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Norfolk Select Board
How the Norfolk Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 3 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. After the May 2, 2023 town election the board on May 17, 2023 chose Kevin Kalkut as Chair, Jim Lehan as Vice Chair and Anita Mecklenburg as Clerk. Covers 24 meetings, May 17 to May 6, 2024.
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
Anita MecklenburgClerk · Select Board member (townwide) · at 20 of 24 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: Norfolk Select Board minutes from January 4, 2022 through July 13, 2026, including community forums, pre-Town Meeting sessions and one joint meeting with the School Committee (only the Select Board members’ votes are shown). These come from the Town Clerk’s minutes page, which holds the board’s minutes from January 2022 on. Not here: minutes before 2022 (not online); March 1 and April 5, 2022 (the posted files are empty); May 18, 2026 (its link opens the May 28 minutes); several forums, a March 7, 2026 joint meeting with the Advisory Committee and other sessions that have a video but no minutes; and meetings after July 13, 2026 (August 7, August 17, September 2, September 14 and September 28, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Most minutes from March 2022 to January 2026 are scanned images, which MassVoter read with text recognition and checked by hand. Norfolk’s minutes name the mover and seconder and usually say “all were in favor” or list a roll call (“Mr. Roche - aye, Ms. Hickman - aye, Ms. Mecklenburg - aye”), so each member present is shown voting yes; the few split votes and abstentions are named in the minutes. From July 2022 to February 2023 the board had two members after a resignation. Members who arrived late, stepped aside or did not take part are not shown as voting, with a note. Eleven motions with no vote recorded are not 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.
Mar 5Approve the use of Town Hill for the Federated…Motion: A motion was made by Ms. Mecklenburg to approve the use…Passed 2–0 · see note
March 5, 2024: Approve the use of Town Hill for the Federated Church Easter Sunday Service on March 31, 2024 from 7:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m
A motion was made by Ms. Mecklenburg to approve the use of Town Hill for the Federated Church Easter Sunday Service on March 31, 2024 from 7:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.
Yes: Kalkut, MecklenburgJim Lehan stepped aside (recused) on this vote and is not shown as voting.
From the minutes
“A motion was made by Ms. Mecklenburg to approve the use of Town Hill for the Federated Church Easter Sunday Service on March 31, 2024 from 7:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. It was seconded by Mr. Kalkut and so voted. Mr. Lehan recused himself as a member and officer of the church. Mr. Kalkut and Ms. Mecklenburg were in favor and the motion passed..” (Motion: Mecklenburg, second: Kalkut)
Nov 7Approve the agenda as presented as amended for the…Motion: A motion was made by Mr. Lehan to approve the agenda…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
November 7, 2023: Approve the agenda as presented as amended for the Tuesday November 20" meeting to begin at 6 p.m
A motion was made by Mr. Lehan to approve the agenda as presented as amended for the Tuesday November 20" meeting to begin at 6 p.m,
The minutes name Jim Lehan as both the mover and the seconder; the seconder is not shown.
From the minutes
“A motion was made by Mr. Lehan to approve the agenda as presented as amended for the Tuesday November 20" meeting to begin at 6 p.m, It was seconded by Mr. Lehan and so voted; all were in favor and the motion passed unanimously..” (Motion: Lehan)
From the Norfolk Select Board’s official minutes, posted on the Town Clerk’s meeting minutes page. We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Town of Norfolk (Select Board page, norfolkmass.gov).
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