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Plymouth Select Board

How the Plymouth Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide. David Golden Jr. joined the board in May 2024; Harry Helm left the board. Covers 45 meetings, May 21 to May 6, 2025.

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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 budget
Election Day · Tuesday, Nov 3

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From the agendas Plymouth posts on its official site. Agendas can change; the posted agenda is the official one.

What Town Meeting decided

In Plymouth, 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. Town Meeting members are elected by precinct; counts are from the town’s electronic voting.

Special Town Meeting · April 11, 2026 7 votes: 6 passed, 1 failed

Source: Motions as Voted, April 11, 2026 Spring Town Meeting (Town of Plymouth).

Annual Town Meeting · April 11, 2026 52 votes: 47 passed, 2 failed, 1 withdrawn, 2 no action

Source: Motions as Voted, April 11, 2026 Spring Town Meeting (Town of Plymouth).

Annual Town Meeting · October 18, 2025 37 votes: 27 passed, 2 passed as amended, 3 withdrawn, 5 no action

Sessions: October 18, 2025 (Fall Annual Town Meeting)

Source: Motions as Voted, October 18, 2025 Fall Town Meeting (Town of Plymouth).

Special Town Meeting · April 5, 2025 14 votes: 13 passed, 1 failed

Source: Motions as Voted, April 5, 2025 Spring Town Meeting (Town of Plymouth).

Annual Town Meeting · April 5, 2025 37 votes: 29 passed, 3 passed as amended, 3 failed, 1 withdrawn, 1 no action

Source: Motions as Voted, April 5, 2025 Spring Town Meeting (Town of Plymouth).

Annual Town Meeting · October 19, 2024 36 votes: 19 passed, 4 passed as amended, 4 failed, 4 withdrawn, 5 no action

Sessions: October 19, 2024 (Fall Annual Town Meeting)

Source: Motions as Voted, October 19, 2024 Fall Town Meeting (Town of Plymouth).

Special Town Meeting · April 6, 2024 17 votes: 15 passed, 2 no action

Source: Motions as Voted, April 6 & 8, 2024 Spring Town Meeting (Town of Plymouth).

Annual Town Meeting · April 6, 2024 47 votes: 43 passed, 1 failed, 1 withdrawn, 2 no action

Sessions: April 6 and 8, 2024

Source: Motions as Voted, April 6 & 8, 2024 Spring Town Meeting (Town of Plymouth).

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

Charlie BletzerMember · Elected townwide · at 45 of 45 meetingsDavid Golden Jr.Member · Elected townwide · at 44 of 45 meetingsJohn T. Mahoney Jr.Member · Elected townwide · at 42 of 45 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: Select Board minutes from January 2021 through September 1, 2026, as posted on the town’s Agenda Center. Not here yet: earlier years, and meetings the town lists without posted minutes (several each year, and meetings after September 1, 2026). Three 2021–2022 minutes are scanned documents, which we read with text recognition. Most votes are recorded by roll call with each member’s name. In 2021 and 2022 many votes show only a count such as “Voted 5/0”; when the count equals the members present we show each member as voting yes, and when it does not (for example 4/0 with five members listed as present), we show the count only. Some appointments were made by each member naming a choice or by ballot; those show the result only, with a note quoting who chose whom as the minutes record it. Where the names in the minutes do not match the recorded count, name a member the minutes list as absent or as having left, or list a member twice, we show the count only and add a note. Votes by other boards at joint meetings (Planning Board, School Committee, Housing Authority) and votes taken as Water Commissioners are not included. We will ask the town to confirm any noted vote.

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 · Regular meeting6 recorded votes, 2 with disagreementAll 5 members presentTuesday, April 29, 2025 · Regular meeting8 recorded votes, 1 with disagreementAll 5 members presentTuesday, April 15, 2025 · Regular meeting7 recorded votes, 1 with disagreementAll 5 members presentFriday, April 11, 2025 · Regular meeting3 recorded votes, 0 with disagreementAll 5 members presentTuesday, April 8, 2025 · Regular meeting4 recorded votes, 0 with disagreementAll 5 members present

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 all Licenses, listed below, as a groupMotion: to approve all Licenses, listed below, as a groupPassed · see note

May 6, 2025: Approve all Licenses, listed below, as a group

ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes

To approve all Licenses, listed below, as a group

The minutes say the Board voted to do this but do not record a count or how each member voted.

