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Wayland Select Board
How the Wayland Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. On June 1, 2026 the board chose Carol Martin as Chair and Thomas Fay as Vice Chair (5-0-0), for a term ending with the close of the 2027 Annual Town Meeting. Minutes after September 8, 2026 are not posted yet. The end date (June 2027) is a placeholder. Covers 10 meetings so far, June 1 to September 8, 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 budgetVote Transparency Score
Wayland Select Board: 9 out of 10 · Open
How easy Wayland makes it to see, online, how each member votes. It scores the town’s records, not any official. Checked October 10, 2026.
- Minutes postedMinutes are posted for every meeting more than three months old.Full points: 2/2
- Each vote namedEvery vote is a roll call that lists how each member voted.Full points: 3/3
- Posted quicklyMinutes are posted for every meeting more than a month old.Full points: 2/2
- Past years onlineSelect Board minutes from 2009 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 lists the members’ names but no photos.No points: 0/1
How the town can raise its score
- Member photos (+1): 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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Board years
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Members
ChairCarol MartinChair · At-large · at 10 of 10 meetings
Vice-ChairThomas FayVice Chair · At-large · at 8 of 10 meetings
Doug LevineMember · At-large · at 10 of 10 meetings
Christopher ReynoldsMember · At-large · at 10 of 10 meetings✓ Every meeting 2026
William WhitneyMember · At-large · 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
28 full-board meetings so far this year, through September 8. Ties share a rank.
1Carol Martin28 of 28 meetings Every meeting100%1William Whitney28 of 28 meetings Every meeting100%3Christopher Reynolds10 of 11 meetings · served from May91%4Thomas Fay25 of 28 meetings89%5Doug Levine24 of 28 meetings86%6Anne Brensley10 of 17 meetings · served until May59%36 full-board meetings in 2025. Ties share a rank.
1Doug Levine36 of 36 meetings Every meeting100%1Carol Martin36 of 36 meetings Every meeting100%3William Whitney35 of 36 meetings97%4Anne Brensley33 of 36 meetings92%5Thomas Fay31 of 36 meetings86%35 full-board meetings in 2024. Ties share a rank.
1Carol Martin35 of 35 meetings Every meeting100%2Doug Levine17 of 18 meetings · served from May94%3Adam Gutbezahl16 of 17 meetings · served until May94%4William Whitney32 of 35 meetings91%5Anne Brensley31 of 35 meetings89%5Thomas Fay31 of 35 meetings89%40 full-board meetings in 2023. Ties share a rank.
1Cherry Karlson16 of 16 meetings · served until May Every meeting100%2Carol Martin39 of 40 meetings98%3William Whitney23 of 24 meetings · served from May96%4Thomas Fay36 of 40 meetings90%5David Watkins14 of 16 meetings · served until May88%6Adam Gutbezahl33 of 40 meetings83%7Anne Brensley18 of 24 meetings · served from May75%46 full-board meetings in 2022. Ties share a rank.
1David Watkins46 of 46 meetings Every meeting100%2Carol Martin45 of 46 meetings98%3Thomas Fay44 of 46 meetings96%3Cherry Karlson44 of 46 meetings96%5Adam Gutbezahl37 of 46 meetings80%59 full-board meetings in 2021. Ties share a rank.
1David Watkins59 of 59 meetings Every meeting100%1Lea Anderson31 of 31 meetings · served until May Every meeting100%1Carol Martin28 of 28 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%4Thomas Fay58 of 59 meetings98%5Mary Antes30 of 31 meetings · served until May97%6Cherry Karlson57 of 59 meetings97%7Adam Gutbezahl24 of 28 meetings · served from May86%54 full-board meetings in 2020. Ties share a rank.
1David Watkins13 of 13 meetings · served from Sep Every meeting100%2Lea Anderson53 of 54 meetings98%2Cherry Karlson53 of 54 meetings98%4Thomas Fay52 of 54 meetings96%5Mary Antes51 of 54 meetings94%6Doug Levine35 of 41 meetings · served until Sep85%37 full-board meetings in 2019. Ties share a rank.
