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Sherborn Select Board
How the Sherborn Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Marian Neutra joined the board after the June 15, 2021 town election (first meeting July 1, 2021). That night the board chose Eric Johnson as Chair, Jeff Waldron as Vice Chair and Marian Neutra as Clerk, each by a 5-0 roll call. Covers 24 meetings, July 1 to May 19, 2022.
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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 Sherborn ballot: 13 quizzes, about a minute each.
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"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
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Loaded: Sherborn Select Board minutes from September 10, 2020 through September 10, 2026: 168 meetings and 1,336 votes. The town’s Agenda Center has no Select Board minutes before September 10, 2020, so nothing earlier is here; the board was already called the Select Board then. Included are the board’s own meetings held before or during other bodies’ sessions (Advisory Committee budget hearings, Town Meeting nights, Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Board hearings) when the minutes record the Select Board opening its own meeting and voting; only the Select Board’s votes are shown. The May 4, 2023 minutes are loaded from the file the town posted in that meeting’s Agenda slot. Not here: executive-session minutes (including two released executive-session files posted as minutes, October 22 and December 3, 2020); the November 4, 2021 posting, when only two members came and the meeting did not take place; postings where the board only attended another body’s meeting and no Select Board minutes were posted; meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes (among them the January 16, 2024 joint meeting with the Zoning Board of Appeals, the August 7, 2025 meeting with Congressman Jake Auchincloss and the April 28, 2026 meeting before Annual Town Meeting); and meetings after September 10, 2026 (the September 24, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Five sets of minutes loaded (July 28, 2022; September 27, October 17 and December 7, 2023; March 21, 2026) are scanned images, which MassVoter read with text recognition, so quoted words may keep small reading errors; all other minutes are typed documents with searchable text. Nearly every Sherborn vote is recorded as a roll call that lists each member’s vote (“Vote: Tsai - aye; DeRensis - aye; Waldron - aye; Sichel - aye; and Neutra - aye”), and we show each vote as recorded; some give only a count (“Approved: 5-0-0”), shown as every member present voting yes when it matches the members present. Where a roll call leaves out a member who was present, that member is left out of the vote, with a note; where it lists a member twice, contradicts its own count, or a count does not match the members present, we show the count or the result only, with a note (9 votes show the count only and 16 the result only). Members who recused themselves, left the room or had not yet arrived are not shown as voting. A member who is not on a meeting’s attendance list is not counted present, even when the minutes name that member in a vote (six meetings, each noted). 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 26Approve the letter of support and to authorize the…Motion: Motion: Move to approve the letter of support and to authorize…Passed 5–0 · see note
April 26, 2022 (Special meeting): Approve the letter of support and to authorize the Interim Town Administrator, Diane Moores to sign on behalf of the Town
Motion: Move to approve the letter of support and to authorize the Interim Town Administrator, Diane Moores to sign on behalf of the Town. Moved: Paul DeRensis Second: Jeffrey Waldron Approved: 5-0-0
The minutes give the count as 5-0-0, but 0 members were on the attendance list for this vote (no one). Showing the count only. The minutes name Paul DeRensis as the mover, but Paul DeRensis is not on the attendance list, so under MassVoter’s rule no mover is shown. The minutes name Jeff Waldron as the seconder, but Jeff Waldron is not on the attendance list, so under MassVoter’s rule no seconder is shown.
From the minutes
“Motion: Move to approve the letter of support and to authorize the Interim Town Administrator, Diane Moores to sign on behalf of the Town. Moved: Paul DeRensis Second: Jeffrey Waldron Approved: 5-0-0.”
