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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. Joseph Pacheco chaired the board from May 2024. Covers 42 meetings, May 7 to April 29, 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 budgetBoard years
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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 42 of 42 meetingsVice-ChairPatricia RileyVice-Chair · Elected townwide · at 42 of 42 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.
Jan 14Appoint retired Police Captain Richard Pacheco as a Special…Motion: to appoint retired Police Captain Richard Pacheco as a Special Police…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Pacheco
January 14, 2025 (Special meeting): Appoint retired Police Captain Richard Pacheco as a Special Police Officer
To appoint retired Police Captain Richard Pacheco as a Special Police Officer
Yes: Collins, RileyAbstained: Pacheco
From the minutes
“Motion: Moved by Riley and seconded by Collins to appoint retired Police Captain Richard Pacheco as a Special Police Officer. Discussion: Mr. Pacheco stated that he would be abstaining due to his family connection. Roll Call Vote: Ms. Riley - Aye, Mr. Collins - Aye, Mr. Pacheco- Abstain. Vote: 2-0-1.” (Motion: Riley, second: Collins)
Dec 3Approve the Change Order with GPI for Design and…Motion: to approve the Change Order with GPI for Design and Permitting…Passed 2–1 · No: Collins
December 3, 2024: Approve the Change Order with GPI for Design and Permitting of the culvert replacement at Pine Street over Bassett Brook in the amount of $136,300
To approve the Change Order with GPI for Design and Permitting of the culvert replacement at Pine Street over Bassett Brook in the amount of $136,300
Yes: Pacheco, RileyNo: Collins
From the minutes
“Motion: Moved by Riley and seconded by Pacheco to approve the Change Order with GPI for Design and Permitting of the culvert replacement at Pine Street over Bassett Brook in the amount of $136,300. Discussion: None. Vote: 2-1-0 (Mr. Collins voted No.).” (Motion: Riley, second: Pacheco)
Aug 27Approve the recommended short-term solution, contingent upon the developers…Motion: to approve the recommended short-term solution, contingent upon the developers signing…Passed 2–1 · No: Collins
August 27, 2024: Approve the recommended short-term solution, contingent upon the developers signing an agreement that they will pay, in the amount of $30,000, for the repairs and, until the permanent repair is…
To approve the recommended short-term solution, contingent upon the developers signing an agreement that they will pay, in the amount of $30,000, for the repairs and, until the permanent repair is done, they agree to pay for any further needed repairs resulting from any further damages. In addition, they will supply the necessary information of vehicle weights as outlined by GPI in their report
Yes: Pacheco, RileyNo: Collins
From the minutes
“Motion: Moved by Riley and seconded by Pacheco to approve the recommended short-term solution, contingent upon the developers signing an agreement that they will pay, in the amount of $30,000, for the repairs and, until the permanent repair is done, they agree to pay for any further needed repairs resulting from any further damages. In addition, they will supply the … Collins stated, “Those sitting here tonight at the meeting are saying they will follow the rules, but for the past five or six years, they have not, and that has single-handedly accelerated the deterioration of the bridge.” Vote: 2-1-0 (Mr. Collins voted no.).” (Motion: Riley, second: Pacheco)
May 28Approve the request for RAVE to hold the Annual…Motion: to approve the request for RAVE to hold the Annual Community…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Riley
May 28, 2024: Approve the request for RAVE to hold the Annual Community Day Celebration on Sunday, September 15, 2024, with a rain date of Sunday, September 29, 2024
To approve the request for RAVE to hold the Annual Community Day Celebration on Sunday, September 15, 2024, with a rain date of Sunday, September 29, 2024
Yes: Collins, PachecoAbstained: Riley
From the minutes
“Motion: Moved by Collins and seconded by Pacheco to approve the request for RAVE to hold the Annual Community Day Celebration on Sunday, September 15, 2024, with a rain date of Sunday, September 29, 2024. Discussion: Ms. Riley stated that, as a member of the RAVE Board of Directors, she would abstain from voting. Roll Call Vote: Mr. Collins - Aye, Mr. Pacheco - Aye, and Ms. Riley - Abstain. Vote: 2-0-1.” (Motion: Collins, 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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