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How the Littleton Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Karen Morrison joined the board after the May 2023 town election (first meeting May 8, 2023), succeeding Cindy Napoli. On May 8, 2023 the board chose Gary Wilson as Chair, Chuck DeCoste as Vice Chair and Mark Rambacher as Clerk, each 5-0. Covers 35 meetings, May 8 to May 7, 2024.
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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.
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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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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.
Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.
May 7, 2024 (Joint meeting): Approve Article 29 (DPW) as amended and printed in the Annual Town Meeting Amendment Handout
Mark moved that the Select Board vote to approve Article 29 (DPW) as amended and printed in the Annual Town Meeting Amendment Handout. Matthew seconded. Vote: Unanimous 5 to 0.
The minutes say Gary Wilson recused himself only from the Dispatch vote that follows; this DPW vote is recorded “Unanimous 5 to 0.”
“Mark moved that the Select Board vote to approve Article 29 (DPW) as amended and printed in the Annual Town Meeting Amendment Handout. Matthew seconded. Vote: Unanimous 5 to 0..” (Motion: Rambacher, second: Nordhaus)
May 7, 2024 (Joint meeting): Approve Article 29 (Dispatch) as amended and printed in the Annual Town Meeting Amendment Handout
Mark moved that the Select Board vote to approve Article 29 (Dispatch) as amended and printed in the Annual Town Meeting Amendment Handout. Matthew Nordhaus seconded. Vote: Approved 4.
Yes: DeCoste, Morrison, Nordhaus, RambacherThe minutes say Gary Wilson recused himself from voting on the Dispatch agreement and record “Vote: Approved 4. Recused: 1.”; the other four members are shown voting yes.
“Mark moved that the Select Board vote to approve Article 29 (Dispatch) as amended and printed in the Annual Town Meeting Amendment Handout. Matthew Nordhaus seconded. Vote: Approved 4..” (Motion: Rambacher, second: Nordhaus)
May 7, 2024 (Joint meeting): Recommend Article 29 as written in the Town Meeting Amendment Handout
Mark Rambacher moved that the Select Board vote to recommend Article 29 as written in the Town Meeting Amendment Handout; seconded by Karen Morrison. Select Board Vote: 4 to 0; Approved;
The minutes give the count as 4-0, but 5 members were at the meeting (Gary Wilson, Chuck DeCoste, Mark Rambacher, Matthew Nordhaus and Karen Morrison). Showing the count only.
“Mark Rambacher moved that the Select Board vote to recommend Article 29 as written in the Town Meeting Amendment Handout; seconded by Karen Morrison. Select Board Vote: 4 to 0; Approved;.” (Motion: Rambacher, second: Morrison)
April 8, 2024 (Joint meeting): Approve the order of Articles for the Town Meeting Warrant as listed in the packet and as amended tonight moving Article 17 to position 31
Nordhaus made the motion that the Select Board approve the order of Articles for the Town Meeting Warrant as listed in the packet and as amended tonight moving Article 17 to position 31; Seconded by Chuck DeCoste: Roll Call Vote: Matthew Nordhaus Aye, Chuck DeCoste Aye; Gary Wilson Aye. Motion passed 3 to 0. Karen Morrison abstained, saying that she did not have the list of articles to review;
Yes: DeCoste, Nordhaus, WilsonAbstained: Morrison
“Nordhaus made the motion that the Select Board approve the order of Articles for the Town Meeting Warrant as listed in the packet and as amended tonight moving Article 17 to position 31; Seconded by Chuck DeCoste: Roll Call Vote: Matthew Nordhaus Aye, Chuck DeCoste Aye; Gary Wilson Aye. Motion passed 3 to 0. Karen Morrison abstained, saying that she did not have the list of articles to review;.” (Motion: Nordhaus, second: DeCoste)
March 28, 2024 (Joint meeting): Reappoint Charlie Ellis to the Nashoba Valley Technical High School committee for a 3-year term ending April 1, 2027
A motion was made to reappoint Charlie Ellis to a 3-year term ending on April 1, 2027 on the Nashoba Valley Technical High School; Seconded and approved by School Committee members and Select
Joint vote of the School Committee and the Select Board; the minutes say the motion was “seconded and approved by School Committee members and Select Board Members Karen Morrison, Garil [Gary] Wilson and Mark Rambacher,” the three Select Board members present. The minutes do not say who made this motion.
“A motion was made to reappoint Charlie Ellis to a 3-year term ending on April 1, 2027 on the Nashoba Valley Technical High School; Seconded and approved by School Committee members and Select.”
