On Wednesday, April 2, Sudbury’s Community Preservation Committee (CPC) voted to oppose a Citizen Petition on the warrant for Annual Town Meeting. The petition proposes to cut the Community Preservation Act (CPA) surcharge in half. (Page 100) All the CPC members voted not to support the Citizen Petition except member Dan Carty, who abstained on…

On Tuesday, April 1, the Sudbury Select Board voted its position on a Citizen Petition for Annual Town Meeting that proposes to cut Sudbury's 3% Community Preservation Act (CPA) tax surcharge in half. The surcharge provides funding for open space and recreation, historic preservation, and affordable housing. The Town also receives a State match that…

On Tuesday, April 1 the Sudbury Select Board voted its position on a Town Meeting article that would appropriate $450,000 in Community Preservation Act funds for a Sudbury Housing Authority (SHA) project that would replace four single-family homes with duplexes. The vote was divided. Members Lisa Kouchakdjian and Janie Dretler voted in favor of supporting…

The Sudbury Select Board and Finance Committee met jointly on Tuesday, March 25 to cover two matters: the Town Meeting article to provide Community Preservation Act funds to the Sudbury Housing Authority’s (SHA) duplex project, and Finance Committee recommendations on Town Meeting articles. The SHA’s Executive Director, Sheila Cusolito presented on behalf of the SHA.…

The Sudbury Select Board and the Finance Committee are in the middle of their processes of voting their positions of support or opposition to Town Meeting articles. They’ve taken votes on most of the articles, but several highly anticipated votes will have to wait for their next meeting or longer. Here’s the status on…

The Town of Sudbury launched a new information service called “Sudbrief.” Distributed via email for the first time on Friday, March 28, it includes updates on events, programs and information from Town of Sudbury. Town Manager Andy Sheehan told Sudbury Weekly: “Today we issued the first of a new communication tool that we are…

At a meeting of the Lincoln-Sudbury (L-S) School Committee on March 5, the committee voted to adopt six policy updates ranging from their non-discrimination policy, to their pregnancy policy and donations policy. The policies were voted in one combined motion, which passed 5-0-1. Member Kevin Matthews abstained on the vote. The committee members didn’t discuss…

At the Tuesday, March 25 meeting of the Sudbury Select Board, the board voted 4-0 to send a letter of of support to finish the Mass Central Rail Trail to the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. (Page 20) Select Board Vice Chair, Dan Carty, recused from the conversation as an abutter to the…

Cost center budget guidance does not seem all that complicated at first blush. It's the percent increase or decrease a Town cost center gets for its operating budget from one fiscal year to the next. Sudbury boards typically talk about the three major cost centers: the Town of Sudbury, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School (LSRHS), and…

Sudbury Public Schools School Committee After their joint meeting with the Select Board, in which they appointed Jessica McCready to the school committee, the school committee carried on with their own meeting. Much of their agenda was procedural and housekeeping-related. From the Department of “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up”: After discussing their annual committee self-assessment, the…