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Hull Select Board

How the Hull Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide. Kevin Richardson chaired the board. MassVoter has loaded minutes from January 2018 on; this board organized before then. The town lists agendas but no minutes for February 8, 2018, March 28, 2018, May 3, 2018, May 17, 2018. Covers 9 meetings, January 11 to April 26, 2018.

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 budget
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From the agendas Hull posts on its official site. Agendas can change; the posted agenda is the official one.

What Town Meeting decided

In Hull, Town Meeting — not the Select Board — votes the town budget, bylaws and zoning. Here is what it did with each article, in the Town Clerk’s own words. Any registered voter can take part, and most votes are by voice or show of hands, so there is no list of who voted which way.

Annual Town Meeting · May 4, 2026 51 votes: 46 passed, 3 failed, 2 other
  • Art. 1 Accept the annual town reports Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 2 Assume liability for state work on tidal and non-tidal waters (M.G.L. c. 91, § 29) Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 3 Allow contracts with state agencies to build or maintain seawalls and shore areas Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 4 Allow contracts with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 5 Allow compensating balance agreements Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 6 Appropriate Municipal Light Plant sales income to the Light Plant Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 7 Set salaries of elected officials Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 8 General government and school budgets Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 9 Harbormaster enterprise budget Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 10 Sewer enterprise budget Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 11 Cable enterprise budget Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 12 Board of Assessors: accept M.G.L. c. 59, § 21A Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 13A Community Preservation Fund allocations Passed “PASS”
  • 13B(a) Community Preservation: George Washington Boulevard community gardens beautification Passed “PASS”
  • 13B(b) Community Preservation: Lifesaving Museum outdoor space improvements Passed “PASS”
  • 13B(c) Community Preservation: Village Park playground and basketball court Passed “PASS”
  • 13B(d) Community Preservation: Lifesaving Museum boathouse restoration Passed “PASS”
  • 13B(e) Community Preservation: Paragon Carousel clock tower restoration Passed “PASS”
  • 13B(f) Community Preservation: historical Town records at the fire station Passed “PASS”
  • 13B(g) Community Preservation: Hull Community Housing Trust Fund Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 14 Increase the retirement cost-of-living (COLA) base Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 15 Stabilization Fund Other
  • Art. 16 Utility easement Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 17 Artwalk easement Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 18 Capital request: Department of Public Works (2/3 vote) Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 19 Use of Crescent Beach seawall settlement proceeds Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 20 Capital request: Fire Department (2/3 vote) Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 21 Capital request: Manomet and Samoset resurfacing (2/3 vote) Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 22 Capital request: roadway paving (2/3 vote) Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 23 Capital request: landfill assessment and closure (2/3 vote) Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 24 Senior Center relocation Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 25 Public safety building facility design (2/3 vote) Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 26 Town Hall closure and relocation (2/3 vote) Other
  • Art. 27 Town-wide coastal infrastructure (2/3 vote) Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 28 Capital emergency replacement reserve account Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 29 Home rule petition: contracts Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 30 Contract extension: operation and maintenance (2/3 vote) Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 31 Zoning: non-conforming uses (Sec. 410-6.2B(6)(b)) Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 32 Zoning: Flexible Plan Development (Sec. 410-4.3) (2/3 vote) Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 33 Zoning: Commercial A, B and C districts (Sec. 410-3.6) (2/3 vote) Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 34 Zoning: Nantasket Beach Overlay District (Sec. 410-3.12) (2/3 vote) Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 35 By-law: powers and duties of the Capital Improvement Planning Committee (Sec. 111-4) Failed “FAIL”
  • Art. 36 Annual budget for town boards, committees, commissions and councils Failed “FAIL”
  • Art. 37 Replace a section of stairs at Western Avenue Failed “FAIL”
  • Art. 38 Permanent traffic direction changes in the Nantasket Beach Overlay District Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 39 Recording and public access to open meetings Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 40 Ask the Legislature to amend the Charter to remove the Town Manager from Light Plant operations and restore the Light Board Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 41 Legal review of citizen petition articles Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 42 Remote public access to town board and committee meetings Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 43 Repeal Article 11 of the May 2018 Annual Town Meeting Passed “PASS”
  • Art. 44 Eminent domain at James Avenue Wharf and James Avenue Beach Passed “PASS”

Source: Town Clerk's 2026 Annual Town Meeting results sheet.

