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Stoneham Select Board
How the Stoneham Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Troy Lau joined the board after the April 7, 2026 town election, succeeding Timothy Waitkevitch. On April 14, 2026 the board unanimously chose Raymie Parker as Chair, Heidi Bilbo as Vice Chair and Troy Lau as Clerk (roll calls). Minutes after May 4, 2026 are not posted yet. The end date is a placeholder. Covers 3 meetings so far, April 14 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 Stoneham ballot: 13 quizzes, about a minute each.
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Stoneham Select Board: 6.5 out of 10 · Partly open
How easy Stoneham makes it to see, online, how each member votes. It scores the town’s records, not any official. Checked October 12, 2026.
- Minutes postedMinutes are posted for most, but not all, meetings more than three months old.Part points: 1/2
- Each vote namedMost votes are roll calls that list how each member voted, and every split vote names the members who voted no.Full points: 3/3
- Posted quicklySome minutes are still not posted more than three months after the meeting.No points: 0/2
- Past years onlineSelect Board minutes from 2016 to today are online.Full points: 1/1
- Readable textThe minutes are text you can search and copy.Full points: 1/1
- Member photosThe town’s website shows a group photo of the members with each one named.Part points: 0.5/1
How the town can raise its score
- Minutes posted (+1): Post approved minutes for every meeting on the town website. Don’t require a sign-in to view them.
- Posted quickly (+2): Post minutes within 30 days. If approval takes longer, post a draft marked “Draft – not yet approved” and replace it later.
- 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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What Town Meeting decided
In Stoneham, 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.
Annual Town Meeting · May 4, 2026 19 votes: 11 passed, 2 failed, 6 indefinitely postponed
- Art. 2 Choose other necessary Town officers (consent agenda) Passed “Passed Per Moderator As part of Consent Agenda”
- Art. 3 Receive reports of Town officers and committees (consent agenda) Passed “Passed Per Moderator As part of Consent Agenda”
- Art. 4 Set FY2027 salaries: Select Board $3,000, Assessors $1,200, Moderator $200, Town Clerk $108,000 (consent agenda) Passed “Passed Per Moderator As part of Consent Agenda”
- Art. 7 Appropriate $705,000 for PEG access services at Stoneham Community Access Television for FY2027 (consent agenda) Passed “Passed Per Moderator As part of Consent Agenda”
- Art. 8 Set FY2027 spending limits for revolving funds (consent agenda) Passed “Passed Per Moderator As part of Consent Agenda”
- Art. 5 Adopt FY2027 budget: $110,768,660 General Fund, $7,916,688 Sewer and $5,721,774 Water Enterprise budgets Passed “Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 6 Appropriate $2,352,335 for capital projects (incl. $1,242,335 borrowing and $500,000 free cash) Passed “⅔ Vote Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 9 Transfer $750,000 from General Stabilization to the reserve fund to amend FY2026 budgets Passed “Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 10 Amend the FY2026 water budget from retained earnings Indefinitely postponed “Voted that the Town indefinitely postpone Article 10. Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 11 Amend the FY2026 sewer budget from retained earnings Indefinitely postponed “Voted that the Town indefinitely postpone Article 11.”
- Art. 12 Appropriate $29,829 from free cash to pay unpaid FY2025 bills Passed “Passed Unanimous”
- Art. 13 Petition the Legislature for a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption Passed “Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 14 Amend snow and ice removal bylaw for sidewalks on designated streets (Sec. 13-11) Passed “Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 16 Citizen petition: rename Finance and Advisory Board and have an Appointment Committee choose its members Failed “Question is Moved Failed Per Moderator”
- Art. 15 Citizen petition: ask the Legislature to amend the Select Board-Administrator Act so a FinCom committee, not the Moderator, appoints Indefinitely postponed “Voted that Article 15 be indefinitely postponed. Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 17 Replace the zoning bylaw (Chapter 15) in full with a new zoning bylaw and map Indefinitely postponed “Voted that Article 17 be indefinitely postponed. Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 18 Abandon and discontinue the private way known as Moulton Avenue Indefinitely postponed “Voted that the Town indefinitely postpone Article 18.”
