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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. Erin Underhill joined after the June 1, 2020 election (moved from May because of COVID-19); Loring Barnes left. Covers 27 meetings, June 23 to May 3, 2021.
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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
"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 12Recommend dismissal of Article 11 due to lack of…Motion: to recommend dismissal of Article 11 due to lack of fundingPassed 2–1 · No: McCaffrey
April 12, 2021: Recommend dismissal of Article 11 due to lack of funding
To recommend dismissal of Article 11 due to lack of funding
Yes: Jurmain, UnderhillNo: McCaffrey
From the minutes
“Sel. Jurmain made a motion to recommend dismissal of Article 11 due to lack of funding. Sel. Underhill seconded the motion. Sel. McCaffrey polled the Board. Sel. McCaffrey, No. Sel. Jurmain, yes. Sel. Underhill, yes. The motion passed 2-1..” (Motion: Jurmain, second: Underhill)
Jan 25Approve the stormwater commitment dated 1/11/21 in the amount…Motion: to approve the stormwater commitment dated 1/11/21 in the amount of…Passed Unanimous, 2 present · see note
January 25, 2021: Approve the stormwater commitment dated 1/11/21 in the amount of $3,333.00 for Jameson Drive
To approve the stormwater commitment dated 1/11/21 in the amount of $3,333.00 for Jameson Drive
James McCaffrey recused himself. The minutes say "Sel. Jurmain and Sel. Underhill voted in favor."
From the minutes
“Sel. Underhill made a motion to approve the stormwater commitment dated 1/11/21 in the amount of $3,333.00 for Jameson Drive. Sel. Jurmain seconded the motion. Sel. McCaffrey recused himself. Sel. Jurmain and Sel. Underhill voted in favor.” (Motion: Underhill, second: Jurmain)
Jul 13Reappoint Christine McCafferyMotion: to reappoint Christine McCafferyPassed 2–0 · Abstained: McCaffrey
July 13, 2020: Reappoint Christine McCaffery
To reappoint Christine McCaffery
Yes: Jurmain, UnderhillAbstained: McCaffrey
From the minutes
“Sel. Jurmain made a motion to reappoint Christine McCaffery. Sel Underhill seconded this motion. Sel. McCaffery polled the Board. Sel. McCaffery, abstained. Sel. Jurmain, yay. Sel. Underhill, yay. The motion passes by majority..” (Motion: Jurmain, second: Underhill)
Jun 29Approve the purchase of the two-way radio system in…Motion: to approve the purchase of the two-way radio system in the…Passed 2–1 · No: Jurmain
June 29, 2020: Approve the purchase of the two-way radio system in the amount of $825.00 subject to approval of he companion warrant article
To approve the purchase of the two-way radio system in the amount of $825.00 subject to approval of he companion warrant article
Yes: McCaffrey, UnderhillNo: Jurmain
From the minutes
“Sel. McCaffery made a motion to approve the purchase of the two-way radio system in the amount of $825.00 subject to approval of he companion warrant article. Sel. Underhill seconded the motion. Sel. McCaffery polled the Board, Sel. McCaffery- yay, Sel. Jurmain- No, Sel. Underhill- yay, the motion passed by majority..” (Motion: McCaffrey, second: Underhill)
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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