5-0Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
February 27, 2023: Approve the budget for HUD-TV Operational Expenses ($78,516)
HUD-TV Operational Expenses $78,516 Burks Congdon 5-0
One row of the budget-hearing table in the minutes (department, amount, mover, seconder and vote).
From the minutes
“HUD-TV Operational Expenses $78,516 Burks Congdon 5-0.” (Motion: Burks, second: Congdon)
Feb 27Approve the budget for INET Operational Expenses ($131,000)Motion: INET Operational Expenses $131,000 Congdon Burks 5-0Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
February 27, 2023: Approve the budget for INET Operational Expenses ($131,000)
INET Operational Expenses $131,000 Congdon Burks 5-0
One row of the budget-hearing table in the minutes (department, amount, mover, seconder and vote).
From the minutes
“INET Operational Expenses $131,000 Congdon Burks 5-0.” (Motion: Congdon, second: Burks)
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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