How the Mashpee Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide. Same five members. On May 24, 2021 the board chose Carol Sherman as Chair, David Weeden as Vice Chair and Andrew Gottlieb as Clerk (each 5-0). The minutes call the board the Select Board from early 2022. Covers 28 meetings, May 24 to May 2, 2022.
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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.
In Mashpee, 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 · May 4, 2026 14 votes: 13 passed, 1 failed
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
Loaded: Select Board (until 2022, Board of Selectmen) minutes from January 8, 2018 through July 13, 2026, from the Select Board folder of the town’s Laserfiche records archive, which holds minutes back to the 1950s (MassVoter has loaded 2018 on). Anyone can open these minutes page by page without signing in; the original files cannot be downloaded without an account, so MassVoter read the text the archive shows with each page. Most minutes from 2018 to early 2026 are scanned copies whose text was produced by text-recognition software, so names and numbers are sometimes damaged; we matched damaged names to members only when the match was clear. Not here: minutes the town has not posted, including February 23, 2026 and meetings after July 13, 2026; the minutes of April 8, 2019, April 12, 2021 and March 17, 2025, whose files in the archive hold other papers or have no readable text for the minutes pages; and executive-session minutes, except two released sets (April 11 and 17, 2018) that are the only minutes for those dates. Mashpee’s minutes record almost every vote as a roll call by name ("Roll Call Vote: Selectman O’Hara, yes ..."), and we show each member’s vote from it. Where the roll call cannot be fully read, leaves out a member who was there without a count that explains it, lists a member twice, or does not match the count, we show the count only, or the result only when no count can be read, and add a note. Votes taken by other boards at joint meetings (such as the Finance Committee or the Affordable Housing Trust) are not included; at joint votes we show only the Select Board members’ roll-call votes. Votes choosing between candidates show the result only. 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 2Oppose Petition Article #29 through #32Motion: to oppose Petition Article #29 through #32Failed 2–3 · No: Cotton, O'Hara, Sherman
May 2, 2022: Oppose Petition Article #29 through #32
ApproveFailed · 2–3
To oppose Petition Article #29 through #32
Yes: Gottlieb, WeedenNo: Cotton, O'Hara, Sherman
From the minutes
“Motion made by Selectman Gottlieb to oppose Petition Article #29 through #32. Motion to oppose was seconded by Selectman Weeden. VOTE: 2-3. Motion does not carry. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Sherman, no Selectman Weeden, yes Selectman Gottlieb, yes Selectman Cotton, no Selectman O'Hara, no Opposed, (3).” (Motion: Gottlieb, second: Weeden)
May 2Approve and recommend Petition Article #29 through #32Motion: to approve and recommend Petition Article #29 through #32Passed 3–2 · No: Gottlieb, Weeden
May 2, 2022: Approve and recommend Petition Article #29 through #32
ApprovePassed · 3–2
To approve and recommend Petition Article #29 through #32
Yes: Cotton, O'Hara, ShermanNo: Gottlieb, Weeden
From the minutes
“Motion made by Selectman Cotton to approve and recommend Petition Article #29 through #32. Motion seconded by Selectman Sherman. VOTE: 3-2. Motion carries. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Weeden, no Selectman Gottlieb, no Selectman Cotton, yes Selectman O'Hara, yes Opposed, (2).” (Motion: Cotton, second: Sherman)
“Motion made by Selectman Gottlieb to support Petition Article #35. Motion seconded by Selectman Weeden. VOTE: 2-3. Motion does not carry. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Sherman, no Selectman Weeden, yes Selectman Gottlieb, yes Selectman Cotton, no Selectman O'Hara, no Opposed, (3).” (Motion: Gottlieb, second: Weeden)
“Motion made by Selectman Cotton to not support Petition Article #35. Motion seconded by Selectman O'Hara. VOTE: 3-2. Motion carries. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Weeden, no Selectman Gottlieb, no Selectman Cotton, yes Selectman O'Hara, yes Opposed, (2).” (Motion: Cotton, second: O'Hara)
