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Weston Select Board
How the Weston Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms (3 members until 2026). The board grew from three to five members at the May 2026 annual town election (the first election under the 2025 special act; two new seats were added, one for three years and one for two years): Alfred Aydelott, Rebecca Mercuri and Anupam Sachdev joined Lise Revers and John McDonald (first five-member meeting May 12, 2026), with Thomas Palmer leaving the board. On May 12, 2026 the board unanimously chose John McDonald as Chair and Alfred Aydelott as Clerk. Minutes after September 8, 2026 are not posted yet. The end date is a placeholder. Covers 9 meetings so far, May 12 to September 8, 2026.
A monthly email on what it voted on, starting in November.
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
Weston Select Board: 8 out of 10 · Mostly open
How easy Weston makes it to see, online, how each member votes. It scores the town’s records, not any official. Checked October 11, 2026.
- Minutes postedMinutes are posted for nearly every meeting more than three months old.Full points: 2/2
- Each vote namedThe minutes list how each member voted on every split vote.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 2013 to today are online.Full points: 1/1
- Readable textMost recent minutes are scanned images, not text you can search and copy.No points: 0/1
- Member photosThe town’s website lists the members’ names but no photos.No points: 0/1
How the town can raise its score
- Readable text (+1): Save minutes straight from Word or Google Docs as a PDF instead of printing and scanning them. If a scan is needed, turn on the scanner’s “searchable PDF” or text-recognition setting.
- 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
Coming up
From the agendas Weston posts on its official site. Agendas can change; the posted agenda is the official one.
Members
✓ Every meeting 2026
Alfred AydelottClerk · At-large · at 9 of 9 meetings
Rebecca MercuriMember · At-large · at 8 of 9 meetings✓ Every meeting 2026
Lise ReversMember · At-large · at 9 of 9 meetings✓ Every meeting 2026
Anupam SachdevMember · At-large · at 9 of 9 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
19 full-board meetings so far this year, through September 8. Ties share a rank.
1Lise Revers19 of 19 meetings Every meeting100%1Thomas Palmer10 of 10 meetings · served until Apr Every meeting100%1Alfred Aydelott9 of 9 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%1Anupam Sachdev9 of 9 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%5John McDonald18 of 19 meetings95%6Rebecca Mercuri8 of 9 meetings · served from May89%40 full-board meetings in 2025. Ties share a rank.
1Thomas Palmer40 of 40 meetings Every meeting100%1Lise Revers40 of 40 meetings Every meeting100%1John McDonald24 of 24 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%1Laurie Bent16 of 16 meetings · served until Apr Every meeting100%29 full-board meetings in 2024. Ties share a rank.
1Thomas Palmer29 of 29 meetings Every meeting100%1Lise Revers18 of 18 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%1Christopher Houston11 of 11 meetings · served until May Every meeting100%4Laurie Bent28 of 29 meetings97%23 full-board meetings in 2023. Ties share a rank.
1Laurie Bent23 of 23 meetings Every meeting100%1Thomas Palmer14 of 14 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%1Harvey Boshart9 of 9 meetings · served until Apr Every meeting100%4Christopher Houston21 of 23 meetings91%20 full-board meetings in 2022. Ties share a rank.
1Laurie Bent20 of 20 meetings Every meeting100%1Christopher Houston20 of 20 meetings Every meeting100%3Harvey Boshart19 of 20 meetings95%28 full-board meetings in 2021. Ties share a rank.
1Laurie Bent28 of 28 meetings Every meeting100%1Harvey Boshart28 of 28 meetings Every meeting100%3Christopher Houston26 of 28 meetings93%29 full-board meetings in 2020. Ties share a rank.
1Christopher Houston29 of 29 meetings Every meeting100%2Laurie Bent28 of 29 meetings97%2Harvey Boshart28 of 29 meetings97%27 full-board meetings in 2019. Ties share a rank.
1Harvey Boshart27 of 27 meetings Every meeting100%2Christopher Houston26 of 27 meetings96%3Laurie Bent14 of 15 meetings · served from May93%4Douglas Gillespie8 of 12 meetings · served until May67%22 full-board meetings in 2018. Ties share a rank.
1Harvey Boshart22 of 22 meetings Every meeting100%1Christopher Houston22 of 22 meetings Every meeting100%3Douglas Gillespie20 of 22 meetings91%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: Weston Select Board minutes from January 18, 2018 through September 8, 2026: 237 meetings and 1,101 votes. Minutes back to June 2013 are online; MassVoter loaded 2018 on. The minutes call the board the Board of Selectmen through November 13, 2019 and the Select Board from December 10, 2019. The board had three members until May 2026; a special act approved by the May 2025 Annual Town Meeting, the Legislature (signed October 2025) and the voters at a January 13, 2026 special election enlarged it to five, and the first five-member meeting was May 12, 2026. Many minutes from 2024 to 2026 are posted as scanned images; MassVoter read them with text recognition and checked every name and vote line by hand. Included: regular and special meetings, joint meetings with other boards (only the Select Board members’ votes are shown), the Financial Summits and All Committee meetings the board posted, and the board’s own Water Tank Working Group meetings (all three members, 2025-2026). Not here: executive-session minutes; the MBTA 3A Working Group and Fire Station Working Group (separate groups that include some Select Board members), whose minutes are filed in the same Agenda Center folder; summaries of site visits (informational, no votes); meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes (regular meetings on January 11, April 12, June 7 and July 26, 2022 and November 14 and December 5, 2023; a joint meeting with the Recreation Commission on December 13, 2022; and most of the yearly Financial Summits and All Committee meetings, including October 27 and November 1, 2025); and meetings after September 8, 2026 (the September 29, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Through 2019 most votes read “2nd by Mr. Gillespie. Approved unanimously”, shown as every member present voting yes. Since 2020 nearly every vote is a roll call naming each member who voted yes, with any no vote or abstention named (“Ms. Revers and Mr. McDonald voted in the affirmative and Mr. Palmer voted against”), shown by name. A roll call that leaves out a member who was at the meeting is shown with the named votes only, with a note; where the minutes give no names or count we show the result only (3 votes), and where a roll call names one member twice we show the count only (1 vote). Members who recused themselves, arrived late or left early are shown only in the votes they took part in. A motion with no recorded outcome (several consent agendas, for example) 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.
