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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. Paul Hunt and Chris Plonka joined the board after the April 2025 town election; Lia Fabian and Brynna Donahue left. On April 9, 2025 the board chose Maureen Candito as Chair and Brian Day as Vice Chair. Brian Day resigned on May 2, 2025, and the board chose not to hold a special election, so it had four members for the rest of the year. Lorraine Carboni became Vice Chair on July 14, 2025. Covers 37 meetings, April 9 to April 3, 2026.

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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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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

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

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

Source: Town Clerk's record, Special Town Meeting November 12, 2025.

Special Town Meeting · June 9, 2025 2 votes: 2 passed

Source: Town Clerk's record, Special Town Meeting June 9, 2025.

Annual Town Meeting · June 9, 2025 16 votes: 15 passed, 1 indefinitely postponed

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

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

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

Brian DayVice Chair · Elected townwide · at 6 of 6 meetings · until Apr 2025Paul HuntMember · Elected townwide · at 37 of 37 meetingsChris PlonkaMember · Elected townwide · at 36 of 37 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: 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.

Friday, April 3, 2026 · Regular meeting1 recorded votes, 0 with disagreementAll 5 members presentTuesday, March 17, 2026 · Regular meeting20 recorded votes, 3 with disagreementAll 5 members presentThursday, March 5, 2026 · Regular meeting3 recorded votes, 2 with disagreementAll 5 members presentTuesday, March 3, 2026 · Regular meeting4 recorded votes, 0 with disagreementAll 5 members presentTuesday, February 17, 2026 · Regular meeting9 recorded votes, 0 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.

Mar 17Prepare for an Override in the amount of $4,915,700Motion: To prepare for an Override in the amount of $4,915,700.Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note

March 17, 2026: Prepare for an Override in the amount of $4,915,700

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 4 present

To prepare for an Override in the amount of $4,915,700.

Joint vote: members of another board voted too (counting everyone, 8 yes and 1 no). Only the Select Board members' votes are shown.

From the minutes

“Upon motion made by Member Carboni and seconded by Member Hunt, it was: VOTED: To prepare for an Override in the amount of $4,915,700. Roll call vote: Select Board Chair Candito - aye, Vice-Chair Carboni - aye, Member Hunt - aye and Member Plonka - aye Finance Committee Chair Beals - aye, Vice-Chair Kostant - nay, J. Tonini - aye, B. Mancovsky - aye. M. Wright - aye.” (Motion: Carboni, second: Hunt)

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

Mar 17Follow the format presented by the Town Administrator: Question…Motion: To follow the format presented by the Town Administrator: Question 1A…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note

March 17, 2026: Follow the format presented by the Town Administrator: Question 1A Shall the Town of Lakeville be allowed to assess an additional $2,615,700 in real estate and personal property taxes for…

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 4 present

To follow the format presented by the Town Administrator: Question 1A Shall the Town of Lakeville be allowed to assess an additional $2,615,700 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of operating the Municipal Government and Public Schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026? Question 1B Shall the Town of Lakeville be allowed to assess an additional $1,300,000 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of operating the Municipal Government and Public Schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027? Question 1C Shall the Town of Lakeville be allowed to assess an additional $1,000,000 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purpose of operating the Municipal Government and Public Schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2028?

Joint vote: members of another board voted too (counting everyone, 8 yes and 1 no). Only the Select Board members' votes are shown.

From the minutes

“Upon motion made by Member Hunt and seconded by Member Carboni, it was: VOTED: To follow the format presented by the Town Administrator: Question 1A Shall the Town of Lakeville be allowed to assess an additional $2,615,700 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of operating the Municipal Government and Public Schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026? Question 1B Shall the Town of Lakeville be allowed to assess an additional $1,300,000 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of operating the Municipal Government and Public Schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027? Question 1C Shall the Town of Lakeville be allowed to assess an additional $1,000,000 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purpose of operating the Municipal Government and Public Schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2028? Roll call vote: Chair Candito - aye, Vice-Chair Carboni - aye, Member Hunt - aye and Member Plonka - aye Finance Committee Chair Beals - aye, Vice-Chair Kostant - nay, J. Tonini - aye, B. Mancovsky - aye. M. Wright - aye.” (Motion: Hunt, second: Carboni)

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

Mar 17Reaffirm for the audit for the agreed upon Freetown/Lakeville…Motion: to reaffirm for the audit for the agreed upon Freetown/Lakeville Regional…Passed 3–1 · No: Hunt

March 17, 2026: Reaffirm for the audit for the agreed upon Freetown/Lakeville Regional School District

ApprovePassed · 3–1

To reaffirm for the audit for the agreed upon Freetown/Lakeville Regional School District.

