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Rochester Select Board
How the Rochester Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 3 Select Board members elected townwide. Adam C. Murphy joined the board after the May 2023 town election, replacing Greenwood Hartley III. On June 5, 2023 the board chose Paul Ciaburri as Chair, Bradford N. Morse as Vice Chair and Adam C. Murphy as Clerk. Covers 33 meetings, June 5 to May 20, 2024.
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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 budgetYour Rochester ballot: 14 quizzes, about a minute each.
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What Town Meeting decided
In Rochester, Town Meeting — not the Select Board — votes the town budget, bylaws and zoning. Rochester 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: Rochester has not posted official results for any Town Meeting since January 2024: its new website has only a draft warrant for the May 13, 2024 Annual Town Meeting and bylaw texts for 2024 meetings, its newest Annual Town Report online is for 2023, and its old website (townofrochesterma.gov), which had the Clerk's May 13, 2024 Annual Town Meeting minutes, is offline.
Members
"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: every Select Board (Board of Selectmen) meeting with minutes on the town website from January 2020 through September 8, 2026 (from the town's Document Center and Agenda Center). Not here: minutes before 2020, executive-session minutes, a few meetings whose minutes are not online (for example February 24, 2026, where the town posted the 2025 minutes by mistake), and minutes the town has not posted yet. Rochester's minutes are scanned paper copies, which we read by computer text recognition and checked by hand where the scan was unclear. They usually say "All members of the Board are in favor" or give a count ("Motion carries, 3-0"); in 2020 and at some later meetings they also give a roll call by name. When the minutes say all members were in favor, or give a count equal to the members present with no one opposed, we show every member present as voting yes. When a roll call names each member, or a split count names who voted no or abstained and the numbers add up, we show each member's vote. When a split count does not say who voted which way, or the count, the roll call and the members listed as present do not match, we show the count only and add a note. A member who makes or seconds motions but is not listed as present is not counted as present. Votes by other boards at joint meetings (Finance Committee, School Committee, Board of Assessors) are not included; where the board voted together with another board, only the Select Board members' votes are shown. 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.
Apr 22Approve the commercial building, electrical, and plumbing/gas fees as…Motion: to approve the commercial building, electrical, and plumbing/gas fees as presented.Passed · see note
April 22, 2024: Approve the commercial building, electrical, and plumbing/gas fees as presented
To approve the commercial building, electrical, and plumbing/gas fees as presented.
The minutes say the vote was unanimous but do not list who was present. The minutes name Bradford N. Morse as the mover, but do not list this member as present at this point.
From the minutes
“Motion: A motion is made by Select Board Member Morse to approve the commercial building, electrical, and plumbing/gas fees as presented. The motion is seconded by Select Board Member . Murphy. All members of the Board are in favor, the motion passes with a unanimous vote..”
Apr 22Rescind the Select Board vote from April 4, 2024,…Motion: to rescind the Select Board vote from April 4, 2024, relative…Passed 3–0 · see note
April 22, 2024: Rescind the Select Board vote from April 4, 2024, relative to early voting for the annual town election
To rescind the Select Board vote from April 4, 2024, relative to early voting for the annual town election.
The roll call lists Paul Ciaburri, Bradford N. Morse and Adam C. Murphy, who is not listed as present, so we show the count only. The minutes name Bradford N. Morse as the mover, but do not list this member as present at this point. The minutes name Adam C. Murphy as the seconder, but do not list this member as present at this point.
From the minutes
“Motion: A motion is made by Select Board Member Morse to rescind the Select Board vote from April 4, 2024, relative to early voting for the annual town election. The motion is seconded by Select Board Member Murphy. All members of the Board are in favor, the motion passes with a unanimous vote. Roll Call Vote - Ciaburri- Aye, Morse - Aye, Murphy - Aye 3:0 motion passes..”
