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Sharon Select Board
How the Sharon Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms (3 members until May 2025). After the May 2026 town election (Hanna Switlekowski re-elected), the board on May 26, 2026 chose Xander Shapiro as Chair, Ms. Switlekowski as Vice Chair and Pasqualino Pannone as Clerk (each 5-0). Minutes after September 14, 2026 are not posted yet. The end date (May 2027) is a placeholder. Covers 10 meetings so far, May 26 to September 14, 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 budgetVote Transparency Score
Sharon Select Board: 8.5 out of 10 · Mostly open
How easy Sharon makes it to see, online, how each member votes. It scores the town’s records, not any official. Checked October 6, 2026.
- Minutes postedMinutes are posted for nearly every meeting more than three months old.Full points: 2/2
- Each vote namedThe minutes list how each member voted on every split vote.Full points: 3/3
- Posted quicklyMinutes are posted for every meeting more than a month old.Full points: 2/2
- Past years onlineOnly about two years of Select Board minutes are online (2025 on).No points: 0/1
- Readable textThe minutes are text you can search and copy.Full points: 1/1
- Member photosThe town’s website shows a named photo of each member, but not on the Select Board page.Part points: 0.5/1
How the town can raise its score
- Past years online (+1): Keep at least five years of minutes online. When the website changes, move the old files instead of deleting them.
- Member photos (+0.5): Show a photo of each member on the board’s web page, with their name, the date their term ends and how to contact them. A group photo of the members, with everyone named in the caption or on the same page, earns half a point.
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A monthly email on its votes, starting in November. We'll also tell you if this score changes.
Board years
Coming up
From the agendas Sharon posts on its official site. Agendas can change; the posted agenda is the official one.
Members
ChairXander ShapiroChair · Select Board member (townwide) · at 10 of 10 meetings✓ Every meeting 2026
Vice-ChairHanna SwitlekowskiVice Chair · Select Board member (townwide) · at 10 of 10 meetings
Kiana BaskinMember · Select Board member (townwide) · at 10 of 10 meetings✓ Every meeting 2026
Sam LiaoMember · Select Board member (townwide) · at 10 of 10 meetings✓ Every meeting 2026
Pasqualino PannoneClerk · Select Board member (townwide) · at 10 of 10 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
17 full-board meetings so far this year, through September 14. Ties share a rank.
1Kiana Baskin17 of 17 meetings Every meeting100%1Sam Liao17 of 17 meetings Every meeting100%1Pasqualino Pannone17 of 17 meetings Every meeting100%1Xander Shapiro17 of 17 meetings Every meeting100%1Hanna Switlekowski17 of 17 meetings Every meeting100%26 full-board meetings in 2025. Ties share a rank.
1Kiana Baskin26 of 26 meetings Every meeting100%1Xander Shapiro26 of 26 meetings Every meeting100%1Hanna Switlekowski26 of 26 meetings Every meeting100%1Sam Liao15 of 15 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%1Pasqualino Pannone15 of 15 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%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: Sharon Select Board minutes from January 7, 2025 through September 14, 2026, including joint meetings with the School Committee, the Planning Board and the Finance Committee (only the Select Board members’ votes are shown). These come from the town’s Agenda Center, which holds the board’s minutes from January 2025 on. Not here: minutes from before 2025, which were on the town’s old website (townofsharon.net) and are no longer online (MassVoter has asked the town for them); March 24 and April 14, 2026, whose “minutes” links open the agenda instead; and meetings after September 14, 2026 (the September 23 and 24, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Sharon’s minutes list each member’s vote by name on almost every motion (“Baskin: AYE - Switlekowski: AYE - Shapiro: AYE - Pannone: AYE - Liao: AYE 5-0 PASSES”), and we show each vote as recorded. A few February 2025 votes give only a count (“3-0 PASSES”) that matches the three members present, so each is shown voting yes. Members a roll call leaves out are not shown as voting, with a note. Two motions with no vote recorded (November 4 and November 18, 2025) are not shown. Kiana Baskin served as Kiana Pierre-Louis until May 2025. 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.
