Mansfield's main governing board. Sets town policy, approves major contracts, and makes key appointments.
108 items across 7 meetings.
June 17, 2026 · agenda
📋 Proposed
Of 87 Master Plan strategies, 9 are complete, 60 are ongoing, and 18 haven't started; Board will confirm which to close out vs. keep as priorities.
📋 Proposed
Board to decide the highest-value downtown action for 2026–2028, including continued residential development, TOD streetscape ties, and pop-up business support.
📍 Downtown Mansfield
📋 Proposed
Unanimous survey support (6 green) to launch a Strategic Economic Development Plan; Board asked whether business park competitiveness should be the next major planning initiative.
📍 Ryan-Elliot Park area
📋 Proposed
GATRA route coordination and traffic calming policy both received unanimous green ratings; several transit items may be consolidated into one mobility workstream.
📋 Proposed
School facilities study and growth/build-out scenario coordination broadly supported, but status is unclear — Board asked to confirm what's already completed.
📋 Proposed
Dog park, Transportation Management Association (TMA), District Improvement Financing (DIF) for Ryan-Elliot, tenant improvement grants, and industrial park wayfinding all received mixed or low survey scores and are unlikely near-term priorities.
📍 Ryan-Elliot Park area
📋 Proposed
Staff draft framework proposes confirming completed items, consolidating active workstreams (TOD, GATRA, downtown tools), and launching new priorities like the Strategic Economic Development Plan and Ryan-Elliot market analysis.
June 17, 2026 · agenda
📋 Proposed
Staff will present a status dashboard showing 9 of 87 strategies complete, 60 ongoing, and 18 not yet started, as a basis for setting 2026–2030 priorities.
📋 Proposed
Board will discuss continuing residential development downtown, tying growth to streetscape improvements, and whether to scale the façade improvement program funded by state earmarks.
📍 Downtown Mansfield
📋 Proposed
Board will consider launching a Strategic Economic Development Plan (unanimous 6-green survey vote) and modernizing zoning/allowable uses in business parks, including a Ryan-Elliot market analysis.
📍 Ryan-Elliot Park / business parks
📋 Proposed
Top-rated survey items: coordinating with GATRA on new/frequent routes (6 green) and continuing traffic calming policy (5 green), potentially consolidated into one mobility workstream including late-night and TOD access.
📋 Proposed
Board will clarify whether the school facilities/utilization study is already complete and discuss coordinating build-out growth scenarios with school enrollment planning.
📋 Proposed
Airport capacity expansion (strategy 6d.iv) has mixed/unclear completion status; Board needs to confirm what work is done before reprioritizing.
📋 Proposed
Items including a dog park, Transportation Management Association (TMA), District Improvement Financing (DIF) for Ryan-Elliot, tenant improvement grants, and industrial-park wayfinding signs scored low in the survey and are not recommended for the near-term work program unless the Board directs otherwise.
📍 Ryan-Elliot Park
📋 Proposed
Staff presented a draft framework asking the Board to confirm complete items, consolidate active workstreams, and identify new priority actions to build an actionable 2026–2030 work program.
June 3, 2026 · agenda
📋 Proposed
Routine meeting opening.
📋 Proposed
Board may adopt updated water regulations and a revised fee schedule — changes could affect what homeowners pay for water service.
💰 Fee schedule changes TBD
📋 Proposed
Board interviews Jacqueline Curtis and Steve Schoonveld to fill 1 vacancy on the Non-Profit Gift Fund Committee.
📋 Proposed
Board interviews six candidates — Haworth, Malkin, Medeiros, Mukasa, Parsons, Sullivan — to fill one full voting seat and one associate seat on the Planning Board.
📋 Proposed
Board discusses and may adopt a revised policy governing which flags can be flown on town property.
📋 Proposed
Board considers flying the Pride and Juneteenth flags at town facilities during June 2026.
📋 Proposed
Monthly report (May 2026), OML training June 10, financials update, and miscellaneous items.
