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Littleton Select Board
How the Littleton Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Kyle Bubp joined the board after the May 2026 town election (first meeting May 11, 2026), succeeding Matthew Nordhaus. On May 11, 2026 the board unanimously chose Gary Wilson as Chair (5-0), and Chuck DeCoste as Vice Chair and Mark Rambacher as Clerk (5-0). From June 2026 the minutes are written as summaries and several do not list who attended. Minutes after September 28, 2026 are not posted yet. The end date is a placeholder. Covers 14 meetings so far, May 11 to September 28, 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 budgetYour Littleton ballot: 13 quizzes, about a minute each.
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Littleton Select Board: 9 out of 10 · Open
How easy Littleton makes it to see, online, how each member votes. It scores the town’s records, not any official. Checked October 11, 2026.
- Minutes postedMinutes are posted for nearly every meeting more than three months old.Full points: 2/2
- Each vote namedMost split votes list how each member voted, but some give only the count.Part points: 2/3
- Posted quicklyMinutes are posted for every meeting more than a month old.Full points: 2/2
- Past years onlineSelect Board minutes from 2014 to today are online.Full points: 1/1
- Readable textThe minutes are text you can search and copy.Full points: 1/1
- Member photosThe town’s website shows a photo of each member.Full points: 1/1
How the town can raise its score
- Each vote named (+1): On any vote that isn’t unanimous, write how each member voted. For example: “Motion passed 3–2. Yes: Smith, Jones, Lee. No: Brown, Silva.” A roll call on split votes is the simplest way to do this.
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Board years
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Members
ChairGary WilsonChair · Seat 4 · at 13 of 14 meetings
Vice-ChairChuck DeCosteVice Chair · Seat 1 · at 12 of 14 meetings
Kyle BubpMember · Seat 3 · at 13 of 14 meetings
Karen MorrisonMember · Seat 2 · at 12 of 14 meetings
Mark RambacherClerk · Seat 5 · at 13 of 14 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.
Attendance
28 full-board meetings so far this year, through September 28. Ties share a rank.
1Mark Rambacher26 of 28 meetings93%1Kyle Bubp13 of 14 meetings · served from May93%3Karen Morrison24 of 28 meetings86%3Matthew Nordhaus12 of 14 meetings · served until Apr86%5Gary Wilson23 of 28 meetings82%6Chuck DeCoste18 of 28 meetings64%33 full-board meetings in 2025. Ties share a rank.
1Karen Morrison32 of 33 meetings97%1Mark Rambacher32 of 33 meetings97%3Matthew Nordhaus30 of 33 meetings91%4Gary Wilson25 of 33 meetings76%5Chuck DeCoste24 of 33 meetings73%34 full-board meetings in 2024. Ties share a rank.
1Karen Morrison33 of 34 meetings97%2Matthew Nordhaus32 of 34 meetings94%3Mark Rambacher30 of 34 meetings88%3Gary Wilson30 of 34 meetings88%5Chuck DeCoste29 of 34 meetings85%35 full-board meetings in 2023. Ties share a rank.
1Mark Rambacher35 of 35 meetings Every meeting100%1Karen Morrison20 of 20 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%3Matthew Nordhaus33 of 35 meetings94%4Cindy Napoli14 of 15 meetings · served until May93%5Gary Wilson32 of 35 meetings91%6Chuck DeCoste31 of 35 meetings89%37 full-board meetings in 2022. Ties share a rank.
1Mark Rambacher23 of 23 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%1Paul Glavey14 of 14 meetings · served until Apr Every meeting100%3Matthew Nordhaus35 of 37 meetings95%4Cindy Napoli34 of 37 meetings92%5Chuck DeCoste33 of 37 meetings89%6Gary Wilson20 of 23 meetings · served from May87%7Joe Knox12 of 14 meetings · served until Apr86%26 full-board meetings in 2021. Ties share a rank.