Annual Town Meeting · May 5, 2025 56 votes: 47 passed, 6 failed, 3 no action

Sessions: May 5, 6 and 7, 2025

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the 2025 Annual Town Meeting.

Not here yet: the May 6, 2024 Annual Town Meeting (only the warrant is posted, no minutes or results), and the full minutes of the May 4, 2026 Annual Town Meeting (only the Clerk's results sheet is posted, and it leaves the results of Articles 15 and 26 blank).

Titles are short descriptions of each article from the official record; the quoted words are the Town Clerk’s. A vote at Town Meeting is not the final word on everything: some articles also need a ballot vote (such as a tax override) or the Attorney General’s approval (bylaws).

Members

Jennifer ConstableMember · Elected townwide · at 9 of 9 meetingsJohn ReillyMember · Elected townwide · at 9 of 9 meetingsDomenico SestitoClerk · Elected townwide · at 8 of 9 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: Select Board minutes from January 2018 through September 22, 2026, as posted on the town’s Agenda Center (the board was called the Board of Selectmen until 2021). Not here yet: years before 2018; meetings the town lists without posted minutes (several each year, including October 2025 to early January 2026); and the April 21, 2021 minutes, which could not be loaded. One set of minutes (January 8, 2025) is a scanned document, which we read with text recognition. Most votes are recorded in a table with the mover, the seconder and the result. When the minutes say “Unanimous” we show every member present as voting yes. Many votes also list each member’s vote by name. Some votes, mostly from 2025 and 2026, give only a count such as “3-2-0” without names; those show the count only. Where the names in the minutes do not match the count, or a roll call leaves out a member who was present, we show the count only and add a note. Members who stepped aside (recused) or were out of the room for a vote are left out of that vote, as the minutes record. Votes by other boards at joint meetings (School Committee, Planning Board, Hull Redevelopment Authority, Library Trustees, Board of Assessors) and votes taken in executive session are not included. We will ask the town to confirm any noted vote.

Thursday, April 26, 2018 · Regular meeting21 recorded votes, 5 with disagreementAll 5 members presentThursday, April 12, 2018 · Regular meeting0 recorded votes, 0 with disagreementAll 5 members presentThursday, April 5, 2018 · Regular meeting4 recorded votes, 2 with disagreementAll 5 members presentThursday, March 22, 2018 · Regular meeting9 recorded votes, 5 with disagreementAbsent: Domenico SestitoThursday, March 15, 2018 · Regular meeting2 recorded votes, 2 with disagreementAll 5 members present

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 26Appoint the following three candidates to full time police…Motion: to appoint the following three candidates to full time police officers…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note

April 26, 2018: Appoint the following three candidates to full time police officers for the Town of Hull pending the successful completion of medical, physical, psychological, and the MPTC required physical...

AppointPassed · Unanimous, 4 present

To appoint the following three candidates to full time police officers for the Town of Hull pending the successful completion of medical, physical, psychological, and the MPTC required physical agility test PAT. The three candidates are Mr. Brandon Sanders, Mr. John Mahoney, and Mr. Kevin Olson.

John Reilly stepped aside (recused) from this vote.

From the minutes

“Motion Sestito Motion to appoint the following three candidates to full time police officers for the Town of Hull pending the successful completion of medical, physical, psychological, and the MPTC required physical agility test PAT. The three candidates are Mr. Brandon Sanders, Mr. John Mahoney, and Mr. Kevin Olson. Second Mitchell Vote Passed 4-0 Reilly: Recused.” (Motion: Sestito, second: Mitchell)

Read it in the official minutes, page 1 (PDF)

Apr 26Approve: DiIorio was present at the meeting to discuss…Motion: to approve: DiIorio was present at the meeting to discuss with…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note

April 26, 2018: Approve: DiIorio was present at the meeting to discuss with the board a mixed-use development at 147-155 Nantasket Avenue, currently in site plan review with the Planning Board

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 5 present

To approve: DiIorio was present at the meeting to discuss with the board a mixed-use development at 147-155 Nantasket Avenue, currently in site plan review with the Planning Board. Rocco Realty is proposing 14 condo units and two 700 square-foot commercial spaces. In the process of site plan review, the applicant was asked to fix up and install a concrete sidewalk with granite curbing along Berkley Road. Lemnios said that meetings on this issue have been held with Fire, Police, the Building Department, Hull Light, and Sewer. The board would approve this in their role as traffic commissioners.

