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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 April 22, 2025 the board chose Carol Martin as Chair and Doug Levine as Vice Chair (5-0-0). Christopher Reynolds, elected on April 28, 2026, joined the board after the May 2026 Annual Town Meeting; Anne Brensley left it (her last meeting was April 27, 2026). Covers 42 meetings, April 22 to May 18, 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 budgetBoard years
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Members
ChairCarol MartinChair · At-large · at 42 of 42 meetings
Vice-ChairDoug LevineVice Chair · At-large · at 38 of 42 meetings
Thomas FayMember · At-large · at 37 of 42 meetings
Christopher ReynoldsMember · At-large · at 0 of 1 meetings · from May 2026
William WhitneyMember · At-large · at 41 of 42 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.
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.
Mar 30Withdraw Article KK. Senior Property Assessment Credit from the…Motion: T. Fay moved, seconded by W. Whitney to withdraw Article KK.…Passed 2–0 · Abstained: Martin
March 30, 2026: Withdraw Article KK. Senior Property Assessment Credit from the 2026 Annual Town Meeting Warrant
T. Fay moved, seconded by W. Whitney to withdraw Article KK. Senior Property Assessment Credit from the 2026 Annual Town Meeting Warrant.
Yes: Fay, WhitneyAbstained: Martin
From the minutes
“T. Fay moved, seconded by W. Whitney to withdraw Article KK. Senior Property Assessment Credit from the 2026 Annual Town Meeting Warrant. Roll Call Vote: YEA: T. Fay and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: A. Brensley and D. Levine. ABSTAIN: C. Martin. Adopted. 2-0-1.” (Motion: Fay, second: Whitney)
Mar 30Adopt the 2026 Annual Town Meeting Order of the…Motion: T. Fay moved, seconded by W. Whitney, that the Board adopt…Passed 2–1 · No: Martin
March 30, 2026: Adopt the 2026 Annual Town Meeting Order of the Articles with the following changes: that after the Consent Calendar (ending with Article P) the Board insert the Long-Term Water Supply…
T. Fay moved, seconded by W. Whitney, that the Board adopt the 2026 Annual Town Meeting Order of the Articles with the following changes: that after the Consent Calendar (ending with Article P) the Board insert the Long-Term Water Supply (Article HH) and 25 Holiday Road (Article DD).
Yes: Fay, WhitneyNo: Martin
From the minutes
“T. Fay moved, seconded by W. Whitney, that the Board adopt the 2026 Annual Town Meeting Order of the Articles with the following changes: that after the Consent Calendar (ending with Article P) the Board insert the Long-Term Water Supply (Article HH) and 25 Holiday Road (Article DD). Roll Call Vote: YEA: T. Fay and W. Whitney. NAY: C. Martin. ABSENT: A. Brensley and D. Levine. ABSTAIN: None. Adopted. 2-1-0.” (Motion: Fay, second: Whitney)
Mar 16Accept the gift from the anonymous donor with gratitudeMotion: W. Whitney moved, seconded by D. Levine that the Select Board…Passed 3–0 · see note
March 16, 2026: Accept the gift from the anonymous donor with gratitude
W. Whitney moved, seconded by D. Levine that the Select Board accept the gift from the anonymous donor with gratitude.
Yes: Levine, Martin, WhitneyThe roll call lists Thomas Fay as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“W. Whitney moved, seconded by D. Levine that the Select Board accept the gift from the anonymous donor with gratitude. Vote: YEA: D. Levine, C. Martin, and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: A. Brensley, T. Fay. ABSTAIN: None. Adopted. 3-0-0.” (Motion: Whitney, second: Levine)
Mar 16Appoint K. Bruss to the Council on Aging Board…Motion: D. Levine moved, seconded by W. Whitney to appoint K. Bruss…Passed 3–0 · see note
March 16, 2026: Appoint K. Bruss to the Council on Aging Board for a term ending June 30, 2028
D. Levine moved, seconded by W. Whitney to appoint K. Bruss to the Council on Aging Board for a term ending June 30, 2028.
Yes: Levine, Martin, WhitneyThe roll call lists Thomas Fay as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“D. Levine moved, seconded by W. Whitney to appoint K. Bruss to the Council on Aging Board for a term ending June 30, 2028. Vote: YEA: D. Levine, C. Martin, and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: A. Brensley, T. Fay. ABSTAIN: None. Adopted. 3-0-0.” (Motion: Levine, second: Whitney)
Mar 16Support Article O. Update Personnel Bylaws and Wage &…Motion: D. Levine moved, seconded by W. Whitney to support Article O.…Passed 3–0 · see note
March 16, 2026: Support Article O. Update Personnel Bylaws and Wage & Classification Plan and Fund Union Agreements and authorize the Chair or the Town Manager to update, as necessary, the numbers contained…
D. Levine moved, seconded by W. Whitney to support Article O. Update Personnel Bylaws and Wage & Classification Plan and Fund Union Agreements and authorize the Chair or the Town Manager to update, as necessary, the numbers contained in the article under non-union positions and cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for FY2027.
