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Lakeville Select Board
How the Lakeville Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide. Lia Fabian joined the board after the April 1, 2019 town election, replacing Aaron Burke. Mitzi Hollenbeck resigned in September 2019, and Richard LaCamera won the November 2019 special election for her seat. The chair changed during the year: Mitzi Hollenbeck was Chair in spring 2019 (Town Report), John Powderly in fall 2019 (minutes), and Lia Fabian by early 2020, after Mr. Powderly left the board. Only two meetings from this year can be read on the town website (October 28, 2019 and May 26, 2020). Covers 2 meetings, October 28 to May 26, 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 budgetYour Lakeville ballot: 14 quizzes, about a minute each.
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What Town Meeting decided
In Lakeville, 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.
Special Town Meeting · June 8, 2026 1 votes: 1 passed
- Art. 1 Transfer $800,000 from free cash to cover the FY2026 health insurance shortfall (Gateway Health Group deficit) Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
Source: Town Clerk's record, Special Town Meeting June 8, 2026.
Annual Town Meeting · June 8, 2026 18 votes: 15 passed, 2 passed as amended, 1 indefinitely postponed
- Art. 1 FY2027 general fund budget (non-override version), as amended: $38,640,207 total Passed as amended “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 2 Proposition 2½ override budget (override failed at the May 19, 2026 election) Indefinitely postponed “the motion passed by majority.”
- Art. 3 FY2027 Park Department enterprise budget: $325,535 Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 4 Capital plan: $512,000 ($502,000 free cash, $10,000 retained earnings) Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 5 Community Preservation FY2027 budget and reserves: $287,000 total Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 6 Community Preservation: $15,000 for gravestone repairs at Thompson Hill Cemetery Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 7 Ask the Legislature for a recall provision for Freetown-Lakeville Regional School Committee members Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 8 Transfer $25,000 from free cash for accrued sick/vacation payouts at retirement or resignation Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 9 Accept G.L. c.53 §18B: town information booklet on local ballot questions Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 10 Accept G.L. c.64L §2(a): 0.75% local meals tax starting October 1, 2026 Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 11 Transfer $25,000 from water tower sale account for a water consultant on an intermunicipal water agreement Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 12 General bylaw: amend earth removal rules (Chapter 140) Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 13 Set $10,000 FY2027 spending limit for the Conservation Commission revolving fund Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 14 General bylaw: prohibit cryptocurrency ATMs Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 15 Raise the tax collector's written demand fee to $30 Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 16 Zoning: define data centers, allow them by Planning Board special permit in the overlay district, end by-right use in PSP district (as amended) Passed as amended “The motion carried by 2/3rds requirement · 220 Yes to 7 No”
- Art. 17 Non-binding resolution supporting municipal decarbonization by 2050 Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 18 Citizen petition: adopt a Wetland Protections Bylaw Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
Source: Town Clerk's record, Annual Town Meeting June 8, 2026.
Special Town Meeting · November 12, 2025 5 votes: 4 passed, 1 passed as amended
- Art. 1 Pay prior-year unpaid bills: $814.50 from free cash and $546.27 from park retained earnings Passed “The motion carried by 9/10ths requirement, PASSED unanimously.”
- Art. 2 General bylaw: Community Preservation Committee to recommend at-large member appointments Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 3 Transfer $25,000 from free cash to study reuse of the Fire Station and Town Hall at 346 Bedford Street Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 4 Create a Conservation Commission revolving fund, amended to a $7,500 spending limit Passed as amended “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 5 Citizen petition (advisory): part-time elected officials paid a stipend not eligible for town health and life insurance from 3/1/26 Passed “The motion PASSED by majority · 74 Yes to 37 No”
Source: Town Clerk's record, Special Town Meeting November 12, 2025.
Special Town Meeting · June 9, 2025 2 votes: 2 passed
- Art. 1 Transfer $83,451 from transfer station retained earnings for compactor, LED lights and facility repairs Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 2 Pay prior-year unpaid bills: $10,260.82 from free cash and $507 from park retained earnings Passed “The motion carried by 9/10ths requirement · Yes 94 to 1 No”
Source: Town Clerk's record, Special Town Meeting June 9, 2025.
