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Whitman Select Board
How the Whitman Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide. We have loaded minutes from January 2018 on; this board was organized before then. Carl F. Kowalski was Chairman and Scott J. Lambiase was Clerk. Covers 12 meetings, January 9 to June 12, 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 budgetBoard years
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What Town Meeting decided
In Whitman, 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.
Special Town Meeting · June 11, 2025 3 votes: 1 passed, 2 no action
- Art. 2 Revised FY2026 town operating budget (Article 2), total $53,332,128 Passed “IN THE MAJORITY”
- Art. 3 Approve the Police Union (MassCOP Local 494) contract, July 2025 – June 2028, funded from free cash No action “PASSED OVER”
- Art. 4 Approve the Fire Union (IAFF Local 1769) contract, July 2025 – June 2028, funded from free cash No action “PASSED OVER”
Source: Town Clerk's voted record, June 11, 2025 Special Town Meeting.
Annual Town Meeting · May 5, 2025 52 votes: 48 passed, 1 passed as amended, 3 no action
- P3 Pay a prior-year DPW bill, $120 from free cash Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- P4 Pay $900.29 from free cash toward the payment in lieu of taxes to Rockland Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- P5 Appropriate $124,040.36 from the cable access account for public, education and government access programming Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- P6 Appropriate $935 from free cash for General Code bylaw updates Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- P7 Appropriate $213,228.78 from free cash for cardiac monitors/defibrillators and building AEDs Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 8 Add $2,000,000 to the FY2026 operating budget, contingent on a Proposition 2½ override Passed “IN THE MAJORITY”
- Art. 18 Transfer $200,000 from free cash to the FY2026 Plymouth County Retirement line Passed “IN THE MAJORITY”
- Art. 19 Transfer $140,000 from free cash to the FY2026 retiree health benefits (OPEB) line Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 2 FY2026 town operating budget (Article 2), partly contingent on a Proposition 2½ override Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 9 Make the elected Treasurer-Collector an appointed position, subject to a town election vote Passed “IN THE MAJORITY”
- Art. 10 Amend the bylaw on recording public meetings of town boards No action “PASSED OVER”
- Art. 11 Amend the bylaw on the date and poll hours of the Annual Town Meeting and Election Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 12 Replace the snow and ice parking bylaw with an overnight winter parking ban Passed “IN THE MAJORITY”
- Art. 13 Amend the zoning bylaw to replace accessory apartments with accessory dwelling units Passed “IN THE MAJORITY”
- Art. 14 Allow the Select Board to transfer Camp Alice Carleton land in Rockland to Rockland, subject to a conservation restriction Passed as amended “IN THE MAJORITY AS AMENDED · YES - 114, NO – 12”
- Art. 15 Set FY2026 spending limits for revolving accounts Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 16 Transfer $223,435 from free cash to the Capital Stabilization Fund Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 17 Transfer $201,092 from free cash to the General Stabilization Fund Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 20 Appropriate $8,400 from free cash for an OPEB actuarial study Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 21 Appropriate $25,000 from free cash for a consultant for the Treasurer-Collector's office Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 22 Appropriate $25,000 from free cash for a consultant for the Accountant's office Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 23 Appropriate $77,000 from free cash for a 1-ton dump truck with plow Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 24 Appropriate $50,000 from free cash for sidewalk repair Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 25 Appropriate $100,000 from free cash for road repair Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 26 Appropriate $225,000 from free cash for engineering to seek state transportation funds (South Avenue Corridor) Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 27 Appropriate $510,935.19 in Chapter 90 state road funds Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 28 Appropriate $35,000 from water/sewer retained earnings to update the water system risk assessment and emergency plan Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 29 Appropriate $125,000 from water/sewer retained earnings to upgrade the chemical system at the Commercial St. sewer station Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 30 Appropriate $70,000 from water/sewer retained earnings to repair five sewer manholes Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 31 Appropriate $300,000 from water/sewer retained earnings for an asset management plan Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 32 Appropriate $154,366.30 from free cash for two police vehicles Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 