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Selectmen approve several appointments; two alternate appointments fail after recorded votes

Town of Marlborough Board of Selectmen · March 17, 2026
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Summary

The board appointed multiple members to commissions (Derek Bride, Roark McCutcheon, Patricia Fitton, Wayne Seidel) and recorded two failed motions to appoint Amy Traversa and Michael Concodello as MESPC alternates; the minutes record the vote counts for the failed motions.

Chair Susan McFarland moved to appoint Derek Bride as a full member of the Marlborough Elementary School Planning Committee (MESPC); the motion carried. The board also appointed Roark McCutcheon and Patricia Fitton as alternates.

A motion to appoint Amy Traversa as an MESPC alternate failed on a recorded vote: Selectmen Bratz and McFarland voted yes; Selectmen Rizza, Asklar and Concodello voted no (2‑3), so the motion did not carry. A later motion to appoint Michael Concodello as an MESPC alternate likewise did not pass; the minutes record one abstention, one yes and three opposed.

Earlier, the board appointed Wayne Seidel as an alternate to the Nature Trails and Sidewalks commission on a motion by Ms. Concodello and a second by Mr. Bratz.