Annual Town Meeting · June 9, 2025 16 votes: 15 passed, 1 indefinitely postponed
- Art. 1 FY2026 general fund budget: $39,013,519 ($38,955,350 raised, $58,169 from Septic Loan Program), including elected officials' pay Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 2 FY2026 Park Department enterprise budget: $313,550 Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 3 Capital: $490,000 from capital stabilization for library roof and heating controls and a DPW truck Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 4 Capital: $573,000 (mostly free cash) for MS-4 engineering, town website, police vehicles, ladder truck lease, roads and more Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 5 Transfer $100,000 from free cash to the OPEB trust Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 6 Community Preservation FY2026 budget and reserves: $277,500 total Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 7 Community Preservation: $10,000 for gravestone repairs at Thompson Hill Cemetery Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 8 Transfer $25,000 from free cash for accrued sick/vacation payouts at retirement or resignation Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 9 General bylaw: add enforcement section to unregistered vehicle storage rules (Chapter 251) Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 10 Accept G.L. c.200A §9A: alternative procedure for unclaimed funds held by the town Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 11 Accept part of Harrison Avenue (222 feet from Rhode Island Road) as a public way Passed “The motion PASSED unanimously by 2/3rds requirement.”
- Art. 12 Accept altered layouts of Myricks St, Precinct St, Harrison Ave, Johnson Dr, Bedford St and Rhode Island Rd (Route 79 project) Passed “The motion PASSED unanimously by 2/3rds requirement.”
- Art. 13 Zoning: add to the accessory dwelling unit (ADU) definition Passed “The motion PASSED unanimously by 2/3rds requirement.”
- Art. 14 Zoning: delete §270-7.8 Accessory Apartment Indefinitely postponed “the motion passed by majority.”
- Art. 15 Zoning: update site plan review (§270-6.7) Passed “The motion PASSED unanimously by 2/3rds requirement.”
- Art. 16 General bylaw: amend Finance Committee section 15-1 (election, members, terms) Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
Source: Town Clerk's record, Annual Town Meeting June 9, 2025.
Special Town Meeting · November 12, 2024 18 votes: 16 passed, 1 failed, 1 indefinitely postponed
- Art. 1 FY2025 supplemental budget: $82,231 from taxation for veterans, insurance, HR, library, postage, elections and other lines Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 2 Pay prior-year unpaid bills: $16,369.18 from free cash and $337.75 from park retained earnings Passed “The motion carried by 9/10ths requirement, PASSED unanimously”
- Art. 3 Transfer $148,933.96 unused from 2020 highway building article to repair the DPW facility at 6 Montgomery Street Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 4 Borrow $21,409,960 for a new fire station, contingent on a Proposition 2½ debt exclusion vote Passed “The motion PASSED by 2/3rds requirement · 141 Yes to 28 No”
- Art. 5 End the Park Department enterprise fund starting FY2026 Failed “The motion FAILED by majority.”
- Art. 6 End the Landfill/Transfer Station enterprise fund starting FY2026 Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 7 Accept G.L. c.59 §5 cl.22I (HERO Act): yearly cost-of-living increase in veterans' property tax exemptions Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 8 Accept G.L. c.59 §5 cl.22J (HERO Act): additional 100% veterans' property tax exemption Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 9 Accept G.L. c.41 §108P: certification pay (up to $1,000 a year) for the Treasurer/Collector Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 10 Accept G.L. c.44 §54(b): let town trust funds be invested under the Prudent Investor Act Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 11 Move 10 tax-title parcels from the Treasurer/Collector to the Select Board for municipal use or sale Passed “The carried by 2/3rds requirement, PASSED unanimously.”
- Art. 12 Let the Select Board sell a 0.1-acre town lot on Cherry Street Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 13 Accept Gillian Drive as a public way Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 14 Repeal general bylaw §74-8 (deadline for special-legislation article text) Indefinitely postponed “the motion PASSED by majority”
- Art. 15 Rezone 15, 17 and 21 Harding Street (about 15.9 acres) from Business/Residential to Industrial Passed “The motion PASSED by 2/3rds requirement · Yes 89 to No 6”
- Art. 16 Zoning: add accessory dwelling unit (ADU) definition, site plan review and special permit rules Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 17 Zoning: amend the definition of "frontage" Passed “The motion PASSED unanimously by 2/3rds requirement.”
