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Westwood Select Board
How the Westwood Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 3 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. The three-member Board of Selectmen: John Hickey (Chair), Nancy Hyde (Clerk) and Michael Walsh (Third Member). MassVoter has loaded this board's meetings from January 8, 2018 on. The start date (spring 2017) is a placeholder. Covers 14 meetings, January 8 to May 21, 2018.
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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 Westwood ballot: 13 quizzes, about a minute each.
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Members
Nancy HydeClerk · Select Board member (townwide) · at 14 of 14 meetings
Michael WalshThird Member · Select Board member (townwide) · at 13 of 14 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: Westwood Select Board minutes (the board was called the Board of Selectmen until 2021) from January 8, 2018 through March 30, 2026, 205 meetings, from the town’s iQM2 meeting portal, which holds the board’s minutes back to 2011 (MassVoter has loaded 2018 on). Not here: minutes before 2018; executive-session minutes; and every meeting after March 30, 2026. The portal lists meetings on April 14, May 11, May 22, June 1 and June 22, 2026 with an agenda but no minutes, and since July 2026 the town has posted Select Board agendas on its own website calendar without minutes, so no votes are shown yet for the board chosen in May 2026 (MassVoter will ask the town for those minutes). Westwood’s minutes are typed records made in the iQM2 system. Each vote lists the mover, the seconder and how each member voted by name (“AYES: … NAYS: …”), and we show each vote as recorded. Members the record lists as having stepped aside (recused) or as absent are not shown as voting. The board has three members. Robert Gotti resigned as Chair in February 2026; from February 11 to March 30, 2026 the two remaining members voted alone. At the April 28, 2026 town election Joseph Previtera was re-elected and Erin Sibley was elected to the last year of Mr. Gotti’s term. 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 21Cancel the Public Hearing scheduled for Monday, May 21,…Motion: N. Hyde moved to cancel the Public Hearing scheduled for Monday,…Passed Unanimous, 3 present · see note
May 21, 2018: Cancel the Public Hearing scheduled for Monday, May 21, 2018 related to the application for Unattended Donation Containers to be located at Temple Beth David and that the Public Hearing…
N. Hyde moved to cancel the Public Hearing scheduled for Monday, May 21, 2018 related to the application for Unattended Donation Containers to be located at Temple Beth David and that the Public Hearing be re-advertised and notify abutters of a new hearing date. At the end of the meeting, the Board announced the new hearing date to be Wednesday, June 26th. Subsequently, due to schedule conflicts, the Board Published this hearing for Wednesday, June 27th
The minutes record the result as "Continued".
From the minutes
“N. Hyde moved to cancel the Public Hearing scheduled for Monday, May 21, 2018 related to the application for Unattended Donation Containers to be located at Temple Beth David and that the Public Hearing be re-advertised and notify abutters of a new hearing date. At the end of the meeting, the Board announced the new hearing date to be Wednesday, June 26th. Subsequently, due to schedule conflicts, the Board Published this hearing for Wednesday, June 27th M. Walsh Seconded. Unanimous Vote: 3-0. RESULT: CONTINUED [UNANIMOUS] Next: 6/27/2018 7:30 PM MOVER: Nancy C. Hyde, Clerk SECONDER:Michael F. Walsh, Third Member AYES: John M. Hickey, Nancy C. Hyde, Michael F. Walsh.” (Motion: Hyde, second: Walsh)
Mar 23Remove the article titled "Abandonment of portions of Hedgerow…Motion: M. Walsh moved to remove the article titled "Abandonment of portions…Passed 2–0 · see note
March 23, 2018: Remove the article titled "Abandonment of portions of Hedgerow Lane as a public street and authorization of transfer of land within the current right- of-way to owners of abutting property"…
M. Walsh moved to remove the article titled "Abandonment of portions of Hedgerow Lane as a public street and authorization of transfer of land within the current right- of-way to owners of abutting property" from the 2018 Annual Town Meeting Warrant."
Yes: Hickey, WalshNancy Hyde stepped aside (recused) and is not shown as voting.
From the minutes
“M. Walsh moved to remove the article titled "Abandonment of portions of Hedgerow Lane as a public street and authorization of transfer of land within the current right- of-way to owners of abutting property" from the 2018 Annual Town Meeting Warrant." J. Hickey Seconded. Vote: 2-0-1. N. Hyde recused herself and was not present for the vote. RESULT: APPROVED [2 TO 0] MOVER: Michael F. Walsh, Third Member SECONDER:John M. Hickey, Chairma AYES: John M. Hickey, Michael F. Walsh RECUSED: Nancy C. Hyde.” (Motion: Walsh, second: Hickey)
From the Westwood Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s iQM2 meeting portal. We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Marianne LeBlanc Cummings (her 2022 candidacy announcement, via Westwood Minute), Joseph Previtera (his 2023 candidacy announcement, via Westwood Minute), Erin Sibley (erinsibley.com), Westwood Minute (Robert Gotti, 2021 candidate profile) and the Massachusetts Municipal Association (Michael Walsh, 2022). No photos yet for former members John Hickey and Nancy Hyde.
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