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Municipal votes · 2025–2026 Board

Winchester Select Board

How the Winchester Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Paras Bhayani joined the board after the March 22, 2025 annual town election, succeeding John Fallon; Anthea Brady was re-elected. On March 24, 2025 the board unanimously chose Michelle Prior as Chair and Anthea Brady as Vice Chair (roll calls). The minutes of the meetings from November 17, 2025 through the end of this board year are not posted. Covers 21 meetings, March 24 to October 27, 2025.

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 budget
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Coming up

From the agendas Winchester posts on its official site. Agendas can change; the posted agenda is the official one.

What Town Meeting decided

In Winchester, 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. Town Meeting members are elected by precinct; counts are from the town’s electronic voting.

Spring Town Meeting · April 27, 2026 38 votes: 32 passed, 3 failed, 2 no action, 1 referred

Sessions: April 27, April 30, May 4 and May 7, 2026

Source: Town Clerk: certified votes, one PDF per article (Article 33 is a Word file), listed under the Spring Town Meeting on the 2026 Town Meetings page.

Fall Town Meeting · November 3, 2025 70 votes: 63 passed, 4 indefinitely postponed, 3 other

Sessions: November 3, 6 and 10, 2025

  • Art. 1 Hear reports of town officials, boards, committees and commissions Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 2 Hear the Planning Board report Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 3 Vacate Town Meeting member seats under Charter Sec. 2.5(c) (consent agenda) Other “ARTICLE 3- CONSENT”
  • Art. 4 Zoning: change affordability rules in the MBTA Overlay District (Sec. 8.11.8) Passed “VVOTER · 154/5”
  • Art. 5 Add 2A Rangeley Ridge to the Rangeley Park Heritage District Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 6 Hear the Capital Planning Committee report on the FY27 capital plan Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 7 Transfer money from completed capital projects to the stabilization funds (consent agenda) Passed “MCVV DECLARATION”
  • Art. 8 · motion 1 CPA/capital, Motion 1: Lincoln School chiller Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 2 CPA/capital, Motion 2: removal of fuel tanks Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 3 CPA/capital, Motion 3: Ambrose School walkway Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 4 CPA/capital, Motion 4: Symmes traffic Passed “VVOTER · 108/32”
  • Art. 8 · motion 5 CPA/capital, Motion 5: Kenwin Road Passed “VVOTER · 104/29”
  • Art. 8 · motion 6 CPA/capital, Motion 6: aerial lift vehicle Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 7 CPA/capital, Motion 7: cemetery backhoe Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 8 CPA/capital, Motion 8: risk assessment plan Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 9 CPA/capital, Motion 9: DPW dump truck Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 10 CPA/capital, Motion 10: Mystic School playground Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 11 CPA/capital, Motion 11: voting machine replacement Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 12 CPA/capital, Motion 12: bathrooms at Ginn and McDonald fields Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 13 CPA/capital, Motion 13: police Taser replacement Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 14 CPA/capital, Motion 14: Health Department vehicle Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 15 CPA/capital, Motion 15: Recreation vehicle Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 16 CPA/capital, Motion 16: water treatment plant computer programming Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 17 CPA/capital, Motion 17: water treatment plant tank cleaning/repair Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 18 CPA/capital, Motion 18: backstop and fence repair at parks and fields Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 8 · motion 19 CPA/capital, Motion 19: roads and sidewalks Passed “VVOTER · 148/2”
  • Art. 9 Appropriate $1,237,000 for East Side sewer rehabilitation Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 10 Appropriate $600,000 for water system work in the Wildwood Street area Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 11 FY2026 budget changes from free cash (consent agenda) Passed “MCVV DECLARATION”
  • Art. 12 FY2026 water and sewer budget changes (consent agenda) Passed “MCVV DECLARATION”
  • Art. 13 FY2026 recreation budget changes (consent agenda) Passed “MCVV DECLARATION”
  • Art. 14 Transfer $350,000 from free cash to the OPEB Trust (consent agenda) Passed “MCVV DECLARATION”
  • Art. 15 Town Meeting rules: replace Robert's Rules with Town Meeting Time (Chapter 2, Sec. 3.1) Passed “VVOTER · 79/71*”
