What was said

Select Board, June 2, 2026

the recording · 1:55 long, about 13,165 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town published an agenda for this meeting. No minutes have been published; the recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

The short version

  1. ▶ 39:48The select board set Saturday, August 8 as the date for a special town election to fill two board vacancies.
  2. ▶ 1:43:39The board completed and accepted the town manager's FY26 performance evaluation, compiled by labor counsel after the board chair was unable to do so.
  3. ▶ 50:57The board made appointments and reappointments across several committees, including the ZBA, Agricultural Commission, and cable advisory committee.
  4. ▶ 18:17A board member urged public unity following the town's failed override vote.

Why it matters — our reading

  • The August 8 special election is a vote residents will be asked to take, to fill two seats on the select board.
  • The town manager's annual performance evaluation is part of the town's oversight of that office, and this year it was assembled by outside labor counsel rather than the board chair.
  • Open seats on bodies like the Trust Fund Commission touch whether that committee can reach a quorum to act on trust fund matters.

Watch next

  • August 8 special town election for two select board seats
  • June 15 workshop session to interview applicants for board and committee vacancies

budgetcontracts and unionselectionsfacilitieshiringoverridepersonnelpolicypublic commentpublic safetyrecreationseniorsstaffingtown departmentstown meetingwater sewer

Present: the chair (select board chair); Glenn McLeod (select board member (elected clerk this meeting)); Brian Lehtinen (select board member); the town manager (town manager); Melissa (assistant town manager / human resources director). 2 of 5 matched to the board’s posted roster; the rest, in italics, are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 22:25Appoint Andrew Valeri as the non-union employee representative to the sick leave bank committee, term to expire June 30, 2027.unanimous approval
  2. ▶ 23:29Ratify the town manager's appointment of Cedric Robinson and Michael Clark Jr. as seasonal cemetery laborers, contingent on vetting by the assistant town manager/HR director.passes unanimously
  3. ▶ 29:50Approve the special event application for the Shrieks and Creeks Haunted House and Hayride Festival on October 17, 2026.passed
  4. ▶ 30:32Nominate Glenn Mloud as clerk of the select board.passed
  5. ▶ 39:48Set the special town election date for Saturday, August 8th.passed unanimously
  6. ▶ 50:57Appoint Karen Manard and Thomas Bodkin Jr. to the cable advisory committee.passed
  7. ▶ 52:24Appoint Karen Manard as a member of the ZBA, term to expire June 30, 2031.passed
  8. ▶ 1:02:33Appoint Jennifer Duffy and Kim Muzzy (associate member) to the Agricultural Commission, terms expiring 2029.passed
  9. ▶ 1:04:10Appoint Steve Walker to PAC, term expiring 2029.passed
  10. ▶ 1:05:14Declare two fabric love seats and two fabric chairs with matching pillows from the Adult Activity Center as surplus.passed
  11. ▶ 1:43:39Accept the FY26 annual town manager performance evaluation as read (composite compiled by labor counsel).passes unanimously

And 2 procedural: approve seven sets of select board minutes from 2024 (july 17, aug 13, aug 20, sept 3, sept 17, sept 24, oct 15). (▶ 1:45:05); adjourn at 8:56 p.m. (▶ 1:54:51).

The money

  1. ▶ 17:15Lunenburg Water District treatment plant article

    A resident announced the Water District's special meeting the next night to vote on a single article to fund a water treatment plant, urging water-district voters to attend.

    as heard:$47 million

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 34:07Brian will serve as select board liaison to Capital Planning and Glenn to the Council on Aging, informally, without a vote.
  • ▶ 34:27The chair will continue as liaison to the middle/high school civics classes.
  • ▶ 35:11The chair will act as interim liaison to the 300th anniversary committee until the board is at full strength.
  • ▶ 39:27The nomination-paper deadlines for the special election will be pushed back about a week from the town clerk's original tentative schedule.
  • ▶ 57:59Board will hold a workshop-style session on June 15th at 7 p.m. to interview applicants for board/committee vacancies.
  • ▶ 1:46:30Glenn and Brian will each take on seven more sets of draft select board minutes to review, aiming to finish by end of June.
  • ▶ 1:50:21Board tentatively plans an ad hoc goals-setting workshop sometime in July, to be finalized at a later meeting.
  • ▶ 1:53:29Town manager/chair will consult town counsel on the process for appointing Richard Howard to the vacant Trust Fund Commission seat since that body currently lacks a quorum.