- Art. 19 Rezone 19-25 Curve Road and 8-12 Moulton Avenue from Residence A to Medical/Office/Residential Indefinitely postponed “Voted that the Town indefinitely postpone Article 19.”
- Art. 20 Rezone 20 Gerald Road to Residence B Failed “Failed Per Moderator”
Source: Town Clerk: Minutes for Town Meeting, Monday, May 4, 2026 (Annual Town Meeting, PDF).
Special Town Meeting · October 20, 2025 12 votes: 11 passed, 1 failed
- Art. 1 Add a Development Impact Assessment and Mitigation bylaw (Planning Board, Chapter 17) Passed “Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 2 Accept a new town drain easement across 95 Maple Street Passed “Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 3 Abandon an existing town drain easement at 95 Maple Street Passed “Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 4 Borrow $1,242,000 for water system projects under the MWRA Local Water System Assistance Program Passed “⅔ Vote Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 5 Add bylaws barring unauthorized or tampered traffic signs, signals and markings, with fines Passed “Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 6 Accept MGL c. 53 s. 18B: print added information on town ballot questions Passed “Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 7 Transfer $188,404 from free cash to the School Special Education Trust fund Passed “Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 8 Transfer $772,694 from free cash for capital projects Passed “Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 9 Rescind unused borrowing authorizations from 2010-2023 Passed “Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 10 Appropriate $158,249 from the PEG Access fund for Stoneham TV server and captioning upgrades Passed “Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 11 Allow leases or licenses of up to 9 years for management of Unicorn and Stoneham Oaks golf courses Passed “Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 12 Amend Finance and Advisory Board bylaw (Sec. 2-16) on appointments and removal of members Failed “Fails Per Moderator”
Source: Town Clerk: Minutes for Town Meeting, Monday, October 20, 2025 (Special Town Meeting, PDF).
Annual Town Meeting · May 5, 2025 13 votes: 10 passed, 1 passed as amended, 1 indefinitely postponed, 1 no action
- Art. 2 Choose other necessary Town officers (consent agenda) Passed “Passed per Moderator Part of Consent Agenda”
- Art. 3 Receive reports of Town officers and committees (consent agenda) Passed “Passed per Moderator Part of Consent Agenda”
- Art. 4 Set FY2026 salaries: Moderator $0, Assessors $0, Select Board $0, Town Clerk $100,868 (consent agenda) Passed “Passed per Moderator Part of Consent Agenda”
- Art. 7 Appropriate $550,000 from the PEG Access Enterprise Fund to Stoneham Community Access Television for FY2026 (consent) Passed “Passed per Moderator Part of Consent Agenda”
- Art. 8 Set FY2026 spending limits for revolving funds (consent agenda) Passed “Passed per Moderator Part of Consent Agenda”
- Art. 5 Adopt FY2026 budget as amended: $97,113,284 General Fund, $7,846,589 Sewer and $5,992,542 Water Enterprise budgets Passed as amended “Main Motion as Amended Twice Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 6 Borrow $671,200 for capital projects Passed “⅔ Vote Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 9 Accept MGL c. 60 s. 3D: voluntary tax-bill donations to an elderly and disabled taxation aid fund Passed “Vote on the Motion Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 10 Accept MGL c. 59 s. 5C1/2: additional property tax exemption for those with personal exemptions Indefinitely postponed “Voted that the subject matter of article 10 be indefinitely postponed. Passed per Moderator”
- Art. 11 Transfer $600,000 from General Stabilization to amend FY2025 department budgets Passed “⅔ Vote Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 12 Amend zoning bylaw: Flood Plain Overlay District regulations (Sec. 6.9) Passed “⅔ Vote Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 13 Citizen petition: delete Board of Health bylaw sections that prohibit non-medical marijuana businesses No action “Town Meeting passed the article with no action taken.”
- Art. 14 Citizen petition: change police and fire residency rule to within 40 miles of Stoneham Passed “Vote on the Motion Passed Per Moderator”
Source: Town Clerk: Minutes for Town Meeting, Monday, May 5, 2025 (Annual Town Meeting, PDF).
