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Select Board

Members: Melissa Ferretti (Chair), Anne-Marie Siroonian (Vice Chair), Mary Jane Mastrangelo (Clerk), Peter J. Meier (Member), Jeanne Azarovitz (Member)

Bourne Select Board approves licenses and town meeting warrant articles at March 31 session.

Bourne Select Board advances town meeting warrant with license approvals and fiscal measures. The board unanimously endorsed 18 of 20 annual meeting articles, removed two contentious community preservation items for counsel review, and greenlit permits for Bourne Youth Baseball and Community

Select Board Opens Hearing on FY27 Budget with Upper Cape Tech Enrollment Adjustment

Bourne Select Board convenes hearing on FY27 budget with revised school assessments. Town Administrator Marlene McCollem reported that 20 students were removed from Upper Cape Tech's enrollment, reducing Bourne's vocational school assessment to $4,322,089, a $115,962 decrease from prior

Select Board approves access license for sand nourishment project

Select Board unanimously approves coastal sand nourishment access license. The Board voted 4-0 to authorize Town Administrator Marlene McCollem to sign a license granting Robert J. Gendron and Gina F. Gendron access across Town property at 280 Standish Road to complete sand fence nourishment

Select Board requests Upper Cape Tech enrollment data in charter school billing dispute

Bourne Select Board demands Upper Cape Tech enrollment and billing records. Town Counsel Bryan Bertram explained that state law grants the board authority to request data underlying the regional school's annual charges after enrollment changes reduced Bourne's assessment by approximately 250,000

Select Board and School Committee discuss $478,532 FY 2027 budget deficit

Bourne Select Board and School Committee clash over $478,532 FY 2027 budget deficit. Town Administrator Marlene McCollem reported that revised state Cherry Sheet assessments, delivered in late January, created the gap; the town had assumed level funding. School Committee Chair Donel Beals and