1Lea Anderson37 of 37 meetings Every meeting100%1Cherry Karlson37 of 37 meetings Every meeting100%1Thomas Fay23 of 23 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%4Mary Antes36 of 37 meetings97%5Doug Levine30 of 37 meetings81%6Louis Jurist11 of 14 meetings · served until Apr79%41 full-board meetings in 2018. Ties share a rank.
1Mary Antes41 of 41 meetings Every meeting100%2Lea Anderson40 of 41 meetings98%3Doug Levine39 of 41 meetings95%4Cherry Karlson38 of 41 meetings93%5Louis Jurist37 of 41 meetings90%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.
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Meetings
About missing minutes
Loaded: Wayland Select Board minutes (the board was called the Board of Selectmen until March 2022) from January 8, 2018 through September 8, 2026: 376 meetings and 2,527 votes. Minutes from 2018 through 2024 come from the town’s Document Center (Agendas & Minutes prior to 2025, Select Board), which holds the board’s open-session minutes back to July 2009 (MassVoter has loaded 2018 on); minutes from January 2025 on come from the town’s Agenda Center. All the minutes are typed documents with searchable text. Not here: executive-session minutes; two dates with no meeting (October 8, 2019, when there was no quorum, and September 30, 2021, when no meeting was called to order); March 25, 2025, when the board attended a Board of Public Works forum (agenda only, no minutes posted); and meetings after September 8, 2026 (the September 22 and October 5, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). On three days in early 2021 the board met twice; the morning meetings are listed as Special so the two stay separate. Wayland’s minutes record nearly every vote as a roll call by name (“YEA: T. Fay, D. Levine, C. Martin, C. Reynolds and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None. Adopted. 5-0-0.”), and we show each member’s vote as recorded; members listed as absent for a vote or not listed are not shown as voting, with a note. Where a roll call lists a member twice, names someone the minutes do not show as present or no longer on the board, or does not match its stated count, we show the count only, with a note (16 votes). Where the minutes write “Adopted” but the roll call shows more no votes than yes votes, the motion is shown as failed, with a note. At joint meetings (with the Board of Health, School Committee, Board of Public Works, Board of Assessors, Planning Board, Housing Authority, Recreation Commission, Trust Fund Commission and others), only the Select Board members’ votes are shown, and votes taken by the other boards alone are left out. 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 request of $7,000 for the 2026 Wayland…Motion: W. Whitney moved, seconded by D. Levine that the Board approve…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Reynolds
September 8, 2026: Approve the request of $7,000 for the 2026 Wayland Festival
W. Whitney moved, seconded by D. Levine that the Board approve the request of $7,000 for the 2026 Wayland Festival. In discussion, C. Martin suggested that the motion include the funding source from Town Center gift funds. W. Whitney accepted the amendment, seconded by D. Levine.
Yes: Fay, Levine, Martin, WhitneyAbstained: Reynolds
From the minutes
“W. Whitney moved, seconded by D. Levine that the Board approve the request of $7,000 for the 2026 Wayland Festival. In discussion, C. Martin suggested that the motion include the funding source from Town Center gift funds. W. Whitney accepted the amendment, seconded by D. Levine. Vote: YEA: T. Fay, D. Levine, C. Martin, and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: C. Reynolds. Adopted. 4-0-1.” (Motion: Whitney, second: Levine)
Sep 8Approve the minutes of August 17, 2026, as amendedMotion: W. Whitney moved, seconded by D. Levine to approve the minutes…Passed 4–0 · see note
September 8, 2026: Approve the minutes of August 17, 2026, as amended
W. Whitney moved, seconded by D. Levine to approve the minutes of August 17, 2026, as amended.
The roll call lists Thomas Fay more than once. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“W. Whitney moved, seconded by D. Levine to approve the minutes of August 17, 2026, as amended. Vote: YEA: T. Fay, D. Levine, C. Martin, C. Reynolds and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: T. Fay. Adopted. 4-0-1.” (Motion: Whitney, second: Levine)
Aug 31Retain a 6:30 p.m. start time for the 2027…Motion: T. Fay moved, seconded by W. Whitney, to retain a 6:30…Passed 3–1 · No: Levine · Abstained: Martin
