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Medway Select Board
How the Medway Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide. The Board of Selectmen had five members: Chair Maryjane White, Vice Chair Richard D’Innocenzo, Clerk Dennis Crowley, John Foresto and Glenn Trindade. MassVoter has loaded this board’s minutes from January 2, 2018 on. Covers 17 meetings, January 2 to May 31, 2018.
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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 budgetBoard years
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Members
ChairMaryjane WhiteChair · Elected townwide · at 16 of 17 meetingsVice-ChairRichard D’InnocenzoVice Chair · Elected townwide · at 11 of 17 meetings
Dennis CrowleyClerk · Elected townwide · at 14 of 17 meetingsJohn ForestoMember · Elected townwide · at 17 of 17 meetings
Glenn TrindadeMember · Elected townwide · at 14 of 17 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 minutes (called the Board of Selectmen until early 2021) from January 2, 2018 through September 8, 2026. Minutes from 2024 on come from the town’s meetings page, one file per meeting; minutes from 2018 to 2023 come from the town’s meetings archive, which posts each year’s agendas and minutes as one zip file (the archive goes back to 1964), so for those years the minutes link opens that year’s zip file. Not here: minutes after September 8, 2026 (September 21 and October 5, 2026 are not posted yet); about 35 dates from 2018 to 2023 that have an agenda in the archive but no minutes (some may have been cancelled or held at Town Meeting); April 24, May 1, July 1, October 24 and November 11, 2024; March 12, April 12 and April 22, 2025 (sessions at other boards’ meetings, a legislative breakfast and a hearing listed on the meetings page without minutes); and November 18, 2024, where the meetings page posts the agenda in place of the minutes. Joint meetings with other boards are included, but only the Select Board’s own votes. Medway’s minutes are typed and give the mover, the seconder and a three-number count for almost every vote (“VOTE: 5-0-0”); split votes usually name the members who voted no or abstained (“VOTE: 4-1-0. Mr. Crowley voted against.”), and remote meetings in 2020 and 2021 and executive-session votes use roll calls listing each member. The minutes do not always write the count in the same order, so we follow the names, not the order of the numbers. When the count matches the members present with no one named as voting no, we show every member present as voting yes; when the minutes name the members who voted no or abstained and the count adds up, we show everyone else present as voting yes. Members who arrived late, left early or recused are left out of the votes they missed when the minutes or the count show it. Where the minutes give a split count without names, a roll call leaves out a member who was there or names one the attendance line does not show, or the count does not match the members present, we show the count only and add a note. Motions written down with no vote after them (most were withdrawn or replaced by an amended motion that was voted on) are not included, since the minutes do not say how they came out. 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.
May 21Authorize the Chair to execute the contract with P.J.…Motion: Selectman Foresto moved that the Board authorize the Chair to execute…Passed 3–1 · No: Crowley
May 21, 2018: Authorize the Chair to execute the contract with P.J. Albert, Inc. for roadway milling and reclamation subject to the unit prices as bid and to funding in year two
Selectman Foresto moved that the Board authorize the Chair to execute the contract with P.J. Albert, Inc. for roadway milling and reclamation subject to the unit prices as bid and to funding in year two.
Yes: Foresto, Trindade, WhiteNo: Crowley
From the minutes
“Selectman Foresto moved that the Board authorize the Chair to execute the contract with P.J. Albert, Inc. for roadway milling and reclamation subject to the unit prices as bid and to funding in year two. Selectman Trindade seconded. Discussion: Selectman Crowley stated his concerns that: (1) this vendor’s bid was 50% lower than that of the next bidder, (2) there was no performance bond associated with this contract, and (3) the Town has not worked with this vendor in the past. Town Counsel Reich stated that per State statute, a performance bond is not required. Selectman Crowley requested a report of any balance of project related funds at the end of Fiscal Year 2019. Vote: 3-1-0(Crowley opposed)..” (Motion: Foresto, second: Trindade)
Apr 17Authorize the Chair to execute the Fiscal Year 2019…Motion: Selectman Foresto moved that the Board authorize the Chair to execute…Passed 3–1 · No: Crowley
April 17, 2018: Authorize the Chair to execute the Fiscal Year 2019 Enterprise Funds Indirect Cost Allocation Agreement
Selectman Foresto moved that the Board authorize the Chair to execute the Fiscal Year 2019 Enterprise Funds Indirect Cost Allocation Agreement.
