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Wilmington Select Board
How the Wilmington Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Jacob M. Gearwar joined the board after the April 26, 2025 town election, succeeding Gregory B. Bendel, who did not seek re-election; Kevin A. Caira was re-elected. On May 12, 2025 a motion to make Kevin A. Caira Chair failed (two in favor), and the board then chose Frank J. West as Chair by a vote of three. Covers 14 meetings, May 12 to April 27, 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.
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What Town Meeting decided
In Wilmington, 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 · May 2, 2026 4 votes: 4 passed
- Art. 1 Add $6,310,000 from free cash (total $10,750,000) to buy 333 Andover Street Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as passed by a teller vote, · 153 yes, 1 no.”
- Art. 2 Accept MGL c. 59, s. 5, Clause 17E: yearly cost-of-living increase in the asset limit for Clause 17D exemptions Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 3 Accept MGL c. 59, s. 5, Clause 41D: yearly cost-of-living increase in income and asset limits for senior (Clause 41C) exemptions Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 4 Accept MGL c. 59, s. 5C1/2: extra property tax exemption of up to 100% of personal exemptions Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
Source: Town Clerk: Minutes for the Special Town Meeting on May 2, 2026 (scanned PDF).
Special Town Meeting · November 20, 2025 2 votes: 2 passed
- Art. 1 Direct the Town Manager not to demolish the former Buzzell Senior Center/School at 15 School Street, overriding the Select Board Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted by a Teller Vote, · 173 Yes, 46 No.”
- Art. 2 Appropriate up to $615,000 from free cash to renovate the former Buzzell Senior Center for municipal or community use Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted by teller vote: · 146 Yes 49 No”
Special Town Meeting · September 13, 2025 2 votes: 2 passed
- Art. 1 Hear a report from the Wildwood School Building Committee Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as passed by voice vote.”
- Art. 2 Appropriate $172,050,626 for a new Wildwood Elementary School at 320 Salem Street ($15M from Capital Stabilization, borrow the rest) Passed “The Moderator declared the main motion as voted by teller vote: · Yes 1130 No 205”
Source: Town Clerk: Minutes for the September 13, 2025 Special Town Meeting (scanned PDF).
Annual Town Meeting · May 3, 2025 42 votes: 36 passed, 2 passed as amended, 2 failed, 2 no action
- Art. 2 Hear reports of committees (consent agenda) Passed “The moderator declared the consent agenda as voted.”
- Art. 3 Pay unpaid bills of prior years No action “The Moderator declared the motion to pass over as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 4 Authorize compensating balance agreements with banks for FY2026 (consent agenda) Passed “The moderator declared the consent agenda as voted.”
- Art. 5 · motion 1 FY2026 General Government budget ($4,505,495) Passed “The moderator declared the main motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 5 · motion 2 FY2026 Public Safety budget ($14,152,658) Passed “The moderator declared the main motion as voted.”
- Art. 5 · motion 3 FY2026 Community Development budget ($971,033) Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 5 · motion 4 FY2026 Public Buildings budget ($6,276,055) Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 5 · motion 5 FY2026 Human Services budget ($2,470,673) Passed “The moderator declared the main motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 5 · motion 6 FY2026 Wilmington School Department budget ($51,423,526) Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 5 · motion 7 FY2026 Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School assessment ($7,860,878) Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 5A FY2026 Department of Public Works budget ($8,722,144, including $40,000 from cemetery accounts) Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 5B FY2026 maturing debt and interest ($6,178,323) Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 5C FY2026 Unclassified and Reserve accounts ($22,606,884) Passed “The Moderator declared the main motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 5D FY2026 Statutory Charges ($12,320,512) Passed “The Moderator declared the main motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 6 FY2026 capital projects and equipment ($11,047,555: $2,218,555 taxes, $6,079,000 free cash, $2,750,000 overlay surplus) Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 7 Appropriate $500,000 from the PEG Access special revenue fund for cable access services (consent agenda) Passed “The moderator declared the consent agenda as voted.”