📋 Proposed
Board discusses meeting dates for summer 2026.
📋 Proposed
Board fills seats on Audit Committee, Budget Subcommittee, Capital Improvements Plan, Tax Increment Financing Committee, Town and School Needs Assessment Committee, and multiple liaison roles.
📋 Proposed
Ongoing budget discussion covering any fiscal year; subcommittee update included.
📋 Proposed
Routine approval of prior meeting minutes.
📋 Proposed
Approval of Town Vendor Warrant $2,658,495.04, Electric Vendor Warrant $2,184,126.83, and School Vendor Warrant $1,022,198.17.
💰 $5,864,820.04 total
📋 Proposed
Special events permits for Mansfield Women of Today and Logam Foundation; water/drainlayer licenses for Hydra Tech Inc. and Grant Brothers; fence license agreement with Hands-On Montessori School.
📍 12 Creeden Street
📋 Proposed
Proclamations for Catherine Coyne and Firefighters Sunday; certificates for Mansfield school retirees.
📋 Proposed
Approval of town and school payroll warrants totaling approximately $3,823,599.97.
💰 ~$3,823,599.97 total payroll
📋 Proposed
Routine incoming correspondence from residents and organizations, including a letter on the retirement of Water Licensed Equipment Operator Michael Gregory.
📋 Proposed
Closed session to discuss litigation strategy on ongoing conservation violations at 120, 130 Forbes Blvd; 493, 505, 509 West St; and O'Reilly Tree Service properties.
📍 120 Forbes Blvd, 130 Forbes Blvd, 505 West Street, 509 West Street, 493 West Street
📋 Proposed
Closed session on bargaining strategy for DPW, firefighters, police, and two steelworkers supervisory/non-supervisory units, plus Clerk's unit.
May 20, 2026 · agenda
• Status unclear
Routine opening.
📋 Proposed
Board reorganizes its leadership structure following the election cycle.
📋 Proposed
Board considers whether to exercise the town's right of first refusal on a condo resale at 52 Willow Street.
📋 Proposed
Sally Fehervari is interviewed for 1 vacancy on the Bicycle and Pedestrian Network Plan Steering Committee.
📋 Proposed
Three candidates (Terry Blanchard, Maureen R. Doherty, Steve Schoonveld) interviewed for 2 vacancies on the Non-Profit Gift Fund Committee.
💬 Discussed
Town Manager reports the data centers by-law is drawing news coverage; implications for local development policy.
💬 Discussed
Update on acceptance of Cobb Street as a public way.
💬 Discussed
Update on the Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Emergency Communications Center (SEMRECC) assessment costs to the town.
💬 Discussed
Update on the Health Insurance Advisory Committee's work, which may affect employee benefit costs.
📋 Proposed
Proposed fee changes across seven departments: Building, Conservation Commission, DPW–Mansfield Green, Fire, Planning Board, Water, and Zoning Board of Appeals.
📋 Proposed
Board reviews a revised policy governing what flags may be displayed on town property.
📋 Proposed
A Select Board member will be appointed to the regional wastewater district for a term expiring June 30, 2027.
📋 Proposed
Board to appoint a Select Board member to SMMPO; Mallory Aronstein of Easton is named as the designee.
💬 Discussed
Ongoing discussion of town fiscal year budgets, potentially covering past and future years.
📋 Proposed
Vote to approve prior meeting minutes.
📋 Proposed
Approval of Town ($1,428,128.41), Electric ($2,174,401.01), and School ($703,580.22) vendor warrants.
💰 $4,306,109.64 total
📋 Proposed
License for Moore Brothers, Inc. to perform drainlayer work in town.
📋 Proposed
MHS senior class requests a fee waiver for their end-of-year BBQ event.
📋 Proposed
Proclamations for Mary Kate Flynn and Maureen R. Doherty.
📋 Proposed
Approval of town and school payroll warrants totaling approximately $3,891,295 across four accounts.