Sep 8Approve the consent calendarMotion: (the minutes do not repeat the motion at this vote)Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
September 8, 2026: Approve the consent calendar
(the minutes do not repeat the motion at this vote)
The minutes do not repeat the motion at this vote.
From the minutes
“MOTION: Ms. Switlekowski moved, and Mr. Pannone seconded the motion. Shapiro: AYE - Switlekowski: AYE - Pannone: AYE - Baskin: AYE - Liao: AYE 5-0 PASSES.” (Motion: Switlekowski, second: Pannone)
Aug 4Approve consent calendar item 4Motion: Move to approve consent calendar item 4Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Pannone
August 4, 2026: Approve consent calendar item 4
Move to approve consent calendar item 4
Yes: Baskin, Liao, Shapiro, SwitlekowskiAbstained: Pannone
From the minutes
“MOTION: Move to approve consent calendar item 4 Ms. Switlekowski moved, and Mr. Liao seconded the motion. Shapiro: AYE - Switlekowski: AYE - Pannone: Abstain - Baskin: AYE - Liao: AYE 4-0-1 PASSES.” (Motion: Switlekowski, second: Liao)
Jul 22Approve the India Association of Greater Boston's event proposed…Motion: To approve the India Association of Greater Boston's event proposed for…Failed 1–4 · No: Baskin, Pannone, Shapiro, Switlekowski
July 22, 2026: Approve the India Association of Greater Boston's event proposed for Saturday, August 16, 2026 at the Sharon Community Center front lawn
To approve the India Association of Greater Boston's event proposed for Saturday, August 16, 2026 at the Sharon Community Center front lawn
Yes: LiaoNo: Baskin, Pannone, Shapiro, Switlekowski
From the minutes
“MOTION: To approve the India Association of Greater Boston's event proposed for Saturday, August 16, 2026 at the Sharon Community Center front lawn (Liao - Baskin) 1-4-0 FAILS Shapiro: NAY, Switlekowski: NAY, Pannone: NAY, Baskin: NAY, Liao: AYE.” (Motion: Liao, second: Baskin)
Jul 22Approve the India Association of Greater Boston's flag raising…Motion: To approve the India Association of Greater Boston's flag raising ceremony…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Liao
July 22, 2026: Approve the India Association of Greater Boston's flag raising ceremony event proposed for Saturday, August 16, 2026 at the Sharon Community Center front lawn
To approve the India Association of Greater Boston's flag raising ceremony event proposed for Saturday, August 16, 2026 at the Sharon Community Center front lawn
Yes: Baskin, Pannone, Shapiro, SwitlekowskiAbstained: Liao
From the minutes
“MOTION: To approve the India Association of Greater Boston's flag raising ceremony event proposed for Saturday, August 16, 2026 at the Sharon Community Center front lawn (Baskin - Switlekowski) 4-0-1 PASSES Shapiro: AYE, Switlekowski: AYE, Pannone: AYE, Baskin: AYE, Liao: ABSTAINED.” (Motion: Baskin, second: Switlekowski)
Jun 23Approve the appointment of William Heitin as public member…Motion: Move to approve the appointment of William Heitin as public member…Passed 4–1 · No: Liao
June 23, 2026: Approve the appointment of William Heitin as public member and Chair to the Capital Outlay Committee for term expiring June 30, 2027
Move to approve the appointment of William Heitin as public member and Chair to the Capital Outlay Committee for term expiring June 30, 2027
Yes: Baskin, Pannone, Shapiro, SwitlekowskiNo: Liao
From the minutes
“MOTION: Move to approve the appointment of William Heitin as public member and Chair to the Capital Outlay Committee for term expiring June 30, 2027. Ms. Baskin moved, and Mr. Pannone seconded the motion. Shapiro: AYE - Switlekowski: AYE - Pannone: AYE - Baskin: AYE - Liao: NO 4-1 PASSES.” (Motion: Baskin, second: Pannone)
From the Sharon 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: Town of Sharon (Select Board slide in the town’s September 11, 2025 Town Government Overview presentation).
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