2026 Town Meeting, Election Briefs
Alford
Election: May 19, noon to 6 p.m., Alford Town Hall
- Select Board member for 3 years- James Hall, Timothy John Ortwein
- Two Finance Committee members for 3 years- Peter Av Schoeffer, Charles Ketchen
- Assessor for 3 years- Christopher Thomas Ortwein
- Planning Board for 3 years- incumbent Shirley Mueller
Town meeting: Monday, May 12, 6 p.m., firehouse
Becket
Election: May 16th, from 10 am to 7 p.m., Becket Town Hall
- Select Board member for three years- Jeff Piemont
- Town Clerk for 3 years- Robin C. Mathiesen
- Moderator for 3 years- Ethan Klepetar
- Finance Committee member for 3 years- Ellen Manley
- Planning Board member for 5 years- Natasha Loeffler
- Board of Health for 3 years- Robert T. Ronzio
Town meeting: May 9, 2 p.m. Becket Washington School
Twenty-four articles: total operating budget of $8,156,645; $612,791 to fund debt service, including on the Wahconah construction and renovation; transfer of $196,403 in free cash various projects, including $75,000 for a highway building feasibility study; free cash transfers of $465,000 for OPEB, $507,547 and highway stabilization; budget $764,910 for ambulance enterprise, with $250,000 coming from receipts; raise or borrow $608,000 for a 2026 Ford F550 4WD Ambulance and $103,570 for a 2026 Chevrolet Tahoe PPV4WD for the Police Department; and adoption of a local meals tax, property exemptions for veterans whose homes are in trusts, beer & wine license transfers to all-alcohol, and a municipal building advisory committee bylaw.
- Selectmen: Judith Feinberg Goodman, one seat
- Assessors: one-year and three-year terms, vacant
- Moderator: Carissa Rice
- Planning Board: Donna Bersch Gordon, one two-year term, and Stephen Kirk Lyle, one five-year term; associate: Blake Austin McDonald, one three-year term
- Cemetery Commissioner: David D. Campbell, one seat
- Library Trustee: Keila Wakeland Sheldon, one seat
- Question 1: Proposition 2 1/2 override of $630,000 to fund the Southern Berkshire Regional School District
- Question 2: debt exclusion of Prop 2 1/2 for first-responder and police vehicles
Election: Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., PRECINCTS A, C, AND D vote at Great Barrington Fire Station and PRECINCT B votes at the Housatonic Community Center. ?
- Select Board member for 3 years- Benjamin Peter Elliott
- Moderator for 1 year- Michael Owen Wise
- Board of Health member for 3 years- Ruby Chang
- Two Finance Committee members for 3 years- Michelle Marie Loubert, Reo Matsuzaki, Mary Olivia Ramsey
- One Finance Committee member for 1 year- Jeffrey Rothenberg
- Housing Authority member for 4 years- none
- Two Library Trustees for 3 years- Sharon Shaloo, Donna Withee Jacobs
- Two Planning Board members for 3 years- Jonathan Bridgeman Hankin, Jaqueline Florence Kain
Town meeting: Saturday, May 2, 2 p.m., Monument Mountain Regional High School.
Thirty articles: Total town budget of $16,345,834; $3,554,051 for wastewater treatment plant, $635,000 for wastewater enterprise fund, $$23,873,781 Berkshire Hills Regional School District assessment, $2,043,950 in capital spending, $327,777 for ambulance service, $500,411.44 capital spending from free cash, and seasonal communities designation.
- Selectman: incumbent Sherman L. Derby Sr. and Katherine Turner, one three-year term.
- Moderator: incumbent Brian Fairbank
- Finance Committee: incumbent Sharon Hyde, one seat
- Planning Board: incumbent Sherman L. Derby Sr., one seat
- Board of Health: incumbent Wendy Kipp, one seat
- Cemetery Commission: incumbent Donald Cassavaugh and one vacancy, two three-year terms
- Library Trustee: incumbent Lydia Cassavaugh, one seat
- School Committee: incumbent James Rodda, one seat
Election: May 11, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Lenox Town Hall
- Moderator for one year- John J. McNinch
- Select Board for three years- William David Roche Jr., Max Scherff, Jared Weber.
