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Pepperell Select Board
How the Pepperell Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 3 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. After the April 2026 town election (Tony Beattie re-elected), on April 29, 2026 the board chose Mark Mathews as Chair and Tony Beattie as Clerk (each 3-0). Minutes after September 9, 2026 are not posted yet. The end date (late April 2027) is a placeholder. Covers 11 meetings so far, April 29 to September 9, 2026.
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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 budgetYour Pepperell ballot: 13 quizzes, about a minute each.
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Pepperell Select Board: 8 out of 10 · Mostly open
How easy Pepperell makes it to see, online, how each member votes. It scores the town’s records, not any official. Checked October 10, 2026.
- Minutes postedMinutes are posted for nearly every meeting more than three months old.Full points: 2/2
- Each vote namedThe minutes name the members who vote no, but do not list how each member voted.Part points: 2/3
- Posted quicklyMinutes are posted for every meeting more than a month old.Full points: 2/2
- Past years onlineSelect Board minutes from 2014 to today are online.Full points: 1/1
- Readable textThe minutes are text you can search and copy.Full points: 1/1
- Member photosThe town’s website lists the members’ names but no photos.No points: 0/1
How the town can raise its score
- Each vote named (+1): On any vote that isn’t unanimous, write how each member voted. For example: “Motion passed 3–2. Yes: Smith, Jones, Lee. No: Brown, Silva.” A roll call on split votes is the simplest way to do this.
- Member photos (+1): Show a photo of each member on the board’s web page, with their name, the date their term ends and how to contact them. A group photo of the members, with everyone named in the caption or on the same page, earns half a point.
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Board years
Coming up
- Wed, Oct 14Select Board Meeting →
- Sat, Nov 7PDF →
From the agendas Pepperell posts on its official site. Agendas can change; the posted agenda is the official one.
Members
Tony BeattieClerk · At-large · at 11 of 11 meetings✓ Every meeting 2026Chuck WalkovichMember · At-large · at 11 of 11 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.
Attendance
24 full-board meetings so far this year, through September 9. Ties share a rank.
1Chuck Walkovich24 of 24 meetings Every meeting100%2Mark Mathews23 of 24 meetings96%3Tony Beattie22 of 24 meetings92%38 full-board meetings in 2025. Ties share a rank.
1Chuck Walkovich38 of 38 meetings Every meeting100%2Mark Mathews37 of 38 meetings97%3Tony Beattie35 of 38 meetings92%31 full-board meetings in 2024. Ties share a rank.
1Mark Mathews31 of 31 meetings Every meeting100%1Chuck Walkovich31 of 31 meetings Every meeting100%3Tony Beattie30 of 31 meetings97%28 full-board meetings in 2023. Ties share a rank.
1Mark Mathews28 of 28 meetings Every meeting100%1Chuck Walkovich28 of 28 meetings Every meeting100%3Tony Beattie27 of 28 meetings96%28 full-board meetings in 2022. Ties share a rank.
1Mark Mathews28 of 28 meetings Every meeting100%1Chuck Walkovich20 of 20 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%1Margaret Scarsdale7 of 7 meetings · served until Apr Every meeting100%4Tony Beattie26 of 28 meetings93%34 full-board meetings in 2021. Ties share a rank.
1Tony Beattie34 of 34 meetings Every meeting100%1Margaret Scarsdale34 of 34 meetings Every meeting100%1Mark Mathews23 of 23 meetings · served from Apr Every meeting100%1Bill Greathead6 of 6 meetings · served until Feb Every meeting100%31 full-board meetings in 2020. Ties share a rank.
1Bill Greathead31 of 31 meetings Every meeting100%1Margaret Scarsdale31 of 31 meetings Every meeting100%1Joe Radwich16 of 16 meetings · served until Jun Every meeting100%4Tony Beattie14 of 15 meetings · served from Jul93%36 full-board meetings in 2019. Ties share a rank.
1Bill Greathead36 of 36 meetings Every meeting100%1Margaret Scarsdale24 of 24 meetings · served from Apr Every meeting100%1Joe Radwich4 of 4 meetings · served from Nov100%4Roland P. Nutter11 of 12 meetings · served until Apr92%5Lisa M. Ferolito21 of 23 meetings · served until Aug91%32 full-board meetings in 2018. Ties share a rank.
1Roland P. Nutter32 of 32 meetings Every meeting100%1Melissa M. Tzanoudakis7 of 7 meetings · served until Apr Every meeting100%3Bill Greathead24 of 25 meetings · served from Apr96%4Lisa M. Ferolito29 of 32 meetings91%From the official minutes: full-board meetings only (committee meetings are not counted). Members are counted only for meetings held while they served, and arriving late counts as attending. The minutes rarely say why a member was absent.
