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Scituate Select Board
How the Scituate Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide. Same five members; Susan Harrison and Andrew Goodrich were re-elected at the June 6, 2026 town election. On June 23, 2026 the board chose Susan Harrison as Chair, Jamie Gilmore as Vice Chair and Freya Schlegel as Clerk (each 5-0). Minutes are loaded through the September 10, 2026 retreat. Covers 7 meetings so far, June 23 to September 10, 2026.
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 budgetYour Scituate ballot: 13 quizzes, about a minute each.
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Scituate Select Board: 7 out of 10 · Mostly open
How easy Scituate makes it to see, online, how each member votes. It scores the town’s records, not any official. Checked October 3, 2026.
- Minutes postedMinutes are posted for nearly every meeting more than three months old.Full points: 2/2
- Each vote namedThe minutes usually name the members who voted no, but not always.Part points: 2/3
- Posted quicklyMinutes usually go up within about a month.Full points: 2/2
- Past years onlineSelect Board minutes online start in January 2025, under five years.No points: 0/1
- Readable textThe minutes are text you can search and copy.Full points: 1/1
- Member photosThe Select Board page shows no member photos.No points: 0/1
How the town can raise its score
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- Tue, Oct 13Select Board Agenda 20261013 →
From the agendas Scituate posts on its official site. Agendas can change; the posted agenda is the official one.
What Town Meeting decided
In Scituate, Town Meeting — not the Select Board — votes the town budget, bylaws and zoning. Here is what it did with each article, in the Town Clerk’s own words. Any registered voter can take part, and most votes are by voice or show of hands, so there is no list of who voted which way.
Special Town Meeting · April 13, 2026 6 votes: 5 passed, 1 indefinitely postponed
- Art. 1 Pay prior-year bills: $1,407.10 from free cash Passed “Vote on Articles 1, 2, 3, & 4 — Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 2 FY2026 budget reconciliations: $1,777,368 Passed “Vote on Articles 1, 2, 3, & 4 — Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 3 Rescind unused borrowing authorizations Passed “Vote on Articles 1, 2, 3, & 4 — Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 4 Affordable Housing Trust small grant (non-deed-restricted) program: $25,000 from free cash Passed “Vote on Articles 1, 2, 3, & 4 — Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 5 Let the Select Board take land on Sunset Road for open space by gift, purchase or eminent domain Indefinitely postponed “Vote on Article 5 - Declared Majority in Favor to Indefinitely Postpone”
- Art. 6 North Scituate sewer expansion: $27,000,000 by borrowing, to be repaid through betterments and privilege fees Passed “Article 6-Declared 2/3 in Favor”
Source: Town Clerk's minutes of the April 13, 2026 Annual & Special Town Meeting.
Annual Town Meeting · April 13, 2026 45 votes: 38 passed, 1 passed as amended, 2 failed, 2 indefinitely postponed, 2 tabled
Sessions: April 13 and 14, 2026
- Art. 1 Set salaries of elected town officials, totaling $102,918 Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 2 Hear reports of town boards and committees Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 3 Capital Improvement Plan: $16,656,263, incl. $9,527,295 borrowing (items not held separately) Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- 3.J Capital item J: replace 1986 Fire Department pickup truck, $85,000 from free cash Passed “Item J-VOTE-Declared 2/3rds in Favor”
- 3.P Capital item P: police and fire mobile data terminals, $140,000 from free cash Passed “Item P-VOTE- Declared 2/3rds in Favor”
- 3.T Capital item T: police firearms training range, $2,488,088 by borrowing Failed “VOTE on Main Motion-Motion Failed 2/3rds by a card count; · YES-108 NO-72”
- 3.Z Capital item Z: portable ADA 3-station restroom, $110,800 Passed “Item Z-VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- 3.EE Capital item EE: sewer headworks upgrade design and construction, $5,985,750 by borrowing Passed “Item EE-VOTE- Declared 2/3rds in Favor”
- Art. 4 FY2027 operating budget: raise $107,444,745 plus transfers, $109,751,743 in total Passed “Declared Unanimous in Favor except for Budget Item 720 - Debt & Interest which was held for”