Yes: Candito, Carboni, PlonkaNo: Hunt

From the minutes

“Upon motion made by Member Plonka and seconded by Member Candito, it was: VOTED: to reaffirm for the audit for the agreed upon Freetown/Lakeville Regional School District. Roll call vote: Chair Candito - aye, Vice-Chair Carboni aye, Member Hunt - nay and Member Plonka - aye.” (Motion: Plonka, second: Candito)

Read it in the official minutes, page 6 (PDF)

Mar 5Appoint Kathryn Trost to the Lakeville School Committee to…Motion: To appoint Kathryn Trost to the Lakeville School Committee to fill…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note

March 5, 2026: Appoint Kathryn Trost to the Lakeville School Committee to fill an unexpired term through April 2027

AppointPassed · Unanimous, 4 present

To appoint Kathryn Trost to the Lakeville School Committee to fill an unexpired term through April 2027.

Joint vote: members of another board voted too (counting everyone, 6 yes and 1 no). Only the Select Board members' votes are shown.

From the minutes

“Upon motion made by Member Plonka and seconded by Member Hunt, it was: VOTED: To appoint Kathryn Trost to the Lakeville School Committee to fill an unexpired term through April 2027. Roll call vote: Chair Candito - aye, Vice-Chair Carboni - aye, Member Hunt - aye; Member Plonka - aye; School Committee Member R. Cushing - aye. School Committee Member M. Richards - aye; and School Committee Member S. Sylvia - nay..” (Motion: Plonka, second: Hunt)

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

Mar 5Table the motion until Town Counsel has reviewed and…Motion: To table the motion until Town Counsel has reviewed and provided…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note

March 5, 2026: Table the motion until Town Counsel has reviewed and provided a determination

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 4 present

To table the motion until Town Counsel has reviewed and provided a determination.

Moved by School Committee Member S. Sylvia (not a Select Board member). Joint vote: members of another board voted too (counting everyone, 7 yes and 0 no). Only the Select Board members' votes are shown.

From the minutes

“Upon motion made by School Committee Member S. Sylvia and seconded by Select Board Member Hunt, it was VOTED: To table the motion until Town Counsel has reviewed and provided a determination. Polled vote: Roll call vote: Chair Candito - aye, Vice-Chair Carboni - aye, Member Hunt - aye; Member Plonka - aye; School Committee Member R. Cushing - aye. School Committee Member M. Richards - aye; and School Committee Member S. Sylvia - aye.” (second: Hunt)

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

Feb 3Approve Request to Use Town Property, for Lakeville Garden…Motion: To approve Request to Use Town Property, for Lakeville Garden Club,…Passed · see note

February 3, 2026: Approve Request to Use Town Property, for Lakeville Garden Club, to use the Historic Town House the last Tuesday of each month, for their meetings as follows: 2/24, 3/31, 4/26,…

ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes

To approve Request to Use Town Property, for Lakeville Garden Club, to use the Historic Town House the last Tuesday of each month, for their meetings as follows: 2/24, 3/31, 4/26, 6/30, 7/28 and 9/29, from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM

The minutes say the board voted but do not give a count or say how each member voted.

From the minutes

“Upon motion made by Member Carboni and seconded by Member Hunt, it was: VOTED: To approve Request to Use Town Property, for Lakeville Garden Club, to use the Historic Town House the last Tuesday of each month, for their meetings as follows: 2/24, 3/31, 4/26, 6/30, 7/28 and 9/29, from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM.” (Motion: Carboni, second: Hunt)

Read it in the official minutes, page 6 (PDF)

Jan 20Support Option #5 for the Old Colony Regional Technical…Motion: To support Option #5 for the Old Colony Regional Technical High…Passed 3–1 · No: Hunt

January 20, 2026: Support Option #5 for the Old Colony Regional Technical High School Building Project

ApprovePassed · 3–1

To support Option #5 for the Old Colony Regional Technical High School Building Project.