- Art. 8 Appropriate $50,000 for a Fourth of July celebration (consent agenda) Passed “The moderator declared the consent agenda as voted.”
- Art. 9 Appropriate $13,000 for Memorial Day and Veterans Day observances (consent agenda) Passed “The moderator declared the consent agenda as voted.”
- Art. 10 Appropriate $1,500 to renew leases of the VFW and American Legion clubhouses (consent agenda) Passed “The moderator declared the consent agenda as voted.”
- Art. 11 Set FY2026 revolving fund limits: compost bins $4,500; septic system upgrades $200,000 (consent agenda) Passed “The moderator declared the consent agenda as voted.”
- Art. 12 Create a High School Fields revolving fund with a $25,000 spending limit Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 13 FY2026 Sewer Division Enterprise budget ($3,747,035 from department receipts) Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 14 Appropriate $1,000,000 to the Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Liability Trust Fund Passed “The moderator declared the main motion as voted.”
- Art. 15 Appropriate $3,000,000 from free cash to the Capital Stabilization Fund Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously”
- Art. 16 Appropriate $1,500,000 to the Retirement Stabilization Fund Passed “The moderator declared the main motion as voted.”
- Art. 17 Transfer funds between FY2025 budget line items No action “The Moderator declared the Mosion as voted unanimously”
- Art. 18 Borrow $5,500,000 to replace the Main Street (Route 38) water main from Route 62 to Eames Street Passed “The moderator declared the main motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 19 Borrow $1,200,000 to build the Industrial Way sewer pump station Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 20 Transfer about 1 acre of water department land on Salem Street to the Select Board for a fire substation Passed “The Moderator declared the main motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 21 Add $772,480 from free cash to buy 333 Andover Street (Map R1, Lot 21A) Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 22 Appropriate $25,000 from free cash for easements at 500 Salem Street for north fire substation utilities Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 23 Appropriate $40,000 from free cash to acquire rights in a former rail right of way at 500 Salem Street Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 24 Accept Eagleview Drive, Murray Hill Circle and part of Eleanor Drive as public ways Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 25 General bylaw: let the Moderator group related articles in the Town Meeting article drawing (Ch. 90, Sec. 90-10B) Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 26 Zoning: replace accessory apartment rules with an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) bylaw (Sec. 4.2) Passed as amended “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 27 Zoning: replace the Floodplain Overlay District bylaw (Sec. 6.2) Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 28 Transfer two town parcels on Noah Street (Map 3, Parcels 4 and 5) to the Conservation Commission Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 29 Zoning: define and prohibit short-term rentals in all zoning districts Passed as amended “The Moderator declared the motion by Teller Vote as Voted · 79 Yes 7 No.”
- Art. 30 Name a conference room in the new Town Hall for Dr. Phyllis D. "Dee" Genetti and install a sign Passed “The Town Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 31 General bylaw: adopt a demolition delay bylaw for historically significant buildings (new Ch. 148) Failed “The Moderator declared the motion as failed.”
- Art. 32 Citizen petition: limit elected town officers to two consecutive full terms (Town Charter, Sec. 3) Failed “The moderator declared the motion as voted by teller vote that the measure fails: · 3 Yes 76 No”
- Art. 33 Citizen petition: rezone 306 Main Street (Map 42, Parcel 53) from Residential-20 to General Business Passed “The Moderator declared the motion by Teller Vote as Voted · 73 yes 9 no.”
Source: Town Clerk: Minutes of the Annual Town Meeting, May 3, 2025, with action taken thereon (scanned PDF).
Special Town Meeting · May 3, 2025 2 votes: 1 failed, 1 no action
Sessions: May 3, 2025 (held during a recess of the Annual Town Meeting)
- Art. 1 Create an MBTA Communities Multi-family Overlay District (zoning bylaw Sec. 6.12 and map) Failed “The moderator declared the motion as failed · 152 Yes 162 No”
- Art. 2 Replace the Inclusionary Housing zoning bylaw (Sec. 6.11) No action “Passed over”
Source: Town Clerk: Minutes for the Special Town Meeting on May 3, 2025 (scanned PDF).