Sep 8Authorize paving of Concord Road as an interim measure…Motion: Motion: Mr. Aydelott moved to authorize paving of Concord Road as…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Mercuri
September 8, 2026: Authorize paving of Concord Road as an interim measure and authorize production of an engineering plan for future reconstruction
Motion: Mr. Aydelott moved to authorize paving of Concord Road as an interim measure and authorize production of an engineering plan for future reconstruction. Seconded by Mr. Sachdev. Roll Call Vote: Mr. Sachdev, Mr. Aydelott, Ms. Revers, and Mr. McDonald voted in the affirmative, Ms. Mercuri Abstained. Motion passed by majority 4-0-1.
Yes: Aydelott, McDonald, Revers, SachdevAbstained: Mercuri
From the minutes
“Motion: Mr. Aydelott moved to authorize paving of Concord Road as an interim measure and authorize production of an engineering plan for future reconstruction. Seconded by Mr. Sachdev. Roll Call Vote: Mr. Sachdev, Mr. Aydelott, Ms. Revers, and Mr. McDonald voted in the affirmative, Ms. Mercuri Abstained. Motion passed by majority 4-0-1..” (Motion: Aydelott, second: Sachdev)
Jul 14Appoint Claire Huang-Feng to the Board of the Council…Motion: MOTION: Ms. Mercuri moved to appoint Claire Huang-Feng to the Board…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Revers
July 14, 2026: Appoint Claire Huang-Feng to the Board of the Council on Aging for terms to expire June 30, 2030
MOTION: Ms. Mercuri moved to appoint Claire Huang-Feng to the Board of the Council on Aging for terms to expire June 30, 2030. Seconded by Mr. Aydelott. Roll Call Vote: Mr. McDonald, Mr. Sachdev, Ms. Mercuri, Mr. Aydelott voted in the affirmative and Ms. Revers abstained. Approved by Majority 4-0-1.
Yes: Aydelott, McDonald, Mercuri, SachdevAbstained: Revers
From the minutes
“MOTION: Ms. Mercuri moved to appoint Claire Huang-Feng to the Board of the Council on Aging for terms to expire June 30, 2030. Seconded by Mr. Aydelott. Roll Call Vote: Mr. McDonald, Mr. Sachdev, Ms. Mercuri, Mr. Aydelott voted in the affirmative and Ms. Revers abstained. Approved by Majority 4-0-1..” (Motion: Mercuri, second: Aydelott)
Jul 14Appoint Lee Crockett and Olga Schulman to three-year terms…Motion: MOTION: Ms. Revers moved to appoint Lee Crockett and Olga Schulman…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
July 14, 2026: Appoint Lee Crockett and Olga Schulman to three-year terms on the Traffic and Sidewalk Committee expiring June 30, 2029
MOTION: Ms. Revers moved to appoint Lee Crockett and Olga Schulman to three-year terms on the Traffic and Sidewalk Committee expiring June 30, 2029. Seconded by Ms. Revers. Roll Call Vote: Mr. Aydelott, Mr. Sachdev, Ms. Mercuri, Mr. McDonald and Ms. Revers voted in the affirmative. Approved Unanimously.
The minutes name Lise Revers as both the mover and the seconder, so no seconder is shown.
From the minutes
“MOTION: Ms. Revers moved to appoint Lee Crockett and Olga Schulman to three-year terms on the Traffic and Sidewalk Committee expiring June 30, 2029. Seconded by Ms. Revers. Roll Call Vote: Mr. Aydelott, Mr. Sachdev, Ms. Mercuri, Mr. McDonald and Ms. Revers voted in the affirmative. Approved Unanimously..” (Motion: Revers)
Jul 14Approve the ladder design crosswalk at Wellesley St and…Motion: MOTION 1: Mr. Sachdev moved to approve the ladder design crosswalk…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
July 14, 2026: Approve the ladder design crosswalk at Wellesley St and Maple Rd
MOTION 1: Mr. Sachdev moved to approve the ladder design crosswalk at Wellesley St and Maple Rd., seconded by Lise Revers. The motion passed unanimously. Seconded by Ms. Revers. Roll Call Vote: Mr. Aydelott, Mr. Sachdev, Ms. Mercuri, Mr. McDonald and Ms. Revers voted in the affirmative. Approved Unanimously
The minutes say “The motion passed unanimously” and then print the roll call (all five in the affirmative).
From the minutes
“MOTION 1: Mr. Sachdev moved to approve the ladder design crosswalk at Wellesley St and Maple Rd., seconded by Lise Revers. The motion passed unanimously. Seconded by Ms. Revers. Roll Call Vote: Mr. Aydelott, Mr. Sachdev, Ms. Mercuri, Mr. McDonald and Ms. Revers voted in the affirmative. Approved Unanimously.” (Motion: Sachdev, second: Revers)
From the Weston 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 (the town’s website has no Select Board photos): Weston Observer — Al Aydelott, Rebecca Mercuri and Anupam Sachdev (Addison Antonoff, April 2026); Weston Owl — Lise Revers (April 2024) and John McDonald (courtesy photo, January 2025). Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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