Select Board rescinds and re-votes to back Lincoln-Sudbury regional agreement

SUDBURY -- May 4, 2026, Sudbury Select Board reverses a split vote and unanimously backs Lincoln-Sudbury regional agreement amendment. At a 10-minute pre-Town Meeting session May 4, the board voted 5-0 to rescind its March 31 4-0-1 position on Article 24 and 5-0 to support it, after member Charles Russo said Town Counsel had confirmed state law would govern the treatment of excess and deficiency funds, the issue that had prompted his abstention. "I wasn't comfortable with that question unanswered," Russo said, calling the timing of the clarification a process problem rather than a policy disagreement. Member Lisa Kouchakdjian told colleagues she will deliver minority reports at Town Meeting on Article 13, a $200,000 transfer to a Vocational Education Stabilization Fund, and Article 19, $20,000 for Liberty Ledge and Sewataro visioning consultants. Town Manager Andrew Sheehan briefed the board on proclamation logistics and microphone-handling guidance from Town Meeting audio staff.