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Raynham Select Board
How the Raynham Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 3 Select Board members elected townwide. Matthew Andrade joined the board in spring 2026 (Kenneth Collins left). The board reorganized May 5, 2026, and Joseph Pacheco became Chair. Minutes loaded through July 14, 2026. Covers 7 meetings so far, May 5 to July 14, 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 budgetVote Transparency Score
Raynham Select Board: 8 out of 10 · Mostly open
How easy Raynham makes it to see, online, how each member votes. It scores the town’s records, not any official. Checked October 4, 2026.
- Minutes postedMinutes are missing for some meetings more than three months old.Part points: 1/2
- Each vote namedSplit votes say how each member voted.Full points: 3/3
- Posted quicklyMinutes usually go up within about three weeks.Full points: 2/2
- Past years onlineSelect Board minutes from 2018 to today are online.Full points: 1/1
- Readable textThe minutes are text you can search and copy.Full points: 1/1
- Member photosThe Select Board page shows no member photos.No points: 0/1
How the town can raise its score
- Minutes posted (+1): Post approved minutes for every meeting on the town website. Don’t require a sign-in to view them.
- 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
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What Town Meeting decided
In Raynham, Town Meeting — not the Select Board — votes the town budget, bylaws and zoning. Raynham has not posted official results of its 2024–2026 Town Meetings online, so they are not here yet. We will add them when the Town Clerk’s records are available.
What we checked: No official results found online for any Raynham Town Meeting since January 2024 (Annual May 20, 2024; Special Nov 19, 2024; Special Jan 14, 2025; Annual May 19, 2025; Special Aug 5, 2025; Special Nov 17, 2025; Annual May 18, 2026). The town website posts only warrants, and the newest Annual Town Report online is 2020; ask the Town Clerk for the certified votes.
Members
ChairJoseph PachecoChair · Elected townwide · at 7 of 7 meetings✓ Every meeting 2026Vice-ChairPatricia RileyVice-Chair · Elected townwide · at 7 of 7 meetings
Matthew AndradeClerk · Elected townwide · at 7 of 7 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
18 full-board meetings so far this year, through July 14. Ties share a rank.
1Joseph Pacheco18 of 18 meetings Every meeting100%1Patricia Riley18 of 18 meetings Every meeting100%1Kenneth Collins11 of 11 meetings · served until Apr Every meeting100%1Matthew Andrade7 of 7 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%39 full-board meetings in 2025. Ties share a rank.
1Kenneth Collins39 of 39 meetings Every meeting100%1Joseph Pacheco39 of 39 meetings Every meeting100%1Patricia Riley39 of 39 meetings Every meeting100%41 full-board meetings in 2024. Ties share a rank.
1Kenneth Collins41 of 41 meetings Every meeting100%1Joseph Pacheco41 of 41 meetings Every meeting100%1Patricia Riley41 of 41 meetings Every meeting100%44 full-board meetings in 2023. Ties share a rank.
1Joseph Pacheco44 of 44 meetings Every meeting100%1Patricia Riley44 of 44 meetings Every meeting100%1Kenneth Collins28 of 28 meetings · served from Apr Every meeting100%1Richard Schiavo16 of 16 meetings · served until Apr Every meeting100%44 full-board meetings in 2022. Ties share a rank.
1Joseph Pacheco44 of 44 meetings Every meeting100%1Patricia Riley44 of 44 meetings Every meeting100%1Richard Schiavo44 of 44 meetings Every meeting100%42 full-board meetings in 2021. Ties share a rank.
1Joseph Pacheco42 of 42 meetings Every meeting100%1Patricia Riley42 of 42 meetings Every meeting100%1Richard Schiavo42 of 42 meetings Every meeting100%47 full-board meetings in 2020. Ties share a rank.
1Joseph Pacheco47 of 47 meetings Every meeting100%1Patricia Riley47 of 47 meetings Every meeting100%1Richard Schiavo23 of 23 meetings · served from Jun Every meeting100%4Marie Smith23 of 24 meetings · served until Jun96%47 full-board meetings in 2019. Ties share a rank.
1Patricia Riley47 of 47 meetings Every meeting100%2Marie Smith46 of 47 meetings98%3Joseph Pacheco44 of 47 meetings94%37 full-board meetings in 2018. Ties share a rank.
1Joseph Pacheco37 of 37 meetings Every meeting100%1Patricia Riley25 of 25 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%1Karen Donahue12 of 12 meetings · served until Apr Every meeting100%4Marie Smith33 of 37 meetings89%42 full-board meetings in 2017. Ties share a rank.
1Joseph Pacheco42 of 42 meetings Every meeting100%2Karen Donahue39 of 42 meetings93%3Marie Smith38 of 42 meetings90%44 full-board meetings in 2016. Ties share a rank.
1Joseph Pacheco44 of 44 meetings Every meeting100%2Karen Donahue43 of 44 meetings98%2Marie Smith43 of 44 meetings98%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: Select Board (formerly Board of Selectmen) minutes from January 2016 through July 14, 2026, as posted on the town website. Not here yet: minutes after July 14, 2026. Raynham’s minutes from 2016 to mid-2022 are written as sentences, usually naming all three members (for example, one member moves, another seconds, and the third “made it unanimous”); we show those votes as written. Since mid-2022 each vote gives the mover, the seconder and a count such as “3-0-0”, and often a roll call by name. When the count matches the members present with no one voting no, every member present is shown as voting yes; members named as voting no or abstaining are shown that way. Votes recorded only as “It was so voted” (no count, no names) show the result only, and votes that name only some of the members present show the count only, with a note. Motions the minutes record without any vote (a motion and a second with no result) are not listed. Some minutes were posted twice; each meeting appears 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.
May 5Approve the Non-Union Employment Agreement Extension for Robert Iafrate…Motion: to approve the Non-Union Employment Agreement Extension for Robert Iafrate as…Passed 2–1 · see note
May 5, 2026: Approve the Non-Union Employment Agreement Extension for Robert Iafrate as Building Commissioner/Planning Coordinator
To approve the Non-Union Employment Agreement Extension for Robert Iafrate as Building Commissioner/Planning Coordinator
The roll call in the minutes does not match the count (2-1-0), so individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: Moved by Riley and seconded by Pacheco to approve the Non-Union Employment Agreement Extension for Robert Iafrate as Building Commissioner/Planning Coordinator. Discussion: None. Roll Call Vote: Ms. Riley - Aye; Mr. Pacheco - Aye; Mr. Andrade - Abstain. Vote: 2-1-0.” (Motion: Riley, second: Pacheco)
From the Raynham Select Board’s official minutes, posted on the town website. We check every vote against the members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Joseph Pacheco from his 2024 state Senate campaign photo, published by The New Bedford Light; Matthew Andrade from the Taunton Daily Gazette (April 2026 candidate photos). Other members show initials.
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