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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 May 20, 2025 town election. On June 2, 2025 the board chose Todd Alessandri as Chair, Dennis Crowley as Vice-Chair and Maryjane White as Clerk. Covers 27 meetings, June 2 to May 18, 2026.
A monthly email on what it voted on, starting in November.
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
ChairTodd AlessandriChair · Elected townwide · at 26 of 27 meetings
Vice-ChairDennis CrowleyVice Chair · Elected townwide · at 24 of 27 meetings
Frank RossiMember · Elected townwide · at 27 of 27 meetings
Glenn TrindadeMember · Elected townwide · at 27 of 27 meetings
Maryjane WhiteClerk · Elected townwide · at 26 of 27 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 18Approve to increase the maximum affordable rents for the…Motion: Mr. Trindade moved that the Select Board vote to approve to…Failed 2–3 · see note
May 18, 2026: Approve to increase the maximum affordable rents for the Hathon Apartments by 2%
Mr. Trindade moved that the Select Board vote to approve to increase the maximum affordable rents for the Hathon Apartments by 2%
The minutes give only the count (2-3-0), not how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Mr. Trindade moved that the Select Board vote to approve to increase the maximum affordable rents for the Hathon Apartments by 2%. Seconded by Ms. White. VOTE 2-3-0.” (Motion: Trindade, second: White)
May 18Mr. Alessandri m oved that the Select Board vote…Motion: Mr. Alessandri m oved that the Select Board vote to approve…Passed 3–2 · see note
May 18, 2026: Mr. Alessandri m oved that the Select Board vote to approve to increase the maximum affordable rents for the Hathon Apartments by 3%
Mr. Alessandri m oved that the Select Board vote to approve to increase the maximum affordable rents for the Hathon Apartments by 3%
The minutes give only the count (3-2-0), not how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Mr. Alessandri m oved that the Select Board vote to approve to increase the maximum affordable rents for the Hathon Apartments by 3%. Seconded by Mr. Crowley. VOTE 3-2-0.” (Motion: Alessandri, second: Crowley)
Apr 6Approve the Amendment of the Social Equity Policy and…Motion: Mr. Trindade move that the Select Board approve the Amendment of…Passed 4–0 · see note
April 6, 2026: Approve the Amendment of the Social Equity Policy and Plan for Marijuana Establishment Applicants as mandated by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission
Mr. Trindade move that the Select Board approve the Amendment of the Social Equity Policy and Plan for Marijuana Establishment Applicants as mandated by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission
The minutes give only the count (4-0-1), not how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Mr. Trindade move that the Select Board approve the Amendment of the Social Equity Policy and Plan for Marijuana Establishment Applicants as mandated by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, seconded by Mr. Alessandri. VOTE 4-0-1.” (Motion: Trindade, second: Alessandri)
Feb 28Accept the Capital Expenditures as presented, with the addition…Motion: Mr. Trindade moves that the Board accept the Capital Expenditures as…Passed 4–0 · see note
February 28, 2026 (Workshop meeting): Accept the Capital Expenditures as presented, with the addition of a library copier not to exceed $10,000
Mr. Trindade moves that the Board accept the Capital Expenditures as presented, with the addition of a library copier not to exceed $10,000
The minutes give only the count (4-0-1), not how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Mr. Trindade moves that the Board accept the Capital Expenditures as presented, with the addition of a library copier not to exceed $10,000, seconded by Ms. White. VOTE: 4-0-1(Crowley)..” (Motion: Trindade, second: White)
Feb 28Approve the FY2027 Capital Improvement Plan as presentedMotion: Mr. Trindade made a motion to approve the FY2027 Capital Improvement…Passed 4–0 · see note
February 28, 2026 (Workshop meeting): Approve the FY2027 Capital Improvement Plan as presented
Mr. Trindade made a motion to approve the FY2027 Capital Improvement Plan as presented
The minutes give only the count (4-0-1), not how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Mr. Trindade made a motion to approve the FY2027 Capital Improvement Plan as presented, seconded by Ms. White. VOTE: 4-0-1(Crowley)..” (Motion: Trindade, second: White)
Feb 2Establish a Local Historic District Study Committee in accordance…Motion: Mr. Rossi moved that the Board establish a Local Historic District…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: White
February 2, 2026: Establish a Local Historic District Study Committee in accordance with General Laws chapter 40C, section 4, to consist of seven members, for the purpose of making an investigation into the...
Mr. Rossi moved that the Board establish a Local Historic District Study Committee in accordance with General Laws chapter 40C, section 4, to consist of seven members, for the purpose of making an investigation into the desirability of establishing an historic district or districts
Yes: Alessandri, RossiAbstained: White
From the minutes
“Mr. Rossi moved that the Board establish a Local Historic District Study Committee in accordance with General Laws chapter 40C, section 4, to consist of seven members, for the purpose of making an investigation into the desirability of establishing an historic district or districts, seconded by Mr. Alessandri. VOTE 2-0-1Ms. White abstained, as she lives in the Rabbit Hill area..” (Motion: Rossi, second: Alessandri)
Jan 20Approve the 2026 Election Police Details for May 19th…Motion: Mr. Rossi moved to approve the 2026 Election Police Details for…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
January 20, 2026: Approve the 2026 Election Police Details for May 19th (Town Election), September 1st (State Primary), and November 3rd (State Election)
Mr. Rossi moved to approve the 2026 Election Police Details for May 19th (Town Election), September 1st (State Primary), and November 3rd (State Election)
Maryjane White had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Mr. Rossi moved to approve the 2026 Election Police Details for May 19th (Town Election), September 1st (State Primary), and November 3rd (State Election), seconded by Mr. Crowley. VOTE: 4-0-0.” (Motion: Rossi, second: Crowley)
Jan 20Appoint Mr. Auler to the Investment Advisory CommitteeMotion: Mr. Rossi moved to appoint Mr. Auler to the Investment Advisory…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
January 20, 2026: Appoint Mr. Auler to the Investment Advisory Committee
Mr. Rossi moved to appoint Mr. Auler to the Investment Advisory Committee
Maryjane White had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Mr. Rossi moved to appoint Mr. Auler to the Investment Advisory Committee, seconded by Mr. Trindade. VOTE: 4-0-0.” (Motion: Rossi, second: Trindade)
Jan 20Open Special and Annual Town Meeting WarrantsMotion: Mr. Trindade moved to open Special and Annual Town Meeting WarrantsPassed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
January 20, 2026: Open Special and Annual Town Meeting Warrants
Mr. Trindade moved to open Special and Annual Town Meeting Warrants
Maryjane White had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Mr. Trindade moved to open Special and Annual Town Meeting Warrants, seconded by Mr. Rossi. VOTE: 4-0.” (Motion: Trindade, second: Rossi)
Jan 20Approve the contract with Haley and Ward, Inc. for…Motion: Mr. Trindade moved to approve the contract with Haley and Ward,…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
January 20, 2026: Approve the contract with Haley and Ward, Inc. for on-call professional services
Mr. Trindade moved to approve the contract with Haley and Ward, Inc. for on-call professional services
Maryjane White had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Mr. Trindade moved to approve the contract with Haley and Ward, Inc. for on-call professional services, seconded by Mr. Rossi. VOTE: 4-0-0.” (Motion: Trindade, second: Rossi)
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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