1Cindy Napoli26 of 26 meetings Every meeting100%2Joe Knox25 of 26 meetings96%2Matthew Nordhaus25 of 26 meetings96%4Chuck DeCoste24 of 26 meetings92%4Paul Glavey24 of 26 meetings92%24 full-board meetings in 2019. Ties share a rank.
1Joe Knox23 of 24 meetings96%1Cindy Napoli23 of 24 meetings96%3Paul Glavey22 of 24 meetings92%4Chuck DeCoste20 of 24 meetings83%4Chase Gerbig20 of 24 meetings83%From the official minutes: full-board meetings only (committee meetings are not counted). Members are counted only for meetings held while they served, and arriving late counts as attending. The minutes rarely say why a member was absent. Not shown: 2018, 2020, because too many of that year’s meetings are missing from the posted minutes.
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Meetings
About missing minutes
Loaded: Littleton Select Board minutes from February 26, 2018 through September 28, 2026: 265 meetings and 2,435 votes. Minutes from 2014 to 2022 are in the town’s Laserfiche portal and from 2022 on in its Agenda Center; MassVoter loaded January 2018 on, but the Laserfiche 2018 folder starts on February 26, 2018, so the meetings of January 8 and 22 and February 12, 13 and 22, 2018 are missing. The minutes call the board the Board of Selectmen through June 8, 2020 and the Select Board from June 29, 2020 on. The 2018-2019 minutes are typed documents; the 2020-2022 Laserfiche minutes are imaged pages with a stored text layer; two Agenda Center files are Word documents (the same minutes are also posted as PDFs, which we used). Not here: executive-session minutes; votes of the Finance Committee, Planning Board, Board of Health, Housing Authority, Park and Recreation Commission and other boards at joint meetings (joint appointments that both boards vote on are shown with the Select Board members’ votes); Planning Board and other boards’ minutes that were posted in the Select Board’s slot; and meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes, among them many 2018-2022 dates in the Laserfiche agenda folder, September 2, 2025, March 2, 2026 and May 5, 2026. Minutes after September 28, 2026 are not posted yet. Littleton’s minutes name the mover and seconder and give the count (“Motion passed 5 to 0”); a count that matches the members present with no no votes is shown as every member present voting yes. Roll calls by name (used for remote meetings from 2020 and whenever a member takes part remotely, “Roll Call Vote: Gary Wilson no, Chuck DeCoste no …”) are shown by name, and members named as voting no or abstaining are shown that way. Where a split count names no one we show the count only, with a note (68 votes), and where the minutes give no count or names (“it was VOTED”, “motion passed”) we show the result only (61 votes). From June 2026 the minutes are written as summaries and several do not list who attended; we count a member present only when the minutes show that member taking part, and where they do not show every member, votes recorded only as “carried unanimously” are shown as the result only (30 votes, at the August 31, September 23 and September 28, 2026 meetings and the February 4, 2026 budget meeting). Members who recused themselves are not shown in that vote; members who arrived late or left early are left out of votes whose count shows they were not there. A motion with no recorded outcome is not counted as a vote. 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.
Sep 28Approve and sign the Election Warrant for the November…Motion: Motion to approve and sign the Election Warrant for the November…Passed · see note
September 28, 2026 (Joint meeting): Approve and sign the Election Warrant for the November 3, 2026 Election
Motion to approve and sign the Election Warrant for the November 3, 2026 Election was made by Select Board Member Mark Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Charles DeCoste. The motion carried unanimously.
The minutes for this meeting do not list who attended and do not show that every member was there, so this vote is shown as the result only.
From the minutes
“Motion to approve and sign the Election Warrant for the November 3, 2026 Election was made by Select Board Member Mark Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Charles DeCoste. The motion carried unanimously..” (Motion: Rambacher, second: DeCoste)
Sep 28Authorize the approval and signing of the October 27,…Motion: Motion to authorize the approval and signing of the October 27,…Passed · see note
September 28, 2026 (Joint meeting): Authorize the approval and signing of the October 27, 2026 Special Town Meeting Warrant for posting
Motion to authorize the approval and signing of the October 27, 2026 Special Town Meeting Warrant for posting was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Kyle Bubp. The motion carried unanimously.