- Art. 5 FY2027 Waterways Enterprise budget of $1,036,276 Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 6 FY2027 Widows Walk Golf Course Enterprise budget of $1,601,871 Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 7 FY2027 Wastewater Enterprise budget of $4,332,087 Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 8 FY2027 Transfer Station Enterprise budget of $1,550,800 Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 9 FY2027 Water Enterprise budget of $7,365,752 Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 10 Put the difference between the levy and the levy limit into the Stabilization Fund Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 11 Set FY2027 spending limits for revolving funds Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 12 Community Preservation FY2027: reserves, admin, debt, $1,200,000 basketball courts, $200,000 Mordecai Lincoln renovation Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 13 Rescind $240,491.21 in unspent Community Preservation appropriations Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 14 Economic Development Commission: $46,000 Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 15 Approve the amended South Shore Regional Vocational School District agreement Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 16 Assume liability so the state DEP can do waterway and shoreline work (Ch. 91) Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 17 Zoning: add a "Modular Dwelling Unit" definition and update "impervious surface" (Section 200) Passed “VOTE-Declared 2/3rds in Favor”
- Art. 18 Zoning: amend the Table of Uses (Section 420) Passed “VOTE- Declared 2/3rds in Favor”
- Art. 19 Zoning: amend Section 450, special provisions for all districts Passed “VOTE- Declared 2/3rds in Favor”
- Art. 20 Zoning: amend Section 520, Water Resource Protection District Passed “VOTE - Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 21 Zoning: amend Table 1 in Section 580.3 Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 22 Zoning: amend Section 610.1, lot area and width requirements Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 23 · motion 1 Zoning: amend Sections 620.1 and 620.3 (building height) Passed “VOTE -Declared 2/3rds in Favor”
- Art. 23 · motion 2 Zoning: amend Section 620.4D (handout motion) Tabled “VOTE-Majority in Favor to Table Section 620.4D in Article 23”
- Art. 24 General bylaw: amend Section 32050, stormwater Passed “VOTE-Passed by a Majority Card Count · YES-87 NO-29”
- Art. 25 General bylaw: add a Firing Range Revolving Fund with a $50,000 FY2027 limit Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 26 General bylaw: amend Waterways Commission and waterways sections (20520, 30910-31000) Tabled “Card Count- YES-81 NO-37 Passed by 2/3rds to table Article 26. · YES-81 NO-37”
- Art. 27 General bylaw: amend Sections 10110-20150 (various), minus the proposed Section 20110 change Passed as amended “VOTE ON AMENDED MAIN MOTION- Declared Majority in Favor”
- Art. 28 Accept Carriage House Way as a public way Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 29 Accept Cold Brook Circle as a public way Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 30 Grant an access easement over town land at 0 Rear Driftway Passed “VOTE ON MAIN MOTION-Declared 2/3rds in Favor”
- Art. 31 Raise the local meals tax from 0.75% to 1.5% Indefinitely postponed “VOTE-Declared by Majority in Favor to Indefinitely Postpone”
- Art. 32 Raise the local room occupancy tax from 4% to 6% from January 1, 2027 Passed “VOTE- Declared Majority in Favor”
- Art. 33 Adopt property tax exemption option Ch. 59 §5 cl. 22G Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 34 3% community impact fee on professionally managed short-term rentals Passed “VOTE- Declared Majority in Favor”
- Art. 35 3% community impact fee on short-term rentals in owner-occupied two- or three-family homes Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 36 Remove the Fire Chief position from civil service Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 37 Ask the Legislature to allow sale or lease of part of the old Cushing School site to the Scituate Food Pantry Passed “VOTE-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 38 Petition: no-parking exercise zone and 15 mph limit on Glades Road (101-163) Failed “VOTE ON MAIN MOTION-Motion Failed”
- Art. 39 Petition: change the definition of "Commercial Fisherman" in Section 30910 Indefinitely postponed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor to Indefinitely Postpone”
Source: Town Clerk's certified votes (meeting packet with the April 13, 2026 minutes).
Special Town Meeting · November 3, 2025 11 votes: 11 passed
- Art. 1 Pay prior-year bills: $9,594.54 Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 2 FY2026 budget reconciliations: $210,246 Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 3 Sewer inflow and infiltration work: $200,000 from sewer retained earnings Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 4 Transfer $1,656,812 to reserves Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 5 Community Preservation project appropriations Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 6 Open space maintenance and protection: $35,000 from free cash Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 7 Desalination technology study: $120,000 Passed “VOTE- Declared Majority in Favor”
- Art. 8 Raise FY2026 spending limits for revolving funds Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 9 General bylaw: replace Section 10420-B, tax title property Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 10 Amend Animal Control general bylaw (Section 30400) Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 11 Ask the Legislature to allow print-free digital legal notices Passed “VOTE- Declared Majority in Favor”
Source: Town Clerk's certified votes in the 2025 Annual Town Report.
