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Lincoln Select Board
How the Lincoln Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 3 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Kim Bodnar joined the board after the March 2023 town election (first meeting April 3, 2023, which Jennifer Glass chaired). On April 24, 2023, following the board’s practice of rotating the Chair after Town Meeting, the board unanimously chose Jim Hutchinson as Chair by roll call. Covers 23 meetings, April 3 to March 23, 2024.
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 budgetBoard years
Coming up
From the agendas Lincoln posts on its official site. Agendas can change; the posted agenda is the official one.
Members
Kim BodnarMember · At-large · at 23 of 23 meetings
Jennifer GlassMember · At-large · at 23 of 23 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: Lincoln Select Board minutes from January 9, 2018 through September 21, 2026: 202 meetings and 1,438 votes. The board was called the Board of Selectmen until 2021; Article 24 of the May 15, 2021 Annual Town Meeting (a citizens’ petition) proposed the name Select Board, and the minutes use it from May 24, 2021 on. The town’s Agenda Center holds the board’s minutes back to 2013; MassVoter has loaded 2018 on. All minutes are typed documents with searchable text. Joint sessions with other boards (School Committee, Housing Commission, Board of Assessors, Water Commission, Planning Board, the Housing Choice Act Working Group and others) are included, but only the Select Board members’ votes are shown; votes the other board took on its own, and reports of other boards’ votes, are left out. Not here: votes taken inside executive session; the minutes of Town Meeting and State of the Town meetings; meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes (among them December 15, 2025, January 22, February 18, April 17, May 7, May 14 and June 18, 2026); and meetings after September 21, 2026 (the September 28, October 1 and October 5, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Since spring 2020 Lincoln’s minutes record nearly every vote as a roll call by name (“the motion was approved unanimously with a roll call vote: Bodnar, Aye; Glass, Aye; Hutchinson, Aye”), and each member’s vote is shown as recorded. Before that, the minutes usually say “It was unanimously approved,” which is shown as every member present voting yes; when a member abstained or voted no, the minutes name that member. Where the minutes say only “the motion was approved” with no count or names, we show the result only (15 votes); where a split count names no one, or a roll call does not match the members present, we show the count only, with a note (2 votes). When a roll call leaves out a member who was at the meeting, the votes named are shown and that member is left out of the vote, with a note. Members who stepped aside (recused) are not shown as voting. Abstentions are shown as abstained. 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.
Nov 27Approve Mr. Hutchinson signing the Property Tax Agreement on…Motion: Ms. Glass made a motion to approve Mr. Hutchinson signing the…Passed · see note
November 27, 2023: Approve Mr. Hutchinson signing the Property Tax Agreement on behalf of the Board
Ms. Glass made a motion to approve Mr. Hutchinson signing the Property Tax Agreement on behalf of the Board. Ms. Bodnar seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“Ms. Glass made a motion to approve Mr. Hutchinson signing the Property Tax Agreement on behalf of the Board. Ms. Bodnar seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved..” (Motion: Glass, second: Bodnar)
Nov 13Have the WG select one additional resident option from…Motion: After further robust discussion and votes of both the WG and…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
November 13, 2023: Have the WG select one additional resident option from those submitted and to add an article to the December 2, 2023, Special Town Meeting warrant to select the resident preferred…
After further robust discussion and votes of both the WG and Planning Board indicating majority approval of Ms. Glass' suggested approach, the Selects voted unanimously to have the WG select one additional resident option from those submitted and to add an article to the December 2, 2023, Special Town Meeting warrant to select the resident preferred HCA approach.
The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“After further robust discussion and votes of both the WG and Planning Board indicating majority approval of Ms. Glass' suggested approach, the Selects voted unanimously to have the WG select one additional resident option from those submitted and to add an article to the December 2, 2023, Special Town Meeting warrant to select the resident preferred HCA approach..”
Nov 13Approve the Warrants dated November 13, 2023Motion: Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the Warrants dated November…Passed · see note
November 13, 2023: Approve the Warrants dated November 13, 2023
Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the Warrants dated November 13, 2023. Ms. Glass seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the Warrants dated November 13, 2023. Ms. Glass seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved..” (Motion: Hutchinson, second: Glass)
Nov 13Approve the minutes of September 26, 2023Motion: Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the minutes of September…Passed · see note
November 13, 2023: Approve the minutes of September 26, 2023
Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the minutes of September 26, 2023. Ms. Glass seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the minutes of September 26, 2023. Ms. Glass seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved..” (Motion: Hutchinson, second: Glass)
Oct 30Approve the Warrants dated October 30th, 2023Motion: Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the Warrants dated October…Passed · see note
October 30, 2023: Approve the Warrants dated October 30th, 2023
Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the Warrants dated October 30th, 2023. Ms. Glass seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the Warrants dated October 30th, 2023. Ms. Glass seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved..” (Motion: Hutchinson, second: Glass)
Oct 16Approve the Warrants dated October 16th, 2023Motion: Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the Warrants dated October…Passed · see note
October 16, 2023: Approve the Warrants dated October 16th, 2023
Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the Warrants dated October 16th, 2023. Ms. Glass seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the Warrants dated October 16th, 2023. Ms. Glass seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved..” (Motion: Hutchinson, second: Glass)
Sep 26Approve the National Grid Tower Road Improvement PlanMotion: Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the National Grid Tower…Passed · see note
September 26, 2023: Approve the National Grid Tower Road Improvement Plan
Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the National Grid Tower Road Improvement Plan. Ms. Glass seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the National Grid Tower Road Improvement Plan. Ms. Glass seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved..” (Motion: Hutchinson, second: Glass)
Sep 26Approve Parks & Recreation Department's request to sell beer…Motion: Ms. Glass made a motion to approve Parks & Recreation Department's…Passed · see note
September 26, 2023: Approve Parks & Recreation Department's request to sell beer at their Fall Fest
Ms. Glass made a motion to approve Parks & Recreation Department's request to sell beer at their Fall Fest. Ms. Bodnar seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“Ms. Glass made a motion to approve Parks & Recreation Department's request to sell beer at their Fall Fest. Ms. Bodnar seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved..” (Motion: Glass, second: Bodnar)
Sep 26Authorize Mr. Higgins to draft a letter to the…Motion: Ms. Glass made a motion to authorize Mr. Higgins to draft…Passed · see note
September 26, 2023: Authorize Mr. Higgins to draft a letter to the Conservation Commission giving them authority to spend money from that fund
Ms. Glass made a motion to authorize Mr. Higgins to draft a letter to the Conservation Commission giving them authority to spend money from that fund. Ms. Bodnar seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“Ms. Glass made a motion to authorize Mr. Higgins to draft a letter to the Conservation Commission giving them authority to spend money from that fund. Ms. Bodnar seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved..” (Motion: Glass, second: Bodnar)
Sep 26Approve the Warrants dated October 2, 2023Motion: Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the Warrants dated October…Passed · see note
September 26, 2023: Approve the Warrants dated October 2, 2023
Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the Warrants dated October 2, 2023. Ms. Glass seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“Mr. Hutchinson made a motion to approve the Warrants dated October 2, 2023. Ms. Glass seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion was approved..” (Motion: Hutchinson, second: Glass)
From the Lincoln Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center (Select Board). We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Kim Bodnar from The Lincoln Squirrel’s candidate photo (March 2023); Jim Hutchinson and Jennifer Glass cropped from a captioned group photo in The Lincoln Squirrel (“Board accepts $1.35 million in donations for community center,” May 2026).
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