From the minutes

“On a motion by Vice Chair Canty, seconded by Selectman Bletzer, the Board voted to approve all Licenses, listed below, as a group..” (Motion: Canty, second: Bletzer)

Read it in the official minutes, page 1 (PDF)

May 6Accept the Gift of Land: 5 Acres Between Tupper…Motion: to accept the Gift of Land: 5 Acres Between Tupper Hill…Passed 5–0 · see note

May 6, 2025: Accept the Gift of Land: 5 Acres Between Tupper Hill & Route 3 South from Matt Sheridan of Sheridan Home Builders

ApprovePassed · 5–0

To accept the Gift of Land: 5 Acres Between Tupper Hill & Route 3 South from Matt Sheridan of Sheridan Home Builders

The names in the minutes do not match the recorded count (5-0), so individual votes are not shown.

From the minutes

“On a motion by Vice Chair Canty, seconded by Selectman Mahoney, the Board voted to accept the Gift of Land: 5 Acres Between Tupper Hill & Route 3 South from Matt Sheridan of Sheridan Home Builders. Roll Call 5/0: Quintal-Yes, Canty-Yes, Bletzer-Abstain, Golden-Yes, Mahoney-Yes.” (Motion: Canty, second: Mahoney)

Read it in the official minutes, page 2 (PDF)

Apr 29Restructure the Senior Task Force Committee as recommended by…Motion: to restructure the Senior Task Force Committee as recommended by Commissioner…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Canty

April 29, 2025: Restructure the Senior Task Force Committee as recommended by Commissioner Bratti

ApprovePassed · 4–0

To restructure the Senior Task Force Committee as recommended by Commissioner Bratti

Yes: Bletzer, Golden, Mahoney, QuintalAbstained: CantyThe roll call also says: "(brief absence)".

From the minutes

“Selectman Golden made a motion to restructure the Senior Task Force Committee as recommended by Commissioner Bratti. Selectman Golden seconded the motion. Roll Call 4/0: Quintal-Yes, Canty-Abstain (brief absence), Bletzer-Yes, Golden-Yes, Mahoney-Yes.” (Motion: Golden, second: Golden)

Read it in the official minutes, page 5 (PDF)

Apr 15Approve the International City of Peace Proclamation as presentedMotion: to approve the International City of Peace Proclamation as presentedPassed 4–1 · No: Golden

April 15, 2025: Approve the International City of Peace Proclamation as presented

ApprovePassed · 4–1

To approve the International City of Peace Proclamation as presented

Yes: Bletzer, Canty, Mahoney, QuintalNo: Golden

From the minutes

“Vice Chair Canty made a motion to approve the International City of Peace Proclamation as presented. Selectman Bletzer seconded the motion. Roll Call 4/1: Quintal-Yes, Canty-Yes, Bletzer-Yes, Golden-No, Mahoney-Yes.” (Motion: Canty, second: Bletzer)

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Apr 1That the Select Board reconsider their recommendation of STM…Motion: that the Select Board reconsider their recommendation of STM Article 12…Passed 4–1 · No: Quintal

April 1, 2025: That the Select Board reconsider their recommendation of STM Article 12 to Town Meeting and request no motion no action

ApprovePassed · 4–1

That the Select Board reconsider their recommendation of STM Article 12 to Town Meeting and request no motion no action

Yes: Bletzer, Canty, Golden, MahoneyNo: Quintal

From the minutes

“Selectman Mahoney made a motion that the Select Board reconsider their recommendation of STM Article 12 to Town Meeting and request no motion no action. Vice Chair Canty seconded this motion. Vice Chair Canty made note that he voted against this article the first time and that the Board has received hundreds of emails in response to their vote since. Vice Chair Canty added that a Town Meeting Member could still move the Article on the Town Meeting floor since the Warrant has already been signed. Selectman Mahoney recommended the Town invest in an analysis of how this law would be enforced. Selectman Bletzer agreed to take no action and will state his recommendations within the next Agenda item. Selectman Golden stated that Town Meeting is not the appropriate venue for questions of Constitutional Rights and encouraged Town Meeting members to take a pause and let the Courts deal with this issue. Chair Quintal opened for public comment on the matter: - Pat McCarthy, Town Meeting Member and member of the League of Women Voters, thanked the Board for reconsidering their previous vote on STM Article 12. Ms. McCarthy stated that Massachusetts is a leader in gun safety and has some of the strongest laws in the country with this recent bill strengthening the laws to keep citizens safe. Chair Quintal stated that he sees this as an issue of the Second Amendment and has deferred to what the Police Chief recommends. Chair Quintal that he believes there is a large misunderstanding of this article, stating that it's not "to arm Town Hall". Roll Call 4/1: Quintal-No, Canty-Yes, Bletzer-Yes, Golden-Yes, Mahoney-Yes.” (Motion: Mahoney, second: Canty)