Annual Town Meeting · April 14, 2025 22 votes: 21 passed, 1 passed as amended
- Art. 1 Set salaries of elected town officials, totaling $100,080 Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 2 Hear reports of town boards and committees Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 3 Capital Improvement Plan: $13,356,323 Passed “VOTE-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 4 FY2026 operating budget: raise $99,783,577.96 plus transfers, $102,316,148 in total Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Fayor except for Budget Items 210 Police, 220 Fire, and 561”
- Art. 5 FY2026 Waterways Enterprise budget of $982,769 Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 6 FY2026 Widows Walk Golf Course Enterprise budget of $1,507,000 Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 7 FY2026 Wastewater Enterprise budget of $4,161,312 Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 8 FY2026 Transfer Station Enterprise budget of $1,513,091 Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 9 FY2026 Water Enterprise budget of $7,216,505 Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 10 Put the difference between the levy and the levy limit into the Stabilization Fund Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Fayor”
- Art. 11 Set FY2026 spending limits for revolving funds Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 12 Community Preservation FY2026 budget, reserves and project appropriations Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 13 Rescind $194,369.01 in unspent Community Preservation appropriations Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 14 Let the Select Board sell or lease (up to 100 years) part of the old Gates School property for housing Passed “VOTE ON MAIN MOTION -Declared 2/3rds in Favor”
- Art. 15 Assume liability so the state DEP can do waterway and shoreline work (Ch. 91) Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 16 Zoning: accessory dwelling unit changes (as amended by a handout) Passed “VOTE ON MAIN MOTION: Declared Majority in Favor”
- Art. 17 General bylaw: add four revolving funds (Mann House & Barn, Lighthouse and others), $15,000 limit each Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 18 Amend general bylaw Section 30912, fair access to fish, fowl and navigate Passed “VOTE-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 19 General bylaw: registration and maintenance of abandoned/vacant property Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 20 Raise veterans' property tax exemptions by 100% under the HERO Act (Ch. 59 §5 cl. 22J) Passed “VOTE-Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 21 Ask the Legislature for special legislation on parking fines (amended to a $150 cap) Passed as amended “VOTE-Declared Majority in Favor”
- Art. 22 Ask the Legislature for special legislation on sidewalk betterments Passed “VOTE-Declared Majority in Fayor”
Source: Town Clerk's certified votes in the 2025 Annual Town Report.
Special Town Meeting · April 14, 2025 7 votes: 7 passed
- Art. 1 Pay prior-year bills: $18,939.27 Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 2 FY2025 budget reconciliations: $516,185 in transfers Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 3 Community Preservation appropriations and reserves Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Fayor”
- Art. 4 Use investment income on ARPA funds for the new water treatment plant Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 5 Move unspent Middle School state (MSBA) reimbursement to the new Cushing Hatherly school Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 6 Rescind unused borrowing authorizations Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 7 Foreshore protection, including FEMA projects: $5,000,000 by borrowing Passed “VOTE- Declared 2/3rds Vote in Favor”
Source: Town Clerk's certified votes in the 2025 Annual Town Report.
Special Town Meeting · November 18, 2024 13 votes: 13 passed
- Art. 1 Pay prior-year bills: $17,511.22 Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 2 FY2025 budget reconciliations Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 3 Grant matching funds: $40,000 from free cash Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 4 Rescind unused borrowing authorizations Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 5 Move $460,571.10 left from the Hatherly feasibility study to the new school project Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 6 Transfer $2,656,189 to reserves Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 7 Capital projects: $2,850,000 ($100,000 free cash, $350,000 water retained earnings, $2,400,000 borrowing) Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 8 Community Preservation project appropriations Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 9 Approve the amended South Shore Vocational Regional School District agreement Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 10 Amend general bylaw Section 10240, licensing authority Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 11 Amend general bylaw Section 30120.A, consumption Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 12 General bylaw: add Section 30191, fingerprint-based criminal background checks Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 13 Remove firefighters, lieutenants, captains and deputy fire chief from civil service Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
Source: Town Clerk's certified votes in the 2024 Annual Town Report.
Special Town Meeting · June 24, 2024 2 votes: 2 passed
- Art. 1 New water treatment plant and SCADA system: additional $20,320,961 Passed “VOTE-Passed in favor by 2/3s card count. · Yes-215=88.1% No-29=11.9%”
- Art. 2 Resolution asking Plymouth County for more ARPA funds for the new water treatment plant Passed “VOTE-Unanimous in favor.”