The minutes for this meeting do not list who attended and do not show that every member was there, so this vote is shown as the result only.
From the minutes
“Motion to authorize the approval and signing of the October 27, 2026 Special Town Meeting Warrant for posting was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Kyle Bubp. The motion carried unanimously..” (Motion: Rambacher, second: Bubp)
Sep 28Appoint TJ Budka and James Keaton as Civilian Traffic…Motion: Motion to appoint TJ Budka and James Keaton as Civilian Traffic…Passed · see note
September 28, 2026 (Joint meeting): Appoint TJ Budka and James Keaton as Civilian Traffic Regulators with the Littleton Police Department on Compensation Plan Schedule B
Motion to appoint TJ Budka and James Keaton as Civilian Traffic Regulators with the Littleton Police Department on Compensation Plan Schedule B was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Bubp. The motion carried unanimously.
The minutes for this meeting do not list who attended and do not show that every member was there, so this vote is shown as the result only.
From the minutes
“Motion to appoint TJ Budka and James Keaton as Civilian Traffic Regulators with the Littleton Police Department on Compensation Plan Schedule B was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Bubp. The motion carried unanimously..” (Motion: Rambacher, second: Bubp)
Sep 28Appoint Edward Lawton as Reserve Officer with the Littleton…Motion: Motion to appoint Edward Lawton as Reserve Officer with the Littleton…Passed · see note
September 28, 2026 (Joint meeting): Appoint Edward Lawton as Reserve Officer with the Littleton Police Department on Compensation Plan A, Grade 10, Step 3
Motion to appoint Edward Lawton as Reserve Officer with the Littleton Police Department on Compensation Plan A, Grade 10, Step 3 was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Bubp. The motion carried unanimously.
The minutes for this meeting do not list who attended and do not show that every member was there, so this vote is shown as the result only.
From the minutes
“Motion to appoint Edward Lawton as Reserve Officer with the Littleton Police Department on Compensation Plan A, Grade 10, Step 3 was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Bubp. The motion carried unanimously..” (Motion: Rambacher, second: Bubp)
Sep 28Appoint Ryan Richard as Sergeant with the Littleton Police…Motion: Motion to appoint Ryan Richard as Sergeant with the Littleton Police…Passed · see note
September 28, 2026 (Joint meeting): Appoint Ryan Richard as Sergeant with the Littleton Police Department, Police Union 204, Salary Grade 4, Step 7
Motion to appoint Ryan Richard as Sergeant with the Littleton Police Department, Police Union 204, Salary Grade 4, Step 7 was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Bubp. The motion carried unanimously.
The minutes for this meeting do not list who attended and do not show that every member was there, so this vote is shown as the result only.
From the minutes
“Motion to appoint Ryan Richard as Sergeant with the Littleton Police Department, Police Union 204, Salary Grade 4, Step 7 was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Bubp. The motion carried unanimously..” (Motion: Rambacher, second: Bubp)
Sep 28Appoint James Morine as Sergeant with the Littleton Police…Motion: Motion to appoint James Morine as Sergeant with the Littleton Police…Passed · see note
September 28, 2026 (Joint meeting): Appoint James Morine as Sergeant with the Littleton Police Department, Police Union 204, Salary Grade 4, Step 7
Motion to appoint James Morine as Sergeant with the Littleton Police Department, Police Union 204, Salary Grade 4, Step 7 was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Bubp. The motion carried unanimously.
The minutes for this meeting do not list who attended and do not show that every member was there, so this vote is shown as the result only.