Special Town Meeting · December 7, 2024 5 votes: 3 passed, 2 failed
- Art. 1 Create an MBTA Communities Multi-family Overlay District (zoning bylaw Sec. 6.12 and map) Failed “By teller vote the moderator declared the motion as · 154 Yes 288 No”
- Art. 2 Amend zoning bylaw Site Plan Review (Sec. 6.5) to limit final action on allowed uses to approval with reasonable conditions Passed “By teller vote, the moderator declared the motion as voted. · 343 Yes 52 No”
- Art. 3 Replace the Inclusionary Housing zoning bylaw (Sec. 6.11) Failed “this requires a 2/3rds vote and declared the motion as failed. · 217 Yes 196 No”
- Art. 4 Appropriate $4,111.80 to pay a prior-year (FY2023) bill for the eCode subscription Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 5 Add $530,000 (total $980,000) to buy land at 64 Wildwood Street next to Wildwood Cemetery Passed “By teller vote, the moderator declared the motion as voted. · 400 Yes 2 No”
Source: Town Clerk: Minutes of the Special Town Meeting, December 7, 2024, with action taken thereon (PDF).
Annual Town Meeting · May 4, 2024 52 votes: 45 passed, 1 failed, 1 withdrawn, 4 no action, 1 referred
- Art. 2 Hear reports of the Wildwood School, Town Hall/School Administration and Senior Center building committees (consent agenda) Passed “The Moderator declared the Motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 3 Pay unpaid bills of prior years No action “The moderator declared the motion to not adopt this article as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 4 Authorize compensating balance agreements with banks for FY2025 (consent agenda) Passed “The Moderator declared the Motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 5 · motion 1 FY2025 General Government budget ($4,121,667) Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 5 · motion 2 FY2025 Public Safety budget ($13,408,329) Passed “The Moderator Declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 5A · motion 1 FY2025 Department of Public Works budget ($8,096,216, including $40,000 from cemetery accounts) Passed “The Moderator declared the original motion to approve the Public Works budget as voted.”
- Art. 5A · motion 2 FY2025 Community Development budget ($914,168) Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 5A · motion 3 FY2025 Public Buildings budget ($5,838,370) Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 5A · motion 4 FY2025 Human Services budget ($2,317,011) Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 5A · motion 5 FY2025 Wilmington School Department budget ($49,445,217) Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 5A · motion 6 FY2025 Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School assessment ($7,562,850) Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 5B FY2025 maturing debt and interest ($6,868,784) Passed “The Moderator declared the original motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 5C · motion 1 FY2025 Unclassified and Reserve accounts ($21,106,003) Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 5C · motion 2 FY2025 Statutory Charges ($11,628,856) Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 6A Appropriate $93,000 for a handicapped-accessible van for Elderly Services Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 6B Appropriate $475,000 from free cash for a Fire Department ambulance Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 6C Buy a replacement vactor truck for Public Works No action “The Moderator declared the motion to pass over as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 6D Appropriate $205,000 from free cash for a Public Works front-end loader Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 6E Appropriate $38,000 for a baseball infield groomer for Parks and Grounds Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 6F Appropriate $89,000 for a Ford F550 box truck for Public Buildings Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 6G Appropriate $33,000 for a Ford Maverick pickup truck for Public Buildings Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 6H Appropriate $75,000 for a handicap-accessible minivan for the School Department Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 7 Appropriate $75,000 for federal stormwater (MS4) permit compliance (consent agenda) Passed “The Moderator declared the Motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 8 Appropriate $500,000 from the PEG Access special revenue fund for cable access services (consent agenda) Passed “The Moderator declared the Motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 9 Appropriate $50,000 for Fun on the Fourth (consent agenda) Passed “The Moderator declared the Motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 10 Appropriate $13,000 for Memorial Day and Veterans Day services (consent agenda) Passed “The Moderator declared the Motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 11 Appropriate $1,500 to lease space for the VFW and American Legion (consent agenda) Passed “The Moderator declared the Motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 12 Set FY2025 revolving fund limits: compost bins $4,500; septic system upgrades $200,000 (consent agenda) Passed “The Moderator declared the Motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 13 Appropriate $135,000 to reline a drainage culvert near 340 Ballardvale Street Passed “The Moderator declared the main motion as voted.”