Apr 25Approve the License Amendment Application of Markantonis Group d/b/a…Motion: to approve the License Amendment Application of Markantonis Group d/b/a Estia,…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: O'Hara
April 25, 2022: Approve the License Amendment Application of Markantonis Group d/b/a Estia, 26 Steeple Street, Mashpee for an Alteration of Licensed Premises as requested
ApprovePassed · 3–0
To approve the License Amendment Application of Markantonis Group d/b/a Estia, 26 Steeple Street, Mashpee for an Alteration of Licensed Premises as requested
Yes: Gottlieb, Sherman, WeedenAbstained: O'Hara
From the minutes
“Motion made by Selectman Gottlieb to approve the License Amendment Application of Markantonis Group d/b/a Estia, 26 Steeple Street, Mashpee for an Alteration of Licensed Premises as requested. Motion seconded by Selectman Weeden. VOTE: Unanimous. 3-0-1. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Weeden, yes Selectman Gottlieb, yes Selectman O'Hara, abstained Opposed, none.” (Motion: Gottlieb, second: Weeden)
Apr 11Add the above referenced topic to the Select Board's…Motion: to add the above referenced topic to the Select Board's agendaPassed 4–0 · Abstained: Gottlieb
April 11, 2022: Add the above referenced topic to the Select Board's agenda
ApprovePassed · 4–0
To add the above referenced topic to the Select Board's agenda
Yes: Cotton, O'Hara, Sherman, WeedenAbstained: Gottlieb
From the minutes
“Motion made by Selectman Cotton to add the above referenced topic to the Select Board's agenda. Motion seconded by Selectman Weeden. VOTE: Unanimous. 4-0-1. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Weeden, yes Selectman Gottlieb, abstained Selectman Cotton, yes Selectman O'Hara, yes Opposed, none.” (Motion: Cotton, second: Weeden)
Apr 11Submit a letter of support to the grant funding…Motion: to submit a letter of support to the grant funding submission…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Gottlieb
April 11, 2022: Submit a letter of support to the grant funding submission to the Municipal Vulnerability Program as referenced authorizing the Town Manager to execute the document on behalf of the Town…
ApprovePassed · 4–0
To submit a letter of support to the grant funding submission to the Municipal Vulnerability Program as referenced authorizing the Town Manager to execute the document on behalf of the Town of Mashpee
Yes: Cotton, O'Hara, Sherman, WeedenAbstained: Gottlieb
From the minutes
“Motion made by Selectman Cotton to submit a letter of support to the grant funding submission to the Municipal Vulnerability Program as referenced authorizing the Town Manager to execute the document on behalf of the Town of Mashpee. Motion seconded by Selectman O'Hara. VOTE: Unanimous. 4-0-1. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Weeden, yes Selectman Gottlieb, abstained Selectman Cotton, yes Selectman O'Hara, yes Opposed, none.” (Motion: Cotton, second: O'Hara)
Mar 21Make no recommendation on Petition Article 25Motion: to make no recommendation on Petition Article 25Failed 2–3 · No: Gottlieb, Sherman, Weeden
March 21, 2022: Make no recommendation on Petition Article 25
ApproveFailed · 2–3
To make no recommendation on Petition Article 25
Yes: Cotton, O'HaraNo: Gottlieb, Sherman, Weeden
From the minutes
“Motion made by Selectman Cotton to make no recommendation on Petition Article 25. Motion seconded by Selectman O'Hara. VOTE: 2-3. Motion does not carry. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Sherman, no Selectman Weeden, no Selectman Gottlieb, no Selectman Cotton, yes Selectman O'Hara, yes Opposed, (3).” (Motion: Cotton, second: O'Hara)
The minutes give the count as 5-0-0, but the roll call reads: Carol Sherman yes, David Weeden yes, John Cotton yes, Thomas O'Hara yes. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Motion made by Selectman Gottlieb to include & support AT Article #1. Motion seconded by Selectman Cotton. VOTE: Unanimous. 5-0. iiu11Call Vote: Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Weeden, yes Selectman Gottlieb, y Selectman Cotton, yes Selectman O'Hara, yes Opposed, none.” (Motion: Gottlieb, second: Cotton)
From the Mashpee Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Laserfiche records archive (linked as “View Most Recent Minutes” on the town’s Select Board page). We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Town of Mashpee (Select Board page)