The minutes record this motion as "So moved" (or with no wording) right after the paragraph that describes it; the wording here comes from that paragraph.

From the minutes

“DiIorio was present at the meeting to discuss with the board a mixed-use development at 147-155 Nantasket Avenue, currently in site plan review with the Planning Board. Rocco Realty is proposing 14 condo units and two 700 square-foot commercial spaces. In the process of site plan review, the applicant was asked to fix up and install a concrete sidewalk with granite curbing along Berkley Road. Lemnios said that meetings on this issue have been held with Fire, Police, the Building Department, Hull Light, and Sewer. The board would approve this in their role as traffic commissioners. Motion Reilly Motion to approve Second Sestito Vote Unanimous.” (Motion: Reilly, second: Sestito)

Read it in the official minutes, page 2 (PDF)

Apr 26Lemnios said that FEMA has approved the town's new…Motion: Lemnios said that FEMA has approved the town's new Hazard Mitigation…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note

April 26, 2018: Lemnios said that FEMA has approved the town's new Hazard Mitigation Plan and it now needs the board's official approval

Adopt resolutionPassed · Unanimous, 5 present

Lemnios said that FEMA has approved the town's new Hazard Mitigation Plan and it now needs the board's official approval. Richardson read aloud a resolution form FEMA [see document] indicating such.

The minutes record this motion as "So moved" (or with no wording) right after the paragraph that describes it; the wording here comes from that paragraph.

From the minutes

“Lemnios said that FEMA has approved the town's new Hazard Mitigation Plan and it now needs the board's official approval. Richardson read aloud a resolution form FEMA [see document] indicating such. Motion Sestito So moved. Second Mitchell Vote Unanimous.” (Motion: Sestito, second: Mitchell)

Read it in the official minutes, page 2 (PDF)

Apr 26Submit to the ABCC an estimate of seasonal populationMotion: to submit to the ABCC an estimate of seasonal population. Lemnios…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note

April 26, 2018: Submit to the ABCC an estimate of seasonal population

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 5 present

To submit to the ABCC an estimate of seasonal population. Lemnios stated that estimates were based on information obtained from the sewer department and the assessor's office. The increase is estimated at about 800. An additional liquor license can be obtained per 5,000 increase in population. Richardson read aloud the motion. [See document.]

The minutes record this motion as "So moved" (or with no wording) right after the paragraph that describes it; the wording here comes from that paragraph.

From the minutes

“The board voted as follows to submit to the ABCC an estimate of seasonal population. Lemnios stated that estimates were based on information obtained from the sewer department and the assessor's office. The increase is estimated at about 800. An additional liquor license can be obtained per 5,000 increase in population. Richardson read aloud the motion. [See document.] Motion Sestito So moved Second Reilly Vote Unanimous.” (Motion: Sestito, second: Reilly)

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Apr 5Approve the issuance of a letter of non-opposition to…Motion: to approve the issuance of a letter of non-opposition to Evergreen…Passed 4–1 · No: Constable

April 5, 2018: Approve the issuance of a letter of non-opposition to Evergreen Farms Group to the DPH, subject to having a host agreement finalized and also to authorize the Chairman of the…

ApprovePassed · 4–1

To approve the issuance of a letter of non-opposition to Evergreen Farms Group to the DPH, subject to having a host agreement finalized and also to authorize the Chairman of the Board signing on behalf of the board.

Yes: Mitchell, Reilly, Richardson, SestitoNo: Constable

From the minutes

“Motion Sestito Motion to approve the issuance of a letter of non-opposition to Evergreen Farms Group to the DPH, subject to having a host agreement finalized and also to authorize the Chairman of the Board signing on behalf of the board. Second Mitchell Vote Passed 4-1 Richardson – Aye Sestito – Aye Reilly – Aye Mitchell – Aye Constable – No.” (Motion: Sestito, second: Mitchell)

Read it in the official minutes, page 3 (PDF)

Mar 22Approve: Lemnios asked that all approvals be subject to…Motion: to approve: Lemnios asked that all approvals be subject to all…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note

March 22, 2018: Approve: Lemnios asked that all approvals be subject to all inspections being performed and that licenses shall not be released until inspectional services are satisfied

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 4 present

To approve: Lemnios asked that all approvals be subject to all inspections being performed and that licenses shall not be released until inspectional services are satisfied.

