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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. Same five members after the spring 2018 town election. On June 4, 2018 the board chose Dennis Crowley as Chair, John Foresto as Vice Chair and Richard D’Innocenzo as Clerk. Covers 34 meetings, June 4 to May 20, 2019.
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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
ChairDennis CrowleyChair · Elected townwide · at 32 of 34 meetingsVice-ChairJohn ForestoVice Chair · Elected townwide · at 33 of 34 meetings
Glenn TrindadeMember · Elected townwide · at 32 of 34 meetings
Maryjane WhiteMember · Elected townwide · at 32 of 34 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.
Apr 16Approve Article 5Motion: Selectman Trindade moved that the Board vote to approve Article 5.Passed 4–1 · see note
April 16, 2019: Approve Article 5
Selectman Trindade moved that the Board vote to approve Article 5.
The minutes give only the count (4-1), not how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Selectman Trindade moved that the Board vote to approve Article 5. Selectman Foresto seconded. Discussion: Selectman Crowley stated he would vote to not approve this article as he did not see these rates prior to this meeting. VOTE: 4-1.” (Motion: Trindade, second: Foresto)
Feb 4Authorize the Chair to sign the letter to DHCD…Motion: Selectman Foresto moved that the Board authorize the Chair to sign…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
February 4, 2019: Authorize the Chair to sign the letter to DHCD with the comments on the LIP as discussed
Selectman Foresto moved that the Board authorize the Chair to sign the letter to DHCD with the comments on the LIP as discussed.
Maryjane White recused and did not take part.
From the minutes
“Selectman Foresto moved that the Board authorize the Chair to sign the letter to DHCD with the comments on the LIP as discussed. Selectman Trindade seconded. No Discussion. Vote: 3-0-0.” (Motion: Foresto, second: Trindade)
Jan 22Appoint Ms. Atwood to the Cultural Council for a…Motion: Selectman Trindade moved that the Board appoint Ms. Atwood to the…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
January 22, 2019: Appoint Ms. Atwood to the Cultural Council for a three year term expiring June 30, 2022
Selectman Trindade moved that the Board appoint Ms. Atwood to the Cultural Council for a three year term expiring June 30, 2022.
Richard D’Innocenzo had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Selectman Trindade moved that the Board appoint Ms. Atwood to the Cultural Council for a three year term expiring June 30, 2022. Selectman Foresto seconded. Discussion. Selectman Crowley requested that Ms. Atwood explain her background and interest in this appointment. Ms. Atwood reviewed her background noting she: (1) was a past member, (2) is now retired and has more time available, and (3) currently volunteers at the Makerspace at the Library which brings many diverse groups together and sees synergy with the efforts of the Cultural Council. VOTE: 4-0-0.” (Motion: Trindade, second: Foresto)
Jan 7Approve the Local Initiative Program application for SLV Medway…Motion: Selectman Trindade moved that the Board of Selectmen vote to approve…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
January 7, 2019: Approve the Local Initiative Program application for SLV Medway I, LLC, as submitted to the Board; and that the Board authorize the Chair to sign the application on behalf of…
Selectman Trindade moved that the Board of Selectmen vote to approve the Local Initiative Program application for SLV Medway I, LLC, as submitted to the Board; and that the Board authorize the Chair to sign the application on behalf of the Town; and that the Board provide a letter of support for the LIP application to be signed by the Chair.
Maryjane White recused and did not take part.
From the minutes
“Selectman Trindade moved that the Board of Selectmen vote to approve the Local Initiative Program application for SLV Medway I, LLC, as submitted to the Board; and that the Board authorize the Chair to sign the application on behalf of the Town; and that the Board provide a letter of support for the LIP application to be signed by the Chair. Selectman Foresto seconded. No Discussion. VOTE: 4-0.” (Motion: Trindade, second: Foresto)
Jan 7Approve the memorandum of agreement with SLV Medway I,…Motion: Selectman Trindade moved that the Board of Selectmen vote to approve…Passed 4–0 · see note
January 7, 2019: Approve the memorandum of agreement with SLV Medway I, LLC, dated January 7, 2019 as presented
Selectman Trindade moved that the Board of Selectmen vote to approve the memorandum of agreement with SLV Medway I, LLC, dated January 7, 2019 as presented.
The minutes give the vote as 4-0, but 5 members were present (Dennis Crowley, John Foresto, Richard D’Innocenzo, Glenn Trindade and Maryjane White). Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Selectman Trindade moved that the Board of Selectmen vote to approve the memorandum of agreement with SLV Medway I, LLC, dated January 7, 2019 as presented. Selectman D’Innocenzo seconded. No Discussion. VOTE: 4-0.” (Motion: Trindade, second: D’Innocenzo)
Oct 16Approve Article 1 as presentedMotion: Selectman Foresto moved that the Board approve Article 1 as presented.Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
October 16, 2018: Approve Article 1 as presented
Selectman Foresto moved that the Board approve Article 1 as presented.
Richard D’Innocenzo had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Selectman Foresto moved that the Board approve Article 1 as presented. Selectman Trindade seconded. No Discussion. Vote: 4-0-0.” (Motion: Foresto, second: Trindade)
Oct 16Approve Article 2 as presentedMotion: Selectman Foresto moved that the Board approve Article 2 as presented.Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
October 16, 2018: Approve Article 2 as presented
Selectman Foresto moved that the Board approve Article 2 as presented.
Richard D’Innocenzo had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Selectman Foresto moved that the Board approve Article 2 as presented. Selectman Trindade seconded. No Discussion. Vote: 4-0-0.” (Motion: Foresto, second: Trindade)
Oct 16Approve Article 3 as presentedMotion: Selectman Foresto moved that the Board approve Article 3 as presented.Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
October 16, 2018: Approve Article 3 as presented
Selectman Foresto moved that the Board approve Article 3 as presented.
Richard D’Innocenzo had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Selectman Foresto moved that the Board approve Article 3 as presented. Selectman Trindade seconded. No Discussion. Vote: 4-0-0.” (Motion: Foresto, second: Trindade)
Oct 16Approve Article 4 as presentedMotion: Selectman Foresto moved that the Board approve Article 4 as presented.Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
October 16, 2018: Approve Article 4 as presented
Selectman Foresto moved that the Board approve Article 4 as presented.
Richard D’Innocenzo had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Selectman Foresto moved that the Board approve Article 4 as presented. Selectman Trindade seconded. No Discussion. Vote: 4-0-0.” (Motion: Foresto, second: Trindade)
Oct 16Approve Article 5 as presentedMotion: Selectman Foresto moved that the Board approve Article 5 as presented.Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
October 16, 2018: Approve Article 5 as presented
Selectman Foresto moved that the Board approve Article 5 as presented.
Richard D’Innocenzo had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Selectman Foresto moved that the Board approve Article 5 as presented. Selectman Trindade seconded. No Discussion. Vote: 4-0-0.” (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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