- Art. 18 Zoning: accessory building size limits by lot size and special permits for setbacks and larger buildings Passed “The motion PASSED by 2/3rds requirement · Yes 71 to No 7”
Source: Town Clerk's record, Special Town Meeting November 12, 2024.
Special Town Meeting · June 10, 2024 1 votes: 1 passed
- Art. 1 FY2024 capital: close $54,000 of unused capital balances and transfer $25,000 from overlay surplus, $79,000 total for police tasers, animal control truck, DPW mowers Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
Source: Town Clerk's record, Special Town Meeting June 10, 2024.
Annual Town Meeting · June 10, 2024 12 votes: 11 passed, 1 failed
- Art. 1 FY2025 general fund budget: $35,855,026 ($35,796,925 from taxation, $58,101 from Septic Loan Program), including elected officials' pay Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 2 FY2025 Park Department enterprise budget: $292,770 Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 3 FY2025 Landfill enterprise budget: $468,454 Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 4 Capital improvements: $1,112,000 for police cruisers, ladder truck lease, roads, dump truck, roll-off truck and other items Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 5 Transfer $150,000 from free cash to the Stabilization Fund Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 6 Transfer $310,000 from free cash to the OPEB trust Passed “The motion PASSED by Majority.”
- Art. 7 Community Preservation FY2025 budget and reserves: $275,000 total Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 8 Community Preservation: $6,950 for Historic Town Hall door replacement Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 9 Community Preservation: $20,000 for cupola repairs at the Historical Museum Passed “The motion PASSED by majority”
- Art. 10 Transfer $655,000 from the Capital Stabilization Fund for new fire station design development Passed “The motion PASSED by majority.”
- Art. 11 Zoning: delete the Mixed Use Development District (former Lakeville Hospital site, about 73 acres) and remove it from the zoning map Failed “The motion FAILED by 2/3rds requirement · 69 Yes to 53 No”
- Art. 12 Citizen petition: general bylaw barring one person from holding Select Board seat and Assessor or Planning Board seat at the same time Passed “The motion PASSED by majority · Yes 58 to 55 No”
Source: Town Clerk's record, Annual Town Meeting June 10, 2024.
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
Miriam HollenbeckChair · Elected townwide · at 0 of 0 meetingsRichard LaCameraMember · Elected townwide · at 1 of 1 meetings · from May 2020John PowderlyChair · Elected townwide · at 1 of 1 meetings · until Oct 2019
"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: every Select Board meeting with minutes on the town website from January 2025 through April 7, 2026 (from the town’s Agenda Center), plus 17 older meetings from 2018 to 2024 (from the town’s Document Center). Not here: most minutes from 2018 to 2024 (the town’s Document Center lists about 260 of them, but almost all of those files are broken and will not open), executive-session minutes, and minutes the town has not posted yet: every meeting after April 7, 2026. Until April 2024 the board (called the Board of Selectmen until late 2021) had three members; it has had five since then. Lakeville’s minutes are typed (a few 2024-2025 files are scans, which we read by computer text recognition) and list the mover, the seconder and the result for each motion; since mid-2025 almost every vote is a roll call (each member’s yes or no by name). When the minutes say a vote was unanimous we show every member present as voting yes; when they give a roll call, or a count with the members who voted no or abstained named, we show each member’s vote as recorded. Where the minutes give only a count (for example 3-1) without names, or a roll call names a member the minutes list as absent or names a member twice, or the names and the count do not match, we show the count only and add a note. A few votes have no result written down; we show those as passed with no count. Members who had not yet arrived or had left are left out of that vote. Votes by other boards at joint meetings (Finance Committee, School Committee, Board of Assessors, Freetown Board of Selectmen) are not included; where the Select Board voted together with another board (for example to fill a School Committee vacancy), only the Select Board members’ votes are shown. 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.
None.
From the Lakeville Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center and Document 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: Nemasket Week (Lorraine Carboni, Chris Plonka, Lia Fabian and Kristen Howard, April 2026; Paul Hunt, April 2025). Former members show initials.
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