  • Art. 16 Bylaw Chapter 1 changes Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 17 Bylaw Chapter 2 (Town Meetings) changes Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 18 Repeal Bylaw Chapter 11 (anti-litter) Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 19 Bylaw Chapter 13 (wetlands) changes Other “VVOTER · 81/48”
  • Art. 20 Transfer $51,000 from free cash to the FY26 DPW budget Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 21 Engineering studies for possible solar power sites Indefinitely postponed “MCIP”
  • Art. 22 Appropriate from the Parking Meter Fund to parking accounts (consent agenda) Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 23 Transfer to the Employee Healthcare and Health Insurance Stabilization Fund (consent agenda) Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 24 Appropriate from the PEG Access and Cable Related Fund (consent agenda) Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 25 Pay prior-year bills (consent agenda) Other “ARTICLE 25-CONSENT”
  • Art. 26 Accept the Retirement Board decision to raise the retiree COLA base (MGL c. 32, s. 103(j)) Passed “VVOTER · 102/45”
  • Art. 27 · motion 1 Personnel Board, Motion 1: amend Schedule 7 (T.E.A. W grades) Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 27 · motion 2 Personnel Board, Motion 2: transfer $65,150 for DPW union wages Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 27 · motion 3 Personnel Board, Motion 3: amend Schedule 11 (school custodians) Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 27 · motion 4 Personnel Board, Motion 4: transfer $54,850 for DPW wages Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 27 · motion 5 Personnel Board, Motion 5: amend Schedule 1 (clerical S grades) Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 27 · motion 6 Personnel Board, Motion 6: transfer $38,720 for clerical union wages Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 27 · motion 7 Personnel Board, Motion 7: amend the compensation schedule (Appendix D) Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 27 · motion 8 Personnel Board, Motion 8: amend the compensation schedule (Appendix E) Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 28 · motion 1 Community Preservation, Motion 1: $59,000 from the budgeted reserve Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 28 · motion 2 Community Preservation, Motion 2: $48,000 from the historic resources reserve Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 28 · motion 3 Community Preservation, Motion 3: $50,000 from the budgeted reserve Passed “VVOTER · 120/31”
  • Art. 28 · motion 4 Community Preservation, Motion 4: $112,000 from the historic resources reserve Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 28 · motion 5 Community Preservation, Motion 5: $50,000 from the budgeted reserve Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 28 · motion 6 Community Preservation, Motion 6: $90,000 from the budgeted reserve Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 28 · motion 7 Community Preservation, Motion 7: $160,000 from the affordable housing reserve Passed “VVOTER · 130/20”
  • Art. 28 · motion 8 Community Preservation, Motion 8: $50,000 from the budgeted reserve Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 28 · motion 9 Community Preservation, Motion 9: $160,000 from the open space reserve Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 29 Convey 160 Forest Street to the Winchester Affordable Housing Trust Passed “VVOTER · 119/23”
  • Art. 30 Transfer the Mystic School from the School Committee to the Select Board Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 31 Accept MGL c. 59, s. 5, clause 22I (annual increase in a tax exemption) Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 32 Accept MGL c. 59, s. 5, clause 22J (annual increase in a tax exemption) Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 33 Adjust income limits for property tax deferrals (MGL c. 59, s. 5, clause 41A) Passed “MCVV UNANIMOUS”
  • Art. 34 Transfer $150,000 from free cash for professional consulting services Passed “VVOTER · 89/46”
  • Art. 35 Acquire an approximately 13.41-acre property Indefinitely postponed “MCIP”
  • Art. 36 Transfer free cash to reduce the FY2026 tax levy Indefinitely postponed “MCIP”
  • Art. 37 Accept committee reports, dissolve old committees, authorize new committees Indefinitely postponed “MCIP”

Source: Town Clerk: Fall Town Meeting Results, final list of certified votes (PDF, linked as "FINAL LIST OF CERTIFIED VOTES").

Spring Annual Town Meeting · April 28, 2025 71 votes: 57 passed, 1 failed, 7 indefinitely postponed, 6 referred

Sessions: Opened April 28, 2025; later sessions in late April and May 2025

Source: Town Clerk: Spring Town Meeting 2025 Certified Votes (PDF).

Spring Annual Town Meeting, FY2026 budget (Article 22) · April 28, 2025 1 votes: 1 passed as amended

Sessions: Spring 2025 sessions

  • Art. 22 FY2026 operating budget and building and capital stabilization fund transfers Passed as amended “MCVV as amended”

Source: Town Clerk: Certified Votes Article 22, Fiscal Year Budget 2026 (PDF, linked as "FY26YellowSheet_Cerfitied_STM25").

