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Mansfield Select Board

How the Mansfield Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 members elected townwide. We have loaded minutes from January 2023 on; the town’s archive goes back further. Covers 10 meetings, January 18 to May 3, 2023.

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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 Mansfield, 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 · December 9, 2025 29 votes: 27 passed, 2 no action

Source: Town Clerk's record in the 2025 Annual Town Report.

Annual Town Meeting · April 30, 2025 20 votes: 16 passed, 4 failed

Sessions: Opened April 8, 2025 (no quorum; adjourned); articles acted on April 30, 2025

Source: Town Clerk's record in the 2025 Annual Town Report.

Special Town Meeting · January 9, 2025 20 votes: 18 passed, 2 no action

Source: Town Clerk's record in the 2024 Annual Town Report.

Annual Town Meeting · May 22, 2024 32 votes: 25 passed, 2 passed as amended, 5 no action

Sessions: Opened April 9, 2024 (no quorum; adjourned); articles acted on May 22, 2024

Source: Town Clerk's record in the 2024 Annual Town Report.

Not here yet: the May 5, 2026 Annual Town Meeting (Mansfield prints Town Meeting results in its Annual Town Report, and the 2026 report is not out yet). The Town Clerk's record of the January 9, 2025 Special Town Meeting has no result for Article 18.

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

Jess AptowitzSelect Board Member · Elected townwide · at 9 of 10 meetingsDiana L. BrenSelect Board Member · Elected townwide · at 9 of 10 meetingsNeil RheinClerk · Elected townwide · at 9 of 10 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

Not here yet: we have loaded the Select Board’s minutes from January 2023 on; earlier years are in the town’s archive. The minutes are scanned documents; we read them with text recognition. The minutes give each vote as a count with the mover and seconder (for example “Passes 4:1”) and usually name members who abstain, but not who voted no; split votes without names show only the count. Where a count does not match the members listed as present, the vote is noted. We will ask the town to confirm any noted vote.

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 · Regular meeting5 recorded votes, 0 with disagreementAll 5 members presentWednesday, April 19, 2023 · Regular meeting9 recorded votes, 2 with disagreementAll 5 members presentWednesday, April 5, 2023 · Regular meeting15 recorded votes, 1 with disagreementAbsent: Diana L. BrenWednesday, March 29, 2023 · Regular meeting1 recorded votes, 0 with disagreementAll 5 members presentWednesday, March 15, 2023 · Regular meeting12 recorded votes, 1 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.

Apr 19Approve the 2023 Commercial Parking Lot License Renewal for…Motion: to approve the 2023 Commercial Parking Lot License Renewal for Mansfield…Passed 5–0 · see note

April 19, 2023: Approve the 2023 Commercial Parking Lot License Renewal for Mansfield Parking LLC, located at | 75 Chauncy Street

ApprovePassed · 5–0

To approve the 2023 Commercial Parking Lot License Renewal for Mansfield Parking LLC, located at | 75 Chauncy Street

The minutes record 5–0–8 with 5 members listed as present, so individual votes are not shown.

From the minutes

“Motion: To approve the 2023 Commercial Parking Lot License Renewal for Mansfield Parking LLC, located at | 75 Chauncy Street. (Rhein/Aptowitz) Passes 5:0 - 8.” (Motion: Rhein, second: Aptowitz)

Read it in the official minutes, page 3 (PDF)

Apr 19Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23041PS in the amount…Motion: to approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23041PS in the amount of…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Trowbridge

April 19, 2023: Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23041PS in the amount of $1,867,518.50

ApprovePassed · 4–0

To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23041PS in the amount of $1,867,518.50

Yes: Aptowitz, Bren, DelVecchio, RheinAbstained: Trowbridge

From the minutes

“Motion: To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23041PS in the amount of $1,867,518.50. (Rhein/Aptowitz) Passes 4:0:1 (Trowbridge Abstained.” (Motion: Rhein, second: Aptowitz)

Read it in the official minutes, page 5 (PDF)

Apr 5Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23039PS in the amount…Motion: to approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23039PS in the amount of…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Trowbridge

April 5, 2023: Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23039PS in the amount of $1,865,505.24. J

ApprovePassed · 3–0

To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23039PS in the amount of $1,865,505.24. J

Yes: Aptowitz, DelVecchio, RheinAbstained: Trowbridge

From the minutes

“Motion: To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23039PS in the amount of $1,865,505.24. J (Rhein/Aptowitz) Passes 3:0:1 (Trowbridge Abstained.” (Motion: Rhein, second: Aptowitz)

Read it in the official minutes, page 13 (PDF)

Mar 15Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23037PS in the amount…Motion: to approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23037PS in the amount of…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Trowbridge

March 15, 2023: Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23037PS in the amount of $1,826,767.09

ApprovePassed · 4–0

To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23037PS in the amount of $1,826,767.09

Yes: Aptowitz, Bren, DelVecchio, RheinAbstained: Trowbridge

From the minutes

“Motion: To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23037PS in the amount of $1,826,767.09. (Rhein/Bren) Passes 4:0:1 Trowbridge Abstain.” (Motion: Rhein, second: Bren)

Read it in the official minutes, page 9 (PDF)

Mar 1Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23035PS in the amount…Motion: to approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23035PS in the amount of…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Trowbridge

March 1, 2023: Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23035PS in the amount of $1,813,013.91

ApprovePassed · 4–0

To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23035PS in the amount of $1,813,013.91

Yes: Aptowitz, Bren, DelVecchio, RheinAbstained: Trowbridge

From the minutes

“Motion: To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 23035PS in the amount of $1,813,013.91. (Rhein/Aptowiz) Passes 4:0:1 (Trowbridge Abstain.” (Motion: Rhein, second: Aptowitz)

Read it in the official minutes, page 5 (PDF)

From the Mansfield Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center. We check every count against the members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades officials; votes and attendance are shown exactly as the minutes record them. Member photos: Mark Corsillo from his campaign website; Kostas Loukos from The Sun Chronicle; Brendan Roche from Run for Something; Walter Wilk from The Sun Chronicle (March 2024); Michael Feck cropped from a captioned submitted photo in The Sun Chronicle (September 2026).

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