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Medfield Select Board
How the Medfield Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 3 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. On March 31, 2026, after the annual town election, the board chose Osler Peterson as Chair and Eileen Murphy as Clerk (each 3-0). The end date is a placeholder. Covers 8 meetings so far, March 31 to June 30, 2026.
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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 budgetYour Medfield ballot: 13 quizzes, about a minute each.
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Medfield Select Board: 7 out of 10 · Mostly open
How easy Medfield makes it to see, online, how each member votes. It scores the town’s records, not any official. Checked October 6, 2026.
- Minutes postedMinutes are posted for only some of the past year’s meetings.Part points: 1/2
- Each vote namedVotes are roll calls that say how each member voted.Full points: 3/3
- Posted quicklyMinutes usually go up within about one to three months.Part points: 1/2
- Past years onlineSelect Board minutes from 2014 to today are online.Full points: 1/1
- Readable textThe minutes are text you can search and copy.Full points: 1/1
- Member photosThe town’s website lists the members by name only, with no photos.No points: 0/1
How the town can raise its score
- Minutes posted (+1): Post approved minutes for every meeting on the town website. Don’t require a sign-in to view them.
- Posted quickly (+1): Post minutes within 30 days. If approval takes longer, post a draft marked “Draft – not yet approved” and replace it later.
- Member photos (+1): Show a photo of each member on the board’s web page, with their name, the date their term ends and how to contact them. A group photo of the members, with everyone named in the caption or on the same page, earns half a point.
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Board years
Coming up
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Members
Gus MurbyMember · Elected townwide · at 7 of 8 meetings✓ Every meeting 2026
Eileen MurphyClerk · Elected townwide · at 8 of 8 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.
Attendance
12 full-board meetings so far this year, through June 30. Ties share a rank.
1Eileen Murphy12 of 12 meetings Every meeting100%1Osler Peterson12 of 12 meetings Every meeting100%3Gus Murby11 of 12 meetings92%29 full-board meetings in 2022. Ties share a rank.
1Gus Murby29 of 29 meetings Every meeting100%1Osler Peterson29 of 29 meetings Every meeting100%1Eileen Murphy21 of 21 meetings · served from Apr Every meeting100%1Michael Marcucci8 of 8 meetings · served until Mar Every meeting100%34 full-board meetings in 2021. Ties share a rank.
1Michael Marcucci34 of 34 meetings Every meeting100%1Gus Murby34 of 34 meetings Every meeting100%1Osler Peterson34 of 34 meetings Every meeting100%34 full-board meetings in 2020. Ties share a rank.
1Michael Marcucci34 of 34 meetings Every meeting100%1Gus Murby34 of 34 meetings Every meeting100%3Osler Peterson33 of 34 meetings97%25 full-board meetings in 2019. Ties share a rank.
1Michael Marcucci25 of 25 meetings Every meeting100%2Osler Peterson24 of 25 meetings96%3Gus Murby23 of 25 meetings92%36 full-board meetings in 2018. Ties share a rank.
1Michael Marcucci36 of 36 meetings Every meeting100%2Gus Murby35 of 36 meetings97%2Osler Peterson35 of 36 meetings97%From the official minutes: full-board meetings only (committee meetings are not counted). Members are counted only for meetings held while they served, and arriving late counts as attending. The minutes rarely say why a member was absent. Not shown: 2023, 2024, 2025, because too many of that year’s meetings are missing from the posted minutes.
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Meetings
About missing minutes
Loaded: 215 Medfield Board of Selectmen and Select Board meetings with minutes, from January 2, 2018 through June 30, 2026, including three joint meetings (only this board’s votes are shown), three special meetings and one work session. These come from the town’s Agenda Center, which also holds some older minutes from 2014 to 2017 that MassVoter has not loaded. Not here: meetings whose minutes were never posted, including most of June to November 2023, mid-September 2024 to early January 2025, mid-May to the end of October 2025, most of November and December 2025, and every meeting after June 30, 2026. In all, more than 80 Select Board meetings from 2018 to September 2026 have an agenda in the Agenda Center but no minutes. MassVoter is asking the town for these minutes. Medfield’s minutes usually name the mover and seconder and say the vote was unanimous, give a count such as “Vote: 3-0-0”, or (in 2020 and 2021) record a roll call naming each member. When the count or the word “unanimous” matches the members present, each member is shown voting as recorded. Some minutes give a count that does not match the members present, name only two members in a roll call, or give a split count without saying who voted which way; those 22 votes show the count only, with a note. 34 votes record no count (for example “it was so voted”) or are a choice between candidates, and show the result only. Seven minutes files are scans and were read by text recognition (May 22, May 29, June 5, October 2, October 16 and October 30, 2018; March 16, 2021). We will ask the town to confirm any noted vote.