Special Town Meeting · October 21, 2024 11 votes: 11 passed
- Art. 1 Amend zoning bylaw sections on accessory dwelling units (Secs. 4.2 and 6.3.3) Passed “Majority Vote Required Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 2 Rezone 134 Elm Street to Residence B Passed “⅔ Vote Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 3 Grant a sewer easement to the owner of 134 Elm Street Passed “Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 4 Accept a town drain and sewer easement from Coventry Lane to Cowdrey Street Passed “Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 5 Amend bylaw on School Traffic Directors (supervision and duties) Passed “Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 6 Appropriate $25,000 from cemetery lot sale receipts to survey a 6-acre parcel behind Lindenwood Cemetery Passed “Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 7 Appropriate $1,090,000 for sewer system projects under MWRA Phase 14 assistance program Passed “⅔ Vote Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 8 Accept gift of a 1.44-acre vacant parcel (Lot M-2) off Woodland Road Passed “Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 9 Transfer $183,735 from free cash to the School Special Education Trust fund Passed “Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 10 Appropriate $1,546,771 from free cash for capital projects Passed “Passed Per Moderator”
- Art. 11 Amend FY2025 budget: appropriate $866,403 ($636,344 from taxation, $230,059 from free cash) Passed “Passed Per Moderator”
Source: Town Clerk: Minutes for Town Meeting, Monday, October 21, 2024 (Special Town Meeting, PDF).
Annual Town Meeting · May 6, 2024 17 votes: 17 passed
- Art. 2 Choose other necessary Town officers for FY2025 (consent agenda) Passed “Vote by Consent Agenda Passes per Moderator”
- Art. 3 Receive reports of Town officers and committees (consent agenda) Passed “Vote by Consent Agenda Passes per Moderator”
- Art. 4 Set FY2025 salaries of elected officials: Moderator $200, Assessors $1,200, Select Board $3,000, Town Clerk $95,159 (consent) Passed “Vote by Consent Agenda Passes per Moderator”
- Art. 10 Appropriate $600,000 from the PEG Access Enterprise Fund to Stoneham Community Access Television for FY2025 (consent agenda) Passed “Vote by Consent Agenda Passes per Moderator”
- Art. 11 Set FY2025 spending limits for revolving funds (consent agenda) Passed “Vote by Consent Agenda Passes per Moderator”
- Art. 12 Appropriate $20,000 from free cash for Stoneham 300th Anniversary events (consent agenda) Passed “Vote by Consent Agenda Passes per Moderator”
- Art. 5 Rezone 147 Franklin Street from split Residence B/Residence A to all Residence B Passed “⅔ Vote Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 6 Rezone 32 Summer Street to Residence B Passed “⅔ Vote Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 7 Adopt FY2025 budget: $91,475,092 General Fund, $7,548,675 Sewer and $5,563,760 Water Enterprise budgets Passed “⅔ Vote Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 8 Borrow $1,152,000 for capital projects Passed “⅔ Vote Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 9 Transfer $350,000 from General Stabilization to amend FY2024 department budgets Passed “⅔ Vote Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 13 Appropriate $55,016 from the Transportation Network Companies fund for the Stoneham Shuttle pilot program Passed “Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 14 End the Opioid Stabilization Fund and move opioid settlement funds to a special revenue account Passed “⅔ Vote Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 15 Appropriate up to $213,101 from free cash for prior-year payments to Clearway Community Solar LLC Passed “4/5 Vote Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 16 Accept MGL c. 40 s. 13E to create a special education reserve fund Passed “Passes per Moderator”
- Art. 17 Petition the Legislature to let the Police Department waive the maximum age for new police officers Passed “Passes Per Moderator”
- Art. 18 Amend open-container bylaw so the Select Board may license alcohol at community events on public property Passed “Passes Per Moderator”
Source: Town Clerk: Minutes for Town Meeting, Monday, May 6, 2024 (Annual Town Meeting, PDF).
Not here yet: No Town Meeting after May 4, 2026 is posted yet; Stoneham usually holds a fall Special Town Meeting in October (October 21 in 2024, October 20 in 2025).
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
ChairRaymie ParkerChair · At-large · at 3 of 3 meetings
Vice-ChairHeidi BilboVice-Chair · At-large · at 3 of 3 meetings
Ryan ForemanMember · At-large · at 3 of 3 meetings
Troy LauClerk · At-large · at 3 of 3 meetings
David PignoneMember · At-large · at 3 of 3 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
11 full-board meetings so far this year, through May 4. Ties share a rank.
