How the Lexington Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. On June 10, 2020 the board re-elected Douglas Lucente as Chair and Jill Hai as Vice Chair (roll calls, unanimous). Minutes for August 2020 to January 2021 and for April 2021 are not posted, so the 2021 reorganization is not in the loaded minutes; the end date is approximate. Covers 11 meetings, June 10 to March 22, 2021.
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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.
In Lexington, 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. Town Meeting members are elected by precinct; counts are from the town’s electronic voting.
Annual Town Meeting · March 30, 2026 61 votes: 56 passed, 2 passed as amended, 1 failed, 2 indefinitely postponed
Sessions: March 30, April 6, 8, 13, 15, 27, 29 and May 4, 2026
Art. 27Resolution on financial transparency for major capital projects, with a report at the fall 2026 STM (citizen petition, as amended)Passed as amended“MOTION CARRIES · Yes 162, No 11, Abstain 1”
Art. 8Resolution asking the state school building authority (MSBA) to fund the high school project in two phases (citizen petition)Failed“MOTION FAILS · Yes 11, No 157, Abstain 8”
Not here yet: the Town Clerk's minutes of Special Town Meeting 2025-2 (November 3, 2025); its results here come from the Town's posted actions table and electronic vote totals. Special Town Meeting 2026-1 meets November 9, 2026.
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).
"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
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Loaded: Lexington Select Board minutes from January 8, 2018 through August 31, 2026: 428 meetings (including joint meetings, budget summits and retreats) and 2,640 votes. The town’s Laserfiche archive holds the board’s minutes back to the 1920s; MassVoter has loaded 2018 on. The 2019 Annual Town Meeting voted to rename the Board of Selectmen the Select Board; the special act was signed January 14, 2020, and the minutes use the new name from January 16, 2020. All minutes are typed documents with searchable text. Not here: executive-session minutes; cancelled meetings and executive-session-only meetings; votes of the School Committee, Planning Board, Appropriation Committee, Capital Expenditures Committee and other boards at joint meetings; meetings with no posted minutes: August 2020 through January 2021 and April 2021 (no minutes are posted for these months), and, with an agenda posted but no minutes, the board’s short meetings before Town Meeting on November 3, 2022, November 14, 2024, April 16, 2025 and November 4, 2025, February 16, 2023 (FY2024 budget vote), November 4, 2024 (summit), and the retreats of August 31, 2022, January 11, 2023, October 11, 2023 and August 25, 2026; February 23, 2026 (the board approved these minutes on March 30, 2026, but the file posted for that date is a copy of the January 27, 2025 minutes); and meetings after August 31, 2026 (the September and October 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Lexington’s minutes usually read “VOTE: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Select Board voted 5-0 to …” (by roll call when the meeting is remote or hybrid), with the members present listed at the top; when the count matches the members present, every member present is shown voting yes. Mover and seconder are not named. A member who votes no or abstains is often named (“Mr. Lucente cast the dissenting vote”, “with Ms. Hai against”) and is then shown by name; where a split count names no one (“voted 3-2”) we show the count only, with a note (54 votes), and where the minutes give no count or names we show the result only (7 votes). The board also takes positions on Town Meeting articles, recorded in position charts, tables or lists in the minutes (support, oppose, wait, recused); MassVoter shows each article position as a vote (417 positions), leaving out members who were waiting or recused, with a note. Members who recused themselves are not shown in that vote; members who arrived late or left early are shown only in the votes they were there for. A motion with no recorded outcome is not counted as a vote. We will ask the town to confirm any noted vote.
Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.
Mar 22Approve the Select Board Report to Annual Town Meeting…Motion: VOTE: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, by roll call,…Passed · see note
March 22, 2021: Approve the Select Board Report to Annual Town Meeting 2021 to include the discussed edits
ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes
VOTE: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, by roll call, the Select Board voted to approve the Select Board Report to Annual Town Meeting 2021 to include the discussed edits.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“VOTE: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, by roll call, the Select Board voted to approve the Select Board Report to Annual Town Meeting 2021 to include the discussed edits..”
Mar 22Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 3 (Appointments…Motion: 2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 3: Appointments To Cary…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
March 22, 2021: Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 3 (Appointments To Cary Lecture Series): support
ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 5 present
2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 3: Appointments To Cary Lecture Series. | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y
From the “Select Board Positions Chart as of 3-22-2021” appended to the March 22, 2021 minutes (the last chart posted for the 2021 Annual Town Meeting): each member’s position is marked Y (support), N (do not support), A (abstain), W (wait) or R (recused). The members set these positions at meetings from February 2021 on; this is the chart’s final posted record.
From the minutes
“2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 3: Appointments To Cary Lecture Series. | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y.”
Mar 22Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 4 (Appropriate…Motion: 2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 4: Appropriate FY2022 Operating…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
March 22, 2021: Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 4 (Appropriate FY2022 Operating Budget): support
ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 5 present
2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 4: Appropriate FY2022 Operating Budget | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y
From the “Select Board Positions Chart as of 3-22-2021” appended to the March 22, 2021 minutes (the last chart posted for the 2021 Annual Town Meeting): each member’s position is marked Y (support), N (do not support), A (abstain), W (wait) or R (recused). The members set these positions at meetings from February 2021 on; this is the chart’s final posted record.
From the minutes
“2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 4: Appropriate FY2022 Operating Budget | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y.”