33 Appropriate $95,000 from free cash for a fire shift commander vehicle Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 34 Appropriate $28,000 from free cash for new flooring at the Fire Station Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 35 Appropriate $32,000 from free cash to replace a heat pump condenser at Police Headquarters Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 36 Appropriate $33,000 from free cash for porch repairs at the Council on Aging Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 37 Appropriate $12,000 from free cash for a mini-split cooling system at the library Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 38 Appropriate $58,722.95 from free cash for Whitman's share of a high school chiller compressor Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 39 Appropriate $119,090 from free cash for Whitman's share of a high school fire panel Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 40 Appropriate $38,203.92 from free cash for wireless access points at Conley, Duval and Whitman Middle Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 41 Appropriate $17,454.91 from free cash for Whitman's share of high school wireless access points Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 42 Appropriate $8,848.98 from free cash for Whitman's share of a high school core router Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 43 Appropriate $13,829 from free cash for backup power (UPS) units at Conley, Duval and Whitman Middle Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 44 Appropriate $25,081.47 from free cash for Whitman's share of a high school backup power (UPS) unit Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 45 Community Preservation: FY2026 administrative budget and reserves Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 46 Community Preservation: $1,100 for plaques for surveyed historic sites Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 47 Community Preservation: $75,000 to restore the arch on Temple Street Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 48 Community Preservation: $65,000 for siding replacement at Pinehaven Drive Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 49 Approve the library employees' (SEIU Local 888) contract, July 2025 – June 2028 Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 50 Approve the OPEIU Local 6 contract, July 2025 – June 2028 Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 51 Approve the AFSCME Local 1700 contract, July 2025 – June 2028 Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 52 Approve the Police Union (MassCOP Local 494) contract, July 2025 – June 2028 No action “PASSED OVER”
- Art. 53 Approve the Fire Union (IAFF Local 1769) contract, July 2025 – June 2028 No action “PASSED OVER”
Source: Town Clerk's voted record, May 5, 2025 Annual Town Meeting.
Special Town Meeting · December 2, 2024 4 votes: 2 passed, 2 passed as amended
- Art. 1 Pay prior-year DPW bills, $1,501.80 from FY2025 DPW budgets Passed as amended “UNANIMOUSLY AS AMENDED”
- Art. 2 Pay prior-year Treasurer-Collector bills, $360.04 Passed as amended “UNANIMOUSLY AS AMENDED”
- Art. 3 Appropriate $161,099.25 from the cable access account for public, education and government access services Passed “UNAMIMOUSLY”
- Art. 4 Approve an amendment to the South Shore Regional Vocational School District agreement Passed “UNAMIMOUSLY”
Source: Town Clerk's voted record, December 2, 2024 Special Town Meeting.
Annual Town Meeting · May 6, 2024 51 votes: 30 passed, 11 passed as amended, 1 failed, 9 no action
- P3 Pay prior-year Fire Department bills, $525.64 from free cash Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- P4 Transfer $500 from free cash to the FY2024 Accountant expense line Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- P5 Transfer $90,000 from free cash to FY2024 Fire Department salaries Passed as amended “IN THE MAJORITY AS AMENDED”
- P6 Transfer $90,000 from free cash to FY2024 Police Department salaries Passed as amended “IN THE MAJORITY AS AMENDED”
- P7 Pay a prior-year school transportation invoice to First Student, $8,436.44 from free cash Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- P8 Appropriate $136,492.74 from the cable access account for public, education and government access programming Passed “UNAMIMOUSLY”
- P9 Pay prior-year Department of Public Works bills, $5,205.25 from free cash Passed “UNAMIMOSULY”
- Art. 2 FY2025 town operating budget (Article 2), total $50,688,475 Passed as amended “IN THE MAJORITY AS AMENDED”
- Art. 10 Set FY2025 spending limits for revolving accounts Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 11 Transfer $19,842.29 from free cash to the Opioid Settlement Fund Passed “UNAMIMOSULY”
- Art. 12 Appropriate $9,800 from free cash for an Emergency Action Plan for the Harding Pond Dam Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 13 Appropriate $16,500 from cemetery funds for a new lawn mowing tractor Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 14 Appropriate $7,000 from free cash for a chain link fence at the Hobarts Pond Dam Passed “UNANIMOSULY”