- Art. 14 Appropriate $50,000 for a feasibility study of Lowell Street fields and recreation area Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 15 Appropriate $600,000 from free cash for a feasibility study/schematic design of a north Wilmington fire substation Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 16 Appropriate $50,000 for fiber connections to the new Elderly Services Center, Town Hall/School Administration and 4th of July buildings Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 17 Appropriate $40,000 for Police Department firing range maintenance Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 18 Appropriate $60,000 for continued phased cemetery development Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted”
- Art. 19 FY2025 Sewer Division Enterprise budget ($3,540,096 from department receipts) Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 20 Appropriate $135,000 from sewer retained earnings to design a replacement Industrial Way pump station Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously”
- Art. 21 Appropriate $130,000 to replace high school classroom projectors Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 22 Appropriate $114,000 to replace high school network switches Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 23 Appropriate $90,000 to replace/upgrade high school wireless access points Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 24 Appropriate $75,000 to replace/upgrade school Chromebooks Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 25 Appropriate $1,000,000 to the Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Liability Trust Fund Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 26 Appropriate $1,000,000 to the Capital Stabilization Fund Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 27 Appropriate $1,500,000 to the Middlesex Retirement System on top of the annual assessment Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 28 Transfer funds between FY2024 budget line items No action “The Moderator declared the motion to pass over as voted.”
- Art. 29 Accept Green Meadow Drive as a public way Passed “The Moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 30 Create an MBTA Communities Multi-family Overlay District (zoning bylaw Sec. 6.12 and map) Referred “The Moderator declared the motion by Teller vote to refer this matter back to the Planning Board as voted. · 131 Yes 110 No”
- Art. 31 Approve the Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical School District stabilization fund Passed “The Moderator declared the motion by standing vote as voted. · 62 Yes 59 No”
- Art. 32 Rescind the 2023 Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund and hold opioid settlement money in a special revenue fund Passed “The moderator declared the motion as voted unanimously.”
- Art. 33 Rezone about 2.7 acres on Edgeworth Street (Map 11, Parcel 6) from Residential 60 to Residential 20 Passed “the Moderator declared the motion as voted. · 212 Yes 12 No”
- Art. 34 Authorize sale of two town parcels at 0 Molloy Road (Map 40, Parcels 129 and 130) No action “The Moderator declared the motion as voted.”
- Art. 35 Rezone a Main Street parcel (Map 39, Parcel 11) from General Business to General Industrial Withdrawn “The Moderator announced that the resident sent a notice to withdraw this article.”
- Art. 36 Citizen petition: rename the Woburn Street School the Richardson Elementary School Failed “The Moderator declared the motion as failed.”
Source: Town Clerk: Minutes of the Annual Town Meeting, May 4, 2024, with action taken thereon (PDF).
Not here yet: Wilmington's May 2, 2026 Annual Town Meeting is not here because the Town Clerk has not posted its minutes yet; no other 2026 Town Meeting record is in the files.