Read it in the official minutes, page 5 (PDF)

Apr 1Add a non-binding ballot question to the May 17,…Motion: to add a non-binding ballot question to the May 17, 2025,…Passed 3–2 · No: Canty, Mahoney

April 1, 2025: Add a non-binding ballot question to the May 17, 2025, local election pertaining to STM Article 12

ApprovePassed · 3–2

To add a non-binding ballot question to the May 17, 2025, local election pertaining to STM Article 12

Yes: Bletzer, Golden, QuintalNo: Canty, Mahoney

From the minutes

“Selectman Bletzer made a motion to add a non-binding ballot question to the May 17, 2025, local election pertaining to STM Article 12. Chair Quintal opened the floor for Public Comment on the matter: - Matt Tavares, Chair of the Committee of Precinct Chairs (COPC), took the floor. Mr. Tavares stated that he understands the intention of this proposal but that it is creating more confusion. Mr. Tavares supports allowing Town Meeting to do its intended work and let the process play out. - Mark Pulsinelli, Precinct 1 Town Meeting Member, agreed that making this decision would be too close to Town Meeting. Mr. Pulsinelli added that there are 162 Town Meeting Members who are elected to represent their constituents. - Pat McCarthy stated that she does not see it feasible for the Town Clerk and Town Manager to put together the wording for a ballot question this late and added that they have the duty to move forward at Town Meeting with what they have in front of them. Mr. Brindisi confirmed that the Town Clerk and Town Counsel have met to begin looking at this question and we are prepared to bring the language back on April 8 to define what a "yes" vote means and what a "no" vote means per the Town Charter. - Maura Kelly, Plymouth resident, took the floor to address Chair Quintal's statement that STM Article 12 / "the law" is confusing. Ms. Kelly reviewed her understanding of the law that was approved in October and Chair Quintal confirmed that the Legislature gave Town Meeting the right to opt out of the section referring to public buildings. Ms. Kelly stated that she was here when the Chief of Police spoke and that she respects the Chief's assertion that Plymouth Town Hall might be a "soft target" if guns are no longer allowed, however, she emphasized the right of residents and employees to be safe at work, suggesting there must be another option ensure public safety. - Charlie Vautrain, Vice Chair of Precinct 4, stated that the second amendment was created to defend ourselves from the militia after the Revolutionary War - back when a musket could shoot 3 bullets in one minute. Mr. Vautrain stated that in England you can have a gun or a shotgun but not hand weapons or submachine guns. Mr. Vautrain stated that for these reasons he supports the State's initiative, and his constituents are showing the same support. - Betty Cavacco, Precinct 6, stated that she's already moved the Town Meeting motion for STM Article 12. Ms. Cavacco stated that she believes in second amendment rights and stated that she will always defer to the Police Chief for guidance. Selectman Golden asked Ms. Cavacco if she would continue with her motion at Town Meeting if the non-binding question were to be approved tonight. Ms. Cavacco responded that she would want to first speak with the Chief of Police and the Town Moderator, because her biggest issue with this is that we are not listening to the Police Chief's recommendations. Vice Chair Canty stated that since the Board would need.” (Motion: Bletzer, second: Golden)

Read it in the official minutes, page 6 (PDF)

Mar 4Approve the New Annual All Alcohol Restaurant License for…Motion: to approve the New Annual All Alcohol Restaurant License for Dillon's…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Quintal

March 4, 2025: Approve the New Annual All Alcohol Restaurant License for Dillon's Kingston Inc. d/b/a Local Provisions

ApprovePassed · 4–0

To approve the New Annual All Alcohol Restaurant License for Dillon's Kingston Inc. d/b/a Local Provisions

Yes: Bletzer, Canty, Golden, MahoneyAbstained: Quintal

From the minutes

“On a motion by Selectman Bletzer, seconded by Vice Chair Canty, the Board voted to approve the New Annual All Alcohol Restaurant License for Dillon's Kingston Inc. d/b/a Local Provisions. Roll Call 4/0: Quintal-Abstain, Canty-Yes, Bletzer-Yes, Golden-Yes, Mahoney-Yes.” (Motion: Bletzer, second: Canty)