From the minutes
“Motion to appoint James Morine as Sergeant with the Littleton Police Department, Police Union 204, Salary Grade 4, Step 7 was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Bubp. The motion carried unanimously..” (Motion: Rambacher, second: Bubp)
Sep 28Approve the use of the lower Littleton Common for…Motion: Motion to approve the use of the lower Littleton Common for…Passed · see note
September 28, 2026 (Joint meeting): Approve the use of the lower Littleton Common for a pro-democracy stand-out on October 17, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM, with no podiums
Motion to approve the use of the lower Littleton Common for a pro-democracy stand-out on October 17, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM, with no podiums, was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Bubp. The motion carried unanimously.
The minutes for this meeting do not list who attended and do not show that every member was there, so this vote is shown as the result only.
From the minutes
“Motion to approve the use of the lower Littleton Common for a pro-democracy stand-out on October 17, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM, with no podiums, was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Bubp. The motion carried unanimously..” (Motion: Rambacher, second: Bubp)
Sep 28Institute a temporary staffing vacancy review, effective immediately, for…Motion: Motion to institute a temporary staffing vacancy review, effective immediately, for…Passed · see note
September 28, 2026 (Joint meeting): Institute a temporary staffing vacancy review, effective immediately, for all new vacancies through June 30, 2027, at which time the policy will be reviewed by the Select Board
Motion to institute a temporary staffing vacancy review, effective immediately, for all new vacancies through June 30, 2027, at which time the policy will be reviewed by the Select Board, was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Bubp. The motion carried unanimously.
The minutes for this meeting do not list who attended and do not show that every member was there, so this vote is shown as the result only.
From the minutes
“Motion to institute a temporary staffing vacancy review, effective immediately, for all new vacancies through June 30, 2027, at which time the policy will be reviewed by the Select Board, was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Bubp. The motion carried unanimously..” (Motion: Rambacher, second: Bubp)
Sep 28Establish a Data Center Working Group comprised of a…Motion: Motion to establish a Data Center Working Group comprised of a…Passed · see note
September 28, 2026 (Joint meeting): Establish a Data Center Working Group comprised of a representative from the Sustainability Committee (MacGyver), Barbara Bloomstein (Planning Board), Libby Donaghan (Board of Health), Dick Taylor...
Motion to establish a Data Center Working Group comprised of a representative from the Sustainability Committee (MacGyver), Barbara Bloomstein (Planning Board), Libby Donaghan (Board of Health), Dick Taylor (Electric Light and Water), Nick Lawler (Electric Light and Water), and Select Board Member Kyle Bubp as liaison, with such working group to be dissolved on June 30, 2027, unless otherwise voted by the Select Board, was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member DeCoste. The motion carried unanimously.
The minutes for this meeting do not list who attended and do not show that every member was there, so this vote is shown as the result only.
From the minutes
“Motion to establish a Data Center Working Group comprised of a representative from the Sustainability Committee (MacGyver), Barbara Bloomstein (Planning Board), Libby Donaghan (Board of Health), Dick Taylor (Electric Light and Water), Nick Lawler (Electric Light and Water), and Select Board Member Kyle Bubp as liaison, with such working group to be dissolved on June 30, 2027, unless otherwise voted by the Select Board, was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member DeCoste. The motion carried unanimously..” (Motion: Rambacher)
Sep 28Close town offices on Friday, November 27, 2026Motion: Motion to close town offices on Friday, November 27, 2026 was…Passed · see note
September 28, 2026 (Joint meeting): Close town offices on Friday, November 27, 2026
Motion to close town offices on Friday, November 27, 2026 was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Bubp. The motion carried unanimously.
The minutes for this meeting do not list who attended and do not show that every member was there, so this vote is shown as the result only.
From the minutes
“Motion to close town offices on Friday, November 27, 2026 was made by Select Board Member Rambacher and seconded by Select Board Member Bubp. The motion carried unanimously..” (Motion: Rambacher, second: Bubp)
From the Littleton Select Board’s official minutes: 2018 to 2022 from the town’s Laserfiche records portal (Meeting Minutes > Select Board) and 2022 on from 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: Town of Littleton, “Meet Your Select Board” page on the town website. Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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