Apr 22Recommend article one as presentedMotion: To recommend article one as presented.Passed 3–0 · see note
April 22, 2024: Recommend article one as presented
To recommend article one as presented.
The minutes give a count of 3-0, but 0 members are listed as present, so we show the count only. The minutes name Bradford N. Morse as the mover, but do not list this member as present at this point. The minutes name Adam C. Murphy as the seconder, but do not list this member as present at this point.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend article one as presented (Morse/Murphy) 3:0.”
Apr 22Recommend article two as presentedMotion: To recommend article two as presented.Passed 3–0 · see note
April 22, 2024: Recommend article two as presented
To recommend article two as presented.
The minutes give a count of 3-0, but 0 members are listed as present, so we show the count only. The minutes name Bradford N. Morse as the mover, but do not list this member as present at this point. The minutes name Adam C. Murphy as the seconder, but do not list this member as present at this point.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend article two as presented (Morse/Murphy) 3:0.”
Apr 22Recommend article three as presentedMotion: To recommend article three as presented.Passed 3–0 · see note
April 22, 2024: Recommend article three as presented
To recommend article three as presented.
The minutes give a count of 3-0, but 0 members are listed as present, so we show the count only. The minutes name Bradford N. Morse as the mover, but do not list this member as present at this point. The minutes name Adam C. Murphy as the seconder, but do not list this member as present at this point.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend article three as presented (Morse/Murphy) 3:0.”
Apr 22Recommend article four as presentedMotion: To recommend article four as presented.Passed 3–0 · see note
April 22, 2024: Recommend article four as presented
To recommend article four as presented.
The minutes give a count of 3-0, but 0 members are listed as present, so we show the count only. The minutes name Bradford N. Morse as the mover, but do not list this member as present at this point. The minutes name Adam C. Murphy as the seconder, but do not list this member as present at this point.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend article four as presented (Morse/Murphy) 3:0.”
Apr 22Recommend article five as presentedMotion: To recommend article five as presented.Passed 3–0 · see note
April 22, 2024: Recommend article five as presented
To recommend article five as presented.
The minutes give a count of 3-0, but 0 members are listed as present, so we show the count only. The minutes name Bradford N. Morse as the mover, but do not list this member as present at this point. The minutes name Adam C. Murphy as the seconder, but do not list this member as present at this point.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend article five as presented (Morse/Murphy) 3:0.”
Apr 22Recommend article six as presentedMotion: To recommend article six as presented.Passed 3–0 · see note
April 22, 2024: Recommend article six as presented
To recommend article six as presented.
The minutes give a count of 3-0, but 0 members are listed as present, so we show the count only. The minutes name Bradford N. Morse as the mover, but do not list this member as present at this point. The minutes name Adam C. Murphy as the seconder, but do not list this member as present at this point.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend article six as presented (Morse/Murphy) 3:0.”
Apr 22Recommend article seven as presentedMotion: To recommend article seven as presented.Passed 3–0 · see note
April 22, 2024: Recommend article seven as presented
To recommend article seven as presented.
The minutes give a count of 3-0, but 0 members are listed as present, so we show the count only. The minutes name Bradford N. Morse as the mover, but do not list this member as present at this point. The minutes name Adam C. Murphy as the seconder, but do not list this member as present at this point.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend article seven as presented (Morse/Murphy) 3:0.”
Apr 22Recommend article eight as presentedMotion: To recommend article eight as presented.Passed 3–0 · see note
April 22, 2024: Recommend article eight as presented
To recommend article eight as presented.
The minutes give a count of 3-0, but 0 members are listed as present, so we show the count only. The minutes name Bradford N. Morse as the mover, but do not list this member as present at this point. The minutes name Adam C. Murphy as the seconder, but do not list this member as present at this point.
From the minutes
“Motion: To recommend article eight as presented (Morse/Murphy) 3:0.”
From the Rochester Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Document Center and Agenda Center. We check every vote against the members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials.
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