What was said

Select Board, June 30, 2026

the recording · 0:05 long, about 772 words spoken · captions carried this meeting 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

▶ 0:41The state told the Select Board electronic voting machines cannot be discontinued for the August 8 special election; they must be used.
▶ 4:28The board ratified the Town Manager's full slate of annual town appointments by roll call, including the entire police department roster.
▶ 1:23The board separately voted its own set of annual appointments, covering roles like Animal Control Officer and Parking Clerk.
▶ 4:28A chief's recommendation to promote an officer to detective has not yet been taken up; that officer is listed as SRO in this round.

Why it matters — our reading

Residents voting in the August 8 special election will use electronic voting machines, not a discontinued or alternate method, because the state ruled it mandatory.
The ratified appointments keep town officer and police department roles filled without a public vacancy or hiring process at this meeting.

Watch next

Next Select Board meeting, Tuesday, July 7
Whether the detective promotion recommendation comes back for a vote

elections personnel public safety town departments

Present: the chair (referred to as "Madam Chair") (chair); Glenn McLeod (member); Brian Lehtinen (member); Jennifer Warren Diamond ("Jen") (Town Manager). 2 of 4 matched to the board’s posted roster; the rest, in italics, are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

▶ 1:23Appoint annual Select Board appointments: Animal Control Officer Kathy Como; Fence Viewer Brian Gingras; Field Driver Kathy Como; Forest Warden Chief Patrick Sullivan; Municipal Hearing Officer Jennifer Warren Diamond; Parking Clerk Melissa Richard. — moved by the chair, as heardpassed 3-0 (roll call: Glenn - I, Brian - I, chair - I)
▶ 4:28Ratify the town manager's annual appointments as read.passed 3-0 (roll call: Glenn - Aye, Brian - Aye, chair - aye)

And 1 procedural: adjourn the meeting at 7:07 p.m. (▶ 5:08).

The money

Nothing touching money was heard beyond the transfers.

Settled without a vote

▶ 0:41The board learned from the state that discontinuing use of electronic voting machines for the August 8, 2026 special town election is not an option, so the machines must be used; the agenda item was passed over without a vote.
▶ 4:28The chief's recommendation to promote Brandon McNamara to detective has not yet been considered, so he remains listed as SRO for this appointment round.

Where the time went

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

town departments4 min · 71%
public safety3 min · 52%
elections0 min · 7%

The whole meeting, in order

▶ 0:00Meeting called to order; agenda/open meeting law statement; full board noted presentinformational · 0:41 long
▶ 0:41Consideration of discontinuing electronic voting machines for the August 8, 2026 special town electionno resolution - passed over after state determined it is not an option · 0:21 long · elections
▶ 1:02Annual Select Board appointments (Animal Control Officer, Fence Viewer, Field Driver, Forest Warden, Municipal Hearing Officer, Parking Clerk)voted, passed by roll call · 1:01 long · town departments
▶ 2:04Town Manager's annual appointments read into the record (building/dam/emergency management/RACES officers, plumbing and gas inspectors, public weighers, wiring inspectors, town clock winders, veteran service officer, and full police department roster)read into record, then ratified by vote · 2:43 long · public safety, town departments
▶ 4:48Closing remarks and announcement of next meeting, Tuesday July 7thinformational · 0:19 long
▶ 5:07Adjournmentvoted, passed by roll call · 0:10 long

What the captions could not carry

Full names of some public weigher and civilian traffic officer appointees are unclear or possibly mistranscribed (e.g. "Jay Valeri Valeri Mike Reynolds", "John Hazard League", "Robert DeConza")
Who seconded the first motion (appointments) at t=103 is not identified by name
The chair's own name is never stated in the captions

These are ours, and they are not the record

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