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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. Lauren DuBreuil joined the board after the May 2025 town election, replacing James Quinn. On May 19, 2025 the board voted 5-0 for Scott Duplisea as Chair, Judy Congdon as Vice Chair and Steven Sharek as Clerk. Judy Congdon resigned in April 2026 (her resignation was on the April 13, 2026 agenda; her last meeting with posted minutes was April 1, 2026). Covers 28 meetings, May 19 to May 7, 2026.
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 budgetBoard years
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Members
Diane BemisMember · At-large · at 24 of 28 meetings
Lauren DuBreuilMember · At-large · at 27 of 28 meetings
Steven SharekClerk · At-large · at 27 of 28 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: 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.
Mar 9Amend the license to exclude service on the patioMotion: Ms. DuBreuil motioned, Mr. Sharek seconded, to amend the license to…Failed 2–3 · see note
March 9, 2026: Amend the license to exclude service on the patio
Ms. DuBreuil motioned, Mr. Sharek seconded, to amend the license to exclude service on the patio. 2-3 Motion Failed
The minutes give the count as 2-3 but do not say who voted no or abstained. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Ms. DuBreuil motioned, Mr. Sharek seconded, to amend the license to exclude service on the patio. 2-3 Motion Failed.” (Motion: DuBreuil, second: Sharek)
Mar 9Approve a new All-Alcohol Pouring License received from Rosileia…Motion: ACTION: The Select Board moved to approve a new All-Alcohol Pouring…Passed 3–2 · see note
March 9, 2026: Approve a new All-Alcohol Pouring License received from Rosileia Santos of Good Earth Holistic Kitchen, located at 43 Broad Street B101
ACTION: The Select Board moved to approve a new All-Alcohol Pouring License received from Rosileia Santos of Good Earth Holistic Kitchen, located at 43 Broad Street B101. Moved by: Diane Bemis; seconded by: Judy Congdon Motion Carries 3-2
The minutes give the count as 3-2 but do not say who voted no or abstained. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“ACTION: The Select Board moved to approve a new All-Alcohol Pouring License received from Rosileia Santos of Good Earth Holistic Kitchen, located at 43 Broad Street B101. Moved by: Diane Bemis; seconded by: Judy Congdon Motion Carries 3-2.” (Motion: Bemis, second: Congdon)
Feb 23Approve the budget for Assabet Valley Regional Voc ($3,695,924)Motion: Assabet Valley Regional Voc. ---- $3,695,924 Congdon Bemis 3-0-1Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Sharek
February 23, 2026: Approve the budget for Assabet Valley Regional Voc ($3,695,924)
Assabet Valley Regional Voc. ---- $3,695,924 Congdon Bemis 3-0-1
Yes: Bemis, Congdon, DupliseaAbstained: SharekOne row of the budget-hearing table in the minutes (department, amount, mover, seconder and vote). The table footnote reads “Sharek Abstained”.
From the minutes
“Assabet Valley Regional Voc. ---- $3,695,924 Congdon Bemis 3-0-1.” (Motion: Congdon, second: Bemis)
Feb 23Approve the budget for Hudson Public Schools ($50,405,344)Motion: Hudson Public Schools ---- $50,405,344 Sharek Congdon 4-0Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
February 23, 2026: Approve the budget for Hudson Public Schools ($50,405,344)
Hudson Public Schools ---- $50,405,344 Sharek Congdon 4-0
One row of the budget-hearing table in the minutes (department, amount, mover, seconder and vote).
From the minutes
“Hudson Public Schools ---- $50,405,344 Sharek Congdon 4-0.” (Motion: Sharek, second: Congdon)
Feb 9Approve and authorize the signing of snow plowing and…Motion: ACTION: The Select Board moved to approve and authorize the signing…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Duplisea
February 9, 2026: Approve and authorize the signing of snow plowing and hauling bids for the 2025-2026 winter season, and to authorize the Town Manager to sign on behalf of the Board
ACTION: The Select Board moved to approve and authorize the signing of snow plowing and hauling bids for the 2025-2026 winter season, and to authorize the Town Manager to sign on behalf of the Board. Moved by: Diane Bemis Seconded by: Judy Congdon Abstained by: Scott Duplisea Motion Carries 4-0-1
Yes: Bemis, Congdon, DuBreuil, SharekAbstained: Duplisea
From the minutes
“ACTION: The Select Board moved to approve and authorize the signing of snow plowing and hauling bids for the 2025-2026 winter season, and to authorize the Town Manager to sign on behalf of the Board. Moved by: Diane Bemis Seconded by: Judy Congdon Abstained by: Scott Duplisea Motion Carries 4-0-1.” (Motion: Bemis, second: Congdon)
Feb 9Approve the budget for Building Inspections ($371,044)Motion: Building Inspections 01002410 19 151 $371,044 Congdon Bemis 5-0Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
February 9, 2026: Approve the budget for Building Inspections ($371,044)
Building Inspections 01002410 19 151 $371,044 Congdon Bemis 5-0
One row of the budget-hearing table in the minutes (department, amount, mover, seconder and vote).
From the minutes
“Building Inspections 01002410 19 151 $371,044 Congdon Bemis 5-0.” (Motion: Congdon, second: Bemis)
Feb 9Approve the budget for Council on Aging ($371,691)Motion: Council on Aging 01005410 22 179 $371,691 Sharek Bemis 5-0Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
February 9, 2026: Approve the budget for Council on Aging ($371,691)
Council on Aging 01005410 22 179 $371,691 Sharek Bemis 5-0
One row of the budget-hearing table in the minutes (department, amount, mover, seconder and vote).
From the minutes
“Council on Aging 01005410 22 179 $371,691 Sharek Bemis 5-0.” (Motion: Sharek, second: Bemis)
Feb 9Approve the budget for Accounting ($494,933)Motion: Accounting 01001350 8 174 $494,933 Congdon Bemis 5-0Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
February 9, 2026: Approve the budget for Accounting ($494,933)
Accounting 01001350 8 174 $494,933 Congdon Bemis 5-0
One row of the budget-hearing table in the minutes (department, amount, mover, seconder and vote).
From the minutes
“Accounting 01001350 8 174 $494,933 Congdon Bemis 5-0.” (Motion: Congdon, second: Bemis)
Feb 9Approve the budget for Assessors ($151,080)Motion: Assessors 01001410 8 176 $151,080 Congdon Bemis 5-0Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
February 9, 2026: Approve the budget for Assessors ($151,080)
Assessors 01001410 8 176 $151,080 Congdon Bemis 5-0
One row of the budget-hearing table in the minutes (department, amount, mover, seconder and vote).
From the minutes
“Assessors 01001410 8 176 $151,080 Congdon Bemis 5-0.” (Motion: Congdon, second: Bemis)
Feb 9Approve the budget for Treasurer Collector ($345,921)Motion: Treasurer Collector 01001450 8 178 $345,921 Congdon Bemis 5-0Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
February 9, 2026: Approve the budget for Treasurer Collector ($345,921)
Treasurer Collector 01001450 8 178 $345,921 Congdon Bemis 5-0
One row of the budget-hearing table in the minutes (department, amount, mover, seconder and vote).
From the minutes
“Treasurer Collector 01001450 8 178 $345,921 Congdon Bemis 5-0.” (Motion: Congdon, second: Bemis)
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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