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Millis Select Board
How the Millis Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 3 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms, one seat each year. Board of Selectmen. James McCaffrey chaired. The 2017 reorganization minutes are not in the online set, so the vice chair and clerk are not known. Covers 9 meetings, January 8 to April 30, 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
Loring BarnesMember · Elected townwide · at 9 of 9 meetingsCatherine MacInnesMember · Elected townwide · at 9 of 9 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: Millis Select Board minutes (called the Board of Selectmen until 2019) from January 8, 2018 through June 15, 2026, from the Minutes folder on the town website. The town has not posted minutes for any meeting after June 15, 2026, or for six meetings in the fall of 2025 (September 8, 18 and 29, October 6, November 10 and 24) and four earlier in 2026 (January 26, April 27, May 18 and June 1). The town posts agendas online only from 2023, so earlier gaps can’t be checked. We list every meeting without minutes, and MassVoter is asking the town for them. The minutes are typed. Most votes are recorded as unanimous or as a roll call by name, so we show each member’s vote. When the minutes say a member called the meeting to order, that member is counted present even if the list of people present names only the others. When the minutes give only a count that doesn’t match the members present, or no result, we show that without guessing; about 30 motions with no recorded result are left out. At joint meetings, only the Select Board members’ votes are shown. 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 9Not change the in-office hours of the plumbing, gas…Motion: that the BOS not change the in-office hours of the plumbing,…Failed · see note
April 9, 2018: Not change the in-office hours of the plumbing, gas and wiring inspectors remain as is the personnel plan
That the BOS not change the in-office hours of the plumbing, gas and wiring inspectors remain as is the personnel plan
The minutes record the result but not the count or how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Sel. MacInnes made a motion that the BOS not change the in-office hours of the plumbing, gas and wiring inspectors remain as is the personnel plan. The motion was not carried..” (Motion: MacInnes)
Apr 9Recommend a change in the Bylaw by incorporating Option…Motion: that the BOS recommend a change in the Bylaw by incorporating…Passed 2–1 · see note
April 9, 2018: Recommend a change in the Bylaw by incorporating Option 2 which includes a 500' setback for all enumerated businesses and does eliminate the video arcade and would eliminate the reference…
That the BOS recommend a change in the Bylaw by incorporating Option 2 which includes a 500' setback for all enumerated businesses and does eliminate the video arcade and would eliminate the reference to residential zoning district
The minutes give only the count (2-1), not how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Sel. McCaffrey made a motion that the BOS recommend a change in the Bylaw by incorporating Option 2 which includes a 500' setback for all enumerated businesses and does eliminate the video arcade and would eliminate the reference to residential zoning district. Sel. MacInnes seconded the motion. The motion was approved by a 2 to 1 vote..” (Motion: McCaffrey, second: MacInnes)
Mar 26Set the electrical permit fee for the entire Clyde…Motion: to set the electrical permit fee for the entire Clyde F.…Passed 2–1 · No: McCaffrey
March 26, 2018: Set the electrical permit fee for the entire Clyde F. Brown project be the total sum of $5600 of which $2800 would be waived, $1240 to be paid FY18 and…
To set the electrical permit fee for the entire Clyde F. Brown project be the total sum of $5600 of which $2800 would be waived, $1240 to be paid FY18 and $3720 for FY19, and $620 for two months of FY20 and any reinspection fees for the duration of the project would be paid at $60 of which half would be waived
Yes: Barnes, MacInnesNo: McCaffreyThe minutes say "Sel. McCaffrey voted nay. Sel. Barnes and MacInnes voted in favor." They do not state the result in words; two of three in favor means it passed.
From the minutes
“Sel. MacInnes made a motion to set the electrical permit fee for the entire Clyde F. Brown project be the total sum of $5600 of which $2800 would be waived, $1240 to be paid FY18 and $3720 for FY19, and $620 for two months of FY20 and any reinspection fees for the duration of the project would be paid at $60 of which half would be waived. The motion was seconded by Sel. McCaffrey. Sel. McCaffrey voted nay. Sel. Barnes and MacInnes voted in favor..” (Motion: MacInnes, second: McCaffrey)
Feb 26Recommend that the number of Retail Marijuana establishments be…Motion: to recommend that the number of Retail Marijuana establishments be one…Passed 2–1 · see note
February 26, 2018: Recommend that the number of Retail Marijuana establishments be one or 25% of the Alcohol licenses subject to adoption at Town Meeting
To recommend that the number of Retail Marijuana establishments be one or 25% of the Alcohol licenses subject to adoption at Town Meeting
The minutes give only the count (2-1), not how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Sel. MacInnes made a motion to recommend that the number of Retail Marijuana establishments be one or 25% of the Alcohol licenses subject to adoption at Town Meeting. The motion was seconded by Sel. McCaffrey. The motion was carried 2-1..” (Motion: MacInnes, second: McCaffrey)
Feb 26Approve contract amendment #6 with Tappe Architects for roof…Motion: approve contract amendment #6 with Tappe Architects for roof testing and…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
February 26, 2018: Approve contract amendment #6 with Tappe Architects for roof testing and on-site construction monitoring at the Clyde Brown School, not to exceed $54,890.00
Approve contract amendment #6 with Tappe Architects for roof testing and on-site construction monitoring at the Clyde Brown School, not to exceed $54,890.00
The minutes do not say who made the motion.
From the minutes
“Mr. D'Amico said they are also asking for approval of a contract amendment, amendment #6, with Tappe Architect's roof testing and on-site construction monitoring for a total not to exceed of $54,890.00 at the Clyde Brown School. The motion was seconded by Sel. Barnes and passed unanimously..” (second: Barnes)
Feb 12Approve the January 2018 Water/Sewer Commitment to the Collector…Motion: to approve the January 2018 Water/Sewer Commitment to the Collector for…Passed · see note
February 12, 2018: Approve the January 2018 Water/Sewer Commitment to the Collector for a total of $3,500.00
To approve the January 2018 Water/Sewer Commitment to the Collector for a total of $3,500.00
The minutes record the result but not the count or how each member voted.
From the minutes
“Sel. McCaffrey made a motion to approve the January 2018 Water/Sewer Commitment to the Collector for a total of $3,500.00. The motion was seconded by Sel. MacInnes and passed ADJOURNMENT.” (Motion: McCaffrey, second: MacInnes)
From the Millis Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the Minutes folder on the town website. We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Craig Schultze, Ellen Rosenfeld (2022) and Jim McKay (2026) from Millis Community Media candidate profile videos.
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