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Norton Select Board
How the Norton Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 members elected townwide. The town has posted Select Board minutes online only from January 2024. Covers 14 meetings, January 4 to April 25, 2024.
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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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What Town Meeting decided
In Norton, Town Meeting — not the Select Board — votes the town budget, bylaws and zoning. Here is what it did with each article, in the Town Clerk’s own words. Any registered voter can take part, and most votes are by voice or show of hands, so there is no list of who voted which way.
Special Town Meeting · March 19, 2025 2 votes: 1 passed, 1 failed
- Art. 1 Borrow up to $8,000,000 for water and sewer mains and related infrastructure serving Elm Street and Miller Terrace Failed “ARTICLE 1 FAILS AS DECLARED BY TOWN MODERATOR”
- Art. 2 Appropriate/borrow $100,000 for in-tank aeration at the Cottage Street water storage tank, added to earlier authorizations Passed “ARTICLE 2 PASSES BY TWO THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE AS DECLARED BY TOWN MODERATOR”
Not here yet: Only the March 19, 2025 Special Town Meeting minutes could be read. The Town Clerk's minutes for the October 21, 2024 Fall Town Meeting, the May 19, 2025 Annual and Special Town Meetings, the October 20, 2025 Fall Town Meeting and the May 18, 2026 Spring Town Meeting are posted as Adobe cloud links that ask for an Adobe sign-in, so their results are not included. The May 13, 2024 Special and Annual Town Meetings are also missing: the town's 'minutes' link for that date opens the 2023 warrant booklet instead.
Titles are short descriptions of each article from the official record; the quoted words are the Town Clerk’s. A vote at Town Meeting is not the final word on everything: some articles also need a ballot vote (such as a tax override) or the Attorney General’s approval (bylaws).
Members
Megan ArtzSelect Board Member · Elected townwide · at 9 of 14 meetingsSteven HornsbySelect Board Member · Elected townwide · at 14 of 14 meetings
Denise LucianoSelect Board Member · Elected townwide · at 13 of 14 meetings
Alec Rich IIISelect Board Member · Elected townwide · at 14 of 14 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
Not here yet: the town has posted Select Board minutes online only from January 2024, and minutes for some 2024–2026 meetings are not posted. The minutes are scanned documents; we read them with text recognition. Many votes are recorded as unanimous; split votes usually name those voting no or abstaining. Where the minutes give only a count, or the names do not match the members present, the vote is noted and individual votes are not shown. Votes taken by other boards at joint meetings (such as the School Committee, Finance Committee or Planning Board) are not included. 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 21Vote to put a proposition 2 % override question…Motion: to vote to put a proposition 2 % override question on…Failed 0–5 · No: Artz, Hornsby, Luciano, Rich, Snyder
March 21, 2024 (Joint meeting): Vote to put a proposition 2 % override question on the town election
To vote to put a proposition 2 % override question on the town election
No: Artz, Hornsby, Luciano, Rich, Snyder
From the minutes
“MOTION was made by Ms. Luciano to vote to put a proposition 2 % override question on the town election. Seconded by Mr. Hornsby. Vote: Ms. Luciano - No; Ms. Artz - No; Mr. Rich - No; Mr. Hornsby - No; and Mr. Snyder - No. MOTION FAILS..” (Motion: Luciano, second: Hornsby)
Mar 21Vote to put a proposition 2 % override question…Motion: to vote to put a proposition 2 % override question on…Failed 0–5 · No: Artz, Hornsby, Luciano, Rich, Snyder
March 21, 2024 (Joint meeting): Vote to put a proposition 2 % override question on the town election
To vote to put a proposition 2 % override question on the town election
No: Artz, Hornsby, Luciano, Rich, Snyder
From the minutes
“MOTION was made by Ms. Luciano to vote to put a proposition 2 % override question on the town election. Seconded by Mr. Hornsby. Vote: Ms. Luciano - No; Ms. Artz - No; Mr. Rich - No; Mr. Hornsby - No; and Mr. Snyder - No. MOTION FAILS..” (Motion: Luciano, second: Hornsby)
Feb 1Accept the resignation of Corey Marsden as a Constable…Motion: to accept the resignation of Corey Marsden as a Constable for…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Rich
February 1, 2024: Accept the resignation of Corey Marsden as a Constable for the Town of Norton
To accept the resignation of Corey Marsden as a Constable for the Town of Norton
Yes: Artz, Hornsby, Luciano, SnyderAbstained: Rich
From the minutes
“MOTION was made by Mr. Hornsby to accept the resignation of Corey Marsden as a Constable for the Town of Norton. Seconded by Ms. Artz. Vote: Ms. Luciano - Yes; Ms. Artz - Yes; Mr. Rich - Abstained; Mr. Hornsby - Yes; and Mr. Snyder - Yes. MOTION CARRIES..” (Motion: Hornsby, second: Artz)
Feb 1Appoint Corey Marsden to the Board of HealthMotion: to appoint Corey Marsden to the Board of HealthPassed 4–0 · Abstained: Rich
February 1, 2024: Appoint Corey Marsden to the Board of Health
To appoint Corey Marsden to the Board of Health
Yes: Artz, Hornsby, Luciano, SnyderAbstained: Rich
From the minutes
“MOTION was made by Mr. Hornsby to appoint Corey Marsden to the Board of Health. Seconded by Ms. Luciano. Vote: Ms. Luciano - Yes; Ms. Artz - Yes; Mr. Rich - Abstained; Mr. Hornsby - Yes; and Mr. Snyder - Yes. MOTION CARRIES..” (Motion: Hornsby, second: Luciano)
From the Norton Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center. We check every count against the members named and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades officials; votes and attendance are shown exactly as the minutes record them. Member photos: stills from the members’ candidate videos by Norton Media Center.
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