Fall Town Meeting · November 7, 2024 33 votes: 27 passed, 1 failed, 1 indefinitely postponed, 4 withdrawn

Sessions: November 7, 14 and 18, 2024

  • Art. 1 Hear reports of town officials, boards, committees and commissions Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 2 Hear the Planning Board report Passed “MVCC”
  • Art. 3 Vacate seats of Town Meeting members who failed to attend meetings (consent agenda) Indefinitely postponed “IP”
  • Art. 4 Convey 160 Forest Street to the Affordable Housing Trust Passed “MC 143/7 · 143/7”
  • Art. 5 Release part of the common open space at 7 Wainwright Road Withdrawn “WITHDRAWN”
  • Art. 6 Rezone part of 7 Wainwright Road Withdrawn “WITHDRAWN”
  • Art. 7 Zoning: add a Main Street Mixed-use District (MSMD, new Sec. 8.12) Passed “MC 142/11 · 142/11”
  • Art. 8 Zoning: amend accessory dwelling unit rules (Sec. 3.2.2) and definitions Passed “MC 79/55 · 79/55”
  • Art. 9 General bylaw: adopt the Specialized Energy Code (new Chapter 26) Passed “MC 94/41 · 94/41”
  • Art. 10 Hear the Capital Planning Committee report Passed “MCVV UNAN”
  • Art. 11 Transfer money from unexpended capital accounts to the capital or building stabilization fund (consent agenda) Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 12 Capital projects (separate votes on each item) Passed “ALL CARRIED”
  • Art. 13 Town Hall and Library roof repair, Town Hall clock tower and Library windows Passed “MCVV UNAN”
  • Art. 14 Roof repair or construction at McCall and Ambrose Schools Passed “MCVV UNAN”
  • Art. 15 Winchester High School concrete deterioration repairs Passed “MCVV UNAN”
  • Art. 16 Water system work in the Cambridge Street area Passed “MCVV UNAN”
  • Art. 17 Fund the East Side Capital Improvement Program Passed “MCVV UNAN”
  • Art. 18 Add to a prior appropriation for the Winchester High School gym flooring, equipment and furnishings Passed “MCVV UNAN”
  • Art. 19 Appropriate money for the MWRA lead service line (LWSAP) program (consent agenda) Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 20 General bylaw: amend and replace Chapter 2, Sec. 4.1.2 Passed “MC 130/7 · 130/7”
  • Art. 21 General bylaw: amend Chapter 14, Sec. 3.1 Withdrawn “WITHDRAWN”
  • Art. 22 Term limits for elected officials (citizen petition) Failed “FAILED”
  • Art. 23 Remove gender pronouns from the Code of Bylaws Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 24 Appropriate from the Parking Meter Fund (consent agenda) Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 25 Transfer to the Employee Healthcare and Health Insurance Stabilization Fund Passed “MCVV UNAN”
  • Art. 26 FY2025 budget changes (removed from the consent agenda by the Moderator) Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 27 FY2025 water and sewer budget changes from retained earnings (consent agenda) Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 28 FY2025 recreation budget changes from retained earnings (consent agenda) Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 29 Appropriate from the PEG Access and Cable Related Fund (consent agenda) Passed “MCVV”
  • Art. 30 Pay prior-year bills (removed from the consent agenda by the Moderator) Passed “MCVV UNAN”
  • Art. 31 Personnel Board report Passed “MCVV UNAN”
  • Art. 32 Fix heating system problems at the Mystic School Passed “MCVV UNAN”
  • Art. 33 Accept committee reports, dissolve old committees, authorize new committees Withdrawn “WITHDRAWN”

Source: Town Clerk: Results Sheet - 2024 Fall Town Meeting (PDF, linked as "Results_FTM2024").

Spring Annual Town Meeting · April 29, 2024 33 votes: 29 passed, 1 passed as amended, 3 indefinitely postponed

Sessions: April 29, May 2, May 6 and May 9, 2024

Source: Town Clerk: certified votes, one PDF per article, plus the certified FY2025 budget sheet ("FY25 2024_Final Yellow Sheet_Certified_TC"), listed under "2024 Spring Town Meeting Actions" on the 2024 Town Meetings page.

Not here yet: Some Winchester articles are not here because the Town Clerk has not posted their certified votes (including the FY2027 budget articles from the 2026 Spring Town Meeting), and the February 9, 2026 Special Town Meeting has no posted results; the 2026 Fall Town Meeting is on November 5, 2026.