Read it in the official minutes, page 2 (PDF)

Mar 4Approve Outdoor Dining for the proposed season, May 19…Motion: to approve Outdoor Dining for the proposed season, May 19 to…Failed 2–2 · No: Golden, Mahoney · Abstained: Quintal

March 4, 2025: Approve Outdoor Dining for the proposed season, May 19 to October 13, 2025, at a rate of $1,400 for a prior participant to renew and $4,200 for a new applicant…

ApproveFailed · 2–2

To approve Outdoor Dining for the proposed season, May 19 to October 13, 2025, at a rate of $1,400 for a prior participant to renew and $4,200 for a new applicant to apply for and enter the program. This would be a $1,000 reduction for a preexisting participant, and no reduction for a new participant

Yes: Bletzer, CantyNo: Golden, MahoneyAbstained: Quintal

From the minutes

“Vice Chair Canty made a motion to approve Outdoor Dining for the proposed season, May 19 to October 13, 2025, at a rate of $1,400 for a prior participant to renew and $4,200 for a new applicant to apply for and enter the program. This would be a $1,000 reduction for a preexisting participant, and no reduction for a new participant. Selectman Bletzer seconded the motion. Selectman Golden stated that there are restaurants in other parts of Plymouth that don't benefit from this program and that the businesses who are able to benefit from the opportunity should pay. Selectman Golden is a supporter of outdoor dining but cannot support a reduced amount for returning businesses. Roll Call 2/2: Quintal-Abstain, Canty-Yes, Bletzer-Yes Golden-No, Mahoney-No.” (Motion: Canty, second: Bletzer)

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Mar 4Approve Outdoor Dining for the proposed season, May 19…Motion: to approve Outdoor Dining for the proposed season, May 19 to…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Quintal

March 4, 2025: Approve Outdoor Dining for the proposed season, May 19 to October 13, 2025, at the proposed rate of $2,400 for a prior participant to renew and $4,200 for a new…

ApprovePassed · 4–0

To approve Outdoor Dining for the proposed season, May 19 to October 13, 2025, at the proposed rate of $2,400 for a prior participant to renew and $4,200 for a new applicant to apply for and enter the program

Yes: Bletzer, Canty, Golden, MahoneyAbstained: Quintal

From the minutes

“Vice Chair Canty made a motion to approve Outdoor Dining for the proposed season, May 19 to October 13, 2025, at the proposed rate of $2,400 for a prior participant to renew and $4,200 for a new applicant to apply for and enter the program. Roll Call 4/0: Quintal-Abstain, Canty-Yes, Bletzer-Yes, Golden-Yes, Mahoney-Yes.” (Motion: Canty)

Read it in the official minutes, page 5 (PDF)

Mar 4Approve the proposed rate for non-parklet outdoor seating, pursuant…Motion: to approve the proposed rate for non-parklet outdoor seating, pursuant to…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Quintal

March 4, 2025: Approve the proposed rate for non-parklet outdoor seating, pursuant to the regulations of the Inspectional Services Department and any other relevant regulations as needed, at $100 per table

ApprovePassed · 4–0

To approve the proposed rate for non-parklet outdoor seating, pursuant to the regulations of the Inspectional Services Department and any other relevant regulations as needed, at $100 per table

Yes: Bletzer, Canty, Golden, MahoneyAbstained: Quintal

From the minutes

“Vice Chair Canty made a motion to approve the proposed rate for non-parklet outdoor seating, pursuant to the regulations of the Inspectional Services Department and any other relevant regulations as needed, at $100 per table. Selectman Mahoney seconded the motion. Roll Call 4/0: Quintal-Abstain, Canty-Yes, Bletzer-Yes, Golden-Yes, Mahoney-Yes.” (Motion: Canty, second: Mahoney)

Read it in the official minutes, page 5 (PDF)

From the Plymouth Select Board’s official minutes, posted on 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 of current members: Deb Iaquinto and Bill Keohan from the Plymouth Independent (April 2025); David Golden Jr.’s campaign photo, via the Plymouth Independent (May 2024); Kevin Canty’s campaign photo and Richard Quintal Jr. (PACTV interview), via The Plymouth County Observer (2023). Former members show initials.

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