Analysis: Town and Schools

Finance Committee Appointing Committee — votes

From the town’s minutes (13 of 13 sets read) and our minutes of the recordings (2), joined per meeting: 12 substantive, 20 procedural (accepting minutes, adjourning). Where both records have a vote the town’s wording stands; none disagree on the outcome.

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Jul 6 2026to appoint Chris Menard and Jay Simeone to three year terms and Peter Beardmore to a two year vacancy commencing upon their swearing in with the Town Clerk — moved by Laura Brzozoski“ms. brzozoski made a motion to appoint mr. menard and mr. simeone to three year terms, and mr. beardmore to fulfill a a two year vacancy, all commencing upon their swearing in with the town clerk. ms. emkey seconded and the motion was approved unanimously.”approved unanimouslyminutes + recordingthe minutes · video 11:45 · ours
Jul 8 2025Appoint Jean Russell to a full term commencing July 1, 2025. — moved by Rene Emkey“made a motion to appoint m s. russell to a full term commencing july 1, 2025.”passedthe minutesthe minutes
Jul 8 2025Appoint Tanya Dall to a full term commencing July 1, 2025. — moved by George Yapp“made a motion to appoint ms. dall to a full term commencing july 1, 2025.”passedthe minutesthe minutes
Feb 18 2025Appoint Anna Lockwood and Michael Rup to the Finance Committee; seconded; roll call followed at about 1550 with members voting I.passedthe recording onlyvideo 24:25 · ours
Oct 22 2024Appoint Tanya Dall to a term to expire June 30, 2025. — moved by Brian Lehtinen“mr lehtinen made a motion to appoint ms. dall to a term to expire june 30, 2025. mr. alonzo seconded. the vote was unanimous.”passed (unanimous)the minutesthe minutes
Sep 10 2024Re-appoint Tom Gray to a full 3-year term, following his interview. — moved by Tom Alonzo“mr alonzo made a motion to rinene-appoint mr. gray to a full 3 year term. mr. lahtinen seconded. the vote was unanimous.”passed unanimouslythe minutesthe minutes
Dec 13 2023To appoint Ms. Tavares to a term to expire on June 30 2025. — moved by Mr Jeffries“at the conclusion of the interview mr jeffries made a motion to appoint ms. tavares to a term to expire on june 30 2025. ms. archambault seconded the motion. the vote was unanimous.”passed unanimouslythe minutesthe minutes
Nov 7 2023Appoint David Passios to a term to expire in 2025. — moved by Ms, Archambault“at the conclusion of the interview ms, archambault made a motion to appoint mr. passios to a term to expire in 2025. mr jeffreys seconded. the vote was unanimous.”passedthe minutesthe minutes
Jul 11 2023Appoint Jay Simeone to another full term, expiring June 30, 2025. — moved by Carol Archambault“at the conclusion of the interview ms. archambault made a motion to appoint mr. simeone to another full term, to expire on june 30 2025mr alonzo seconded. the vote was unanimous.”passedthe minutesthe minutes
Jun 27 2023Appoint Chris Menard to the committee — moved by Carol Archambault“ms. archambault made a motion to appoint mr. menard, mr alonzo seconded. the vote was unanimous.”unanimously passedthe minutesthe minutes
Jun 15 2018Appoint Tom Balish — moved by Tom Alonzo“mr. alonzo made a motion to apoint mr. balish. ms archambat seconded that appointment was unanimously approved.”unanimously approvedthe minutesthe minutes
Jun 15 2018Appoint Tom Gray — moved by Carol Archambault“ms archambault made a motion to appoint mr. gray and mr. alonzo secondied. that appointment was unanimously approved”unanimously approvedthe minutesthe minutes

The town’s minutes are the record: a vote from them carries the minutes’ own words, checked verbatim. A vote from the recording only was written by a language model from machine captions — a motion as heard, and “not audible” a finding about the recording — and links to the second in the video.

As of 2026-10-11. All boards.

What changed

Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026