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

ChairMichelle PriorChair · At-large · at 21 of 21 meetingsVice-ChairAnthea BradyVice-Chair · At-large · at 21 of 21 meetings
Michael BettencourtMember · At-large · at 20 of 21 meetingsParas BhayaniMember · At-large · at 21 of 21 meetingsWilliam McGonigleMember · At-large · at 21 of 21 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: Winchester Select Board minutes from January 5, 2018 through September 14, 2026: 275 meetings and 3,365 votes. The town posts the board’s minutes in its Agenda Center from 2013, and older Board of Selectmen minutes (2004–2012) in its Document Center; MassVoter has loaded 2018 on. Until April 2018 the board was the Board of Selectmen: the Fall 2017 Town Meeting voted to rename it, the March 27, 2018 town election approved the change, and the minutes use “Select Board” from April 23, 2018. The minutes are typed documents with searchable text (five are Word files posted in the minutes slot). Missing: the minutes of the 13 meetings from November 17, 2025 through May 18, 2026 are not posted (November 17 and December 1, 2025; January 12, January 26, February 12, February 23, March 2, March 16, March 30, April 6, April 13, April 27 and May 18, 2026); the town has posted their agendas only. MassVoter is asking the town for them. Also not here: the October 22, 2018 meeting, whose minutes slot holds the minutes of the October 19, 2018 meeting (loaded under October 19); executive-session minutes; votes of the School Committee, the Planning Board, the Board of Assessors and the Housing Authority at joint meetings (only the Select Board members’ votes are shown); and meetings after September 14, 2026 (the September 28 and October 5, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Winchester’s minutes give each motion with its mover and seconder (“McGonigle - Bettencourt”) and then the vote. In 2018 and 2019 most votes say “All in favor … VOTED”, shown as every member present voting yes. Roll calls (“Roll Call: Bettencourt, Prior, McGonigle, Brady”), used for every vote at the remote meetings of 2020–2022 and since for executive sessions and some other votes, list the members voting yes and are shown by name; a member present but left out of a roll call is not shown voting, with a note. Split votes list the members on each side (“Yes: Brady, Fallon, McGonigle, Prior … No: Bettencourt”; “In favor: … Not in favor: …”) and abstentions by name; these are shown by name when they fit the count and the attendance. Since in-person meetings resumed in March 2022, most other votes are written only as “Brady - Bettencourt VOTED”, with no names, no count and no “All in favor”; those votes show the result only (1,112 votes in all). 3 votes show the count only, where the count and the names or the attendance do not match. A motion with no recorded vote is not counted as a vote. We will ask the town to confirm any noted vote.

Monday, October 27, 2025 · Regular meeting4 recorded votes, 10 with disagreementAll 5 members presentMonday, October 20, 2025 · Regular meeting3 recorded votes, 10 with disagreementAll 5 members presentMonday, October 6, 2025 · Regular meeting2 recorded votes, 11 with disagreementAll 5 members presentMonday, September 29, 2025 · Regular meeting2 recorded votes, 13 with disagreementAll 5 members presentMonday, September 8, 2025 · Regular meeting3 recorded votes, 14 with disagreementAll 5 members present

Votes where members disagreed

Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.

Oct 27Accept, with gratitude, donations of $906 from Winchester residents…Motion: *Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, donations of $906…Passed · see note

October 27, 2025: Accept, with gratitude, donations of $906 from Winchester residents to the Recreation Department Neighbors Helping neighbors fund

ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes

*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, donations of $906 from Winchester residents to the Recreation Department Neighbors Helping neighbors fund. Brady - Bettencourt VOTED

The minutes record the motion as “VOTED” but give no count, no names and no “All in favor”, so the result only is shown.

From the minutes

“*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, donations of $906 from Winchester residents to the Recreation Department Neighbors Helping neighbors fund. Brady - Bettencourt VOTED.” (Motion: Brady, second: Bettencourt)

Read it in the official minutes, page 1 (PDF)

Oct 27Approve the installation of approximately 33-feet of conduit within…Motion: *Motion That the Select Board approve the installation of approximately 33-feet…Passed · see note

October 27, 2025: Approve the installation of approximately 33-feet of conduit within the public right-of-way in Ginn Road to provide electric service to 29 Ginn Road

ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes

*Motion That the Select Board approve the installation of approximately 33-feet of conduit within the public right-of-way in Ginn Road to provide electric service to 29 Ginn Road. Brady - Bhayani VOTED

The minutes record the motion as “VOTED” but give no count, no names and no “All in favor”, so the result only is shown.