Apr 21Not to support Article 23Motion: Motion: Move not to support Article 23. Moved: George Morrill Second:…Failed 2–3 · No: DeRensis, Johnson, Neutra
April 21, 2022: Not to support Article 23
Motion: Move not to support Article 23. Moved: George Morrill Second: Jeffrey Waldron Roll Call: Johnson - nay, Waldron - aye, Neutra - nay, Morrill - aye, DeRensis - nay
Yes: Morrill, WaldronNo: DeRensis, Johnson, Neutra
From the minutes
“Motion: Move not to support Article 23. Moved: George Morrill Second: Jeffrey Waldron Roll Call: Johnson - nay, Waldron - aye, Neutra - nay, Morrill - aye, DeRensis - nay.” (Motion: Morrill, second: Waldron)
Apr 7Reduce quorum for the 2022 Annual Town Meeting to…Motion: Motion: Move to reduce quorum for the 2022 Annual Town Meeting…Passed 4–1 · No: Waldron
April 7, 2022: Reduce quorum for the 2022 Annual Town Meeting to 20
Motion: Move to reduce quorum for the 2022 Annual Town Meeting to 20. Moved: Paul DeRensis Second: George Morrill Roll Call: Johnson - aye, Neutra - aye, Morrill - aye, DeRensis - aye, Waldron - nay
Yes: DeRensis, Johnson, Morrill, NeutraNo: Waldron
From the minutes
“Motion: Move to reduce quorum for the 2022 Annual Town Meeting to 20. Moved: Paul DeRensis Second: George Morrill Roll Call: Johnson - aye, Neutra - aye, Morrill - aye, DeRensis - aye, Waldron - nay.” (Motion: DeRensis, second: Morrill)
Mar 26Recommend no actionMotion: Motion #2 Move to recommend no action Moved: George Morrill Second:…Passed · see note
March 26, 2022 (Special meeting): Recommend no action
Motion #2 Move to recommend no action Moved: George Morrill Second: Jeffrey Waldron Roll Call: DeRensis, aye' Neutra, aye; Morrill, aye; DeRensis, aye, Johnson, aye; Jeffrey Waldron
The roll call lists Paul DeRensis twice. Showing the result only.
From the minutes
“Motion #2 Move to recommend no action Moved: George Morrill Second: Jeffrey Waldron Roll Call: DeRensis, aye' Neutra, aye; Morrill, aye; DeRensis, aye, Johnson, aye; Jeffrey Waldron.” (Motion: Morrill, second: Waldron)
Mar 26Approve the Ballot Questions as submittedMotion: Motion: Move to approve the Ballot Questions as submitted. Moved: George…Passed 4–1 · No: DeRensis
March 26, 2022 (Special meeting): Approve the Ballot Questions as submitted
Motion: Move to approve the Ballot Questions as submitted. Moved: George Morrill Second: Jeffrey Waldron Discussion: Select Board Member Paul DeRensis requested that each ballot question be voted separately because he will only vote for an override if it is necessary and is a request from the Advisory Committee. George stated that the motion stands as presented. Roll Call: Johnson, aye; Morrill, aye; Waldron, aye; Neutra, aye; DeRensis, nay 4-1-0
Yes: Johnson, Morrill, Neutra, WaldronNo: DeRensis
From the minutes
“Motion: Move to approve the Ballot Questions as submitted. Moved: George Morrill Second: Jeffrey Waldron Discussion: Select Board Member Paul DeRensis requested that each ballot question be voted separately because he will only vote for an override if it is necessary and is a request from the Advisory Committee. George stated that the motion stands as presented. Roll Call: Johnson, aye; Morrill, aye; Waldron, aye; Neutra, aye; DeRensis, nay 4-1-0.” (Motion: Morrill, second: Waldron)
Mar 24Approve the contract as presentedMotion: Motion: Move to approve the contract as presented. Moved: George Morrill…Passed 4–0 · see note
March 24, 2022: Approve the contract as presented
Motion: Move to approve the contract as presented. Moved: George Morrill Second: Jeffrey Waldron Roll Call: Johnson - aye, Waldron - aye, Neutra - aye, Morrill - aye
Yes: Johnson, Morrill, Neutra, WaldronThe minutes say “Paul DeRensis recused himself from the discussion and vote. Police ch”, so Paul DeRensis is not shown as voting.
