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Rehoboth Board of Selectmen
How the Rehoboth Board of Selectmen voted, from the Board of Selectmen’s official minutes. 5 Selectmen elected townwide. On April 2, 2019 the board chose Gerry Schwall as Chair, James Muri as Vice Chair and David Perry as Clerk. Covers 51 meetings, April 2 to June 1, 2020.
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What does the Board of Selectmen 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 Board of Selectmen, votes the town budget and town bylaws.
Sources: Massachusetts Select Board Handbook (MMA) · Mass. Division of Local Services: the town budgetYour Rehoboth ballot: 14 quizzes, about a minute each.
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What Town Meeting decided
In Rehoboth, Town Meeting — not the Board of Selectmen — votes the town budget, bylaws and zoning. Rehoboth 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 for any of Rehoboth's five Town Meetings since January 2024 (June 4, 2024 Annual; September 30, 2024 Special; June 3, 2025 Annual; November 4, 2025 Special; June 2, 2026 Annual): the town website posts only the warrants, has no Town Clerk minutes or certified votes, and its newest Annual Town Report online is 2017.
Members
Frederick “Skip” Vadnais Jr.Member · Elected townwide · at 48 of 51 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: Board of Selectmen minutes from January 2, 2018 through August 31, 2026, as posted on the town website. Not here yet: minutes before 2018, the May 17, 2021 minutes (the posted link opens a page, not the file) and minutes after August 31, 2026. Executive session minutes are not included. The minutes are scanned documents; we read them with text recognition, so some names and titles may read awkwardly; each vote quotes the minutes. Where the scan clearly misreads a 0 in a count (for example “5-6” on a five-member board), the vote says so. Most votes give the mover, the seconder and a count such as “Vote 5-0”, and name any member who abstained, recused or was out of the room; we show those votes as recorded. When the count matches the members present with no one voting no, every member present is shown as voting yes. When the count does not match the members present (for example 4-0 with five present and no one named as not voting), only the count is shown. Votes recorded only as “it was voted” (mostly votes to enter executive session) show the result only. Members who recused are left out of that vote. Votes taken by other boards at joint meetings and motions that failed for lack of a second are not listed. 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 18Direct the Interim Town Administrator to notify all department…Motion: to direct the Interim Town Administrator to notify all department heads…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Costello
May 18, 2020: Direct the Interim Town Administrator to notify all department heads that by order of the Board of Selectmen all departments are frozen, and any request by a department head to…
To direct the Interim Town Administrator to notify all department heads that by order of the Board of Selectmen all departments are frozen, and any request by a department head to expend funds beyond meeting contractual obligations must be approved by the BOS liaison and Interim Town Administrator
Yes: Muri, Perry, Schwall, VadnaisAbstained: Costello
From the minutes
“J. Muri motion to direct the Interim Town Administrator to notify all department heads that by order of the Board of Selectmen all departments are frozen, and any request by a department head to expend funds beyond meeting contractual obligations must be approved by the BOS liaison and Interim Town Administrator. Second by S. Vadnais. Vote 4-0 Costello abstained..” (Motion: Muri, second: Vadnais)
May 11Appoint Michael Costello as the Rehoboth JTPG Representative effective…Motion: to appoint Michael Costello as the Rehoboth JTPG Representative effective May…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Costello
May 11, 2020: Appoint Michael Costello as the Rehoboth JTPG Representative effective May 23, 2020 to May 23, 2021
To appoint Michael Costello as the Rehoboth JTPG Representative effective May 23, 2020 to May 23, 2021
Yes: Muri, Perry, Schwall, VadnaisAbstained: Costello
From the minutes
“D. Perry motion to appoint Michael Costello as the Rehoboth JTPG Representative effective May 23, 2020 to May 23, 2021. Second by J. Muri. Vote 4-0 Costello abstained..” (Motion: Perry, second: Muri)
May 11Appoint James Muri as the JTPG Alternate Representative effective…Motion: to appoint James Muri as the JTPG Alternate Representative effective May…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Muri
May 11, 2020: Appoint James Muri as the JTPG Alternate Representative effective May 23, 2020 to May 23, 2021