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Meetings
About missing minutes
Loaded: Pepperell Select Board minutes (the board was called the Board of Selectmen until it voted on July 27, 2020 to rename itself the Select Board) from January 8, 2018 through September 9, 2026: 282 meetings and 1,867 votes. The town’s Agenda Center holds the board’s minutes back to 2014; MassVoter has loaded 2018 on. Six sets of minutes loaded (April 17, December 3 and December 17, 2018; September 12, 2022; June 14 and September 25, 2023) are scanned images, which MassVoter read with text recognition, so quoted words may keep small reading errors; all other minutes are typed documents with searchable text. Joint meetings with other boards (Planning Board, Library Trustees, Finance Committee, North Middlesex Regional School Committee, Board of Health, Board of Assessors and others) are included, but only the Select Board members’ votes are shown; votes the other board took on its own are left out. Not here: executive-session minutes; notices that a meeting was cancelled or that executive-session minutes have not been released; the minutes of Town Meeting itself; meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes (among them January 20, 2022, the joint meetings of February 11 and May 1, 2023, and the joint School Committee appointment meeting of November 5, 2025); and meetings after September 9, 2026 (the September 23 and October 2, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Pepperell’s minutes give the mover and seconder and usually say “it was unanimously voted” or “The motion carried unanimously,” which is shown as every member present voting yes. When a member voted no or abstained, the minutes usually name that member (“Ms. Ferolito opposed,” “The motion carried 2–1, with Select Board Member Walkovich opposed”); with three members, the others present are then shown voting yes, with a note when the minutes give no count. Where the minutes say only “it was voted” with no count or names, we show the result only (104 votes); where a split count names no one, or a count does not match the members present, we show the count only, with a note (8 votes). Several 2022 minutes say both “unanimously voted” and that a member voted no, or that “All voted nay”; those show the result only, with a note. Members who stepped aside (recused) are not shown as voting. Two sets of minutes leave a member off the attendance list who made or seconded motions (July 16, 2018 and May 4, 2022); that member is counted present, with a note. Some 2018 minutes repeat paragraphs because of the page layout; each vote is counted once. 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.
Aug 12Add the sentence, "The Select Board must vote unanimously…Motion: Motion to add the sentence, "The Select Board must vote unanimously…Passed 2–1 · No: Beattie
August 12, 2026: Add the sentence, "The Select Board must vote unanimously in favor of the flag to be flown in accordance with the flag policy," as letter F in the policy document
Motion to add the sentence, "The Select Board must vote unanimously in favor of the flag to be flown in accordance with the flag policy," as letter F in the policy document was made by Select Board Member Tony Beattie and seconded by Select Board Member Chuck Walkovich. The motion passed 2-1, with the Chair and Select Board Member Chuck Walkovich in favor and Select Board Member Tony Beattie opposed.
Yes: Mathews, WalkovichNo: Beattie
From the minutes
“Motion to add the sentence, "The Select Board must vote unanimously in favor of the flag to be flown in accordance with the flag policy," as letter F in the policy document was made by Select Board Member Tony Beattie and seconded by Select Board Member Chuck Walkovich. The motion passed 2-1, with the Chair and Select Board Member Chuck Walkovich in favor and Select Board Member Tony Beattie opposed..” (Motion: Beattie, second: Walkovich)
Jul 30Appoint Sandra Hartnett to the Planning Board with a…Motion: A motion was made by Al Patenaude to appoint Sandra Hartnett…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
July 30, 2026 (Joint meeting): Appoint Sandra Hartnett to the Planning Board with a term ending at the next Town of Pepperell election, at which time the elected position vacancy shall be placed on the…
A motion was made by Al Patenaude to appoint Sandra Hartnett to the Planning Board with a term ending at the next Town of Pepperell election, at which time the elected position vacancy shall be placed on the ballot to complete the term. The motion was seconded by Select Board Chair Mark Mathews. The motion carried unanimously. Roll Call Vote: Mark Mathews - Aye Tony Beattie - Aye Chuck Walkovich - Aye Al Patenaude- Aye David Ganong - Aye Following the vote, it was noted that an announcement of the appointment and the remaining associate member vacancy could be made at the Select Board's next regular meeting.
Joint vote of the Select Board and the other board at this joint meeting; only the Select Board members’ votes are shown. The motion was made by Al Patenaude, who is not a Select Board member.
From the minutes
“A motion was made by Al Patenaude to appoint Sandra Hartnett to the Planning Board with a term ending at the next Town of Pepperell election, at which time the elected position vacancy shall be placed on the ballot to complete the term. The motion was seconded by Select Board Chair Mark Mathews. The motion carried unanimously. Roll Call Vote: Mark Mathews - Aye Tony Beattie - Aye Chuck Walkovich - Aye Al Patenaude- Aye David Ganong - Aye Following the vote, it was noted that an announcement of the appointment and the remaining associate member vacancy could be made at the Select Board's next regular meeting..” (second: Mathews)
Jul 30Adopt the Town of Pepperell's Recognition of Events Policy…Motion: Select Board Member Walkovich moved to adopt the Town of Pepperell's…Passed 2–1 · No: Beattie
July 30, 2026: Adopt the Town of Pepperell's Recognition of Events Policy as submitted and amended
Select Board Member Walkovich moved to adopt the Town of Pepperell's Recognition of Events Policy as submitted and amended. Select Board Member Beattie seconded the motion. The motion carried 2-1, with Select Board Member Beattie voting in the negative.
Yes: Mathews, WalkovichNo: Beattie
From the minutes
“Select Board Member Walkovich moved to adopt the Town of Pepperell's Recognition of Events Policy as submitted and amended. Select Board Member Beattie seconded the motion. The motion carried 2-1, with Select Board Member Beattie voting in the negative..” (Motion: Walkovich, second: Beattie)
From the Pepperell Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center (Select Board). We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Tony Beattie from his campaign website (Anthony Beattie for Pepperell Selectman); Mark Mathews from the Nashoba Valley Voice / Lowell Sun (April 30, 2021). No photo found for Chuck Walkovich.
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