From the minutes
“Motion: Move to approve the contract as presented. Moved: George Morrill Second: Jeffrey Waldron Roll Call: Johnson - aye, Waldron - aye, Neutra - aye, Morrill - aye.” (Motion: Morrill, second: Waldron)
Mar 17Not to supportMotion: Motion: Move not to support. Moved: George Morrill Second: Jeffrey Waldron…Passed 2–1 · No: DeRensis · Abstained: Johnson, Waldron
March 17, 2022: Not to support
Motion: Move not to support. Moved: George Morrill Second: Jeffrey Waldron Roll Call: Johnson - abstain, Waldron - abstain, Neutra - aye, Morrill - aye, DeRensis - no Vote result: 2 - 1 - 2, motion passes
Yes: Morrill, NeutraNo: DeRensisAbstained: Johnson, Waldron
From the minutes
“Motion: Move not to support. Moved: George Morrill Second: Jeffrey Waldron Roll Call: Johnson - abstain, Waldron - abstain, Neutra - aye, Morrill - aye, DeRensis - no Vote result: 2 - 1 - 2, motion passes.” (Motion: Morrill, second: Waldron)
Feb 24Accept the Consent AgendaMotion: Motion: Move to accept the Consent Agenda. Moved: Marian Neutra Second:…Passed 4–0 · see note
February 24, 2022: Accept the Consent Agenda
Motion: Move to accept the Consent Agenda. Moved: Marian Neutra Second: George Morrill Roll Call: Waldron - aye, Neutra - aye, Morrill - aye, DeRensis - aye
Yes: DeRensis, Morrill, Neutra, WaldronThe roll call does not list Eric Johnson, who was at the meeting, so that member is left out of this vote.
From the minutes
“Motion: Move to accept the Consent Agenda. Moved: Marian Neutra Second: George Morrill Roll Call: Waldron - aye, Neutra - aye, Morrill - aye, DeRensis - aye.” (Motion: Neutra, second: Morrill)
Feb 24Recommend to the Voters to take no action at…Motion: Motion Move to recommend to the Voters to take no action…Passed 3–1 · No: DeRensis
February 24, 2022: Recommend to the Voters to take no action at Annual Town Meeting
Motion Move to recommend to the Voters to take no action at Annual Town Meeting Moved: George Morrill Second: Jeffrey Waldron Approved 3-1-0 Roll Call Vote: Morrill, aye; Waldron, aye; Neutra, aye: DeRensis, nay Eric Johnson not present for vote
Yes: Morrill, Neutra, WaldronNo: DeRensisThe minutes say Eric Johnson was not present for this vote, so Eric Johnson is not shown as voting.
From the minutes
“Motion Move to recommend to the Voters to take no action at Annual Town Meeting Moved: George Morrill Second: Jeffrey Waldron Approved 3-1-0 Roll Call Vote: Morrill, aye; Waldron, aye; Neutra, aye: DeRensis, nay Eric Johnson not present for vote.” (Motion: Morrill, second: Waldron)
Feb 12No action on the Citizen's Petition Warrant articleMotion: Motion: Move no action on the Citizen's Petition Warrant article. Moved:…Passed 3–1 · No: DeRensis
February 12, 2022: No action on the Citizen's Petition Warrant article
Motion: Move no action on the Citizen's Petition Warrant article. Moved: Jeffrey Waldron Second: Eric Johnson Roll Call: Waldron - aye, Johnson - aye, Neutra - aye, DeRensis - no
Yes: Johnson, Neutra, WaldronNo: DeRensis
From the minutes
“Motion: Move no action on the Citizen's Petition Warrant article. Moved: Jeffrey Waldron Second: Eric Johnson Roll Call: Waldron - aye, Johnson - aye, Neutra - aye, DeRensis - no.” (Motion: Waldron, second: Johnson)
From the Sherborn Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center (Select Board). We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. No member photos yet: the town’s website shows none, and MassVoter has not found a captioned photo of any current member.
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