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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 34), attendees steadily trickled out, though a quorum was never in jeopardy.
The “consent calendar” goes first at Sudbury Town Meetings, as it did on Monday, May 5. The consent calendar was amended, and passed 236-9. Bear with any transcription errors, but the amended consent calendar included Articles 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 45, 51, 52, and 53.
Next up – some major articles that were discussed in the hall.
Article 1 – Hear Reports – Passed overwhelmingly
Article 3 – An amendment to move $200K from the Reserve Fund to the Vocational Education line item failed 46-228, Article 3 passed 248-21
Article 4 – Capital budget passed 214-24
Article 13 – Capital Stabilization Fund Transfer passed 187-14
Article 14 – Pool Enterprise Fund Adjustment passed 150-14
Article 15 – Pension Stabilization Fund failed 103-107
Article 16 – Accrued Leave Fund passed 116-88
In total Town Meeting processed, by Sudbury Weekly’s count, about 33 articles between the Consent Calendar and the standalone articles. That’s exactly half the warrant articles checked off the list in the first night. A productive night, but mostly due to the large Consent Calendar.
The hall voted to pull seven articles off the consent calendar for additional debate. That only requires seven votes. It’s hard to tell just how controversial any of those articles may be on the second night, because several of the same residents raised their blue notecards to pull each of the seven articles that were pulled off consent.
The articles pulled off consent included an EV charging station revolving fund, three Hosmer House Community Preservation Committee articles, and three other Community Preservation Committee articles, including the Pavilion and Multi-sport court at Fairbank Community Center, and the Sudbury Housing Trust’s annual allocation.
The action continues Tuesday, May 6 at 7:30 P.M. at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School.