- Art. 15 Appropriate $323,087.67 in Chapter 90 state road funds Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 16 Appropriate $123,786 from the ambulance reserve account for Fire Department turnout gear Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 17 Appropriate $1,500 from free cash for General Code to update the town bylaws Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 18 Appropriate $47,000 from capital stabilization for fire panel replacement at the Police Station Passed as amended “UNANIMOUSLY AS AMENDED”
- Art. 19 Appropriate $68,140 from capital stabilization for an administrative police cruiser Passed as amended “UNANIMOUSLY AS AMENDED”
- Art. 20 Appropriate $21,000 from free cash for pool house and pump room upgrades Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 21 Appropriate $14,000 from free cash to replace a ground condenser in the server room Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 22 Appropriate $30,303 from capital stabilization for new computers for Town Hall, Library, Police and Fire Passed as amended “UNANIMOUSLY AS AMENDED”
- Art. 23 Appropriate $60,000 from capital stabilization to upgrade town phone systems Passed as amended “UNANIMOUSLY AS AMENDED”
- Art. 24 Appropriate $75,000 from capital stabilization for a new Fire Department four-wheel drive vehicle Passed as amended “UNANIMOUSLY AS AMENDED”
- Art. 25 Appropriate $38,000 from capital stabilization for Town Hall heating circulator pumps Passed as amended “UNANIMOUSLY AS AMENDED”
- Art. 26 Appropriate $75,000 from free cash for road repair Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 27 Appropriate $75,000 from free cash for sidewalk repair or replacement Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 28 Appropriate $58,722.95 from free cash for a chiller compressor at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School No action “PASSED OVER”
- Art. 29 Appropriate $86,189.30 from free cash for a fire panel at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School No action “PASSED OVER”
- Art. 30 Appropriate $54,188 from free cash to migrate the fire panel at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School No action “PASSED OVER”
- Art. 31 Appropriate $8,638.11 from free cash for a core router at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School No action “PASSED OVER”
- Art. 32 Appropriate $27,053.45 from free cash for a backup power (UPS) unit at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School No action “PASSED OVER”
- Art. 33 Appropriate $17,292.42 from free cash for wireless access points at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School No action “PASSED OVER”
- Art. 34 Appropriate $37,408 from free cash for wireless access points at Duval, Conley and Whitman Middle schools No action “PASSED OVER”
- Art. 35 Appropriate $10,622 from free cash for backup power (UPS) units at Duval, Conley and Whitman Middle schools No action “PASSED OVER”
- Art. 36 Appropriate $155,900 from free cash for engineering to seek state transportation funds (South Avenue Corridor) Passed as amended “UNANIMOUSLY AS AMENDED”
- Art. 37 Make the elected Treasurer-Collector an appointed position, subject to a town election vote Passed “IN THE MAJORITY”
- Art. 38 Community Preservation: FY2025 administrative budget ($10,000) and reserves ($29,180 each for historic, housing, open space) Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 39 Community Preservation: $1,100 for plaques for surveyed historic sites Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 40 Community Preservation: $30,000 for an Open Space and Recreation Plan Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 41 Amend the general and zoning bylaws to use gender-neutral wording ("Select Board") Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 42 Raise the need-based senior property tax exemption (Clause 17D) to $350 Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 43 Raise the asset limit for the Clause 17D senior property tax exemption to $50,000 Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 44 Raise the income limits for the Clause 41D senior property tax exemption to $35,000 single / $50,000 married Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 45 Raise the asset limits for the Clause 41D senior property tax exemption to $50,000 single / $65,000 married Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 46 Accept a property tax exemption of up to $500 for home changes that house a person 60 or older (Clause 50) Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 47 Accept a veteran property tax work-off abatement program (M.G.L. c. 59, s. 5N) Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 48 Accept Captain Allen Way as a public way Passed “UNANIMOUSLY”
- Art. 49 Add $509,212 to the regional school budget, contingent on a Proposition 2½ override Failed “ARTICLE DEFEATED”
- Art. 50 Amend the zoning bylaw to add an MBTA Communities multifamily overlay district Passed “IN THE MAJORITY”
- Art. 51 Citizens' petition: create a Whitman Veterans' Discretionary Fund Passed as amended “UNANIMOUSLY AS AMENDED”
- Art. 52 Citizens' petition: fund a Town Clerk salary adjustment No action “PASSED OVER”
Source: Town Clerk's voted record (amended), May 6, 2024 Annual Town Meeting.
