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Municipal votes · 2022–2023 Board

Hull Select Board

How the Hull Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide. Irwin Nesoff joined the board after the May 2022 election; John Reilly left. On May 25, 2022 the board re-elected Jennifer Constable as Chair. She resigned from the board as of February 19, 2023 (she later became Town Manager), and the board served with four members until June 2023. On March 7, 2023 the board chose Donna Pursel as Chair (after a 2-2 vote on Domenico Sestito) and Greg Grey as Vice Chair. The town lists 7 meetings in this term with an agenda but no posted minutes. Covers 31 meetings, May 18 to June 6, 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 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

Irwin NesoffClerk · Elected townwide · at 27 of 31 meetingsDonna PurselVice Chair, then Chair (from Mar. 7, 2023) · Elected townwide · at 31 of 31 meetingsDomenico SestitoMember · Elected townwide · at 26 of 31 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.

Tuesday, June 6, 2023 · Regular meeting2 recorded votes, 0 with disagreementAll 5 members presentWednesday, May 24, 2023 · Regular meeting12 recorded votes, 4 with disagreementAll 5 members presentWednesday, May 10, 2023 · Regular meeting8 recorded votes, 2 with disagreementAll 5 members presentWednesday, April 26, 2023 · Regular meeting10 recorded votes, 3 with disagreementAll 5 members presentMonday, April 24, 2023 · Regular meeting3 recorded votes, 1 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.

May 24Accept the three candidates presented at the meeting and…Motion: that the Select Board accept the three candidates presented at the…Passed 3–1 · No: Sestito

May 24, 2023: Accept the three candidates presented at the meeting and begin the process of setting up interviews for June 6th, 7th, or 8th depending on the availability of the candidates

ApprovePassed · 3–1

That the Select Board accept the three candidates presented at the meeting and begin the process of setting up interviews for June 6th, 7th, or 8th depending on the availability of the candidates

Yes: Grey, Nesoff, PurselNo: Sestito

From the minutes

“Motion Grey That the Select Board accept the three candidates presented at the meeting and begin the process of setting up interviews for June 6th, 7th, or 8th depending on the availability of the candidates Second Nesoff Vote 3-1-0 Grey – Aye Nesoff – Aye Pursel – Aye Sestito - Nay.” (Motion: Grey, second: Nesoff)

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

May 24Hold a Public Hearing on the request from Kenberma…Motion: to hold a Public Hearing on the request from Kenberma Food…Failed 2–2 · No: Grey, Nesoff

May 24, 2023: Hold a Public Hearing on the request from Kenberma Food Mart for a KENO monitor, with the same standards of notification of abutters as application for a liquor license

ApproveFailed · 2–2

To hold a Public Hearing on the request from Kenberma Food Mart for a KENO monitor, with the same standards of notification of abutters as application for a liquor license

Yes: Pursel, SestitoNo: Grey, Nesoff

From the minutes

“Motion Sestito To hold a Public Hearing on the request from Kenberma Food Mart for a KENO monitor, with the same standards of notification of abutters as application for a liquor license Second Pursel Vote 2-2-0 Sestito – Aye Pursel – Aye Grey – Nay Nesoff – Nay.” (Motion: Sestito, second: Pursel)

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

May 24Not schedule a hearing for a KENO monitor requested…Motion: that the Board not schedule a hearing for a KENO monitor…Failed 2–2 · No: Pursel, Sestito

May 24, 2023: Not schedule a hearing for a KENO monitor requested by Kenberma Food Mart at 437 Nantasket Avenue

ApproveFailed · 2–2

That the Board not schedule a hearing for a KENO monitor requested by Kenberma Food Mart at 437 Nantasket Avenue

Yes: Grey, NesoffNo: Pursel, Sestito

From the minutes

“Motion Grey That the Board not schedule a hearing for a KENO monitor requested by Kenberma Food Mart at 437 Nantasket Avenue Second Nesoff Vote 2-2-0 Grey – Aye Nesoff – Aye Sestito – Nay Pursel – Nay.” (Motion: Grey, second: Nesoff)

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

May 24Approve the application of the Hull Knights of Columbus…Motion: to approve the application of the Hull Knights of Columbus to…Passed 3–1 · No: Sestito

May 24, 2023: Approve the application of the Hull Knights of Columbus to park 30 cars at 440 Nantasket Avenue, with the same provisions that apply to the parking at the Temple

ApprovePassed · 3–1

To approve the application of the Hull Knights of Columbus to park 30 cars at 440 Nantasket Avenue, with the same provisions that apply to the parking at the Temple

Yes: Grey, Nesoff, PurselNo: Sestito

From the minutes

“Motion Grey To approve the application of the Hull Knights of Columbus to park 30 cars at 440 Nantasket Avenue, with the same provisions that apply to the parking at the Temple Second Nesoff Vote 3-1-0 Grey – Aye Nesoff – Aye Pursel – Aye Sestito – Nay.” (Motion: Grey, second: Nesoff)

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

May 10Approve the request of the Democratic Town Committee to…Motion: to approve the request of the Democratic Town Committee to hold…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note

May 10, 2023: Approve the request of the Democratic Town Committee to hold an event on HRA property on Sunday, June 25, 2023 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 3 present

To approve the request of the Democratic Town Committee to hold an event on HRA property on Sunday, June 25, 2023 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Irwin Nesoff stepped aside (recused) from this vote.