💰 ~$3,891,295.00 total payroll
💬 Discussed
Board receives resignation letters from Michael Trowbridge Sr. (Mansfield Foxboro Norton Wastewater District) and Mark Corsillo (Planning Board), creating vacancies.
📋 Proposed
Board enters executive session to discuss litigation strategy on conservation violations at 120, 130 Forbes Blvd and 493, 505, 509 West Street, and O'Reilly Tree Service.
📍 120 Forbes Blvd, 130 Forbes Blvd, 505 West Street, 509 West Street, 493 West Street
📋 Proposed
Closed session to discuss deployment or strategy regarding security personnel or devices.
📋 Proposed
Closed session for collective bargaining strategy with AFSCME Council 93 Local 1702, representing DPW Units A and B.
May 6, 2026 · minutes
✅ Approved
Meeting opened at 6:31PM.
✅ Approved
Approved National Grid's petition for a new pole between two existing poles to hold added equipment in front of 125 High Street.
📍 125 High Street
✅ Approved
Approved the 2026 Xfinity Center license and entertainment agreement, described as financially good for the Town and an easier process than past years.
📍 885 South Main Street
✅ Approved
Approved extending license hours to 11:30PM for Dave Matthews (June 13), Jack Johnson (June 20), Muse (July 18), Hilary Duff (Aug 8), and Pitbull (Aug 29) to test a new exit/hospitality plan.
📍 Xfinity Center
✅ Approved
Approved Attleboro's request to mill and pave 340 ft of Balcom Street to install a water treatment plant connection, restoring the road to new condition.
📍 Balcom Street
🔄 Postponed
Skipped because applicant Steve Schoonveld was not present.
💬 Discussed
Announced annual water restrictions, a $31,000 budget transfer for aerial mapping, Oxford Water Tank cleaning, a new business, and an insurance committee update.
💰 $31,000 aerial mapping transfer
💬 Discussed
Residents voiced frustration over the failed $2M override, rising taxes (one cited going from $1,400 to over $8,000), larger class sizes, and Town Meeting being inaccessible to young families.
💰 $2M override (failed)
✅ Approved
Voted to shift retiree PPO health cost-sharing from 75/25 to 60/40 effective July 2026 and 50/50 effective July 2027; high-plan retirees would pay roughly $720 more monthly, saving the Town up to $182,000.
💰 Up to $182,000 town savings; retirees pay ~$720/mo more on costliest plan
✅ Approved
Voted to set the future retiree contribution ratio at 70/30 effective January 2027; already-retired employees at 75/25 are unchanged.
🔄 Postponed
Tabled at the Town Manager's request.
✅ Approved
Signed the order of taking accepting Cobb Street (Sta. 3+67.00 to 10+87.36) and appurtenant easements as a public way.
📍 Cobb Street
✅ Approved
Appointed Brendan Roche to the 2026-2027 SRPEDD Commission, term expiring June 1, 2027.
✅ Approved
Appointed Mallory Aronstein to the SRPEDD transportation planning group with Josh Reinke as alternate, term expiring May 31, 2027.
💬 Discussed
Roche noted SRPEDD's draft traffic improvement plan is online and accepting comments, with grant opportunities available.
✅ Approved
Approved consent agenda including April 15 minutes, vendor warrants, special event and commercial parking lot licenses, a banner request, and Pride Month/Juneteenth proclamations.
💰 Town Vendor Warrant $740,972.98; School Vendor $1,110,805.46; Town Vendor $4,519,039.51 among others
✅ Approved
Approved multiple town and school payroll warrants, including school payroll of $2,002,026.93 and town payroll of $996,174.23, with Doherty abstaining on school items.
💰 School payroll $2,002,026.93; Town payroll $996,174.23 among others
💬 Discussed
Read correspondence including notices from Keolis and Verizon and a retirement notice from Deputy Fire Chief John Terry; a proclamation will be done for the chief.
💬 Discussed
Roche reflected on his first term ending; members discussed boosting newsletter sign-ups via electric bills or schools and praised the Town Manager.
