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Votes at a glance: Lynnfield Select Board actions June 8, 2026
Summary
The Select Board recorded motions and approvals on a range of items: LCWD joint-session organization and compensation, an intermunicipal agreement, MBTA lease, Rivian dealer license with conditions, Hazard Mitigation Plan adoption, multiple reappointments, firefighters contract ratification, and adjournment.
The Lynnfield Select Board recorded the following formal actions during its June 8 meeting.
• Joint session/LCWD: Alexis Leahy was nominated chair of the joint meeting (moved by Jack Dahlstedt, seconded Anders Youngren) and the boards entered joint session; the reading of the 2025 joint minutes was waived. The joint session set FY2027 compensation for services to the LCWD: Tax Collector at $550 and Assessors at $300 each. The LCWD and the Select Board each approved an Intermunicipal Agreement to formalize the shared‑services arrangement.
• MBTA lease: The Select Board voted unanimously to approve and execute the MBTA lease for the rail bed corridor to advance the Rail Trail project.
• Rivian LLC: The board approved a Class I auto dealer license for Rivian LLC, 600 Market Street, subject to five conditions in the agenda packet including prescheduled demo drives confined to a pre‑programmed I‑95 Exhibit A loop.
• Hazard Mitigation Plan: The Select Board adopted the Lynnfield Hazard Mitigation Plan 2026 update under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, §4.
• Reappointments: The board reappointed a slate of one‑year terms for town offices including Town Clerk Stephanie Jarosz (and assistant Gabriella Piantedosi), Treasurer/Collector Wendy Neil (and assistant Rosemary Kenney), Emergency Management Director Glenn Davis (and assistant Christopher DeCarlo), Animal Control Officer David Crockett, multiple special police officers, and two constables.
• Firefighters contract: The Select Board ratified a three‑year collective bargaining agreement with the Lynnfield Firefighters Association, Local #2472, effective July 1, 2026–June 30, 2029, that includes a 3% COLA baseline and step-spacing changes.
• Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned by motion of Richard Dalton with a second from Joe Gallagher.
Votes were recorded in the minutes as “Approved,” “Unanimous,” or “Vote: Approved” for individual motions; detailed roll-call tallies were not included in the minutes for the listed actions.