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
Kevin A. CairaMember · At-large · at 12 of 14 meetings
Gary B. DePalmaMember · At-large · at 14 of 14 meetings
Jacob M. GearwarMember · At-large · at 14 of 14 meetings
Lilia MaselliMember · At-large · at 14 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: Wilmington Select Board minutes from January 8, 2018 through August 17, 2026: 153 meetings and 1,585 votes. The town’s website posts the board’s minutes back to 2013; MassVoter has loaded 2018 on. Until the end of 2022 the board was the Board of Selectmen; the 2022 Annual Town Meeting voted to petition the Legislature to rename it the Select Board, and the minutes use the new name from January 9, 2023. The minutes are typed documents with searchable text, except five scanned copies (May 8 and May 22, 2023; March 25, 2024; May 26 and August 17, 2026), which MassVoter read with text recognition. Not here: executive-session minutes (two executive-session files posted in the list, March 13, 2023 and March 25, 2024, are not loaded); the September 30, 2019 meeting, which was not held; and meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes – 67 from 2018 to October 2026, among them 13 in 2022 and 14 in 2023 and the May 2021 and May 2022 reorganization meetings, and, since July 2025, July 14, September 22, November 10 and November 24, 2025, and January 12, February 23, March 4, March 9, June 8, June 22 and July 13, 2026. Minutes after August 17, 2026 are not posted yet (the September 14 and September 28, 2026 minutes are on later agendas for approval). Wilmington’s minutes usually name the mover and seconder and read “by the affirmative vote of all, it was VOTED,” shown as every member present voting yes; split votes give a count with the members who voted no or abstained named (“by the affirmative vote of four with Select Board Member Caira opposed”), shown with the other members present voting yes. Where the count and the members present do not match (for example “the affirmative vote of four” with five members present and no one named), we show the count only (6 votes); one vote with no motion or count shows the result only. Motions that failed are written in the text of the minutes (“The vote was one in favor (Selectman McCoy) and four opposed, motion failed”) and are shown member by member when the minutes name them (7 failed votes). Members who recused themselves, left the room or had not yet arrived are not shown in that vote. A motion that died for lack of a second 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.
Mar 23Approve the application of Tavern in the Square for…Motion: A motion was made by Select Board Member DePalma, seconded by…Passed 4–1 · No: Caira
March 23, 2026: Approve the application of Tavern in the Square for a one day alcohol license (four days) on Thursday, June 25 (5 p.m. to 9 p.m.); Friday, June 26 (5 p.m.…
A motion was made by Select Board Member DePalma, seconded by Select Board Member Gearwar and by the affirmative vote of four with Select Board Member Caira opposed, it was VOTED: That the Select Board approve the application of Tavern in the Square for a one day alcohol license (four days) on Thursday, June 25 (5 p.m. to 9 p.m.); Friday, June 26 (5 p.m. to 9 p.m.); Saturday, June 27 (3 p.m. to 9 p.m.) and Sunday, June 28 (3 p.m. to 9 p.m.) (raindate: Monday, June 29), in conjunction with the Fun on the Fourth Celebration.
Yes: DePalma, Gearwar, Maselli, WestNo: Caira
From the minutes
“A motion was made by Select Board Member DePalma, seconded by Select Board Member Gearwar and by the affirmative vote of four with Select Board Member Caira opposed, it was VOTED: That the Select Board approve the application of Tavern in the Square for a one day alcohol license (four days) on Thursday, June 25 (5 p.m. to 9 p.m.); Friday, June 26 (5 p.m. to 9 p.m.); Saturday, June 27 (3 p.m. to 9 p.m.) and Sunday, June 28 (3 p.m. to 9 p.m.) (raindate: Monday, June 29), in conjunction with the Fun on the Fourth Celebration..” (Motion: DePalma, second: Gearwar)
Mar 23Approve the application of Tavern in the Square for…Motion: A motion was made by Select Board Member Gearwar, seconded by…Passed 4–1 · No: Caira
March 23, 2026: Approve the application of Tavern in the Square for a one day alcohol license on Saturday, September 26 (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.), raindate Saturday, October 3, 2026 in conjunction…
A motion was made by Select Board Member Gearwar, seconded by Select Board Member Maselli and by the affirmative vote of four with Select Board Member Caira opposed, it was VOTED: That the Select Board approve the application of Tavern in the Square for a one day alcohol license on Saturday, September 26 (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.), raindate Saturday, October 3, 2026 in conjunction with the Fourth of July Committee's Fall Fest.
