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Mashpee Select Board

How the Mashpee Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide. Same five members. On May 20, 2024 the board chose Carol Sherman as Chair, David Weeden as Vice Chair and Michaela Wyman-Colombo as Clerk (each 4-0-1, the nominee abstaining). Covers 25 meetings, May 20 to May 5, 2025.

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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 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

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the May 4, 2026 Special Town Meeting (Town records archive).

Annual Town Meeting · May 4, 2026 34 votes: 33 passed, 1 failed

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the May 4, 2026 Annual Town Meeting (Town records archive).

Annual Town Meeting · October 20, 2025 14 votes: 14 passed

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the October 20, 2025 Annual Town Meeting (Town records archive).

Special Town Meeting · May 5, 2025 12 votes: 11 passed, 1 passed as amended

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the May 5, 2025 Special Town Meeting (Town records archive).

Annual Town Meeting · May 5, 2025 27 votes: 26 passed, 1 indefinitely postponed

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the May 5, 2025 Annual Town Meeting (Town records archive).

Annual Town Meeting · October 21, 2024 4 votes: 3 passed, 1 passed as amended

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the October 21, 2024 Annual Town Meeting (Town records archive).

Special Town Meeting · May 6, 2024 10 votes: 10 passed

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the May 6, 2024 Special Town Meeting (Town records archive).

Annual Town Meeting · May 6, 2024 33 votes: 30 passed, 1 passed as amended, 1 failed, 1 indefinitely postponed

Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the May 6, 2024 Annual Town Meeting (Town records archive).

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

John CottonMember · Elected townwide · at 24 of 25 meetingsThomas O'HaraMember · Elected townwide · at 21 of 25 meetingsMichaela Wyman-ColomboClerk · Elected townwide · at 23 of 25 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

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.

Monday, May 5, 2025 · Regular meeting3 recorded votes, 2 with disagreementAll 5 members presentMonday, April 28, 2025 · Regular meeting26 recorded votes, 2 with disagreementAll 5 members presentMonday, April 7, 2025 · Regular meeting13 recorded votes, 0 with disagreementAll 5 members presentMonday, March 10, 2025 · Regular meeting24 recorded votes, 0 with disagreementAbsent: John CottonMonday, February 24, 2025 · Regular meeting1 recorded votes, 0 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.

May 5Award contact in the amount of $49,900 for survey/site…Motion: to award contact in the amount of $49,900 for survey/site assessment…Passed · see note

May 5, 2025: Award contact in the amount of $49,900 for survey/site assessment to Horsley Witten group

ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes

To award contact in the amount of $49,900 for survey/site assessment to Horsley Witten group

Joint vote with the Financecommittee (the minutes give the combined count as 5-0); only the Select Board members’ votes are shown. The roll call in the town's text does not list Michaela Wyman-Colombo and Thomas O'Hara, who were on the attendance line, and no count can be read. Showing the result only.

From the minutes

“Motion made by Selectperson Weeden to award contact in the amount of $49,900 for survey/site assessment to Horsley Witten group. Motion seconded by Selectperson Wyman-Colombo. VOTE: 5-0 Roll Call Vote; Carol Sherman,yes David Weeden,yes MichaelaWyman-Colombo,yes John Cotton,yes TomasO'Hara,yes.” (Motion: Weeden, second: Wyman-Colombo)

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

Apr 28Selectman Weed to appoint Stephanie Viva to the EDICMotion: Selectman Weed to appoint Stephanie Viva to the EDICPassed Unanimous, 5 present · see note

April 28, 2025: Selectman Weed to appoint Stephanie Viva to the EDIC

AppointPassed · Unanimous, 5 present

Selectman Weed to appoint Stephanie Viva to the EDIC

Joint vote with another board (the minutes give the combined count as 5-0); only the Select Board members’ votes are shown.

From the minutes

“Motion made by Selectman Weed to appoint Stephanie Viva to the EDIC. Motion seconded by Selectman Cotton. Vote: 5-0. Unanimous Roll Call Vote Selectwoman Sherman-yes Selectman Weeden-yes Selectwoman Wyman-Colombo-yes Selectman Cotton-yes Selectman O'Hara-yes Election Warden - Christine Aziz Town Clerk Deborah Kaye explained the need for an intermittent Election Warden. Deborah Kaye recommends the appointment of Christine Aziz..” (second: Cotton)

Read it in the official minutes, page 10 (PDF)

Apr 28Recommend Christine Aziz for the position of Warden for…Motion: to recommend Christine Aziz for the position of Warden for the…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note

April 28, 2025: Recommend Christine Aziz for the position of Warden for the Town of Mashpee

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 5 present

To recommend Christine Aziz for the position of Warden for the Town of Mashpee

Joint vote with another board (the minutes give the combined count as 5-0); only the Select Board members’ votes are shown.

