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Milton Select Board
How the Milton Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide. The board grew from three to five members at the April 2018 town election. Melinda Collins, Michael F. Zullas and Anthony J. Farrington joined; David T. Burnes left. Kathleen M. Conlon was Acting Chair until May 14, 2018, when the board chose Richard G. Wells, Jr. as Chair, Michael F. Zullas as Vice Chair and Melinda Collins as Secretary (each by a unanimous vote). The board adopted the name “Select Board” in 2019. Covers 39 meetings, May 2 to May 17, 2019.
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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From the agendas Milton posts on its official site. Agendas can change; the posted agenda is the official one.
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: Select Board minutes (called the Board of Selectmen until 2019) from January 9, 2018 through August 25, 2026, from the town’s online Agenda Center, which holds minutes back to 2016 (MassVoter has loaded 2018 on). Joint meetings with other boards are included, but only the Select Board’s own votes. Not here: executive-session minutes; the separate minutes of the Select Board sitting as Trustees of the Governor Stoughton Fund; the March 11, 2020 minutes (the town posted the trustees’ minutes in their place); minutes the town has not posted for 121 other meeting dates listed in the Agenda Center (most of them from 2018 to 2022, many of them joint sessions, workshops or retreats); and every meeting after August 25, 2026. The minutes are typed (PDFs, and 27 Word files, most from 2018 and 2019). Milton’s minutes give the mover and seconder for each motion. Until 2020 they usually say the Board “voted unanimously” or give a count such as “voted 3-2, with Richard G. Wells, Jr. and Anthony J. Farrington in opposition”; from 2020 on most votes are roll calls listing each member’s vote by name (“Collins YES”, “DRISCOLL: NO”). When the minutes say the vote was unanimous or the count matches the members present, we show every member present as voting yes, and when the minutes name the members who voted no or abstained, everyone else present as voting yes. Where the minutes give only a split count without names, a roll call leaves out a member who was there or names one the attendance list does not show, or the count does not match the members present, we show the count only and add a note. Votes with no count written down, and officer elections recorded as a choice of names, are shown with the result only. Members who stepped aside (recused), had not yet arrived or had left are left out of that vote. 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 6Approve a one-day liquor license for Milton's Opus d/b/a…Motion: To approve a one-day liquor license for Milton's Opus d/b/a Steel…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
May 6, 2019: Approve a one-day liquor license for Milton's Opus d/b/a Steel & Rye at 95 Eliot Street for a Boys and Girls Club Summer Solstice Fundraiser on June 25, 2019 from…
To approve a one-day liquor license for Milton's Opus d/b/a Steel & Rye at 95 Eliot Street for a Boys and Girls Club Summer Solstice Fundraiser on June 25, 2019 from 5pm-8pm.
Anthony J. Farrington had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“One Day Liquor Licenses Ms. Collins moved, Mr. Zullas seconded, and the Board voted unanimously to approve a one-day liquor license for Milton's Opus d/b/a Steel & Rye at 95 Eliot Street for a Boys and Girls Club Summer Solstice Fundraiser on June 25, 2019 from 5pm-8pm..” (Motion: Collins, second: Zullas)
May 6Approve thirteen one-day liquor licenses for Milton Academy for…Motion: To approve thirteen one-day liquor licenses for Milton Academy for Friday,…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
May 6, 2019: Approve thirteen one-day liquor licenses for Milton Academy for Friday, June 14, 2019, and Saturday June 15, 2019 for "All Class Parties", Class Reunion Dinners, and a Leadership & Loyalty…
To approve thirteen one-day liquor licenses for Milton Academy for Friday, June 14, 2019, and Saturday June 15, 2019 for "All Class Parties", Class Reunion Dinners, and a Leadership & Loyalty Reception.
Anthony J. Farrington had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Mr. Wells moved, Ms. Conlon seconded, and the Board voted unanimously to approve thirteen one-day liquor licenses for Milton Academy for Friday, June 14, 2019, and Saturday June 15, 2019 for "All Class Parties", Class Reunion Dinners, and a Leadership & Loyalty Reception..” (Motion: Wells, second: Conlon)
May 6Appoint Mr. Wells and Ms. Conlon as Select Board…Motion: To appoint Mr. Wells and Ms. Conlon as Select Board members,…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
May 6, 2019: Appoint Mr. Wells and Ms. Conlon as Select Board members, Town Planner, Bill Clark, Town Administrator Michael Dennehy, Director of Consolidated Facilities Bill Ritchie, MPIC member Richard Burke,...
To appoint Mr. Wells and Ms. Conlon as Select Board members, Town Planner, Bill Clark, Town Administrator Michael Dennehy, Director of Consolidated Facilities Bill Ritchie, MPIC member Richard Burke, and a Park Commissioner to be determined, to the Milton Landing Wharf Working Group.
Anthony J. Farrington had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Chair Wells moved, Ms. Collins seconded, and the Board voted unanimously to appoint Mr. Wells and Ms. Conlon as Select Board members, Town Planner, Bill Clark, Town Administrator Michael Dennehy, Director of Consolidated Facilities Bill Ritchie, MPIC member Richard Burke, and a Park Commissioner to be determined, to the Milton Landing Wharf Working Group..” (Motion: Wells, second: Collins)
May 6Appoint Glen P. Hoffman of One Adams Street as…Motion: To appoint Glen P. Hoffman of One Adams Street as a…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
May 6, 2019: Appoint Glen P. Hoffman of One Adams Street as a Select Board representative to the School Building Committee
To appoint Glen P. Hoffman of One Adams Street as a Select Board representative to the School Building Committee.