Yes: DePalma, Gearwar, Maselli, WestNo: Caira
From the minutes
“A motion was made by Select Board Member Gearwar, seconded by Select Board Member Maselli and by the affirmative vote of four with Select Board Member Caira opposed, it was VOTED: That the Select Board approve the application of Tavern in the Square for a one day alcohol license on Saturday, September 26 (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.), raindate Saturday, October 3, 2026 in conjunction with the Fourth of July Committee's Fall Fest..” (Motion: Gearwar, second: Maselli)
Feb 9Approve the minutes of their meeting held January 27,…Motion: A motion was made by Select Board Member DePalma, seconded by…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Caira
February 9, 2026: Approve the minutes of their meeting held January 27, 2026 and all action taken is hereby ratified and confirmed
A motion was made by Select Board Member DePalma, seconded by Select Board Member Maselli and by the affirmative vote of four with Select Board Member Caira abstaining, it was VOTED: That the Select Board approve the minutes of their meeting held January 27, 2026 and all action taken is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Yes: DePalma, Gearwar, Maselli, WestAbstained: Caira
From the minutes
“A motion was made by Select Board Member DePalma, seconded by Select Board Member Maselli and by the affirmative vote of four with Select Board Member Caira abstaining, it was VOTED: That the Select Board approve the minutes of their meeting held January 27, 2026 and all action taken is hereby ratified and confirmed..” (Motion: DePalma, second: Maselli)
Feb 9Determine under G.L. c.70B that the Wildwood Elementary School…Motion: A motion was made by Select Board Member DePalma, seconded by…Passed Unanimous, 5 present · see note
February 9, 2026: Determine under G.L. c.70B that the Wildwood Elementary School note financing qualifies, and approve the note sale and related votes
A motion was made by Select Board Member DePalma, seconded by Select Board Member Maselli and by the affirmative vote of all, it was VOTED: We hereby determine, in accordance with G.L. c.70B, that the cost of the Wildwood Elementary School project authorized by vote of the Town passed on September 13, 2025 (Article 2) being financed with proceeds of a portion of the Notes defined below, together with all other bonds and notes of the Town previously issued to pay costs of this project, does not exceed the portion of the total cost of the project that is not being paid by the school facilities grant and we hereby approve the issuance of notes and bonds to finance this project under G.L. c.70B. VOTED: to approve the sale of $37,700,000 4.00 percent General Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes (the "Notes") of the Town dated February 17, 2026, and payable February 17, 2027, to BofA Securities, Inc. at par and accrued interest, if any, plus a premium of $649,194. VOTED: that in connection with the marketing and sale of the Notes, the preparation and distribution of a Notice of Sale and Preliminary Official Statement dated January 27, 2026, and a final Official Statement dated February 3, 2026, each in such form as may be approved by the Town Treasurer, be and hereby are ratified, confirmed, approved and adopted. VOTED: that the Town Treasurer and the Select Board be, and hereby are, authorized to execute and deliver a significant events disclosure undertaking in compliance with SEC Rule 15c2-12 in such form as may be approved by bond counsel to the Town, which undertaking shall be incorporated by reference in the Notes for the benefit of the holders of the Notes from time to time. VOTED: that we authorize and direct the Town Treasurer to establish post issuance federal tax compliance procedures and continuing disclosure procedures in such forms as the Town Treasurer and bond counsel deem sufficient, or if such procedures are currently in place, to review and update said procedures, in order to monitor and maintain the tax-exempt status of the Notes and to comply with relevant securities laws. VOTED: that any certificates or documents relating to the Notes (collectively, the "Documents"), may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be regarded as an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same document; delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to a Document by electronic mail in a ".pdf" file or by other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart signature page to such Document; and electronic signatures on any of the Documents shall be deemed original signatures for the purposes of the Documents and all matters relating thereto, having the same legal effect as original signatures. VOTED: that each member of the Select Board, the Town Clerk and the Town Treasurer be and hereby are, authorized to take any and all such actions, and execute and deliver such certificates, receipts or other documents as may be determined by them, or any of them, to be necessary or convenient to carry into effect the provisions of the foregoing votes.