The minutes record this motion as "So moved" (or with no wording) right after the paragraph that describes it; the wording here comes from that paragraph.

From the minutes

“Lemnios asked that all approvals be subject to all inspections being performed and that licenses shall not be released until inspectional services are satisfied. Motion Mitchell So moved Second Constable Vote Unanimous.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Constable)

Read it in the official minutes, page 3 (PDF)

Mar 22Approve the Town Clerk's request for town meeting/ election…Motion: to approve the Town Clerk's request for town meeting/ election workers…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note

March 22, 2018: Approve the Town Clerk's request for town meeting/ election workers as follows: Sean Bannon, Nicole Twombly, Jerry Sullivan, and Kathleen Pomakis

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 4 present

To approve the Town Clerk's request for town meeting/ election workers as follows: Sean Bannon, Nicole Twombly, Jerry Sullivan, and Kathleen Pomakis.

The minutes record this motion as "So moved" (or with no wording) right after the paragraph that describes it; the wording here comes from that paragraph.

From the minutes

“Appointment of Town Meeting/Election Workers The board approve the Town Clerk's request for town meeting/ election workers as follows: Sean Bannon, Nicole Twombly, Jerry Sullivan, and Kathleen Pomakis. Motion Reilly So moved. Second Mitchell Vote Unanimous.” (Motion: Reilly, second: Mitchell)

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Mar 22Annual Town Meeting Warrant and Annual Town Election Warrant…Motion: Annual Town Meeting Warrant and Annual Town Election Warrant Richardson read…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note

March 22, 2018: Annual Town Meeting Warrant and Annual Town Election Warrant Richardson read aloud the town election warrant announcement for May 21, 2018 and the board voted as follows to approve the…

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 4 present

Annual Town Meeting Warrant and Annual Town Election Warrant Richardson read aloud the town election warrant announcement for May 21, 2018 and the board voted as follows to approve the warrant and signed the documentation.

The minutes record this motion as "So moved" (or with no wording) right after the paragraph that describes it; the wording here comes from that paragraph.

From the minutes

“Annual Town Meeting Warrant and Annual Town Election Warrant Richardson read aloud the town election warrant announcement for May 21, 2018 and the board voted as follows to approve the warrant and signed the documentation. Motion Mitchell So moved. Second Constable Vote Unanimous.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Constable)

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Mar 22Approve the town meeting warrantMotion: to approve the town meeting warrant.Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note

March 22, 2018: Approve the town meeting warrant

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 4 present

To approve the town meeting warrant.

The minutes record this motion as "So moved" (or with no wording) right after the paragraph that describes it; the wording here comes from that paragraph.

From the minutes

“In addition, the board approved the town meeting warrant. Motion Constable So moved. Second Mitchell Vote Unanimous.” (Motion: Constable, second: Mitchell)

Read it in the official minutes, page 5 (PDF)

Mar 15Proceed to put a bond article subject to a…Motion: to proceed to put a bond article subject to a debt…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note

March 15, 2018: Proceed to put a bond article subject to a debt exclusion on the warrant and to support the concept of a debt exclusion devoted to roadway work, and also the…

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 5 present

To proceed to put a bond article subject to a debt exclusion on the warrant and to support the concept of a debt exclusion devoted to roadway work, and also the preparation of a debt exclusion ballot question for the subsequent election.

The minutes record this motion as "So moved" (or with no wording) right after the paragraph that describes it; the wording here comes from that paragraph.

From the minutes

“The board voted to proceed to put a bond article subject to a debt exclusion on the warrant and to support the concept of a debt exclusion devoted to roadway work, and also the preparation of a debt exclusion ballot question for the subsequent election. Motion Reilly So moved. Second Mitchell Vote Unanimous.” (Motion: Reilly, second: Mitchell)

Read it in the official minutes, page 1 (PDF)

From the Hull Select Board’s official minutes, posted on 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 of current members: Greg Grey (May 2024), Irwin Nesoff and Brian McCarthy (May 2025) and Susan Short Green (April 2026) from The Hull Times candidate statements; Jerry Taverna from Hull Community Television’s 2026 candidate statements video. Former members show initials.

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