From the minutes

“*Motion That the Select Board approve the installation of approximately 33-feet of conduit within the public right-of-way in Ginn Road to provide electric service to 29 Ginn Road. Brady - Bhayani VOTED.” (Motion: Brady, second: Bhayani)

Read it in the official minutes, page 3 (PDF)

Oct 27Appointed to the Council on Aging Jing Zhang term…Motion: *Motion That the Select Board appointed to the Council on Aging…Passed · see note

October 27, 2025: Appointed to the Council on Aging Jing Zhang term to expire March 31, 2026 & Alan McDonald term to expire March 31, 2027; to the Wildwood Cemetery Caroline Woodward term…

AppointPassed · No count or names in the minutes

*Motion That the Select Board appointed to the Council on Aging Jing Zhang term to expire March 31, 2026 & Alan McDonald term to expire March 31, 2027; to the Wildwood Cemetery Caroline Woodward term to expire May 31, 2028. Brady - Bettencourt VOTED

The minutes record the motion as “VOTED” but give no count, no names and no “All in favor”, so the result only is shown.

From the minutes

“*Motion That the Select Board appointed to the Council on Aging Jing Zhang term to expire March 31, 2026 & Alan McDonald term to expire March 31, 2027; to the Wildwood Cemetery Caroline Woodward term to expire May 31, 2028. Brady - Bettencourt VOTED.” (Motion: Brady, second: Bettencourt)

Read it in the official minutes, page 3 (PDF)

Oct 27Approve the following rates at the Transfer Station for…Motion: *Motion That the Select Board approve the following rates at the…Passed · see note

October 27, 2025: Approve the following rates at the Transfer Station for Calendar year 2026 beginning January 1, 2026; Residential-$330, Commercial Waste (hospital) & Commercial Hauler Household Waste-$190 each...

ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes

*Motion That the Select Board approve the following rates at the Transfer Station for Calendar year 2026 beginning January 1, 2026; Residential-$330, Commercial Waste (hospital) & Commercial Hauler Household Waste-$190 each, Commercial Mixed- $210, Building Demo Debris-$246.75, Commercial Recycling-$160, Compost/Leaves-$55 and Hauler Mattresses-$35. Bhayani - Bettencourt VOTED

The minutes record the motion as “VOTED” but give no count, no names and no “All in favor”, so the result only is shown.

From the minutes

“*Motion That the Select Board approve the following rates at the Transfer Station for Calendar year 2026 beginning January 1, 2026; Residential-$330, Commercial Waste (hospital) & Commercial Hauler Household Waste-$190 each, Commercial Mixed- $210, Building Demo Debris-$246.75, Commercial Recycling-$160, Compost/Leaves-$55 and Hauler Mattresses-$35. Bhayani - Bettencourt VOTED.” (Motion: Bhayani, second: Bettencourt)

Read it in the official minutes, page 3 (PDF)

Oct 27Approve the 22nd amendment for the Washington/Swanton Land Development…Motion: *Motion That the Select Board approve the 22nd amendment for the…Passed · see note

October 27, 2025: Approve the 22nd amendment for the Washington/Swanton Land Development Agreement

ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes

*Motion That the Select Board approve the 22nd amendment for the Washington/Swanton Land Development Agreement. Bettencourt - Brady VOTED

The minutes record the motion as “VOTED” but give no count, no names and no “All in favor”, so the result only is shown.

From the minutes

“*Motion That the Select Board approve the 22nd amendment for the Washington/Swanton Land Development Agreement. Bettencourt - Brady VOTED.” (Motion: Bettencourt, second: Brady)

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Oct 27Approve unfavorable action for Article 35Motion: *Motion That the Select Board approve unfavorable action for Article 35.…Passed 3–2 · No: Bettencourt, Prior

October 27, 2025: Approve unfavorable action for Article 35

ApprovePassed · 3–2

*Motion That the Select Board approve unfavorable action for Article 35. McGonigle - Bhayani VOTED Roll Call: Yes - Brady, Bhayani, McGonigle No - Bettencourt, Prior Motion Passes 3-2

Yes: Bhayani, Brady, McGonigleNo: Bettencourt, Prior

From the minutes

“*Motion That the Select Board approve unfavorable action for Article 35. McGonigle - Bhayani VOTED Roll Call: Yes - Brady, Bhayani, McGonigle No - Bettencourt, Prior Motion Passes 3-2.” (Motion: McGonigle, second: Bhayani)

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Oct 27Approve favorable action for Articles 8, 16-18, and 21Motion: *Motion That the Select Board approve favorable action for Articles 8,…Passed · see note

October 27, 2025: Approve favorable action for Articles 8, 16-18, and 21

ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes

*Motion That the Select Board approve favorable action for Articles 8, 16-18, and 21. Brady - Bettencourt VOTED

The minutes record the motion as “VOTED” but give no count, no names and no “All in favor”, so the result only is shown.