One motion: the minutes record “the affirmative vote of all” followed by seven “VOTED:” clauses (the G.L. c.70B determination, the sale of $37,700,000 in bond anticipation notes to BofA Securities, and related authorizations), with no separate motion or count for the later clauses; they are shown as one vote.
From the minutes
“A motion was made by Select Board Member DePalma, seconded by Select Board Member Maselli and by the affirmative vote of all, it was VOTED: We hereby determine, in accordance with G.L. c.70B, that the cost of the Wildwood Elementary School project authorized by vote of the Town passed on September 13, 2025 (Article 2) being financed with proceeds of a portion of the Notes defined below, together with all other bonds and notes of the Town previously issued to pay costs of this project, does not exceed the portion of the total cost of the project that is not being paid by the school facilities grant and we hereby approve the issuance of notes and bonds to finance this project under G.L. c.70B. VOTED: to approve the sale of $37,700,000 4.00 percent General Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes (the "Notes") of the Town dated February 17, 2026, and payable February 17, 2027, to BofA Securities, Inc. at par and accrued interest, if any, plus a premium of $649,194. VOTED: that in connection with the marketing and sale of the Notes, the preparation and distribution of a Notice of Sale and Preliminary Official Statement dated January 27, 2026, and a final Official Statement dated February 3, 2026, each in such form as may be approved by the Town Treasurer, be and hereby are ratified, confirmed, approved and adopted. VOTED: that the Town Treasurer and the Select Board be, and hereby are, authorized to execute and deliver a significant events disclosure undertaking in compliance with SEC Rule 15c2-12 in such form as may be approved by bond counsel to the Town, which undertaking shall be incorporated by reference in the Notes for the benefit of the holders of the Notes from time to time. VOTED: that we authorize and direct the Town Treasurer to establish post issuance federal tax compliance procedures and continuing disclosure procedures in such forms as the Town Treasurer and bond counsel deem sufficient, or if such procedures are currently in place, to review and update said procedures, in order to monitor and maintain the tax-exempt status of the Notes and to comply with relevant securities laws. VOTED: that any certificates or documents relating to the Notes (collectively, the "Documents"), may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be regarded as an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same document; delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to a Document by electronic mail in a ".pdf" file or by other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart signature page to such Document; and electronic signatures on any of the Documents shall be deemed original signatures for the purposes of the Documents and all matters relating thereto, having the same legal effect as original signatures. VOTED: that each member of the Select Board, the Town Clerk and the Town Treasurer be and hereby are, authorized to take any and all such actions, and execute and deliver such certificates, receipts or other documents as may be determined by them, or any of them, to be necessary or convenient to carry into effect the provisions of the foregoing votes..” (Motion: DePalma, second: Maselli)
Oct 27Issue a Farmers Market Winery License to sell wine…Motion: VOTED: That the Select Board issue a Farmers Market Winery License…Passed · see note
October 27, 2025: Issue a Farmers Market Winery License to sell wine at the 2025 Wilmington Winger Farmers Market to Noel A. Powell, Aaronap Cellars, LLC
VOTED: That the Select Board issue a Farmers Market Winery License to sell wine at the 2025 Wilmington Winger Farmers Market to Noel A. Powell, Aaronap Cellars, LLC.
The minutes record only “VOTED: That the Select Board issue a Farmers Market Winery License” for this request, with no mover, seconder or count; the result only is shown. The same license for another vendor just before it passed by roll call of all.
From the minutes
“VOTED: That the Select Board issue a Farmers Market Winery License to sell wine at the 2025 Wilmington Winger Farmers Market to Noel A. Powell, Aaronap Cellars, LLC..”