✅ Approved
Adjourned at 9:16PM.
May 6, 2026 · agenda
• Status unclear
Routine meeting opening.
📋 Proposed
Continued hearing on National Grid's petition to install a new utility pole at 125 High Street.
📍 125 High Street
📋 Proposed
Board to approve the annual operating license agreement for Xfinity Center.
📍 Xfinity Center
📋 Proposed
Extended entertainment and alcohol license hours requested for five 2026 concerts: Dave Matthews Band (Jun 13), Jack Johnson (Jun 20), Muse (Jul 18), Hilary Duff (Aug 8), and Pitbull (Aug 29).
📍 Xfinity Center
📋 Proposed
Board to consider waiving an existing moratorium (likely a building or utility connection freeze) for Balcom Street.
📍 Balcom Street
📋 Proposed
Interview and possible appointment of Steve Schoonveld to the Non-Profit Gift Fund Committee.
💬 Discussed
Town Manager to announce upcoming water restrictions — residents should expect usage limits.
💬 Discussed
Update on the Health Insurance Advisory Committee as part of the monthly Town Manager's report.
📋 Proposed
Board to discuss changing the share of health insurance premiums paid by municipal retirees vs. the town — could affect the town's budget and taxpayers.
📋 Proposed
Vote on adopting state law provisions that govern how a municipality sets retiree health insurance contribution rates — directly linked to the retiree healthcare ratio discussion.
📋 Proposed
Board to formally accept Cobb Street (Station 3+67.00 to 10+87.36 and related easements) as a public way, making it town-maintained.
📍 Cobb Street
📋 Proposed
Appoint Brendan Roche to the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District Commission through June 1, 2027.
📋 Proposed
Appoint Mallory Aronstein (Easton) as member and Josh Reinke (Attleboro) as alternate to the SRPEDD Joint Transportation Planning Group through May 31, 2027.
💬 Discussed
Ongoing review of town fiscal year budgets; subcommittee update included — key item for anyone tracking property tax implications.
📋 Proposed
Routine approval of prior meeting minutes.
📋 Proposed
Six vendor warrants totaling approximately $7.43 million covering town, electric, and school department expenses.
💰 ~$7,430,035.69 across six warrants
📋 Proposed
Routine special events applications and a banner request for several community organizations.
📋 Proposed
Five commercial parking lot licenses for Xfinity Center (885 South Main St), Mass Arts Center (888 South Main St), Mansfield Parking LLC (75 Chauncy St), Rumford LLC (875 South Main St), and Foundry LLC (One Foundry St).
📍 885, 888, 875 South Main St; 75 Chauncy St; One Foundry St
📋 Proposed
Routine license renewal for a water system installer.
📋 Proposed
Board to issue proclamations recognizing Pride Month and Juneteenth.
📋 Proposed
Eight payroll warrants totaling approximately $7.71 million for town and school employees.
💰 ~$7,708,809.53 across eight payroll warrants
💬 Discussed
Board to receive notice of Deputy Fire Chief John Terry's retirement — may signal a future leadership vacancy in the Fire Department.
💬 Discussed
Board to receive miscellaneous correspondence from Keolis, Verizon, Michael Flaherty, Jennifer Riordan, and TEC Associates.
• Status unclear
Meeting adjournment.
May 5, 2026 · agenda
• Status unclear
Meeting opens at Mansfield High School Cafeteria, 250 East Street, at 6:30 PM.
📍 250 East Street, Mansfield High School Cafeteria
📋 Proposed
Board reviews and considers Town Meeting Warrant Articles before the full Town Meeting convenes.
📍 250 East Street
📋 Proposed
Board moves from the cafeteria to the auditorium to join the full Town Meeting.
📍 250 East Street, Mansfield High School Auditorium
📋 Proposed
Board participates in Town Meeting to discuss and act on all Warrant Articles alongside residents.
📍 250 East Street
• Status unclear
Standing catch-all for last-minute business.
• Status unclear
Meeting adjourns.