August 31, 2026: Retain a 6:30 p.m. start time for the 2027 Annual Town Meeting
T. Fay moved, seconded by W. Whitney, to retain a 6:30 p.m. start time for the 2027 Annual Town Meeting.
Yes: Fay, Reynolds, WhitneyNo: LevineAbstained: Martin
From the minutes
“T. Fay moved, seconded by W. Whitney, to retain a 6:30 p.m. start time for the 2027 Annual Town Meeting. Roll Call Vote: YEA: T. Fay, C. Reynolds and W. Whitney. NAY: D. Levine. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: C. Martin. Adopted. 3-1-1.” (Motion: Fay, second: Whitney)
Aug 31Approve the minutes of July 20, 2026, as amendedMotion: T. Fay moved, seconded by W. Whitney to approve the minutes…Passed 4–0 · see note
August 31, 2026: Approve the minutes of July 20, 2026, as amended
T. Fay moved, seconded by W. Whitney to approve the minutes of July 20, 2026, as amended.
The roll call lists Thomas Fay more than once. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“T. Fay moved, seconded by W. Whitney to approve the minutes of July 20, 2026, as amended. Roll Call Vote: YEA: T. Fay, D. Levine, C. Martin, C. Reynolds and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: T. Fay. Adopted. 4-0-1.” (Motion: Fay, second: Whitney)
Aug 17Approve agreement with NP Wayland, LLC for installation of…Motion: W. Whitney moved, seconded by C. Reynolds to approve agreement with…Passed 3–0 · see note
August 17, 2026: Approve agreement with NP Wayland, LLC for installation of furniture and equipment pursuant to the Shared Streets and Spaces 2021 program grant
W. Whitney moved, seconded by C. Reynolds to approve agreement with NP Wayland, LLC for installation of furniture and equipment pursuant to the Shared Streets and Spaces 2021 program grant. W. Whitney noted that the titles on the signature page needed to be updated.
Yes: Martin, Reynolds, WhitneyThe roll call lists Doug Levine as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“W. Whitney moved, seconded by C. Reynolds to approve agreement with NP Wayland, LLC for installation of furniture and equipment pursuant to the Shared Streets and Spaces 2021 program grant. W. Whitney noted that the titles on the signature page needed to be updated. Roll Call Vote: YEA: C. Martin, C. Reynolds and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: T. Fay, D. Levine. ABSTAIN: None. Adopted. 3-0-0.” (Motion: Whitney, second: Reynolds)
Aug 17Re-appoint A. Ciaccio to the Historic District Commission for…Motion: W. Whitney moved, seconded by C. Reynolds to re-appoint A. Ciaccio…Passed 3–0 · see note
August 17, 2026: Re-appoint A. Ciaccio to the Historic District Commission for a term ending on June 30, 2029 and M. Burke to the Senior Tax Relief Committee for a term ending June…
W. Whitney moved, seconded by C. Reynolds to re-appoint A. Ciaccio to the Historic District Commission for a term ending on June 30, 2029 and M. Burke to the Senior Tax Relief Committee for a term ending June 30, 2029.
Yes: Martin, Reynolds, WhitneyThe roll call lists Doug Levine as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“W. Whitney moved, seconded by C. Reynolds to re-appoint A. Ciaccio to the Historic District Commission for a term ending on June 30, 2029 and M. Burke to the Senior Tax Relief Committee for a term ending June 30, 2029. Roll Call Vote: YEA: C. Martin, C. Reynolds and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: T. Fay, D. Levine. ABSTAIN: None. Adopted. 3-0-0.” (Motion: Whitney, second: Reynolds)
Aug 17Affirm and ratify the appointments of: S. Fair to…Motion: W. Whitney moved, seconded by C. Reynolds to affirm and ratify…Passed 3–0 · see note
August 17, 2026: Affirm and ratify the appointments of: S. Fair to the Community Preservation Committee by Community Preservation Committee for a term ending June 30, 2029; K. Shigley to the Audit Committee…
W. Whitney moved, seconded by C. Reynolds to affirm and ratify the appointments of: S. Fair to the Community Preservation Committee by Community Preservation Committee for a term ending June 30, 2029; K. Shigley to the Audit Committee by the Finance Committee for a term ending June 30, 2029; R. Cho to the Youth Advisory Committee by the Wayland Interfaith Leadership Association (WILA) for a term ending June 30, 2028; and J. Bradford to the Senior Tax Relief Committee by the Council on Aging Board for a term ending June 30, 2029.