From the minutes

“Motion made by Selectwoman Wyman-Colombo to recommend Christine Aziz for the position of Warden for the Town of Mashpee Motion seconded by Selectman O'Hara. Vote: 5-0. Unanimous Roll Call Vote Selectwoman Sherman-yes Selectman Weeden-yes Selectwoman Wyman-Colombo-yes Selectman Cotton-yes Selectman O'Hara-yes Board of Registrars - Ernest Virgilio Ernest Virgilio is seeking reappointment to the Board of Registrars. Town Clerk Deborah Kaye.” (Motion: Wyman-Colombo, second: O'Hara)

Read it in the official minutes, page 11 (PDF)

Feb 10Selectman ynrranr-Colombo to postpone the appointment of a Board…Motion: Selectman ynrranr-Colombo to postpone the appointment of a Board of Health…Passed · see note

February 10, 2025: Selectman ynrranr-Colombo to postpone the appointment of a Board of Health member to the next Select Board Meeting on February 2 ,202

AppointPassed · No count or names in the minutes

Selectman ynrranr-Colombo to postpone the appointment of a Board of Health member to the next Select Board Meeting on February 2 ,202

The roll call in the town's text does not list Michaela Wyman-Colombo, who was on the attendance line, and no count can be read. Showing the result only.

From the minutes

“Motion, made by Selectman ynrranr-Colombo to postpone the appointment of a Board of Health member to the next Select Board Meeting on February 2 ,202 . Motion seconded by Selectman Cotton. 017E: -0. Ilnnauimous. I rrll E'allVote: Selectman Sherman,yes Selectman Weeden, absent for vote Se:lectman y earn.--t.:,"irlo lnm ,ye Selectnrnarn Cotton,yes SelectmanO'Hara,yes Opposed,none.” (second: Cotton)

Read it in the official minutes, page 6 (PDF)

Feb 10Appoint Robert'I"orrnaino as a Deputy Shellfish t,onstabple as recommended…Motion: to appoint Robert'I"orrnaino as a Deputy Shellfish t,onstabple as recommended to…Passed 3–0 · see note

February 10, 2025: Appoint Robert'I"orrnaino as a Deputy Shellfish t,onstabple as recommended to remain consistent with enforcement ennt provisions

AppointPassed · 3–0

To appoint Robert'I"orrnaino as a Deputy Shellfish t,onstabple as recommended to remain consistent with enforcement ennt provisions

Part of the roll call cannot be read in the town's text of these minutes ("Selectman Sbernrnanrr"). Showing the count only.

From the minutes

“otiomn made by Selectman Wyman-Colombo to appoint Robert'I"orrnaino as a Deputy Shellfish t,onstabple as recommended to remain consistent with enforcement ennt provisions. Motion seconmded by Selectman O'Hara. VOTE- 4 0. t..luanninr us. loll Call Vote: Selectman Sbernrnanrr,yes Selectman Weeden, absent for vote Selectman Wyman,,,,.Colombo,yes Selectman Cotton, yes Selectman O'Hara,;yes Opposed,moue.” (Motion: Wyman-Colombo, second: O'Hara)

Read it in the official minutes, page 6 (PDF)

Feb 10Approve the Temporary Sign Permit for Mashpee Youth Baseball…Motion: to approve the Temporary Sign Permit for Mashpee Youth Baseball as…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Weeden

February 10, 2025: Approve the Temporary Sign Permit for Mashpee Youth Baseball as presented

ApprovePassed · 4–0

To approve the Temporary Sign Permit for Mashpee Youth Baseball as presented

Yes: Cotton, O'Hara, Sherman, Wyman-ColomboAbstained: Weeden

From the minutes

“Motion made by Selectman Cotton to approve the Temporary Sign Permit for Mashpee Youth Baseball as presented. Motion seconded by Selectman O'Hara. VOTE: 4-0-1.Unanimous. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Sherman,yes Selectman Weeden,abstained Selectman Wyman-Colombo,yes Selectman Cotton,yes Selectman O'Hara, yes Opposed, none.” (Motion: Cotton, second: O'Hara)

Read it in the official minutes, page 7 (PDF)