Yes: Levine, Martin, WhitneyThe roll call lists Thomas Fay as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“D. Levine moved, seconded by W. Whitney to support Article O. Update Personnel Bylaws and Wage & Classification Plan and Fund Union Agreements and authorize the Chair or the Town Manager to update, as necessary, the numbers contained in the article under non-union positions and cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for FY2027. Vote: YEA: D. Levine, C. Martin, and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: A. Brensley, T. Fay. ABSTAIN: None. Adopted. 3-0-0.” (Motion: Levine, second: Whitney)
Mar 16Approve the amended on premises retail Annual All Alcoholic…Motion: D. Levine moved, seconded by W. Whitney to vote to approve…Passed 3–0 · see note
March 16, 2026: Approve the amended on premises retail Annual All Alcoholic Beverages License for URBN Wayland Village, LLC d/b/a Terrain located at 297 Boston Post Road, Wayland, MA 01778
D. Levine moved, seconded by W. Whitney to vote to approve the amended on premises retail Annual All Alcoholic Beverages License for URBN Wayland Village, LLC d/b/a Terrain located at 297 Boston Post Road, Wayland, MA 01778.
Yes: Levine, Martin, WhitneyThe roll call lists Thomas Fay as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“D. Levine moved, seconded by W. Whitney to vote to approve the amended on premises retail Annual All Alcoholic Beverages License for URBN Wayland Village, LLC d/b/a Terrain located at 297 Boston Post Road, Wayland, MA 01778. Vote: YEA: D. Levine, C. Martin, and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: A. Brensley, T. Fay. ABSTAIN: None. Adopted. 3-0-0.” (Motion: Levine, second: Whitney)
Mar 16Approve the Consent Calendar of March 16, 2026Motion: W. Whitney moved, seconded by D. Levine to approve the Consent…Passed 3–0 · see note
March 16, 2026: Approve the Consent Calendar of March 16, 2026
W. Whitney moved, seconded by D. Levine to approve the Consent Calendar of March 16, 2026.
Yes: Levine, Martin, WhitneyThe roll call lists Thomas Fay as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“W. Whitney moved, seconded by D. Levine to approve the Consent Calendar of March 16, 2026. Vote: YEA: D. Levine, C. Martin, and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: A. Brensley, T. Fay. ABSTAIN: None. Adopted. 3-0-0.” (Motion: Whitney, second: Levine)
Mar 16Approve the minutes of February 23, 2026, as amendedMotion: D. Levine moved, seconded by W. Whitney to approve the minutes…Passed 3–0 · see note
March 16, 2026: Approve the minutes of February 23, 2026, as amended
D. Levine moved, seconded by W. Whitney to approve the minutes of February 23, 2026, as amended.
Yes: Levine, Martin, WhitneyThe roll call lists Thomas Fay as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“D. Levine moved, seconded by W. Whitney to approve the minutes of February 23, 2026, as amended. Vote: YEA: D. Levine, C. Martin and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: A. Brensley, T. Fay. ABSTAIN: None. Adopted 3-0-0.” (Motion: Levine, second: Whitney)
Mar 16Approve the minutes of March 2, 2026, as amendedMotion: D. Levine moved, seconded by W. Whitney to approve the minutes…Passed 3–0 · see note
March 16, 2026: Approve the minutes of March 2, 2026, as amended
D. Levine moved, seconded by W. Whitney to approve the minutes of March 2, 2026, as amended.
Yes: Levine, Martin, WhitneyThe roll call lists Thomas Fay as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“D. Levine moved, seconded by W. Whitney to approve the minutes of March 2, 2026, as amended. Vote: YEA: D. Levine, C. Martin and W. Whitney. NAY: None. ABSENT: A. Brensley, T. Fay. ABSTAIN: None. Adopted 3-0-0.” (Motion: Levine, second: Whitney)
Mar 9Insert Article C. Current Year TransfersMotion: T. Fay moved, seconded by D. Levine to insert Article C.…Failed 0–5 · No: Brensley, Fay, Levine, Martin, Whitney
March 9, 2026: Insert Article C. Current Year Transfers
T. Fay moved, seconded by D. Levine to insert Article C. Current Year Transfers.
No: Brensley, Fay, Levine, Martin, Whitney
From the minutes
“T. Fay moved, seconded by D. Levine to insert Article C. Current Year Transfers. Roll Call Vote: YEA: None. NAY: A. Brensley, T. Fay, D. Levine, C. Martin and W. Whitney. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None. Motion failed 0-5-0.” (Motion: Fay, second: Levine)
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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