On Wednesday, May 7, Sudbury Town Meeting rejected a Citizen Petition that would have cut the Community Preservation Act surcharge from 3% (the maximum) to 1.5%. The vote was 32 in favor and 163 opposed to the article. The vote came on the third and final night of Sudbury's Annual Town Meeting. With…

Town Meeting wrapped up on Wednesday May 7. Attendance exceeded expectations for a third night of an Annual Town Meeting. Sudbury's legislative body was able to conduct its business. While the votes were once again lopsided, Town Moderator Cate Blake effectively balanced efficiency with the strong desire of residents to speak on almost all of…

Sudbury's Town Meeting continued on Tuesday, May 6. Walking into the building, residents were spotted handing out flyers, and holding signs in support, or opposition, of multiple different articles. That included sign holders in support of Article 34 - the Atkinson Pool funds - and flyers in opposition to Article 54, a citizen petition to…

Article 3 is traditionally the "operating budget" article at Sudbury's Annual Town Meetings. This year's proposed budget had the full support of both the Select Board and the Finance Committee. However, Town Meeting has the final say, and residents have the opportunity to propose amendments to the budget as presented. A resident did…

The Kirshner Auditorium at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School fielded relatively strong attendance early on during the first night of Sudbury's Annual Town Meeting. But as the night wore on in a room that was uncomfortably warm, the attendance steadily declined. Once it became clear that the hall wouldn't get to the Atkinson Pool article (Article…

Before residents were settled into the Kirshner Auditorium for Annual Town Meeting, the Select Board was in a conference room on the administrative side of the building for one more Select Board meeting before Town Meeting. Here's what they discussed: Article 34 - Atkinson Pool Vice Chair Dan Carty moved to support…

Article 34 at Sudbury’s Annual Town meeting calls for additional funding for a renovation and repair of the Atkinson Pool. The initial draft of the article had a placeholder number of $429,000. That would be added to the prior budget of $2,350,000. (Other articles in recent years have been approved for different components of the…

This fiscal year Sudbury Town Manager Andy Sheehan has been tasked with negotiating union contracts while the financial forecast for the Town shows difficult years ahead. Yet he has steadily settled contracts without drama. As previously reported, Sheehan has reached agreements with the Supervisory Association, the DPW Union, Sudbury Police Sergeants and Sudbury Police Lieutenants. …