Natick 2021 Election Results: Select Board, School Committee

NATICK, MA — The unofficial results for Natick's 2021 spring election are in, revealing the town's newest Select Board member and the winners of a three-way School Committee race.

Former Select Board member Paul Joseph was winning in a race against former Finance Committee member Guimel DeCarvalho for the seat being vacated by Select Board Chair Jonathan Freedman.

On the School Committee side, incumbent Matthew Brand was in third in a three-way race for two seats. Incumbent Shai Fuxman was the top vote getter with newcomer Catherine Brunell in second. Brunell and Brand were about 300 votes apart as of Tuesday night.

There was also a ballot question before voters seeking to change how Town Meeting receives the budget. That measure was ahead by a wide margin with a majority "yes" vote as of Tuesday evening.

About 3,255 voters cast a ballot in Tuesday's election, which is about 13.34 percent turnout.

Here are the unofficial results released Tuesday night:

Select Board (pick one)

• Guimel DeCarvalho — 1,291
• Paul Joseph — 1,775

School Committee (pick two)

• Matthew Brand (i) — 1,609
• Shai Fuxman (i) — 2,099
• Catherine Brunell — 1,897

Planning Board

• Andrew Meyer (i) — 2,312

Recreation and Parks Commission

• Kelly McPherson (i) — 2,417

Morse Institute Library Trustees

• Carol Gloff — 2,492

Board of Assessors

• Molly Reed (i) — 2,246

Board of Health

• Peter Delli Colli (i) — 2,352

Natick Housing Authority

• David Parish — 2,248

Constable

• No candidates (132 write-in votes)

Ballot Question

• Yes — 2,523
• No — 267

This ballot question would amend the section of the Town Charter dealing with fiscal procedures. A "yes" vote would make the following changes:

• Require information about assets and liabilities be included as part of the budget message to Town Meeting.
• Add a new part of Section 5 of the Town Charter stating, "The representative Town Meeting may, by by-law, require an updated budget message and certain information to be provided in connection with annual operating and/or capital expenditures budgets for a current fiscal year at Spring Annual Town, Fall Annual Town Meeting and for any special town meeting [that] deals with fiscal or budgetary matters."
• Renumber Section 5 to add "Section 5-8, Capital Improvement Program."