Mar 22Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 5 (Appropriate…Motion: 2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 5: Appropriate FY2022 Enterprise…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
March 22, 2021: Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 5 (Appropriate FY2022 Enterprise Funds Budgets): support
ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 5 present
2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 5: Appropriate FY2022 Enterprise Funds Budgets | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y
From the “Select Board Positions Chart as of 3-22-2021” appended to the March 22, 2021 minutes (the last chart posted for the 2021 Annual Town Meeting): each member’s position is marked Y (support), N (do not support), A (abstain), W (wait) or R (recused). The members set these positions at meetings from February 2021 on; this is the chart’s final posted record.
From the minutes
“2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 5: Appropriate FY2022 Enterprise Funds Budgets | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y.”
Mar 22Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 6 (Appropriate…Motion: 2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 6: Appropriate For Senior…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
March 22, 2021: Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 6 (Appropriate For Senior Services Program): support
ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 5 present
2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 6: Appropriate For Senior Services Program | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y
From the “Select Board Positions Chart as of 3-22-2021” appended to the March 22, 2021 minutes (the last chart posted for the 2021 Annual Town Meeting): each member’s position is marked Y (support), N (do not support), A (abstain), W (wait) or R (recused). The members set these positions at meetings from February 2021 on; this is the chart’s final posted record. The chart marks this article for the proposed consent agenda.
From the minutes
“2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 6: Appropriate For Senior Services Program | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y.”
Mar 22Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 7 (Appropriate…Motion: 2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 7: Appropriate For Municipal…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
March 22, 2021: Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 7 (Appropriate For Municipal Organizational Assessment): support
ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 5 present
2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 7: Appropriate For Municipal Organizational Assessment | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y
From the “Select Board Positions Chart as of 3-22-2021” appended to the March 22, 2021 minutes (the last chart posted for the 2021 Annual Town Meeting): each member’s position is marked Y (support), N (do not support), A (abstain), W (wait) or R (recused). The members set these positions at meetings from February 2021 on; this is the chart’s final posted record.
From the minutes
“2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 7: Appropriate For Municipal Organizational Assessment | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y.”
Mar 22Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 8 (Appropriate…Motion: 2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 8: Appropriate For 20/20…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
March 22, 2021: Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 8 (Appropriate For 20/20 Vision Survey): support
ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 5 present
2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 8: Appropriate For 20/20 Vision Survey | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y
From the “Select Board Positions Chart as of 3-22-2021” appended to the March 22, 2021 minutes (the last chart posted for the 2021 Annual Town Meeting): each member’s position is marked Y (support), N (do not support), A (abstain), W (wait) or R (recused). The members set these positions at meetings from February 2021 on; this is the chart’s final posted record.
From the minutes
“2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 8: Appropriate For 20/20 Vision Survey | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y.”
Mar 22Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 9 (Establish…Motion: 2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 9: Establish and Continue…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
March 22, 2021: Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 9 (Establish and Continue Departmental Revolving Funds): support
ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 5 present
2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 9: Establish and Continue Departmental Revolving Funds | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y
From the “Select Board Positions Chart as of 3-22-2021” appended to the March 22, 2021 minutes (the last chart posted for the 2021 Annual Town Meeting): each member’s position is marked Y (support), N (do not support), A (abstain), W (wait) or R (recused). The members set these positions at meetings from February 2021 on; this is the chart’s final posted record.
From the minutes
“2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 9: Establish and Continue Departmental Revolving Funds | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y.”
Mar 22Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 10(a) (Appropriate…Motion: 2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 10(a): Park and Playground…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
March 22, 2021: Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 10(a) (Appropriate The Fy2022 Community Preservation Committee Operating Budget And CPA Projects: Park and Playground Improvements- South Rindge Avenue - $
ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 5 present
2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 10(a): Park and Playground Improvements- South Rindge Avenue - $170,000 | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y
From the “Select Board Positions Chart as of 3-22-2021” appended to the March 22, 2021 minutes (the last chart posted for the 2021 Annual Town Meeting): each member’s position is marked Y (support), N (do not support), A (abstain), W (wait) or R (recused). The members set these positions at meetings from February 2021 on; this is the chart’s final posted record. The chart marks this article for the proposed consent agenda.
From the minutes
“2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 10(a): Park and Playground Improvements- South Rindge Avenue - $170,000 | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y.”
Mar 22Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 10(b) (Appropriate…Motion: 2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 10(b): Park Improvements- Athletic…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
March 22, 2021: Position on 2021 Annual Town Meeting Article 10(b) (Appropriate The Fy2022 Community Preservation Committee Operating Budget And CPA Projects: Park Improvements- Athletic Fields- Muzzey Field - $155,0
ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 5 present
2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 10(b): Park Improvements- Athletic Fields- Muzzey Field - $155,000 | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y
From the “Select Board Positions Chart as of 3-22-2021” appended to the March 22, 2021 minutes (the last chart posted for the 2021 Annual Town Meeting): each member’s position is marked Y (support), N (do not support), A (abstain), W (wait) or R (recused). The members set these positions at meetings from February 2021 on; this is the chart’s final posted record. The chart marks this article for the proposed consent agenda.
From the minutes
“2021 Annual Town Meeting position chart, Article 10(b): Park Improvements- Athletic Fields- Muzzey Field - $155,000 | DL Y | JP Y | SB Y | JH Y | MS Y.”
From the Lexington Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Laserfiche records archive (Select Board minutes). We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Select Board photos: Town of Lexington (lexingtonma.gov), from the official Select Board page. Former members show initials.