- Board of Health Member for three years- John R. Kearns
- Board of Assessor Member for three years- none
- Two School Committee Members for three years- Michael Dupont, Kim E. Graham, R. Scott Sibley.
- School Committee Member for one year- Richard J. Burke, Stephanie Kluka.
- Planning Board Member for five years- none
- Housing Authority Member for five years- Barbara J. Keenan
Town meeting: Thursday, May 7, 7 p.m., Lenox Memorial High School
Seventeen articles: a total town budget of $12,428,605; school budget of $19,353,258; $3,101,675 for the sewer department, $1,635,369 for the water enterprise fund, and $1,097,783.00 for Community Preservation Fund projects.
Lee
Election: May 18, 2026, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m, Crossway Village Gym
- Moderator for one year- Matthew Carlino
- Select Board member for three years- Sean James Regnier
- Three School Committee members for 3 years- Aaron Richard Aubin, Heidi M. Cooper, Nicole Lynn Kosiorek.
- School Committee member for one year- Ashley Blair Salvini
- Planning board for five years- David James Duval, Timothy Susse
- Housing Authority for five years- none
Town meeting: May 14, 7 p.m., Lee High School
Twenty-six articles: Total town budget of $25,570,872; school budget of $12,253,051, $1,186,409 for the water enterprise fund, $2,513,046 for the wastewater enterprise fund, including CPA appropriations, a bylaw for tax title payment plans, and $2.5 million for the Central Fire Station reuse.
Monterey
Election: Tuesday, May 5, noon, town hall
- One Board of Appeals member for 3 years- Michael Banner
- One Board of Assessors member for three 3 years- none
- One Board of Assessors member for two 2 years- incumbent Scott Steibel
- One Board of Assessors member for one 1 year- incumbent Teresa Steibel,
- One Board of Health member for three 3 years- incumbent John Makuc
- One Bylaw Review Committee member for three 3 years- Julia Thomas
- One Cemetery Committee member for three 3 years- incumbent David Brown
- One Finance Committee member for three 3 years- Seth Pitman
- Two Library Trustees for 3 years- incumbent Judith Kaminstein, incumbent Samuel Reggio
- One Moderator for one 1 year- incumbent Mark Makuc
- One Park Commissioner for three 3 years- incumbent Amanda Chmielinski
- One Park Commissioner for two 2 years- none
- One Planning Board member for five 5 years- incumbent Edward Allen
- One Select Board member for three 3 years- Benjamin Reif-Caplan, Cara Tryon
- One Tree Warden for one 1 year- incumbent Kevin Wes
Town meeting: Saturday, May 2, 9:30 a.m., Monterey Fire Company Firehouse
Eighteen articles: Total town budget of $4,507,456, including debt service, $58,179.33 from free cash to make additional principal payments, $157,955 from free cash for ambulance services, $31,000 from free cash to support the Lombardo Park Committee, and seasonal communities designation.
Mount Washington
Election: Tuesday, May 12, noon to 7 p.m., Town Hall
- Select Board member for three years: incumbent Keith Torrico
- Town Clerk for one year: incumbent Linda Beckwith
- Treasurer for one year: incumbent Lesliann Furcht
- Library trustee: for three years, incumbent Allison Giracca; two years, incumbent Nicole Torrico
- Constable for three years: incumbent David Whitbeck
- Moderator for one year: incumbent Brian Tobin
- School committee member for three years: none
- Assessor for three years: none
- Planning Board member for five years: none
Town meeting: Tuesday, May 5, 7:30 p.m, town hall
Fifteen articles: Total town budget of $1,029,408; $209,197 for the school budget; $51,000.00 in waste management fees, transfer of $200,000.00 from the highway equipment stabilization fund to outfit the new Freight Liner S-108 fwd cab and chassis, and transfer of $30,000 in free cash for town hall repairs.
- Select Board: incumbent Mark Phelps, one seat
- Planning Board: Mario Gagliardi, one seat
- Board of Health: Emily Gagliardi, one three-year term, vacant, one two-year term
- School Committee: incumbent Jen Welch, one seat
- Select Board member for 3 years- incumbent Gary Thomas
- Moderator for 1 year- David Sarnacki
- Tree Warden for 1 year- Derek Poirier
- Assessor for 3 years- William O’Brien
- Cemetery commissioner for 3 years- none
- Constable for 3 years- John (Jack) Conboy
- Finance Board for 1 year- Lisamarie D’Orazio
- Finance Board for 3 years- Thomas Burke, Ross Knowles
- Library trustee for 3 years- none
- Planning Board for 5 years- Wendy Lampro
- School Committee for 3 years- Denise Hardie
Question: Should the town be allowed to exempt from the Proposition 2.5 the amount required to pay costs of designing, constructing, and furnishing a new library?