Not here yet: the May 2026 Annual Town Meeting and any Special Town Meetings after June 11, 2025 (no voted record posted on the Town Clerk's Town Meetings & Reports page yet).
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).
Members
Vice-ChairDaniel L. SalvucciVice Chairman · Elected townwide · at 12 of 12 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
Not here yet: we have loaded the Select Board’s minutes from January 2018 through September 8, 2026. The town has posted an agenda but no minutes for ten meetings in that time (for example February 5, 2020, February 7, 2024, and August 4, 2026), and minutes after September 8, 2026, are not posted yet. All minutes are typed; one file was a scan that we read with text recognition. Most votes are recorded as a count, such as 5-0 or 3-2 with the members who voted no named, or as a roll call. From May 2024 to May 2025 the minutes usually say only that a motion “carried,” without a count or names; for those 211 votes we show the result but not how each member voted. A few votes where the count does not match the members present, or where members chose between candidates instead of voting yes or no, are shown with a note and without individual votes. Votes by other boards at joint meetings (such as the School Committee, Finance Committee or Hanson Select Board) are not included. 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.
Apr 24Approve the amended agreement between the town of Whitman…Motion: to approve the amended agreement between the town of Whitman and…Passed 3–2 · No: LaMattina, Lambiase
April 24, 2018: Approve the amended agreement between the town of Whitman and Hanson, Massachusetts with respect to the Regional School District
To approve the amended agreement between the town of Whitman and Hanson, Massachusetts with respect to the Regional School District
Yes: Bezanson, Kowalski, SalvucciNo: LaMattina, Lambiase
From the minutes
“Mr. Salvucci MOVED to approve the amended agreement between the town of Whitman and Hanson, Massachusetts with respect to the Regional School District. Second Mr. Bezanson, so voted 3-2 (Mr. Lambiase and Mr. LaMattina opposed).” (Motion: Salvucci, second: Bezanson)
Apr 24Support the WHRSD request for a 9.5 percent assessment…Motion: to support the WHRSD request for a 9.5 percent assessment increase,…Passed 3–2 · No: Lambiase, Salvucci
April 24, 2018: Support the WHRSD request for a 9.5 percent assessment increase, all of which will be from within the levy limit
To support the WHRSD request for a 9.5 percent assessment increase, all of which will be from within the levy limit
Yes: Bezanson, Kowalski, LaMattinaNo: Lambiase, Salvucci
From the minutes
“Mr. Bezanson MOVED to support the WHRSD request for a 9.5 percent assessment increase, all of which will be from within the levy limit. Second Mr. LaMattina, so voted 3-2 (Mr. Salvucci and Mr. Lambiase opposed).” (Motion: Bezanson, second: LaMattina)
Feb 20Approve the request of Sheila M. Salvucci to be…Motion: to approve the request of Sheila M. Salvucci to be appointed…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Salvucci
February 20, 2018: Approve the request of Sheila M. Salvucci to be appointed to the position of Associate Member of the Zoning Board of Appeals for a two-year term, through June 30, 2018
To approve the request of Sheila M. Salvucci to be appointed to the position of Associate Member of the Zoning Board of Appeals for a two-year term, through June 30, 2018
Yes: Bezanson, Kowalski, LaMattina, LambiaseAbstained: Salvucci
From the minutes
“Mr. Bezanson MOVED to approve the request of Sheila M. Salvucci to be appointed to the position of Associate Member of the Zoning Board of Appeals for a two-year term, through June 30, 2018. Second Mr. Lambiase, so voted 4-0-1 (Mr. Salvucci abstained).” (Motion: Bezanson, second: Lambiase)
From the Whitman Select Board’s official minutes, posted on the town’s Agenda Center. We check every vote against the members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos of current members: stills from WHCA-TV’s candidate interviews (Daniel Salvucci 2024; Justin Evans and Shawn Kain 2025; Dawn Byers and Christina Gorman 2026). Former members show initials.
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