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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. Bradford N. Morse was re-elected in 2025. On June 2, 2025 the board chose Adam C. Murphy as Chair, Paul Ciaburri as Vice Chair and Bradford N. Morse as Clerk. Covers 27 meetings, June 2 to May 4, 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 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 16Approve the article as presented and recommendMotion: to approve the article as presented and recommend.Passed 2–0 · see note
April 16, 2026 (Joint meeting): Approve the article as presented and recommend
To approve the article as presented and recommend.
Yes: Ciaburri, MorseAdam C. Murphy stepped aside (recused) on this item and is not counted in this vote.
From the minutes
“Motion: A motion is made by Select Board Member Morse to approve the article as presented and recommend. The motion is seconded by Select Board Member Ciaburri. Select Board Chair Adam Murphy recuses himself of this vote. Motion carries, 2-0.” (Motion: Morse, second: Ciaburri)
Mar 2Table the vote seeing as this is an elected…Motion: to table the vote seeing as this is an elected seat…Passed 1–1 · No: Morse · Abstained: Murphy
March 2, 2026: Table the vote seeing as this is an elected seat and Town elections will be coming up in May
To table the vote seeing as this is an elected seat and Town elections will be coming up in May.
Yes: CiaburriNo: MorseAbstained: MurphyJoint roll-call vote with members of another board (counting everyone, 4-2). Only the Select Board members' votes are shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: A motion is made by Select Board Member Ciaburti to table the vote seeing as this is an elected seat and Town elections will be coming up in May. The motion is seconded by RMS School Committee Chair Kate Duggan. Roll Call Vote: Ciaburri- Aye, Duggan - Aye, Rounseville - Aye, Trombly - No, Morse - No, Murphy - Abstain, Jiminez - Aye. The motion carries, 4-2.” (Motion: Ciaburri)
Mar 2Vote to fill the vacant seat on the RMS…Motion: to vote to fill the vacant seat on the RMS School…Passed 1–1 · No: Ciaburri · Abstained: Murphy
March 2, 2026: Vote to fill the vacant seat on the RMS School Committee for the remainder of the term
To vote to fill the vacant seat on the RMS School Committee for the remainder of the term.
Yes: MorseNo: CiaburriAbstained: MurphyJoint roll-call vote with members of another board (counting everyone, 5-1). Only the Select Board members' votes are shown. The motion was made by Kate Duggan, who was not a Select Board member.
From the minutes
“Motion: A motion is made by Kate Duggan to vote to fill the vacant seat on the RMS School Committee for the remainder of the term. The motion is seconded by Robin Rounseville. Roll Call Vote: Duggan - Aye, Rounseville - Aye, Trombly - Aye, Jiminez - Aye, Ciaburri - No, Morse - Aye, Murphy - Abstain. The motion carries 5-1.”
Mar 2Vote in Barbara Lee into the RMS School Committee…Motion: to vote in Barbara Lee into the RMS School Committee vacancy…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
March 2, 2026: Vote in Barbara Lee into the RMS School Committee vacancy for the remainder of the term
To vote in Barbara Lee into the RMS School Committee vacancy for the remainder of the term.
Joint roll-call vote with members of another board (counting everyone, 5-2). Only the Select Board members' votes are shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: A motion is made by Brad Morse to vote in Barbara Lee into the RMS School Committee vacancy for the remainder of the term. The motion is seconded by Paul Ciaburri. Roll Call Vote: Morse - Aye, Jemenez - No, Trombly - Aye, Rounseville - No, Duggan - Aye, Ciaburri - Aye, Murphy - Aye. The motion carries, 5-2.” (Motion: Morse, second: Ciaburri)
Dec 15Approve the renewal of Murphy's Auto Salvage Class II…Motion: to approve the renewal of Murphy's Auto Salvage Class II license.Passed 2–0 · see note
December 15, 2025: Approve the renewal of Murphy's Auto Salvage Class II license
To approve the renewal of Murphy's Auto Salvage Class II license.
Yes: Ciaburri, MorseAdam C. Murphy stepped aside (recused) on this item and is not counted in this vote.
From the minutes
“Motion: A motion is made by Select Board Member Morse to approve the renewal of Murphy's Auto Salvage Class II license. The motion is seconded by Select Board Member Ciaburri. The motion passes, 2-0.” (Motion: Morse, second: Ciaburri)
Jun 2Appoint Meredith Rousseau to the Personnel Board for a…Motion: to appoint Meredith Rousseau to the Personnel Board for a term…Passed 2–0 · see note
June 2, 2025: Appoint Meredith Rousseau to the Personnel Board for a term to expire on April 30, 2028
To appoint Meredith Rousseau to the Personnel Board for a term to expire on April 30, 2028.
Yes: Morse, MurphyPaul Ciaburri stepped aside (recused) on this item and is not counted in this vote.
From the minutes
“Motion: A motion is made by Select Board Member Murphy to appoint Meredith Rousseau to the Personnel Board for a term to expire on April 30, 2028. The motion is seconded by Select Board Member Morse. The motion carries, 2-0.” (Motion: Murphy, second: Morse)
Jun 2Accept the donation of a 2025 Proline cargo trailer…Motion: to accept the donation of a 2025 Proline cargo trailer to…Passed 2–0 · see note
June 2, 2025: Accept the donation of a 2025 Proline cargo trailer to the Rochester Fire Department
To accept the donation of a 2025 Proline cargo trailer to the Rochester Fire Department.
Yes: Morse, MurphyPaul Ciaburri stepped aside (recused) on this item and is not counted in this vote.
From the minutes
“Motion: A motion is made by Select Board Member Murphy to accept the donation of a 2025 Proline cargo trailer to the Rochester Fire Department. The motion is seconded by Select Board Member Morse. Motion carries, 2-0.” (Motion: Murphy, second: Morse)
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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