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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. Patricia Riley joined the board in April 2018 (Karen Donahue left). Marie Smith chaired the board. Covers 41 meetings, May 22 to April 30, 2019.
A monthly email on what it voted on, starting in November.
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
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
Joseph PachecoMember · Elected townwide · at 41 of 41 meetingsPatricia RileyMember · Elected townwide · at 41 of 41 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 (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.
Mar 19Approve – AdjournmentMotion: to approve, MrPassed · see note
March 19, 2019: Approve – Adjournment
To approve, Mr
The minutes record this vote with no count and no names, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“, Ms. Riley motioned and Mr. Pacheco seconded to adjourn for the performance of administrative duties, signing of Bills and Warrants, with no business to be conducted afterwards..” (Motion: Riley, second: Pacheco)
Feb 5Appointments: The Board discussed the appointments of two new…Passed · see note
February 5, 2019: Appointments: The Board discussed the appointments of two new Police Officers
The minutes record this vote with no count and no names, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“Mr. Pacheco seconded..” (Motion: Riley, second: Pacheco)
Feb 5Approve – Correspondence: Correspondence was received from American Mobile…Motion: to approvePassed · see note
February 5, 2019: Approve – Correspondence: Correspondence was received from American Mobile Homes regarding a temporary mobile home for a family at 74 Macy Street, who recently suffered a house
To approve
The minutes record this vote with no count and no names, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“Ms. Riley made a motion to approve and Mr. Pacheco seconded..” (Motion: Riley, second: Pacheco)
Feb 5Set a hearing for next weekMotion: to set a hearing for next weekPassed · see note
February 5, 2019: Set a hearing for next week
To set a hearing for next week
The minutes record this vote with no count and no names, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“Ms. Riley made a motion to set a hearing for next week and Mr. Pacheco seconded..” (Motion: Riley, second: Pacheco)
Feb 5That it be taken under advisementMotion: to that it be taken under advisementPassed · see note
February 5, 2019: That it be taken under advisement
To that it be taken under advisement
The minutes record this vote with no count and no names, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“Ms. Riley made a motion that it be taken under advisement and Mr. Pacheco seconded..” (Motion: Riley, second: Pacheco)
Feb 5Approve – Correspondence: A Tag Day requested was received…Motion: to approvePassed · see note
February 5, 2019: Approve – Correspondence: A Tag Day requested was received from Cheer Factor All Stars for July 19th, 20th and 21st and those dates are available
To approve
The minutes record this vote with no count and no names, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“Ms. Riley made a motion to approve and Mr. Pacheco seconded..” (Motion: Riley, second: Pacheco)
Feb 5AdjournmentPassed · see note
February 5, 2019: Adjournment
The minutes record this vote with no count and no names, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“, Ms. Riley motioned, and Mr. Pacheco seconded to adjourn for the performance of administrative duties, signing of Bills and Warrants with no business to be conducted afterwards..” (Motion: Riley, second: Pacheco)
Jan 15Mrs. Smith and “What is the cat adoption program…Passed · see note
January 15, 2019: Mrs. Smith and “What is the cat adoption program going to prohibit?”
The minutes record this vote with no count and no names, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“An article would have to be drafted and approved in the affirmative by Town Meeting Then our Representative and Senator would have to agree to file that legislation..”
Dec 11Acceptance of the MinutesPassed 2–0 · see note
December 11, 2018: Acceptance of the Minutes
The minutes name only some of the members present for this vote, so individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Mr. Pacheco and Ms. Riley voted in the affirmative for approval..”
Dec 11Citizen & Community Input (Continued)Passed 2–0 · see note
December 11, 2018: Citizen & Community Input (Continued)
The minutes name only some of the members present for this vote, so individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Mr. Pacheco and Ms. Riley voted in the affirmative..”
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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