Sep 8Approve the minutes of their meeting held August 18,…Motion: A motion was made by Select Board Member DePalma, seconded by…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: Caira
September 8, 2025: Approve the minutes of their meeting held August 18, 2025 and all action taken is hereby ratified and confirmed
A motion was made by Select Board Member DePalma, seconded by Select Board Member Maselli and by the affirmative vote of four with Select Board Member Caira abstaining, it was VOTED: That the Select Board approve the minutes of their meeting held August 18, 2025 and all action taken is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Yes: DePalma, Gearwar, Maselli, WestAbstained: Caira
From the minutes
“A motion was made by Select Board Member DePalma, seconded by Select Board Member Maselli and by the affirmative vote of four with Select Board Member Caira abstaining, it was VOTED: That the Select Board approve the minutes of their meeting held August 18, 2025 and all action taken is hereby ratified and confirmed..” (Motion: DePalma, second: Maselli)
May 27Accept Treasury Warrant 2546TMotion: A motion was made by Select Board Member DePalma, seconded by…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: West
May 27, 2025: Accept Treasury Warrant 2546T
A motion was made by Select Board Member DePalma, seconded by Select Board Member Gearwar and by the affirmative roll call vote of four with Chair West abstaining, it was VOTED: That the Select Board accept Treasury Warrant 2546T.
Yes: Caira, DePalma, Gearwar, MaselliAbstained: West
From the minutes
“A motion was made by Select Board Member DePalma, seconded by Select Board Member Gearwar and by the affirmative roll call vote of four with Chair West abstaining, it was VOTED: That the Select Board accept Treasury Warrant 2546T..” (Motion: DePalma, second: Gearwar)
May 12Accept Treasury Warrant 2545TMotion: A motion was made by Select Board Member Maselli, seconded by…Passed 4–0 · Abstained: West
May 12, 2025: Accept Treasury Warrant 2545T
A motion was made by Select Board Member Maselli, seconded by Select Board Member Gearwar and by the affirmative vote of four with Select Board Member West abstaining, it was VOTED: That the Select Board accept Treasury Warrant 2545T.
Yes: Caira, DePalma, Gearwar, MaselliAbstained: West
From the minutes
“A motion was made by Select Board Member Maselli, seconded by Select Board Member Gearwar and by the affirmative vote of four with Select Board Member West abstaining, it was VOTED: That the Select Board accept Treasury Warrant 2545T..” (Motion: Maselli, second: Gearwar)
May 12Choose Kevin A. Caira as Chair of the Select…Motion: A motion was made by Select Board Member Maselli, seconded by…Failed 2–0 · see note
May 12, 2025: Choose Kevin A. Caira as Chair of the Select Board
A motion was made by Select Board Member Maselli, seconded by Select Board Member Caira and by the affirmative vote of two, the motion failed.
Lilia Maselli had nominated Kevin A. Caira for Chair and Gary B. DePalma had nominated Frank J. West. The minutes record only “the affirmative vote of two, the motion failed” with five members present; they do not say who voted which way, so the count only is shown.
From the minutes
“A motion was made by Select Board Member Maselli, seconded by Select Board Member Caira and by the affirmative vote of two, the motion failed..” (Motion: Maselli, second: Caira)
May 12Frank J. West, Sr. serve as Chair of the…Motion: A motion was made by Select Board Member Gearwar, seconded by…Passed 3–0 · see note
May 12, 2025: Frank J. West, Sr. serve as Chair of the Select Board
A motion was made by Select Board Member Gearwar, seconded by Select Board Member DePalma and by the affirmative vote three, it was VOTED: That Frank J. West, Sr. serve as Chair of the Select Board.
The minutes record “the affirmative vote three” with five members present and do not say how the other two voted; the count only is shown.
From the minutes
“A motion was made by Select Board Member Gearwar, seconded by Select Board Member DePalma and by the affirmative vote three, it was VOTED: That Frank J. West, Sr. serve as Chair of the Select Board..” (Motion: Gearwar, second: DePalma)
From the Wilmington Select Board’s official minutes, posted on the town’s Town Manager – Select Board minutes page. We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Town of Wilmington Annual Town Reports (captioned Select Board photos) — 2023 report: Kevin Caira, Gary DePalma, Lilia Maselli and Frank West; 2025 report: Jacob Gearwar. Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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