Source: Town Clerk's certified votes in the 2024 Annual Town Report.
Special Town Meeting · April 29, 2024 1 votes: 1 passed
- Art. 1 New Cushing Hatherly Elementary School: $119,433,943 by borrowing, contingent on a debt exclusion vote Passed “VOTE-Declared 2/3s in Favor”
Source: Town Clerk's certified votes in the 2024 Annual Town Report.
Annual Town Meeting · April 8, 2024 20 votes: 20 passed
- Art. 1 Set salaries of elected town officials, totaling $97,325 Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 2 Hear reports of town boards and committees Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 3 Capital Improvement Plan: $22,575,255 from free cash, other funds and borrowing Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 4 FY2025 operating budget: raise $97,007,235 plus transfers, $99,218,209 in total Passed “VOTE-Declared Unanimous in Favor with the Exception of the School Department which”
- Art. 5 FY2025 Waterways Enterprise budget ($963,102 in the motion; $973,102 in the printed total) Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 6 FY2025 Widows Walk Golf Course Enterprise budget of $1,434,479 Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 7 FY2025 Wastewater Enterprise budget of $4,102,450 Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 8 FY2025 Transfer Station Enterprise budget of $1,466,350 Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 9 FY2025 Water Enterprise budget of $7,276,454 Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 10 Put the difference between the levy and the levy limit into the Stabilization Fund Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 11 Set FY2025 spending limits for revolving funds Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 12 Community Preservation FY2025: reserves, admin, debt, $1,000,000 SAIL Home, $1,957,123 tennis courts, $22,884 Bailey Ellis House Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 13 Rescind $679,345.93 in unspent Community Preservation appropriations Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 14 Affordable Housing Trust small grant (non-deed-restricted) program: $25,000 from free cash Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 15 Assume liability so the state DEP can do waterway and shoreline work (Ch. 91) Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 16 Zoning: MBTA Communities (Section 3A) multi-family zoning and map changes Passed “VOTE- Declared 2/3s in Favor”
- Art. 17 Zoning: wireless communication antennas on utility poles (Section 730.4) Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 18 General bylaw: rewrite the Aquaculture Revolving Fund (Section 10260) Passed “VOTE- Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 19 Raise the handicapped parking violation fine from $100 to $300 Passed “VOTE-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 20 Exempt personal property accounts under $5,000 from taxation (Ch. 59 §5 cl. 54) Passed “VOTE-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
Source: Town Clerk's certified votes in the 2024 Annual Town Report.
Special Town Meeting · April 8, 2024 4 votes: 3 passed, 1 failed
- Art. 1 Pay prior-year bills: $16,419.81 Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 2 FY2024 budget reconciliations: $966,516 in transfers Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 3 Community Preservation appropriations and reserves Passed “VOTE- Passed by Consent Agenda-Declared Unanimous in Favor”
- Art. 4 Change the Town Clerk from an elected to an appointed position Failed “VOTE-Motion Failed”
Source: Town Clerk's certified votes in the 2024 Annual Town Report.
Titles are short descriptions of each article from the official record; the quoted words are the Town Clerk’s. A vote at Town Meeting is not the final word on everything: some articles also need a ballot vote (such as a tax override) or the Attorney General’s approval (bylaws).
Members
ChairSusan J. HarrisonChair · Elected townwide · at 7 of 7 meetings
Vice-ChairJames M. GilmoreVice Chair · Elected townwide · at 6 of 7 meetings
Nico AfanasenkoMember · Elected townwide · at 5 of 7 meetings✓ Every meeting 2026
Andrew W. GoodrichMember · Elected townwide · at 7 of 7 meetings
Freya SchlegelClerk · Elected townwide · at 7 of 7 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.
Attendance
20 full-board meetings so far this year, through September 10. Ties share a rank.
1Andrew W. Goodrich20 of 20 meetings Every meeting100%1Susan J. Harrison20 of 20 meetings Every meeting100%3Freya Schlegel19 of 20 meetings95%4James M. Gilmore17 of 20 meetings85%5Nico Afanasenko16 of 20 meetings80%29 full-board meetings in 2025. Ties share a rank.