Kathleen M. Conlon stepped aside (recused) and did not take part in this vote. Anthony J. Farrington had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Mr. Zullas moved, Ms. Collins seconded, and the Board voted unanimously 3-0, to appoint Glen P. Hoffman of One Adams Street as a Select Board representative to the School Building Committee..” (Motion: Zullas, second: Collins)
May 6Appoint Thomas J. Dougherty of 247 Adams Street as…Motion: To appoint Thomas J. Dougherty of 247 Adams Street as the…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
May 6, 2019: Appoint Thomas J. Dougherty of 247 Adams Street as the interim Massport CAC representative for the Town of Milton through October 31, 2019
To appoint Thomas J. Dougherty of 247 Adams Street as the interim Massport CAC representative for the Town of Milton through October 31, 2019.
Anthony J. Farrington had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Chair Wells moved, Ms. Collins seconded, and the Board voted unanimously, to appoint Thomas J. Dougherty of 247 Adams Street as the interim Massport CAC representative for the Town of Milton through October 31, 2019..” (Motion: Wells, second: Collins)
May 6Accept a $50,000.00 gift from the Milton Animal League…Motion: To accept a $50,000.00 gift from the Milton Animal League to…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
May 6, 2019: Accept a $50,000.00 gift from the Milton Animal League to fund design services for the proposed new Milton Animal Shelter
To accept a $50,000.00 gift from the Milton Animal League to fund design services for the proposed new Milton Animal Shelter.
Anthony J. Farrington had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Animal Shelter Donation Ms. Conlon moved, Mr. Zullas seconded, and the Board voted unanimously 4-0, to accept a $50,000.00 gift from the Milton Animal League to fund design services for the proposed new Milton Animal Shelter..” (Motion: Conlon, second: Zullas)
May 6Issue the Statement of the Select Board as amended.…Motion: To issue the Statement of the Select Board as amended. 2019…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
May 6, 2019: Issue the Statement of the Select Board as amended. 2019 May Annual Town Meeting Articles Ms. Conlon discussed proposed revised budget recommendations prepared by the Finance Committee and the...
To issue the Statement of the Select Board as amended. 2019 May Annual Town Meeting Articles Ms. Conlon discussed proposed revised budget recommendations prepared by the Finance Committee and the School Finance Subcommittee to be presented to the Warrant Committee and the May 6th Annual Town Meeting.
Anthony J. Farrington had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Chair Wells moved, Ms. Collins seconded, and the Board voted unanimously 4-0, to issue the Statement of the Select Board as amended. 2019 May Annual Town Meeting Articles Ms. Conlon discussed proposed revised budget recommendations prepared by the Finance Committee and the School Finance Subcommittee to be presented to the Warrant Committee and the May 6th Annual Town Meeting..” (Motion: Wells, second: Collins)
May 6Support the proposed revisions on the "green sheets" for…Motion: To support the proposed revisions on the "green sheets" for the…Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
May 6, 2019: Support the proposed revisions on the "green sheets" for the 2019 Annual Town Meeting
To support the proposed revisions on the "green sheets" for the 2019 Annual Town Meeting.
Anthony J. Farrington had not yet arrived.
From the minutes
“Chair Wells moved, Mr. Zullas seconded, and the Board voted unanimously 4-0, to support the proposed revisions on the "green sheets" for the 2019 Annual Town Meeting..” (Motion: Wells, second: Zullas)
Apr 24Appoint Ted Carroll to Parks and Recreation CommissionerMotion: To appoint Ted Carroll to Parks and Recreation Commissioner.Passed · see note
April 24, 2019: Appoint Ted Carroll to Parks and Recreation Commissioner
To appoint Ted Carroll to Parks and Recreation Commissioner.
A joint vote of the Select Board and the Park Commissioners: "the Boards voted jointly 4-3 (with McKay, Malley and Conlon voting no)." The minutes do not separate the two boards' votes, so only the result is shown; Kathleen M. Conlon voted no.
From the minutes
“Richard Wells moved, Tony Farrington seconded, and the Boards voted jointly 4-3 (with McKay, Malley and Conlon voting no) to appoint Ted Carroll to Parks and Recreation Commissioner..” (Motion: Wells, second: Farrington)
Apr 10Appoint board member Mike Zullas to the School Building…Motion: To appoint board member Mike Zullas to the School Building Committee.Passed Unanimous, 4 present · see note
April 10, 2019: Appoint board member Mike Zullas to the School Building Committee
To appoint board member Mike Zullas to the School Building Committee.
Kathleen M. Conlon stepped aside (recused) and did not take part in this vote.
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Tony Farrington and seconded by Melinda Collins, the board voted unanimously to appoint board member Mike Zullas to the School Building Committee..” (Motion: Farrington, second: Collins)
From the Milton Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center. We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: the members’ campaign websites (Winston Daley, Meghan Haggerty), The Milton Scene (Peter Obersheimer) and the Milton Times (Megan Nolan, photo by Jose Zamora; John Driscoll).
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