Votes where members disagreed
Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.
Jun 16Reappoint Deborah Bero to the Conservation Commission for a…Motion: MOTION: To reappoint Deborah Bero to the Conservation Commission for a…Passed 2–1 · No: Murphy
June 16, 2026: Reappoint Deborah Bero to the Conservation Commission for a one-year term
MOTION: To reappoint Deborah Bero to the Conservation Commission for a one-year term. SECONDED: Mr. Peterson VOTE: G. Murby, aye; E. Murphy, nay; O. Peterson, aye MOTION CARRIES: 2-1
Yes: Murby, PetersonNo: Murphy
From the minutes
“MOTION: To reappoint Deborah Bero to the Conservation Commission for a one-year term. SECONDED: Mr. Peterson VOTE: G. Murby, aye; E. Murphy, nay; O. Peterson, aye MOTION CARRIES: 2-1.” (second: Peterson)
May 19Sign the letter of support for the plug-in for…Motion: Motion: Motion to sign the letter of support for the plug-in…Passed 2–1 · No: Murby
May 19, 2026: Sign the letter of support for the plug-in for resilience program being submitted APC accelerating climate resilient grant
Motion: Motion to sign the letter of support for the plug-in for resilience program being submitted APC accelerating climate resilient grant. Made by: Eileen Murphy Second: Osler Peterson Vote: 2-1-0 (Eileen Murphy-Yes, Osler Peterson-Yes, Gus Murby-No)
Yes: Murphy, PetersonNo: Murby
From the minutes
“Motion: Motion to sign the letter of support for the plug-in for resilience program being submitted APC accelerating climate resilient grant. Made by: Eileen Murphy Second: Osler Peterson Vote: 2-1-0 (Eileen Murphy-Yes, Osler Peterson-Yes, Gus Murby-No).” (Motion: Murphy, second: Peterson)
Mar 31Reorganize the Select Board: Osler Peterson as ChairMotion: MOTION: To reorganize the Select Board and appoint Mr. Peterson as…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
March 31, 2026: Reorganize the Select Board: Osler Peterson as Chair
MOTION: To reorganize the Select Board and appoint Mr. Peterson as Chair. SECONDED: Mr. Murby VOTE: G. Murby, aye; E. Murphy, aye; O. Peterson, aye MOTION CARRIES: 3-0
The minutes say "Ms. Murphy made a motion to reorganize the Select Board and nominated Mr. Peterson to serve as Chair" before recording the motion.
From the minutes
“MOTION: To reorganize the Select Board and appoint Mr. Peterson as Chair. SECONDED: Mr. Murby VOTE: G. Murby, aye; E. Murphy, aye; O. Peterson, aye MOTION CARRIES: 3-0.” (Motion: Murphy, second: Murby)
Mar 31Appoint Eileen Murphy as Clerk of the Select BoardMotion: MOTION: To appoint Ms. Murphy as Clerk of the Select Board.…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
March 31, 2026: Appoint Eileen Murphy as Clerk of the Select Board
MOTION: To appoint Ms. Murphy as Clerk of the Select Board. SECONDED: Mr. Murby VOTE: G. Murby, aye; E. Murphy, aye; O. Peterson, aye MOTION CARRIES: 3-0
The minutes say "Mr. Peterson subsequently made a motion to appoint Ms. Murphy as Clerk of the Board" before recording the motion.
From the minutes
“MOTION: To appoint Ms. Murphy as Clerk of the Select Board. SECONDED: Mr. Murby VOTE: G. Murby, aye; E. Murphy, aye; O. Peterson, aye MOTION CARRIES: 3-0.” (Motion: Peterson, second: Murby)
From the Medfield Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center. We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Osler Peterson’s law-practice profile (Justia), Medfield Patch (Eileen Murphy, photo by Colleen Sullivan, 2022) and Medfield TV (Gus Murby, “Gus Murby - 2026 Candidate Message”).
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