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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. Chuck Walkovich joined the board after the April 25, 2022 town election (first meeting May 4, 2022). On May 4, 2022 the board chose Mark Mathews as Chair “with a vote of 2-1” (the minutes do not say who voted no); Tony Beattie continued as Clerk. Covers 29 meetings, May 4 to April 10, 2023.
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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.
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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 27 of 29 meetingsChuck WalkovichMember · At-large · at 29 of 29 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: 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.
Apr 10Accept the consent agenda as presented in the packetMotion: On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr.…Passed · see note
April 10, 2023: Accept the consent agenda as presented in the packet
On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to accept the consent agenda as presented in the packet.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to accept the consent agenda as presented in the packet..” (Motion: Walkovich, second: Beattie)
Apr 10Recommend petition six as presented in the materials for…Motion: On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr.…Passed 2–1 · No: Beattie
April 10, 2023: Recommend petition six as presented in the materials for the 2023 Annual Town Meeting for approval by the Town Meeting
On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it voted to recommend petition six as presented in the materials for the 2023 Annual Town Meeting for approval by the Town Meeting. Mr. Beattie voted nay.
Yes: Mathews, WalkovichNo: BeattieThe minutes name Tony Beattie (no) and record the motion as passed; with 3 members present, the other members are shown voting yes.
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it voted to recommend petition six as presented in the materials for the 2023 Annual Town Meeting for approval by the Town Meeting. Mr. Beattie voted nay..” (Motion: Walkovich, second: Beattie)
Apr 10Recommend petition twenty-four as presented in the materials for…Motion: On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr.…Failed 1–2 · No: Mathews, Walkovich
April 10, 2023: Recommend petition twenty-four as presented in the materials for the 2023 Annual Town Meeting for approval by the Town Meeting
On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to recommend petition twenty-four as presented in the materials for the 2023 Annual Town Meeting for approval by the Town Meeting. Mr. Beattie voted aye, Mr. Walkovich and Mr. Mathews voted nay.
Yes: BeattieNo: Mathews, Walkovich
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to recommend petition twenty-four as presented in the materials for the 2023 Annual Town Meeting for approval by the Town Meeting. Mr. Beattie voted aye, Mr. Walkovich and Mr. Mathews voted nay..” (Motion: Walkovich, second: Beattie)
Apr 10Recommend petition twenty-six as presented in the materials for…Motion: On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr.…Passed · see note
April 10, 2023: Recommend petition twenty-six as presented in the materials for the 2023 Annual Town Meeting for approval by the Town Meeting
On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to recommend petition twenty-six as presented in the materials for the 2023 Annual Town Meeting for approval by the Town Meeting.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to recommend petition twenty-six as presented in the materials for the 2023 Annual Town Meeting for approval by the Town Meeting..” (Motion: Walkovich, second: Beattie)
Apr 10Recommend the subsection of petition twenty-six subsection North Middlesex…Motion: On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr.…Failed 1–2 · No: Mathews, Walkovich
April 10, 2023: Recommend the subsection of petition twenty-six subsection North Middlesex Regional School District budget of $1,763,480.00 subject to appropriation as presented in the materials for the 2023...
On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to recommend the subsection of petition twenty-six subsection North Middlesex Regional School District budget of $1,763,480.00 subject to appropriation as presented in the materials for the 2023 Annual Town Meeting for approval by the Town Meeting. Mr. Beattie voted aye. Mr. Walkovich and Mr. Mathews voted nay.
Yes: BeattieNo: Mathews, Walkovich
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to recommend the subsection of petition twenty-six subsection North Middlesex Regional School District budget of $1,763,480.00 subject to appropriation as presented in the materials for the 2023 Annual Town Meeting for approval by the Town Meeting. Mr. Beattie voted aye. Mr. Walkovich and Mr. Mathews voted nay..” (Motion: Walkovich, second: Beattie)
Mar 27Accept the consent agenda as presented in the packetMotion: On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr.…Passed · see note
March 27, 2023: Accept the consent agenda as presented in the packet
On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to accept the consent agenda as presented in the packet.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to accept the consent agenda as presented in the packet..” (Motion: Walkovich, second: Beattie)
Mar 13Accept the consent agenda as presented in the packetMotion: On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr.…Passed · see note
March 13, 2023: Accept the consent agenda as presented in the packet
On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to accept the consent agenda as presented in the packet.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to accept the consent agenda as presented in the packet..” (Motion: Walkovich, second: Beattie)
Feb 27Accept the consent agenda as presented in the packetMotion: On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr.…Passed · see note
February 27, 2023: Accept the consent agenda as presented in the packet
On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to accept the consent agenda as presented in the packet.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to accept the consent agenda as presented in the packet..” (Motion: Walkovich, second: Beattie)
Feb 27Accept the December 12, 2022 Select Board minutes as…Motion: On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr.…Passed · see note
February 27, 2023: Accept the December 12, 2022 Select Board minutes as amended
On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to accept the December 12, 2022 Select Board minutes as amended.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to accept the December 12, 2022 Select Board minutes as amended..” (Motion: Walkovich, second: Beattie)
Feb 13Accept the consent agenda as presented in the packetMotion: On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr.…Passed · see note
February 13, 2023: Accept the consent agenda as presented in the packet
On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to accept the consent agenda as presented in the packet.
The minutes record the result but no count or names.
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Mr. Walkovich and seconded by Mr. Beattie, it was voted to accept the consent agenda as presented in the packet..” (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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