March 25, 2024 (Joint meeting): Regrade the Building Department Office Coordinator position from a Grade 8 to a Grade 9, retroactive to July 1, 2023
Mark Rambacher made the motion that the Select Board vote to regrade the Building Department Office Coordinator position from a Grade 8 to a Grade 9, retroactive to July 1, 2023; Seconded by Matthew Nordhaus; Motion passed 4 to 0. Mark Rambacher abstained, noting that he was not in favor of the extent of the retroactive date.
Yes: DeCoste, Morrison, Nordhaus, WilsonAbstained: Rambacher
“Mark Rambacher made the motion that the Select Board vote to regrade the Building Department Office Coordinator position from a Grade 8 to a Grade 9, retroactive to July 1, 2023; Seconded by Matthew Nordhaus; Motion passed 4 to 0. Mark Rambacher abstained, noting that he was not in favor of the extent of the retroactive date..” (Motion: Rambacher, second: Nordhaus)
February 12, 2024: Split the HCA payment of $20K from Patriot Beverage between the 2025 Patriots' Day events and the new senior center
Mark Rambacher made the motion that the Select Board vote to split the HCA payment of $20K from Patriot Beverage between the 2025 Patriots' Day events and the new senior center; Seconded by Mark Rambacher; Motion passed 4 to 0.
The minutes name Mark Rambacher as both the mover and the seconder, so no seconder is shown.
“Mark Rambacher made the motion that the Select Board vote to split the HCA payment of $20K from Patriot Beverage between the 2025 Patriots' Day events and the new senior center; Seconded by Mark Rambacher; Motion passed 4 to 0..” (Motion: Rambacher)
January 22, 2024: Approve the meeting minutes of the Select Board meeting on January 8, 2024
Mark Rambacher made the motion that the Select Board vote to approve the meeting minutes of the Select Board meeting on January 8, 2024; Seconded by Matthew Nordhaus; Motion passed 4 to 0
Yes: Morrison, Nordhaus, Rambacher, WilsonThe minutes say Chuck DeCoste arrived after the meeting began (“arriving during Exec. Session”); the count (4-0) matches the 4 other members present, who are shown voting yes.
“Mark Rambacher made the motion that the Select Board vote to approve the meeting minutes of the Select Board meeting on January 8, 2024; Seconded by Matthew Nordhaus; Motion passed 4 to 0.” (Motion: Rambacher, second: Nordhaus)
December 4, 2023: The Planning Board send the letter to the governor as amended
Bartlett Harvey made the motion that the Planning Board send the letter to the governor as amended; Seconded by Jeffrey Yates; Motion passed 5 to 0.
The motion was made by Bartlett Harvey, who is not a Select Board member. It was seconded by Jeffrey Yates, who is not a Select Board member.
“Bartlett Harvey made the motion that the Planning Board send the letter to the governor as amended; Seconded by Jeffrey Yates; Motion passed 5 to 0..”
November 20, 2023: Pursuant to its August 28, 2000 policy on plowing/sanding private ways to approve the list of roads as recommended by the Highway Department report dated October 31, 2023, as follows:…
Mark Rambacher made the motion that the Select Board vote, pursuant to its August 28, 2000 policy on plowing/sanding private ways to approve the list of roads as recommended by the Highway Department report dated October 31, 2023, as follows: Approved without further conditions: Baron Way, Countryside Road, Cricket Lane, Deer Run Road - Nashoba Woodlands, Great Road (#504 - #512 plowing only), Green Needles Road (Nashoba Woodlands section), Green Needles Road (back half), Hiddenwood Path, Oak Ridge Road, Omega Way, Robinwood Road, Rock Place, Silver Birch Lane, Starr Hill, Winged Cove Road, Whispering Pine Drive, Whitcomb Avenue; Seconded by Chuck DeCoste; Motion passed 4 to 0.
The minutes give the count as 4-0, but 5 members were at the meeting (Gary Wilson, Chuck DeCoste, Mark Rambacher, Matthew Nordhaus and Karen Morrison). Showing the count only.
“Mark Rambacher made the motion that the Select Board vote, pursuant to its August 28, 2000 policy on plowing/sanding private ways to approve the list of roads as recommended by the Highway Department report dated October 31, 2023, as follows: Approved without further conditions: Baron Way, Countryside Road, Cricket Lane, Deer Run Road - Nashoba Woodlands, Great Road (#504 - #512 plowing only), Green Needles Road (Nashoba Woodlands section), Green Needles Road (back half), Hiddenwood Path, Oak Ridge Road, Omega Way, Robinwood Road, Rock Place, Silver Birch Lane, Starr Hill, Winged Cove Road, Whispering Pine Drive, Whitcomb Avenue; Seconded by Chuck DeCoste; Motion passed 4 to 0..” (Motion: Rambacher, second: DeCoste)
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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