Yes: Martin, Reynolds, WhitneyThe roll call lists Doug Levine as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“W. Whitney moved, seconded by C. Reynolds to affirm and ratify the appointments of: S. Fair to the Community Preservation Committee by Community Preservation Committee for a term ending June 30, 2029; K. Shigley to the Audit Committee by the Finance Committee for a term ending June 30, 2029; R. Cho to the Youth Advisory Committee by the Wayland Interfaith Leadership Association (WILA) for a term ending June 30, 2028; and J. Bradford to the Senior Tax Relief Committee by the Council on Aging Board for a term ending June 30, 2029. Roll Call Vote: YEA: C. Martin, C. Reynolds and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: T. Fay, D. Levine. ABSTAIN: None. Adopted. 3-0-0.” (Motion: Whitney, second: Reynolds)
Aug 17Amend the minutes of June 29, 2026 to read…Motion: W. Whitney moved, seconded by C. Reynolds to amend the minutes…Passed 3–0 · see note
August 17, 2026: Amend the minutes of June 29, 2026 to read "B. Gould noted that the 195 Main Street parcel, located within Zone 2, was still viable for development, and that other…
W. Whitney moved, seconded by C. Reynolds to amend the minutes of June 29, 2026 to read "B. Gould noted that the 195 Main Street parcel, located within Zone 2, was still viable for development, and that other forms of contamination could be mitigated, his primary concern remained PFAS contamination."
Yes: Martin, Reynolds, WhitneyThe roll call lists Doug Levine as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“W. Whitney moved, seconded by C. Reynolds to amend the minutes of June 29, 2026 to read "B. Gould noted that the 195 Main Street parcel, located within Zone 2, was still viable for development, and that other forms of contamination could be mitigated, his primary concern remained PFAS contamination." Roll Call Vote: YEA: C. Martin, C. Reynolds and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: T. Fay, D. Levine. ABSTAIN: None. Adopted. 3-0-0.” (Motion: Whitney, second: Reynolds)
Aug 17Approve the Consent CalendarMotion: W. Whitney moved, seconded by C. Reynolds to approve the Consent…Passed 3–0 · see note
August 17, 2026: Approve the Consent Calendar
W. Whitney moved, seconded by C. Reynolds to approve the Consent Calendar.
Yes: Martin, Reynolds, WhitneyThe roll call lists Doug Levine as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“W. Whitney moved, seconded by C. Reynolds to approve the Consent Calendar. Roll Call Vote: YEA: C. Martin, C. Reynolds and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: T. Fay, D. Levine. ABSTAIN: None. Adopted. 3-0-0.” (Motion: Whitney, second: Reynolds)
Jun 15Appoint C. Schaff to the Board of Assessors with…Motion: Z. Ventress moved, seconded by T. Fay to appoint C. Schaff…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
June 15, 2026: Appoint C. Schaff to the Board of Assessors with a term ending with the conclusion of the 2027 Annual Town Meeting
Z. Ventress moved, seconded by T. Fay to appoint C. Schaff to the Board of Assessors with a term ending with the conclusion of the 2027 Annual Town Meeting.
This was a joint vote with another board (count 8-0-0, including the other board’s members: yes: S. Klitgord, Y. Starr, Z. Ventress; absent: E. Zeligman, D. McNeilly). Only the Select Board members’ votes are shown. The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Z. Ventress moved, seconded by T. Fay to appoint C. Schaff to the Board of Assessors with a term ending with the conclusion of the 2027 Annual Town Meeting. Roll Call Vote: YEA: T. Fay, S. Klitgord, D. Levine, C. Martin, C. Reynolds, Y. Starr, Z. Ventress, and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: E. Zeligman, D. McNeilly. ABSTAIN: None. Adopted. 8-0-0.” (second: Fay)
From the Wayland Select Board’s official minutes: 2018 to 2024 from the town’s Document Center (Agendas & Minutes prior to 2025, Select Board), and 2025 on from its Agenda Center. We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Wayland Patch candidate profiles (Thomas Fay, May 2022; William Whitney, April 2023; Carol Martin, April 2024; Doug Levine, May 2024), photos courtesy of the members. Christopher Reynolds from his candidate profile in The Wayland Post (April 2026).
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