Yes: Candito, Carboni, PlonkaNo: Hunt

From the minutes

“Upon motion made by Member Plonka and seconded by Member Carboni, it was: VOTED: To support Option #5 for the Old Colony Regional Technical High School Building Project. Roll call vote: Chair Candito - aye, Vice-Chair Carboni - aye, Member Hunt - nay and Member Plonka - aye.” (Motion: Plonka, second: Carboni)

Read it in the official minutes, page 7 (PDF)

Jan 6Appoint Jeffrey Roderiques to the Old Colony School Committee…Motion: To appoint Jeffrey Roderiques to the Old Colony School Committee with…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note

January 6, 2026: Appoint Jeffrey Roderiques to the Old Colony School Committee with a term to expire on May 1, 2026

AppointPassed · Unanimous, 4 present

To appoint Jeffrey Roderiques to the Old Colony School Committee with a term to expire on May 1, 2026.

Joint vote: members of another board voted too (counting everyone, 7 yes and 0 no). Only the Select Board members' votes are shown.

From the minutes

“Upon motion made by L. Carboni and seconded by S. Syliva, it was: VOTED: To appoint Jeffrey Roderiques to the Old Colony School Committee with a term to expire on May 1, 2026. Roll call vote: Chair Candito - aye, ViceChair Carboni - aye, Member Hunt - aye, Member Plonka - aye, Steve Sylvia - aye, Becky Cushing - aye and Melinda Richards - aye..” (Motion: Carboni)

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

Nov 19Appoint Lauren Beagen to the Lakeville School Committee to…Motion: To appoint Lauren Beagen to the Lakeville School Committee to fill…Failed 2–2 · No: Candito, Carboni

November 19, 2025: Appoint Lauren Beagen to the Lakeville School Committee to fill an unexpired term through to the next Town Election

AppointFailed · 2–2

To appoint Lauren Beagen to the Lakeville School Committee to fill an unexpired term through to the next Town Election.

Yes: Hunt, PlonkaNo: Candito, CarboniJoint vote: members of another board voted too (counting everyone, 3 yes and 4 no). Only the Select Board members' votes are shown.

From the minutes

“Upon motion made by Member Plonka and seconded by Member Hunt, it was: VOTED: To appoint Lauren Beagen to the Lakeville School Committee to fill an unexpired term through to the next Town Election. Roll call vote: Chair Candito - nay, Vice-Chair Carboni - nay, Member Hunt - aye; Member Plonka - aye; School Committee Member C. Fernandez - aye; School Committee Member M. Richards - nay; and School Committee Member S. Sylvia - nay..” (Motion: Plonka, second: Hunt)

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

Nov 19Appoint Becky Cushing to the Lakeville School Committee to…Motion: To appoint Becky Cushing to the Lakeville School Committee to fill…Passed 2–2 · No: Hunt, Plonka

November 19, 2025: Appoint Becky Cushing to the Lakeville School Committee to fill an unexpired term through to the next Town Election

AppointPassed · 2–2

To appoint Becky Cushing to the Lakeville School Committee to fill an unexpired term through to the next Town Election.

Yes: Candito, CarboniNo: Hunt, PlonkaJoint vote: members of another board voted too (counting everyone, 4 yes and 3 no). Only the Select Board members' votes are shown.

From the minutes

“Upon motion made by Member Carboni and seconded by School Committee Member S. Sylvia, it was: VOTED: To appoint Becky Cushing to the Lakeville School Committee to fill an unexpired term through to the next Town Election. Roll call vote: Chair Candito - aye, Vice-Chair Carboni - aye, Member Hunt - nay; Member Plonka - nay; School Committee Member C. Fernandez - nay; School Committee Member M. Richards - aye; and School Committee Member S. Sylvia - aye..” (Motion: Carboni)

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

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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