Analysis: Town and Schools
Master Plan Steering Committee
Posted since 2023: 25 agendas, 12 sets of minutes, 25 recordings, 25 meetings with our minutes and 46 votes on the record. All boards.
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The Planning Board has designated updating the Master Plan as a priority. The new Master Plan will be used as a guide for the Town of Lunenburg in the areas of land use, economic development, housing, transportation, community services, and capital/facilities planning among others. The development of the Master Plan is a primary statutory function of the Planning Board.
The rest of what the town says about it (607 more words)
Over two decades old, the 2002 Lunenburg Master Plan sought to provide recommendations and an implementation plan for addressing the impacts of residential growth including identifying strategies for land use, economic development, natural and cultural resources, housing, transportation, and community services and facilities. In the twenty-one years since, Lunenburg has experienced significant changes in land use and population growth. The updated Master Plan will reflect, among other things, changes to the Zoning Code, current projects, new environmental and other regulatory constraints, and plan for appropriate land uses to support the long and short‐term needs of the community, with a look to retaining the rural nature, agricultural base, and natural character that exist. The concepts of community sustainability and resiliency will be considered throughout the Master Plan and permeate all topic areas.
The Plan is intended to be a consensus vision of the residents of Lunenburg and all efforts will be made to include as many voices as feasible in its development. Items identified for consideration in the Master Plan update include, but are not limited to the following:
Identifying areas for Inclusionary Zoning and other Affordable Housing measures
Examining places for public use spaces and amenities
Identifying sustainable environmental measures
Analyzing the impact of new residential development on the public schools and other Town services
Evaluating infrastructure needs for the area
Strategizing economic development measures to entice businesses to town, while maintaining its rural feel
Expanding economic opportunities for existing and new agricultural uses
Charge
The Master Plan Steering Committee advises on the development of the Master Plan document. The Committee also fosters openness and inclusion in the master planning process through dialogue and communication with the consulting team of OverUnder, RKG, Innes Associates, and various stakeholders in the Lunenburg Community.
Vision
The Master Plan will develop a physical and digital document for the Town of Lunenburg that optimally reflects and supports the Community’s priorities and goals.
Membership
The Master Plan Steering Committee is comprised of designated Lunenburg Board and Committee members, and several at‐large community members. The Committee is guided and led by the
Planning Board, OverUnder/RKG/Innes Associates, the Master Plan Consultants, and the Land Use Department. Membership will be in existence for approximately 18 to 24 months to direct the preparation of the Master Plan.
The Master Plan Steering Committee shall be convened and charged by the Planning Board. Members will be appointed for the term of the update process.
The Committee shall consist of 15 voting members, as follows:
One members of the Planning Board, appointed by the Planning Board
One members of the Board of Selectmen, appointed by the Board of Selectmen
One member of the Conservation Commission, appointed by the Conservation Commission
One member of the Council on Aging, appointed by the Council on Aging.
One member of the Parks and Recreation Commission, appointed by the Parks and Recreation Commission
One member of the Lunenburg School Committee, appointed by the Lunenburg School Committee
One member of the Lunenburg Library Trustees appointed by the Lunenburg Library Trustees
One member of the Zoning Board of Appeals, appointed by the Zoning Board of Appeals
One member of the Finance Committee, appointed by the Finance Committee
Six members at large, appointed by the Planning Board
The Master Plan Steering Committee shall appoint a Chair and Vice Chair to guide its efforts and a Clerk to maintain the record of the Committee. The Master Plan Steering Committee shall appoint subcommittees as it deems necessary to the fulfillment of its duties.
Final approval of the Master Plan will be subject to the Planning Board upon completion of the document by the consulting team and Master Plan Steering Committee.
30% minutes posted, FY26 (3 of 10) · 90% on YouTube, FY26 (9 of 10) · compared
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Upcoming meetings
Nothing on the calendar for a future date. The site was last updated 2026-10-10; a meeting noticed since then appears when it is next built, and one that has already happened moves to recent meetings by itself.
Recent meetings
The last 15 dates this board met, by today’s date rather than the day the site was built — so a meeting moves here on its own. For a program, every agenda and set of minutes as one text file: /minutes/master-plan-steering-committee.txt.
