How the Mansfield Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 members elected townwide. Brendan Roche and Maureen R. Doherty joined the board in spring 2023. Covers 31 meetings, May 24 to May 8, 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.
Under the state Open Meeting Law, boards post notice at least 48 hours ahead, not counting weekends and legal holidays.
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
Art. 11Citizen petition: declare Mansfield a "Safe Community" that does not use town funds or resources to enforce federal immigration laws, to the extent allowed by lawFailed“MOTION FAILED TO ACHIEVE A MAJORITY”
Art. 5 · motion 1Appropriate $1,264,375.93 (free cash and unspent prior funds) for town and school capital projects and vehiclesPassed“MOTION PASSED BY A MAJORITY SHOW OF HANDS”
Art. 7 · motion 1Appropriate $773,151.61 from free cash for school capital items (smart boards, chiller engineering, textbooks, technology)Passed“MOTION PASSED BY A MAJORITY SHOW OF HANDS”
Art. 14Amend Zoning By-law §230-5.12 and map: Mansfield Station Revitalization Overlay District (extend Subdistrict A, add Subdistrict C)Passed“MOTION PASSED BY A MAJORITY SHOW OF HANDS”
Art. 24Authorize transfer of Erick Road Rear land (Map 041 Lot 099) to the Mansfield Housing Corporation for low/moderate income housingPassed“MOTION PASSED BY A MAJORITY 2/3 SHOW OF HANDS”
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).
"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.
Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.
Apr 17Approve the proclamation and flag request for pride monthMotion: to approve the proclamation and flag request for pride monthPassed 3–0 · Abstained: Doherty
April 17, 2024: Approve the proclamation and flag request for pride month
ApprovePassed · 3–0
To approve the proclamation and flag request for pride month
Yes: Bren, Rhein, RocheAbstained: Doherty
From the minutes
“Motion: To approve the proclamation and flag request for pride month. (Roche/Doherty) Passes 3:0:1 (Doherty abstain.” (Motion: Roche, second: Doherty)
Apr 17Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24041PS in the amount…Motion: to approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24041PS in the amount of…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Doherty
April 17, 2024: Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24041PS in the amount of $1,905,801.45
ApprovePassed · 3–0
To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24041PS in the amount of $1,905,801.45
Yes: Bren, Rhein, RocheAbstained: Doherty
From the minutes
“Motion: To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24041PS in the amount of $1,905,801.45. (Roche/Bren) Passes 3:0:1 (Doherty Abstained.” (Motion: Roche, second: Bren)
Apr 3Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24039PS in the amount…Motion: to approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24039PS in the amount of…Passed 3–0 · see note
April 3, 2024: Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24039PS in the amount of $1,936,456.20
ApprovePassed · 3–0
To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24039PS in the amount of $1,936,456.20
The minutes give only the count (3–0–1), not how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Motion: To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24039PS in the amount of $1,936,456.20. (Roche/Trowbridge) Passes 3:0:1.” (Motion: Roche, second: Trowbridge)
Mar 20Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24037PS in the amount…Motion: to approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24037PS in the amount of…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Doherty, Trowbridge
March 20, 2024: Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24037PS in the amount of $1,884,945.35
ApprovePassed · 3–0
To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24037PS in the amount of $1,884,945.35
“Motion: To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24037PS in the amount of $1,884,945.35. (Roche/Trowbridge) Passes 3:0:2 (Doherty and Trowbridge Abstain.” (Motion: Roche, second: Trowbridge)
Mar 6Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24035PS in the amount…Motion: to approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24035PS in the amount of…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Doherty, Trowbridge
March 6, 2024: Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24035PS in the amount of $1,848,058.26
ApprovePassed · 3–0
To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24035PS in the amount of $1,848,058.26
“Motion: To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24035PS in the amount of $1,848,058.26. (Roche/Trowbridge) Passes 3:0:2 (Trowbridge and Doherty Abstained.” (Motion: Roche, second: Trowbridge)
Feb 7Appoint Diana Bren and Maureen Doherty to the Town…Motion: to appoint Diana Bren and Maureen Doherty to the Town and…Passed 5–0 · see note
February 7, 2024: Appoint Diana Bren and Maureen Doherty to the Town and School Needs Assessment Ad Hoc Committee
AppointPassed · 5–0
To appoint Diana Bren and Maureen Doherty to the Town and School Needs Assessment Ad Hoc Committee
The minutes record 5–0–1 with 5 members listed as present, so individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: To appoint Diana Bren and Maureen Doherty to the Town and School Needs Assessment Ad Hoc Committee. (Roche/Trowbridge) Passes 5:0 : 1.” (Motion: Roche, second: Trowbridge)
Jan 17Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24027PS in the amount…Motion: to approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24027PS in the amount of…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Doherty, Trowbridge
January 17, 2024: Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24027PS in the amount of $1,898,576.97
ApprovePassed · 3–0
To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24027PS in the amount of $1,898,576.97
“Motion: To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24027PS in the amount of $1,898,576.97. (Roche/Trowbridge) Passes 3:0:2 (Trowbridge and Doherty Abstain.” (Motion: Roche, second: Trowbridge)
Dec 20Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24023PS in the amount…Motion: to approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24023PS in the amount of…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Doherty, Trowbridge
December 20, 2023: Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24023PS in the amount of $2,273,406.97
ApprovePassed · 3–0
To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24023PS in the amount of $2,273,406.97
“Motion: To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24023PS in the amount of $2,273,406.97. (Roche/Trowbridge) Passes 3:0:2 (Trowbridge and Doherty abstained.” (Motion: Roche, second: Trowbridge)
Dec 6Appoint Brendan Roche to the SRPEDD Commission to a…Motion: to appoint Brendan Roche to the SRPEDD Commission to a term…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Roche
December 6, 2023: Appoint Brendan Roche to the SRPEDD Commission to a term to expire on May 22, 2024. |
AppointPassed · 3–0
To appoint Brendan Roche to the SRPEDD Commission to a term to expire on May 22, 2024. |
Yes: Doherty, Rhein, TrowbridgeAbstained: Roche
From the minutes
“Motion: To appoint Brendan Roche to the SRPEDD Commission to a term to expire on May 22, 2024. | (Doherty/Trowbridge) Passes 3:0:1 (Roche Abstained.” (Motion: Doherty, second: Trowbridge)
Dec 6Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24021PS in the amount…Motion: to approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24021PS in the amount of…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Doherty
December 6, 2023: Approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24021PS in the amount of $1,934,736.87
ApprovePassed · 3–0
To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24021PS in the amount of $1,934,736.87
Yes: Rhein, Roche, TrowbridgeAbstained: Doherty
From the minutes
“Motion: To approve School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 24021PS in the amount of $1,934,736.87. (Roche/Rhein) Passes 3:0:1 (Doherty Abstained.” (Motion: Roche, second: Rhein)
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).