1Andrew W. Goodrich29 of 29 meetings Every meeting100%1Susan J. Harrison29 of 29 meetings Every meeting100%1Freya Schlegel17 of 17 meetings · served from Jun Every meeting100%1Karen Connolly12 of 12 meetings · served until May Every meeting100%5James M. Gilmore28 of 29 meetings97%6Nico Afanasenko16 of 17 meetings · served from Jun94%7Karen Canfield11 of 12 meetings · served until May92%From the official minutes: full-board meetings only (committee meetings are not counted). Members are counted only for meetings held while they served, and arriving late counts as attending. The minutes rarely say why a member was absent.
A monthly email on its votes and who was there, starting in November.
Meetings
About missing minutes
Loaded: Select Board minutes from January 7, 2025 through September 10, 2026, as posted in the town’s online Agenda Center. Not here: minutes from before 2025 (the town website does not post them), executive-session minutes, and minutes the town has not posted yet: May 26, 2026, and meetings after September 10, 2026. Scituate’s minutes are typed and list the mover, the seconder and the result for each motion, often with a roll call (each member’s yes or no by name). When the minutes say a vote was unanimous we show every member present as voting yes; when they give a roll call, or a count with the members who voted no or abstained named, we show each member’s vote as recorded. Where the minutes give only a count (for example 4-1) without names, or a roll call names a member the minutes list as absent, or the names and the count do not match, we show the count only and add a note. Members who stepped aside (recused) or had not yet arrived are left out of that vote. Votes by other boards at joint meetings (Advisory Committee, Capital Planning Committee, Bylaw Review Commission) are not included. 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.
Jul 21Award the contract to replace the existing entrance gate…Motion: Move that the Select Board award the contract to replace the…Passed 5–0 · see note
July 21, 2026: Award the contract to replace the existing entrance gate at the Scituate Transfer Station to G.B. Hastie for $85,535
Move that the Select Board award the contract to replace the existing entrance gate at the Scituate Transfer Station to G.B. Hastie for $85,535.
The minutes say "Unanimous (5-0)", but 4 members were present for this vote (Susan J. Harrison, James M. Gilmore, Freya Schlegel and Andrew W. Goodrich). Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Move that the Select Board award the contract to replace the existing entrance gate at the Scituate Transfer Station to G.B. Hastie for $85,535. Moved: Ms. Schlegel Seconded: Mr. Goodrich Unanimous (5-0).” (Motion: Schlegel, second: Goodrich)
Jul 21Approve the contract to the Ardent Group Inc. for…Motion: Move that the Select Board vote to approve the contract to…Passed 5–0 · see note
July 21, 2026: Approve the contract to the Ardent Group Inc. for construction services for the First Parish Road Sewer Pump Station Replacement for an amount of $1,497,000
Move that the Select Board vote to approve the contract to the Ardent Group Inc. for construction services for the First Parish Road Sewer Pump Station Replacement for an amount of $1,497,000.
The minutes say "Unanimous (5-0)", but 4 members were present for this vote (Susan J. Harrison, James M. Gilmore, Freya Schlegel and Andrew W. Goodrich). Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“Move that the Select Board vote to approve the contract to the Ardent Group Inc. for construction services for the First Parish Road Sewer Pump Station Replacement for an amount of $1,497,000. Moved: Ms. Schlegel Seconded: Mr. Gilmore Unanimous (5-0).” (Motion: Schlegel, second: Gilmore)
Jun 23Opt-in of the temporary pilot to extend on-premise licensees…Motion: Move to opt-in of the temporary pilot to extend on-premise licensees…Passed 3–2 · No: Afanasenko, Gilmore
June 23, 2026: Opt-in of the temporary pilot to extend on-premise licensees to sell alcoholic beverages for on additional hour indoors ONLY until July 31, 2026
Move to opt-in of the temporary pilot to extend on-premise licensees to sell alcoholic beverages for on additional hour indoors ONLY until July 31, 2026.
Yes: Goodrich, Harrison, SchlegelNo: Afanasenko, Gilmore
From the minutes
“Move to opt-in of the temporary pilot to extend on-premise licensees to sell alcoholic beverages for on additional hour indoors ONLY until July 31, 2026. Moved: Ms. Schlegel Seconded: Mr. Goodrich (3 in favor-2opposed) Dr. Afanasenko and Mr. Gilmore opposed.” (Motion: Schlegel, second: Goodrich)
From the Scituate Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center. We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos of current members: stills from Scituate Community Television (“Meet the Candidate” videos for Freya Schlegel and Nico Afanasenko, 2025; Town of Scituate News Updates for Andrew Goodrich, Susan Harrison and Jim Gilmore, 2026). Former members show initials.
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