Town Government
Chelmsford Select Board
About the Board
The Select Board is elected town-wide, so every Chelmsford voter helps choose all five, and each serves a three-year term on a staggered schedule that puts a couple of seats on the ballot at each spring town election. The board sets town policy, signs the warrants that decide what Town Meeting gets to vote on, appoints residents to many town boards, and hires and supervises the Town Manager who runs the town day to day. When a daily problem becomes town policy, this is the room where it happens.
- Sets policy and direction for the whole town.
- Hires the Town Manager and holds the manager accountable.
- Controls the warrant, deciding what business reaches Town Meeting for a vote.
Board Members
All five members are elected town-wide. The board chooses one of its own as Chair to run its meetings, a Vice Chair, and a Clerk. The roster below is current for 2026.
Pat Wojtas
Phone: 978-256-4989
Jeffrey A. Hardy
Phone: 978-815-0499
David R. Boisvert
Phone: 617-529-6582
Aaron D. Cunningham
Phone: 978-844-0133
Jon H. Kurland
Phone: 978-250-0631
The board can also be reached through the Select Board office at 978-250-5202 or selectboard@chelmsfordma.gov. Member listings are posted at chelmsfordma.gov.
Meetings & How to Participate
- When: Monday evenings, roughly every other week, in the Dennis Ready Meeting Room 204 of the Town Offices, 50 Billerica Road.
- Agendas & minutes: posted in advance on the town website at chelmsfordma.gov.
- Public comment: residents may address the board. Check the agenda for the procedure.
- Town Meeting: for the budget and bylaws, the deciding vote belongs to the representative Town Meeting members elected from your precinct.
Sources
Chelmsford Select Board (chelmsfordma.gov). Verified July 2026.
Chelmsford official record (chelmsfordma.gov). Verified July 2026.
What this seat decides
Your Select Board
Streets and sidewalks, licenses, a crosswalk or a speed limit, and how something gets onto the Town Meeting warrant. Ask the engineering department who owns the road before you write: a numbered state route is MassDOT's rather than your town's, and your State Representative is who can ask them. It runs the town day to day, or hires the Town Manager or Town Administrator who does, and new bylaws are voted by Town Meeting rather than by the board.
Public hearings and meetings are where residents shape town decisions.