From the minutes

“Motion Grey To approve the request of the Democratic Town Committee to hold an event on HRA property on Sunday, June 25, 2023 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Second Sestito Vote 3-0-1* *Nesoff recused himself as he is a member of the Democratic Town Committee.” (Motion: Grey, second: Sestito)

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

May 10Approve the request of the Hull Youth Football Association…Motion: to approve the request of the Hull Youth Football Association (HYFA)…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note

May 10, 2023: Approve the request of the Hull Youth Football Association (HYFA) to hold their Annual Carnival fundraiser the week of July 26th to the 30th on the HRA property with set…

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 3 present

To approve the request of the Hull Youth Football Association (HYFA) to hold their Annual Carnival fundraiser the week of July 26th to the 30th on the HRA property with set up by Rockwell Amusements starting on July 24, 2023.

Domenico Sestito stepped aside (recused) from this vote.

From the minutes

“Motion Grey To approve the request of the Hull Youth Football Association (HYFA) to hold their Annual Carnival fundraiser the week of July 26th to the 30th on the HRA property with set up by Rockwell Amusements starting on July 24, 2023. Second Nesoff Vote 3-0-1* *Sestito recused himself from the vote as he is Treasurer of HYFA and is also on its Executive Board.” (Motion: Grey, second: Nesoff)

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

Apr 26Appoint the 2023-2024 poll workers as requested by Town…Motion: to appoint the 2023-2024 poll workers as requested by Town Clerk,…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Grey

April 26, 2023: Appoint the 2023-2024 poll workers as requested by Town Clerk, Lori West

AppointPassed · 3–0

To appoint the 2023-2024 poll workers as requested by Town Clerk, Lori West

Yes: Nesoff, Pursel, SestitoAbstained: Grey

From the minutes

“Motion Sestito To appoint the 2023-2024 poll workers as requested by Town Clerk, Lori West Second Nesoff Vote 3-0-1* *Grey abstained from the vote as his wife was among those appointed.” (Motion: Sestito, second: Nesoff)

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

Apr 26Approve the parking lot application of Temple Beth Sholom…Motion: to approve the parking lot application of Temple Beth Sholom to…Passed 3–1 · No: Sestito

April 26, 2023: Approve the parking lot application of Temple Beth Sholom to park up to 50 cars at 600 Nantasket Avenue with the stipulation that they provide information regarding plovers, and that…

ApprovePassed · 3–1

To approve the parking lot application of Temple Beth Sholom to park up to 50 cars at 600 Nantasket Avenue with the stipulation that they provide information regarding plovers, and that trash receptacles and port-a-potties be provided on site

Yes: Grey, Nesoff, PurselNo: Sestito

From the minutes

“Motion Grey To approve the parking lot application of Temple Beth Sholom to park up to 50 cars at 600 Nantasket Avenue with the stipulation that they provide information regarding plovers, and that trash receptacles and port-a-potties be provided on site Second Sestito Vote 3-1-0 Pursel – Aye Grey – Aye Nesoff – Aye Sestito - Nay.” (Motion: Grey, second: Sestito)

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

Apr 26Support Article 17Motion: to support Article 17Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Sestito

April 26, 2023: Support Article 17

ApprovePassed · 3–0

To support Article 17

Yes: Grey, Nesoff, PurselAbstained: Sestito

From the minutes

“Motion Grey To support Article 17 Second Nesoff Vote 3-0-1 Grey – Aye Nesoff – Aye Pursel – Aye Sestito – Abstain.” (Motion: Grey, second: Nesoff)

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

Apr 24Appoint Roger Lewenberg as a Citizen at Large representative…Motion: to appoint Roger Lewenberg as a Citizen at Large representative on…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Nesoff

April 24, 2023: Appoint Roger Lewenberg as a Citizen at Large representative on the Town Manager Semi-Finalist Committee

AppointPassed · 3–0

To appoint Roger Lewenberg as a Citizen at Large representative on the Town Manager Semi-Finalist Committee

Yes: Grey, Pursel, SestitoAbstained: Nesoff

From the minutes

“Motion Sestito To appoint Roger Lewenberg as a Citizen at Large representative on the Town Manager Semi-Finalist Committee Second Grey Vote 3-0-1* *Nesoff abstained from the vote.” (Motion: Sestito, second: Grey)

Read it in the official minutes, page 2 (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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