Yes: D’Innocenzo, Foresto, WhiteNo: Crowley
From the minutes
“Selectman Foresto moved that the Board authorize the Chair to execute the Fiscal Year 2019 Enterprise Funds Indirect Cost Allocation Agreement. Selectman D’Innocenzo seconded. Discussion: Selectman Crowley stated that he will vote against this as he is in disagreement with the percentage allocations noting that the actual numbers are spot on. He will put off further discussion regarding this for the FY2020 budget discussions, specifically the $26 million School budget allocations as part of the indirect cost allocation. Ms. Pratt noted that if the school numbers were removed, the percentages would be much higher. She directed the Board to the section in the budget book for the Department of Public Services (DPS) labor distribution noting those numbers were utilized to determine the allocations. Selectman Foresto noted that in order to get a true percentage, we would need to change how we are tracking this data and we currently do not have this data tracking capability. He is not sure how we could obtain the data that Selectman Crowley requested. Selectman Crowley stated he wants to change the current Budget process moving forward and obtain this information ahead of time to facilitate discussion. VOTE: 3-1-0(Selectman Crowley voted against).” (Motion: Foresto, second: D’Innocenzo)
Apr 17That the proposed portion of Alder Street be discontinued…Motion: Selectman Foresto moved that the Board vote that the proposed portion…Passed 3–1 · No: Crowley
April 17, 2018: That the proposed portion of Alder Street be discontinued as a public way as it is no longer needed for public use and to refer the matter to the Planning…
Selectman Foresto moved that the Board vote that the proposed portion of Alder Street be discontinued as a public way as it is no longer needed for public use and to refer the matter to the Planning and Economic Development Board for a report and recommendation back to the Board.
Yes: D’Innocenzo, Foresto, WhiteNo: Crowley
From the minutes
“Selectman Foresto moved that the Board vote that the proposed portion of Alder Street be discontinued as a public way as it is no longer needed for public use and to refer the matter to the Planning and Economic Development Board for a report and recommendation back to the Board. Selectman D’Innocenzo seconded. Discussion: Selectman Crowley stated he will vote against this as this is being discontinued not for the benefit of the Town but for the property owner and the Town should have been compensated. VOTE: 3-1-0(Selectman Crowley voted against).” (Motion: Foresto, second: D’Innocenzo)
Apr 17Authorize the Chair to sign the Housing Choice Program…Motion: Selectman Foresto moved that the Board authorize the Chair to sign…Passed 3–1 · No: Crowley
April 17, 2018: Authorize the Chair to sign the Housing Choice Program Application
Selectman Foresto moved that the Board authorize the Chair to sign the Housing Choice Program Application.
Yes: D’Innocenzo, Foresto, WhiteNo: Crowley
From the minutes
“Selectman Foresto moved that the Board authorize the Chair to sign the Housing Choice Program Application. Selectman D’Innocenzo seconded. Discussion: Selectman Crowley stated he was opposed as this is yet another example of the state using our tax dollars and forcing the Town to complete paperwork and expend effort that has no true benefit. VOTE: 3-1-0(Selectman Crowley was against).” (Motion: Foresto, second: D’Innocenzo)
Apr 2Appoint Mr. Pride and White to the Memorial Committee…Motion: Selectman Foresto moved that the Board appoint Mr. Pride and White…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
April 2, 2018: Appoint Mr. Pride and White to the Memorial Committee for one year terms
Selectman Foresto moved that the Board appoint Mr. Pride and White to the Memorial Committee for one year terms.
Richard D’Innocenzo had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Selectman Foresto moved that the Board appoint Mr. Pride and White to the Memorial Committee for one year terms. Selectman Trindade seconded. No Discussion. VOTE: 4-0-0.” (Motion: Foresto, second: Trindade)
Apr 2Approve Article 21Motion: Selectman Trindade moved that the Board approve Article 21.Passed 4–1 · No: Crowley
April 2, 2018: Approve Article 21
Selectman Trindade moved that the Board approve Article 21.
Yes: D’Innocenzo, Foresto, Trindade, WhiteNo: Crowley
From the minutes
“Selectman Trindade moved that the Board approve Article 21. Selectman Foresto seconded. No Discussion. Vote: 4-1-0(Selectman Crowley opposed).” (Motion: Trindade, second: Foresto)
Feb 20Appoint Ms. Oster as an associate member to the…Motion: Selectman Foresto moved that the Board appoint Ms. Oster as an…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
February 20, 2018: Appoint Ms. Oster as an associate member to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a three year term
Selectman Foresto moved that the Board appoint Ms. Oster as an associate member to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a three year term.
Richard D’Innocenzo had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Selectman Foresto moved that the Board appoint Ms. Oster as an associate member to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a three year term. Selectman Trindade seconded. No Discussion. VOTE: 3-0-0.” (Motion: Foresto, second: Trindade)
From the Medway Select Board’s official minutes, posted on the town’s meetings page (2024 on) and in its meetings archive (earlier years). We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Town of Medway (all five members cropped from the town’s captioned photo of the Select Board with the Medway Food Pantry, September 2026).
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