Dec 16Selectman ymmmmmmm-Colammmnbo to approve the Regular Session mmmmmimt s…Motion: Selectman ymmmmmmm-Colammmnbo to approve the Regular Session mmmmmimt s of Monday;…Passed 4–0 · see note

December 16, 2024: Selectman ymmmmmmm-Colammmnbo to approve the Regular Session mmmmmimt s of Monday; December" , 2024 as presented

ApprovePassed · 4–0

Selectman ymmmmmmm-Colammmnbo to approve the Regular Session mmmmmimt s of Monday; December" , 2024 as presented

The minutes give the count as 4-0-0, but 5 members were present for this vote (Thomas O'Hara, John Cotton, Carol Sherman, David Weeden and Michaela Wyman-Colombo). Showing the count only.

From the minutes

“Motion made by Selectman ymmmmmmm-Colammmnbo to approve the Regular Session mmmmmimt s of Monday; December" , 2024 as presented. Motion seconded by Selectman Cotton. VOTE: 4-0. Unanimous..” (second: Cotton)

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

Dec 16A n Cotton to approve the application ofAndy' .…Motion: a n Cotton to approve the application ofAndy' . ar:I t,…Passed · see note

December 16, 2024: A n Cotton to approve the application ofAndy' . ar:I t, Inc. /a dy' Market, 425 Nathan Ellis Highway for an Alteration of Premises as presented

ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes

A n Cotton to approve the application ofAndy' . ar:I t, Inc. /a dy' Market, 425 Nathan Ellis Highway for an Alteration of Premises as presented

The roll call in the town's text does not list John Cotton and David Weeden, who were on the attendance line, and no count can be read. Showing the result only.

From the minutes

“Motion inade by elect a n Cotton to approve the application ofAndy' . ar:I t, Inc. /a dy' Market, 425 Nathan Ellis Highway for an Alteration of Premises as presented. Motion seconded by Selectman Wyman,,,,, olannnml: o. O"l°llR- 4,,,,,1.1. Unanimous. loll Fl f. Vote: Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Weeden, ;yes Select An Wyman- -Colombo, yes Selectman C otton, Selectman O'Hara, absent for vote Opposed, none.” (second: Wyman-Colombo)

Read it in the official minutes, page 6 (PDF)

Dec 16Approve the Package Store - All Alcohol License RenewalsMotion: to approve the Package Store - All Alcohol License RenewalsPassed 5–0 · see note

December 16, 2024: Approve the Package Store - All Alcohol License Renewals

ApprovePassed · 5–0

To approve the Package Store - All Alcohol License Renewals

The minutes give the count as 5-0-0, but the roll call reads: Carol Sherman yes, Michaela Wyman-Colombo yes, Thomas O'Hara yes. Showing the count only.

From the minutes

“Motion made by Selectman Cotton to approve the Package Store - All Alcohol License Renewals. Motion seconded by Selectman O'Hara. VOTE: 5-0. Unanimous. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Wyman -Colombo, yes Selectman O'Hara, yes.” (Motion: Cotton, second: O'Hara)

Read it in the official minutes, page 7 (PDF)

Dec 16Appoint Ashley Fisher, Water QualityC30ardinator s the prriumurnar°y voting…Motion: to appoint Ashley Fisher, Water QualityC30ardinator s the prriumurnar°y voting member…Passed · see note

December 16, 2024: Appoint Ashley Fisher, Water QualityC30ardinator s the prriumurnar°y voting member with Robert To auto, Natural Resources Director as alternate member to the Barnstable County Coastal Resources...

AppointPassed · No count or names in the minutes

To appoint Ashley Fisher, Water QualityC30ardinator s the prriumurnar°y voting member with Robert To auto, Natural Resources Director as alternate member to the Barnstable County Coastal Resources Committee

The roll call in the town's text does not list Michaela Wyman-Colombo, who was on the attendance line, and no count can be read. Showing the result only.

From the minutes

“Motion made by Selectman Wyman.4,olombo to appoint Ashley Fisher, Water QualityC30ardinator s the prriumurnar°y voting member with Robert To auto, Natural Resources Director as alternate member to the Barnstable County Coastal Resources Committee. Motion seconded by Selectman Weeden. VOTE: -0.1 Jn nri ousm ll all 'dote; Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Weeden, yes Selectman ymnit mn-C olllombo, yes Selectman Cotton, yes Selectman O'Hara, yes Opposed, none.” (Motion: Wyman-Colombo, second: Weeden)

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

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)

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