Public comment

  1. ▶ 3:56Read his Memorial Day speech (delayed due to an email mix-up) and invited the public to a Flag Day flag-retirement ceremony on June 14th. — John Bowen Jr., as heard
  2. ▶ 11:46Thanked the many volunteers, sponsors and town staff who put on the spring vendor fair. — Karen Menard, as heard, park commissioner
  3. ▶ 16:35Thanked spring-fair organizers and announced the next night's Lunenburg Water District special meeting on the water treatment plant article. — Tom Alonzo, as heard
  4. ▶ 1:51:29Asked the select board and Trust Fund Commission chair to appoint him to a vacant Trust Fund Commission seat so the commission can regain a quorum. — Richard Howard, as heard

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 0:22Moment of silence for a child's death and opening remarksinformational · 1:07 long
  2. ▶ 1:29Pledge of allegiance and broadcast/agenda noticesinformational · 1:02 long
  3. ▶ 2:31Announcements: library book/bake sale and police/fire memorial serviceinformational · 1:02 long · library, public safety
  4. ▶ 3:33Public comment: John Bowen Jr.'s Memorial Day speech and Flag Day invitationinformational · 8:13 long · public comment
  5. ▶ 11:46Public comment: thanks for the spring vendor fairinformational · 4:49 long · public comment, recreation
  6. ▶ 16:35Public comment: spring fair thanks and Water District treatment-plant meeting noticeinformational · 1:42 long · public comment, water sewer
  7. ▶ 18:17Chair's remarks on social media harassment of board members and the failed overrideinformational · 2:44 long · override, budget
  8. ▶ 21:01Clerk resignation and town manager appointments (sick leave bank, cemetery laborers)voted · 3:10 long · hiring, personnel
  9. ▶ 24:11Town manager report: food pantry siting, staff training, TC Pacios vandalism, recruitmentsinformational · 4:06 long · town departments, facilities, public safety
  10. ▶ 28:17Shrieks and Creeks special event applicationvoted · 2:15 long · recreation
  11. ▶ 30:32Select board reorganization: clerk election and liaison assignmentsvoted / informal decisions · 6:03 long · personnel
  12. ▶ 36:35Scheduling the special town election to fill two board vacanciesvoted · 4:16 long · elections
  13. ▶ 40:51Annual select board appointments: reviewing applicants across many committeesreferred to future interviews · 10:06 long · hiring, personnel
  14. ▶ 50:57Appointments to cable advisory committee and ZBAvoted · 1:52 long · hiring, personnel
  15. ▶ 52:49Scheduling an interview workshop for remaining board/committee applicantsdecided (no vote) · 7:31 long · hiring, personnel
  16. ▶ 1:00:20Reappointments to Agricultural Commission and PAC; discussion of other vacanciesvoted · 4:33 long · hiring, personnel
  17. ▶ 1:04:53Declaration of surplus furniture at the Adult Activity Centervoted · 1:03 long · facilities, seniors
  18. ▶ 1:05:56Town manager's FY26 annual performance evaluation, read and acceptedvoted · 38:26 long · personnel, staffing
  19. ▶ 1:44:22Approval of 2024 select board minutes and assignment of remaining minutes to reviewvoted / assigned · 3:13 long
  20. ▶ 1:47:35Committee reports: Municipal Building Design Committee and Finance Committeeinformational · 3:48 long · budget, policy, town meeting
  21. ▶ 1:51:23Public comment: Trust Fund Commission vacancy appointment requestno resolution · 2:48 long · public comment
  22. ▶ 1:54:11Closing board comments, meeting scheduling, and adjournmentvoted (adjournment) · 1:02 long

What the captions could not carry

  • Exact vote tallies throughout are only heard as scattered 'aye' sounds, not a counted roll call.
  • A long stretch of the recording (roughly the 4300s to 5199s in caption time) is silent or blank while board members privately read the town manager's evaluation.
  • Audio/microphone problems at the very start of public comment (around 236-306) make a few seconds unclear.
  • The exact spelling of the deceased child's name ('Hadtie'/'Haddie') and of the resigned clerk's name ('Caesar Nolo') are uncertain.
  • Some names of streets and applicants may be mis-rendered by the captioning (e.g., 'Todd Hullman', 'Elizer Derby Wood').

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