1Ryan Foreman11 of 11 meetings Every meeting100%1Raymie Parker11 of 11 meetings Every meeting100%1Timothy Waitkevitch7 of 7 meetings · served until Mar Every meeting100%1Troy Lau3 of 3 meetings · served from Apr100%5Heidi Bilbo9 of 11 meetings82%6David Pignone7 of 11 meetings64%33 full-board meetings in 2025. Ties share a rank.
1Ryan Foreman24 of 24 meetings · served from Apr Every meeting100%2Heidi Bilbo32 of 33 meetings97%2Raymie Parker32 of 33 meetings97%2Timothy Waitkevitch32 of 33 meetings97%5George Seibold8 of 9 meetings · served until Mar89%6David Pignone29 of 33 meetings88%25 full-board meetings in 2024. Ties share a rank.
1George Seibold25 of 25 meetings Every meeting100%2Raymie Parker24 of 25 meetings96%2Timothy Waitkevitch24 of 25 meetings96%4Heidi Bilbo20 of 25 meetings80%4David Pignone20 of 25 meetings80%34 full-board meetings in 2023. Ties share a rank.
1Timothy Waitkevitch25 of 25 meetings · served from Apr Every meeting100%2Raymie Parker33 of 34 meetings97%3David Pignone32 of 34 meetings94%4George Seibold31 of 34 meetings91%5Heidi Bilbo29 of 34 meetings85%6Shelly MacNeill6 of 9 meetings · served until Mar67%24 full-board meetings in 2022. Ties share a rank.
1Raymie Parker23 of 24 meetings96%2George Seibold22 of 24 meetings92%3Heidi Bilbo21 of 24 meetings88%4David Pignone20 of 24 meetings83%5Shelly MacNeill18 of 24 meetings75%24 full-board meetings in 2021. Ties share a rank.
1Raymie Parker24 of 24 meetings Every meeting100%1George Seibold24 of 24 meetings Every meeting100%1David Pignone16 of 16 meetings · served from Apr Every meeting100%4Heidi Bilbo23 of 24 meetings96%5Shelly MacNeill21 of 24 meetings88%6Caroline Colarusso5 of 8 meetings · served until Mar63%33 full-board meetings in 2020. Ties share a rank.
1Raymie Parker33 of 33 meetings Every meeting100%2Heidi Bilbo32 of 33 meetings97%3Shelly MacNeill31 of 33 meetings94%3George Seibold31 of 33 meetings94%5Caroline Colarusso25 of 33 meetings76%26 full-board meetings in 2019. Ties share a rank.
1Shelly MacNeill26 of 26 meetings Every meeting100%1Raymie Parker26 of 26 meetings Every meeting100%3George Seibold25 of 26 meetings96%4Heidi Bilbo17 of 18 meetings · served from Apr94%5Anthony Wilson7 of 8 meetings · served until Mar88%6Caroline Colarusso18 of 26 meetings69%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. Not shown: 2018, because too many of that year’s meetings are missing from the posted minutes.
