Board of Selectmen renamed ‘Select Board’
Sandy Quadros Bowles May 10, 2021
Voters at Town Meeting on May 10 approved a name change of the town’s governing board and a $450,000 debt exclusion for road improvements. Photo by: Sandy Quadros Bowles
MATTAPOISETT The town’s governing board has a new name, and the town has issued a new Mattapoisett-specific meals tax.
Voters at Monday’s Town Meeting overwhelmingly approved a change of the board’s title from Board of Selectmen to Select Board.
“There shouldn’t be gender bias,’’ select board member Jordan Collyer said.
The name change, Collyer noted, mirrors the term adopted by many towns across the state. “It’s about time Mattapoisett does the same thing,’’ he said.