To appoint James Muri as the JTPG Alternate Representative effective May 23, 2020 to May 23, 2021
Yes: Costello, Perry, Schwall, VadnaisAbstained: Muri
From the minutes
“D. Perry motion to appoint James Muri as the JTPG Alternate Representative effective May 23, 2020 to May 23, 2021. Second by M. Costello. Vote 4-0 Muri abstained..” (Motion: Perry, second: Costello)
May 4Approve the Regular Meeting Minute with for December 9,…Motion: to approve the Regular Meeting Minute with for December 9, 2019Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Muri
May 4, 2020: Approve the Regular Meeting Minute with for December 9, 2019
To approve the Regular Meeting Minute with for December 9, 2019
Yes: Costello, Perry, Schwall, VadnaisAbstained: Muri
From the minutes
“D. Perry motion to approve the Regular Meeting Minute with for December 9, 2019. Second S. Vadnais. Vote 4-0 Muri abstained..” (Motion: Perry, second: Vadnais)
Feb 24Approve the regular meeting minute with edits for May…Motion: to approve the regular meeting minute with edits for May 6,…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Costello
February 24, 2020: Approve the regular meeting minute with edits for May 6, 2019
To approve the regular meeting minute with edits for May 6, 2019
Yes: Muri, Perry, Schwall, VadnaisAbstained: Costello
From the minutes
“J. Muri motion to approve the regular meeting minute with edits for May 6, 2019. Second D. Perry. Vote 4-0 Costello abstained..” (Motion: Muri, second: Perry)
Feb 24Appoint Dawn Crooks to the Town Events Committee, effective…Motion: to appoint Dawn Crooks to the Town Events Committee, effective 2/24/2020…Passed 5–0 · see note
February 24, 2020: Appoint Dawn Crooks to the Town Events Committee, effective 2/24/2020 — 6/30/2020
To appoint Dawn Crooks to the Town Events Committee, effective 2/24/2020 — 6/30/2020
The names in the minutes do not match the count (5-0), so individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“D. Perry motioned to appoint Dawn Crooks to the Town Events Committee, effective 2/24/2020 — 6/30/2020. Second J. Muri. Vote 5-0 Schwall recused himself..” (Motion: Perry, second: Muri)
Feb 24Appoint Laura L. Schwall as the Interim Municipal Hearing…Motion: to appoint Laura L. Schwall as the Interim Municipal Hearing Officer,…Passed 4–0 · see note
February 24, 2020: Appoint Laura L. Schwall as the Interim Municipal Hearing Officer, effective 2/24/2020 — 6/30/2020
To appoint Laura L. Schwall as the Interim Municipal Hearing Officer, effective 2/24/2020 — 6/30/2020
The minutes give the count (4-0) but not how each member voted.
From the minutes
“D. Perry motioned to appoint Laura L. Schwall as the Interim Municipal Hearing Officer, effective 2/24/2020 — 6/30/2020. Second S, Vadnais. Vote 4-0.” (Motion: Perry, second: Vadnais)
Feb 18Extend the 2019 license with the caveat that he…Motion: to extend the 2019 license with the caveat that he not…Passed · see note
February 18, 2020: Extend the 2019 license with the caveat that he not actively engage in the sale of vehicles until the matter was resolved
To extend the 2019 license with the caveat that he not actively engage in the sale of vehicles until the matter was resolved
The minutes record this vote with no count and no names, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“Salema has paid the 2020 renewal fee for his license; however, since he has no physical location to operate the business the Board voted to extend the 2019 license with the caveat that he not actively engage in the sale of vehicles until the matter was resolved..”
Feb 3Sign the Highway Union ContractMotion: to sign the Highway Union ContractPassed 4–0 · Abstained: Costello
February 3, 2020: Sign the Highway Union Contract
To sign the Highway Union Contract
Yes: Muri, Perry, Schwall, VadnaisAbstained: Costello
From the minutes
“D. Perry motioned to sign the Highway Union Contract. Second by S. Vadnais. Vote 4-0 Costello abstained..” (Motion: Perry, second: Vadnais)
Jan 6Approve and sign the letter to the Department of…Motion: to approve and sign the letter to the Department of Revenue,…Passed 4–0 · see note
January 6, 2020: Approve and sign the letter to the Department of Revenue, second by J, Muri
To approve and sign the letter to the Department of Revenue, second by J, Muri
The minutes give the count (4-0) but not how each member voted.
From the minutes
“S. Vadnais motion to approve and sign the letter to the Department of Revenue, second by J, Muri. Vote 4-0.” (Motion: Vadnais)
From the Rehoboth Board of Selectmen’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. Member photos: cropped from the Town of Rehoboth’s captioned Board of Selectmen photo (rehobothma.gov). The original is small, so the photos look soft. Skip Vadnais: NBC 10 WJAR (December 2024).
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