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Meetings
About missing minutes
Loaded: Stoneham Select Board minutes from January 9, 2018 through May 4, 2026: 237 meetings and 1,973 votes. The town’s Agenda Center holds the board’s minutes back to 2016; MassVoter has loaded 2018 on. Until early 2019 the board was the Board of Selectmen; in February 2018 the board accepted a Town Meeting article for a home rule petition to rename it, the minutes use “Select Board” from January 22, 2019, and on February 5, 2019 State Representative Michael Day told the board the name change had passed the Legislature. The minutes are typed documents with searchable text (the October 21, 2019 minutes are posted as a Word file). Not here: executive-session minutes; cancelled meetings; votes of the School Committee, Finance and Advisory Board, Planning Board, Housing Authority and Library Trustees at joint meetings; public engagement sessions and other events the board attended without holding its own business; meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes (among them June 19, September 11 and 18, October 2 and 16, November 5 and 20, 2018, where no minutes are posted from late August 2018 to January 2019; several joint budget meetings with the School Committee and the Finance and Advisory Board from 2019 to 2026; and August 12, 2025, where the agenda is posted in the minutes slot); four dates where the file posted as minutes is another meeting’s minutes or the agenda (March 27, 2018, 9:00 p.m.; June 6, 2018; February 12, 2019; April 29, 2025); and meetings after May 4, 2026 (the minutes of May 19, June 2, June 16 and June 23, 2026 and later meetings are not posted; since June 2026 the board’s agendas are posted on the town calendar and in the Document Center, not in the Agenda Center). Stoneham’s minutes name the mover and seconder. Most votes since 2020 are roll calls that list every member by name (“A roll call vote was taken. Voting in favor: … Voting against: … Motion passes (4-1)”), shown as each member’s vote. Other votes read “Voted unanimously,” shown as every member present voting yes, or give a count with the members who voted no or abstained named (“Voted (4-1) with Lau voting in the negative”), shown with the other members present voting yes. Where the count and the members named or present do not match (for example a roll call that lists four names under a 4-1-0 count “with Bilbo abstaining”), we show the count only (23 votes); two votes where members chose between nominees show the result only. Members who recused themselves or left the room are not shown in that vote. A motion with no recorded outcome is not counted as a vote. 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.
May 4Appoint Megan Day, Jessica Gerke, and Richard Jackson to…Motion: Pignone moved to appoint Megan Day, Jessica Gerke, and Richard Jackson…Passed 4–1 · No: Lau
May 4, 2026: Appoint Megan Day, Jessica Gerke, and Richard Jackson to the Conservation Commission
Pignone moved to appoint Megan Day, Jessica Gerke, and Richard Jackson to the Conservation Commission. Bilbo seconded the motion. Voted (4-1) with Lau voting in the negative.
Yes: Bilbo, Foreman, Parker, PignoneNo: Lau
From the minutes
“Pignone moved to appoint Megan Day, Jessica Gerke, and Richard Jackson to the Conservation Commission. Bilbo seconded the motion. Voted (4-1) with Lau voting in the negative..” (Motion: Pignone, second: Bilbo)
Apr 28Appoint Elizabeth Cleveland and Raymie Parker to the Municipal…Motion: Lau moved to appoint Elizabeth Cleveland and Raymie Parker to the…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Parker
April 28, 2026: Appoint Elizabeth Cleveland and Raymie Parker to the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust
Lau moved to appoint Elizabeth Cleveland and Raymie Parker to the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust, Foreman seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken. Voting in favor: Heidi Bilbo Troy Lau Ryan Foreman David Pignone Motion passes (4-0-1) with Parker abstaining.
Yes: Bilbo, Foreman, Lau, PignoneAbstained: ParkerThe roll call does not list Raymie Parker; the minutes say “with Parker abstaining”, so Raymie Parker is shown abstaining.
From the minutes
“Lau moved to appoint Elizabeth Cleveland and Raymie Parker to the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust, Foreman seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken. Voting in favor: Heidi Bilbo Troy Lau Ryan Foreman David Pignone Motion passes (4-0-1) with Parker abstaining..” (Motion: Lau, second: Foreman)
Apr 14Approve the minutes from 3/24Motion: Foreman moved to approve the minutes from 3/24. Bilbo seconded the…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Lau
April 14, 2026: Approve the minutes from 3/24
Foreman moved to approve the minutes from 3/24. Bilbo seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken. Voting in favor: Raymie Parker Heidi Bilbo Ryan Foreman David Pignone Motion passes (4-0-1) with Lau abstaining.
Yes: Bilbo, Foreman, Parker, PignoneAbstained: LauThe roll call does not list Troy Lau; the minutes say “with Lau abstaining”, so Troy Lau is shown abstaining.
From the minutes
“Foreman moved to approve the minutes from 3/24. Bilbo seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken. Voting in favor: Raymie Parker Heidi Bilbo Ryan Foreman David Pignone Motion passes (4-0-1) with Lau abstaining..” (Motion: Foreman, second: Bilbo)
From the Stoneham 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. Photos: Town of Stoneham, Select Board page (captioned group photo). Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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