From the minutes

“*Motion That the Select Board approve favorable action for Articles 8, 16-18, and 21. Brady - Bettencourt VOTED.” (Motion: Brady, second: Bettencourt)

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Oct 27Approve One Day Liquor License(s) for Jean Wallace for…Motion: *Motion That the Select Board approve One Day Liquor License(s) for…Passed · see note

October 27, 2025: Approve One Day Liquor License(s) for Jean Wallace for Studio on the Common - November 6, 2025 - Studio on the Common 22 Church St; Lauren Tiedemann for Book Ends…

ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes

*Motion That the Select Board approve One Day Liquor License(s) for Jean Wallace for Studio on the Common - November 6, 2025 - Studio on the Common 22 Church St; Lauren Tiedemann for Book Ends - November 19, 2025 & December 3 & 6, 2025 - Fook Ends 559 Main St; Cindy Matias for On the Rocks and Road - November 9, 2025 - Griffin Museum; Michelle Noska for Beaujolais Catering - November 22, 2025 & April 11, 2026 - Wright-Locke Farm; Michelle Mackenzie for Superior Servers - October 30, 2025 - Sanborn House. Brady - McGonigle VOTED

The minutes record the motion as “VOTED” but give no count, no names and no “All in favor”, so the result only is shown.

From the minutes

“*Motion That the Select Board approve One Day Liquor License(s) for Jean Wallace for Studio on the Common - November 6, 2025 - Studio on the Common 22 Church St; Lauren Tiedemann for Book Ends - November 19, 2025 & December 3 & 6, 2025 - Fook Ends 559 Main St; Cindy Matias for On the Rocks and Road - November 9, 2025 - Griffin Museum; Michelle Noska for Beaujolais Catering - November 22, 2025 & April 11, 2026 - Wright-Locke Farm; Michelle Mackenzie for Superior Servers - October 30, 2025 - Sanborn House. Brady - McGonigle VOTED.” (Motion: Brady, second: McGonigle)

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Oct 27Approve the request from the Winchester Chamber of Commerce…Motion: *Motion That the Select Board approve the request from the Winchester…Passed · see note

October 27, 2025: Approve the request from the Winchester Chamber of Commerce to use the Town Common and closing Laraway Road for the "Lighting of the Trees" event on Friday, December 5, 2025…

ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes

*Motion That the Select Board approve the request from the Winchester Chamber of Commerce to use the Town Common and closing Laraway Road for the "Lighting of the Trees" event on Friday, December 5, 2025 from 3:30 - 7:30 p.m. Brady - McGonigle VOTED

The minutes record the motion as “VOTED” but give no count, no names and no “All in favor”, so the result only is shown.

From the minutes

“*Motion That the Select Board approve the request from the Winchester Chamber of Commerce to use the Town Common and closing Laraway Road for the "Lighting of the Trees" event on Friday, December 5, 2025 from 3:30 - 7:30 p.m. Brady - McGonigle VOTED.” (Motion: Brady, second: McGonigle)

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Oct 20Accept, with gratitude, an EEC Stabilization Grant of $13,720…Motion: *Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, an EEC Stabilization…Passed · see note

October 20, 2025: Accept, with gratitude, an EEC Stabilization Grant of $13,720 for the Recreation Department Kid Connection/WRAP EEC Childcare license for the month of October 2025

ApprovePassed · No count or names in the minutes

*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, an EEC Stabilization Grant of $13,720 for the Recreation Department Kid Connection/WRAP EEC Childcare license for the month of October 2025. Brady - Bettencourt VOTED

The minutes record the motion as “VOTED” but give no count, no names and no “All in favor”, so the result only is shown.

From the minutes

“*Motion That the Select Board accept, with gratitude, an EEC Stabilization Grant of $13,720 for the Recreation Department Kid Connection/WRAP EEC Childcare license for the month of October 2025. Brady - Bettencourt VOTED.” (Motion: Brady, second: Bettencourt)

Read it in the official minutes, page 1 (PDF)

From the Winchester 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): Winchester News candidate profiles — Michelle Prior and Michael Bettencourt (2026), Anthea Brady and William McGonigle (2025), courtesy of the candidates. Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.

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