Votes, newest first
From the town’s minutes (12 of 12 sets read) and our minutes of the recordings (25), joined per meeting: 13 substantive, 33 procedural (accepting minutes, adjourning). Where both records have a vote the town’s wording stands; none disagree on the outcome.
| date | motion | outcome | record | check it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25 2025 | Elect Kim Duffy as Chair (roll-call tally, all six members voting for Kim).“result: kim duffy elected chair.” | passed | the minutes | the minutes · video · ours |
| Jun 25 2025 | Elect Anthony ("Tony") Sculimbrene as Vice Chair (roll-call tally, all six members voting for Anthony).“result: anthony ("tony") sculimbrene elected vice chair.” | passed | minutes + recording | the minutes · video 119:26 · ours |
| Jun 25 2025 | Re-elect Jerry Reid as Clerk (roll-call tally, all six members voting for Jerry).“result: jerry reid re-elected clerk.” | passed | the minutes | the minutes · video · ours |
| Jun 25 2025 | Make Emily and Kim Facebook admins for posting advertising and agendas.“motion: make emily and kim facebook admins for posting advertising and agendas.” | passed | the minutes | the minutes · video · ours |
| Jun 25 2025 | Nominate a chair for the committee (both Tim and Kim were nominated) | passed (described as unanimous) | the recording only | video 116:55 · ours |
| Jun 25 2025 | Nominate Jerry (Gerald) to remain as clerk | passed | the recording only | video 122:11 · ours |
| Jun 25 2025 | Designate Emily, Sundre, and the chair as admins of the committee's Facebook page to post meeting announcements | passed | the recording only | video 158:06 · ours |
| Apr 23 2025 | Move to accept the 'community approval summary' scoring as presented in the current OverUnder handout | failed (roll call: Tony yes, Kim no, Deb no, Amanda no, Carol no, Emily no, Shandra yes, Jerry yes, chair no) | the recording only | video 54:03 · ours |
| Apr 23 2025 | Move that each member individually annotate accept/reject (with reasons) on every strategy in the matrix, submit it to the staff liaison, discuss at the next meeting, and adjourn — moved by not clearly audible | passed (roll call: Tony yes, Kim no, Sandra yes, Emily yes, Amanda no, Deb yes, Jerry yes, chair yes; Carol muted/not clear) | the recording only | video 106:31 · ours |
| Mar 3 2025 | Reorganize the committee with Tim as chair and Jerry as clerk, leaving vice chair open. — moved by unclear | passed unanimously by roll call | the recording only | video 10:50 · ours |
| Sep 18 2023 | Elect Joeci Gilchrest as Chair, on nomination by roll call.“nominations for chair - joeci gilchrest volunteered and was nominated for chair. there was a s econd and a roll call vote which was unanimous .” | passed | the minutes | the minutes · video · ours |
| Sep 18 2023 | Elect Tim Willsmer as Vice-Chair, on nomination by roll call (minutes read 'nominated for Chair'). — moved by unclear“tim w illsmer volunteered and was nominated for chair. there was a s econd and a roll call vote which was unanimous .” | passed | minutes + recording | the minutes · video 4:36 · ours |
| Sep 18 2023 | Nominate Josie Gilchrist as chair of the master plan steering committee — moved by unclear | not audible | the recording only | video 2:49 · ours |
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. Both records are read as they arrive and joined here, whichever came first.
Time tracking
44.0 h of discussion across the 27 recorded meetings we have minutes for, by topic. A topic can overlap another, so the shares can sum past 100%.
Budget schedule
Measured from this board’s own posted agendas over the last 1 budget cycles (July to June): the dates each subject appeared. The “expect” column is the typical first and last date across those cycles — a scheduled subject, not a decision.
| subject | expect | FY27 |
|---|---|---|
| Town Meeting | Aug 27 → Nov 12 | Aug 27, Sep 10, Sep 24, Oct 15, Nov 12 |
A cycle is named for the fiscal year it builds: FY27 is the budget being built now. Read off the agenda text with a word search, so a subject named differently on an agenda is missed and one mentioned in passing is counted.
As of 2026-10-10.