Town meeting: Tuesday, May 19, 7 p.m., Farmington River Elementary School
Nineteen articles: a total town budget of $7,111,341, including $102,750 for the wastewater enterprise fund, $494,700 for the Otis Fire & Rescue enterprise fund, $144,337 in debt service, $430,801 in wind debt service, $211,750 in broadband debt service, $150,000 to repair the roof on town hall, $115,000 for a new police cruiser, $210,000 for a highway truck, and a proposed $9.3 million library construction project.
- Selectmen: incumbent Roger Manzolini, one seat
- Board of Health: incumbent Katy Broggi and Laurence Cohen, two seats
- Moderator: incumbent William Martin
- School Committee: incumbent Ina Wilhem and Meghan St. John, two three-year terms; Megan Rose, one-year term
- Planning Board: Peter Lopez, one seat
- Library Trustee: incumbent Kathryn Wilson, one seat
- Finance Committee: incumbent Robert Gniadek and Jeffrey Goldberg, two seats
- Board of Health: vacancy, one two-year term
- Prop 2 1/2 override vote: to raise an additional $250,513
Sandisfield
Election: Monday, May 18, noon to 7 p.m. at Old Town Hall
- Select Board: Jeff Bye, running unopposed for a vacated one-year seat; Alex Russo and incumbent Steve Seddon, one three-year term.
- Town Clerk: Amanda Leavenworth and incumbent Douglas Miner.
- Board of Assessors: Roger Brown, unopposed as a write-in candidate.
- Board of Health- John Boulais, incumbent Brigitte Ruthman
- Library Trustees- incumbent Kathie Burrows
- Planning Board- Carol Garcia
- Moderator- incumbent Dominic Konstam
Town Meeting: Saturday, May 16, 10 a.m. at the fire station
Twelve articles: $4,093,457.04 budget, including $1,378,351.30 for the Farmington River Regional School District; creation of a Fire/EMS stabilization fund, to replace the ambulance fund, and which would receive half of all ambulance fees; creation of 911 Address revolving fund; $2,500 for a Knox Trail Historical Monument; $1,400.33 for past unpaid Verizon bills; and $300,000 in free cash, general stabilization and overlay surplus to reduce the tax levy.
Savoy
Election: Wednesday, May 20, noon to 8 at Town Hall
- Select Board: one three-year term
- School Committee: one three-year term
- Planning Board: one-year, three-year, four-year and five-year terms
- Parks Commission: one-year and three-year terms
- Assessor: two-year term
- Cemetery Commission: two-year term
- Constable: two-year term
- Moderator: one-year term
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Sheffield
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Town meeting: Monday, May 4, 6:00 p.m., Mount Everett Regional High School
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West Stockbridge
Election: Monday, May 11, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., town hall gymnasium
- Moderator for 1 year-
- Select Board member for 3 years-
- Board of Assessor for 3 years-
- Two Finance Committee members for 3 years-
- One Planning Board member for 5 years-
- One Board of Health member for 3 years-
- One Library Trustee for 1 year-
- One Library Trustee for 3 years-
- One Cemetery Commissioner for 3 years-
- One Tree Warden for 3 years-
- Four constables for 3 years-
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Windsor
Election: Monday, May 11, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., town hall
- Moderator for 1 year-
- Tree Wadren for 1 year-
- Select Board member for 3 years-
- Constable for 3 years-
- Finance Committee member for 1 year-
- Finance Committee member for 2 years-
- Two Library Trustees 3 years-
- Library Trustee for 1 year-
- Planning Board for 5 years-
- MLP Board for 3 years-
- MLP Board for 2 years-
- Cemetery Commissioner for 3 years-
Question: Should the elected Town Clerk become an appointed Town Clerk?
Question: Should the elected Tree Warden become an appointed Tree Warden?
Town meeting: Monday, May 4, 7 p.m., Town Hall
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