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2 <br /> Mashpee Select Board <br /> Minutes <br /> July 28, 2022 <br /> Present: Selectman John J. Cotton, Selectman David W. Weeden, <br /> Selectman Carol A. Sherman (via ZOOM link) <br /> Also Present: Town Manager Rodney C. Collins <br /> Assistant Town Manager Wayne E. Taylor <br /> Town Clerk Deborah Kaye <br /> Absent: Selectman Thomas F. O'Hara <br /> Meeting Called to Order by Chair Cotton at 1:05 p.m. <br /> Mashpee Town Hall, Popponesset Meeting Room <br /> PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br /> MOMENT OF SILENCE <br /> NEW BUSINESS <br /> • Discussion and Approval of October 4, 2022 Special Town Election <br /> The Town Clerk presented to the Board a proposed special election calendar and venue for the <br /> Special Town Election to fill the vacant Select Board seat until the May 2023 election. <br /> Ms. Kaye asked that the Board vote to approve a date of October 4, 2022 with voting being <br /> abbreviated from the usual 7 am until 8 pm.The voting would take place at the Quashnet School <br /> at 150 Old Barnstable Road. <br /> Board members expressed concerns with the abbreviated voting hours and the Town Clerk stated <br /> that voters may vote by absentee ballot up until the Friday before October 4 (September 30). <br /> Selectman Sherman said that abbreviated hours make it difficult for residents to vote. <br /> Chair Cotton suggested hours of 12 Noon until 7 p.m., as lonr, as the hoyrs,qf votingand the <br /> oapgrtunityto cast absentee ballots is well ublicized. The other Board members concurred. <br /> Motion made by Selectman Sherman to approve the Special Town Election date of October 4, <br /> 2022 at the Quashnet School at 150 Old Barnstable Road with the polling hours of 12 Noon until <br /> 7 p.m. <br /> Motion seconded by Selectman Weeden. <br /> VOTE: Unanimous. 3-0. <br /> Roll Call Vote: <br /> Selectman Cotton, yes Selectman Weeden, yes Selectman O'Hara, absent <br /> Selectman Sherman, yes Opposed, none <br />