How the Stoneham Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Raymie Parker joined the board after the April 2018 town election, succeeding Thomas Boussy. On April 10, 2018 the board chose Anthony Wilson as Chair (4-1, Caroline Colarusso voting no), Shelly MacNeill as Vice Chair and Raymie Parker as Clerk (5-0). No minutes are posted for September 2018 to early January 2019. On February 20, 2018 the board had accepted a warrant article for a home rule petition to rename the Board of Selectmen; the minutes use “Select Board” from January 22, 2019, and on February 5, 2019 State Representative Day told the board the name change had passed the Legislature. Anthony Wilson’s last meeting was March 19, 2019. Covers 23 meetings, April 10 to March 19, 2019.
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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.
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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. 4Set 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. 10Appropriate $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”
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).
"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.
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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.
Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.
Mar 19Approve the minutes of 2/6/19Motion: Parker moved to approve the minutes of 2/6/19. Seibold seconded the…Passed 3–0 · Abstained: Colarusso, Wilson
Parker moved to approve the minutes of 2/6/19. Seibold seconded the motion. Voted (3-0-2) with Wilson and Colarusso abstaining.
Yes: MacNeill, Parker, SeiboldAbstained: Colarusso, Wilson
From the minutes
“Parker moved to approve the minutes of 2/6/19. Seibold seconded the motion. Voted (3-0-2) with Wilson and Colarusso abstaining..” (Motion: Parker, second: Seibold)
Mar 19Approve the 3/12/19 minutes with the additional languageMotion: Wilson moved to approve the 3/12/19 minutes with the additional language.…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Colarusso
March 19, 2019: Approve the 3/12/19 minutes with the additional language
Approve minutesPassed · 4–0
Wilson moved to approve the 3/12/19 minutes with the additional language. Seibold seconded the motion. Voted (4-0-1) with Colarusso abstaining.
“Wilson moved to approve the 3/12/19 minutes with the additional language. Seibold seconded the motion. Voted (4-0-1) with Colarusso abstaining..” (Motion: Wilson, second: Seibold)
Wilson moved to accept and number 13 and 14 and look favorably on them. Seibold seconded the motion. Voted unanimously to accept and number 13 and 14. Voted 4-1 to look favorably on the article
One motion was voted in two parts: “Voted unanimously to accept and number 13 and 14. Voted 4-1 to look favorably on the article”; the minutes do not say who voted no, so the count only is shown for this part. The minutes record the vote as “Voted 4-1” but do not say who voted which way, so the count only is shown.
From the minutes
“Wilson moved to accept and number 13 and 14 and look favorably on them. Seibold seconded the motion. Voted unanimously to accept and number 13 and 14. Voted 4-1 to look favorably on the article.” (Motion: Wilson, second: Seibold)
Mar 5Look favorably on this articleMotion: Colarusso moved to look favorably on this article. Wilson seconded the…Failed 1–4 · No: MacNeill, Parker, Seibold, Wilson
Colarusso moved to look favorably on this article. Wilson seconded the motion. Motion fails 1-4 with Colarusso voting in the affirmative.
Yes: ColarussoNo: MacNeill, Parker, Seibold, WilsonThe minutes record “Motion fails 1-4” “with Colarusso voting in the affirmative”; the other members present are shown voting no.
From the minutes
“Colarusso moved to look favorably on this article. Wilson seconded the motion. Motion fails 1-4 with Colarusso voting in the affirmative..” (Motion: Colarusso, second: Wilson)
Seibold moved to look unfavorably on this article. Parker seconded the motion. Parker apologized for her outburst and stated that when she ran for the seat she checked into any conflict of interest and was advised that she could run. Kathy Sullivan stated that MGL 268A allows every employee the right to run Select Board. Voted 4-0-1 with Colarusso abstaining.
“Seibold moved to look unfavorably on this article. Parker seconded the motion. Parker apologized for her outburst and stated that when she ran for the seat she checked into any conflict of interest and was advised that she could run. Kathy Sullivan stated that MGL 268A allows every employee the right to run Select Board. Voted 4-0-1 with Colarusso abstaining..” (Motion: Seibold, second: Parker)
Mar 5Accept the Human Rights Commission policyMotion: Seibold moved to accept the HRC policy. Parker seconded the motion.…Passed 4–1 · No: Colarusso
March 5, 2019: Accept the Human Rights Commission policy
ApprovePassed · 4–1
Seibold moved to accept the HRC policy. Parker seconded the motion. Colarusso moved to amend the motion to accept the policy with the exception of the reporting requirement. Wilson asked Colarusso what changes she would like and asked if she would support it if the word "report" is changed to "refer". Colarusso stated that she would like to see language stating that the HRC will provide residents with information regarding filing complaints with state and local agencies. Colarusso's amendment was not seconded. Seibold's original motion carries (4-1) with Colarusso voting no.
Yes: MacNeill, Parker, Seibold, WilsonNo: ColarussoCaroline Colarusso’s amendment (removing the reporting requirement) was not seconded; the minutes record “Seibold’s original motion carries (4-1) with Colarusso voting no.”
From the minutes
“Seibold moved to accept the HRC policy. Parker seconded the motion. Colarusso moved to amend the motion to accept the policy with the exception of the reporting requirement. Wilson asked Colarusso what changes she would like and asked if she would support it if the word "report" is changed to "refer". Colarusso stated that she would like to see language stating that the HRC will provide residents with information regarding filing complaints with state and local agencies. Colarusso's amendment was not seconded. Seibold's original motion carries (4-1) with Colarusso voting no..” (Motion: Seibold, second: Parker)
“Seibold moved to accept the minutes of 12/4/18. Wilson seconded the motion. The vote was (4-0-1) with Colarusso abstaining..” (Motion: Seibold, second: Wilson)
“Seibold moved to sign the letter presented by STAC. Wilson seconded the motion. Voted (4-1) with Colarusso voting in the negative..” (Motion: Seibold, second: Wilson)
Feb 19Approve Bear Hill Golf Club's request for Change of…Motion: Parker moved to approve Bear Hill Golf Club's request for Change…Passed 4–0 · see note
February 19, 2019: Approve Bear Hill Golf Club's request for Change of Officers
ApprovePassed · 4–0
Parker moved to approve Bear Hill Golf Club's request for Change of Officers. Wilson seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken. Voting in Favor: Chairwoman MacNeill Vice Chairwoman Parker Clerk Seibold Selectman Wilson Selectwoman Colarusso Motion carries (4-0)
The roll call lists Voting in Favor: Chairwoman MacNeill, Vice Chairwoman Parker, Clerk Seibold, Selectman Wilson, Selectwoman Colarusso, but the minutes record the vote as “Motion carries (4-0)”; the count and the names do not match, so the count only is shown.
From the minutes
“Parker moved to approve Bear Hill Golf Club's request for Change of Officers. Wilson seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken. Voting in Favor: Chairwoman MacNeill Vice Chairwoman Parker Clerk Seibold Selectman Wilson Selectwoman Colarusso Motion carries (4-0).” (Motion: Parker, second: Wilson)
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.