Select Board signs Town Meeting warrant, takes positions on most of 39 articles

SUDBURY -- March 31, 2026, Sudbury Select Board signs 39-article Town Meeting warrant; Carty dissents on FY27 budget. The board voted 5-0 March 31 to sign the May 4 Annual Town Meeting warrant and supported a $1.2 million capital budget, a $275,000 Capital Stabilization deposit, a $300,000 Stabilization deposit, and a new $200,000 Vocational Education Stabilization Fund tied to Sudbury's effort to rejoin the Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District. Member Daniel Carty cast the lone vote against the $131.8 million FY27 operating budget, citing closed-door budget meetings between Town Manager Andrew Sheehan, Chair Lisa Kouchakdjian and the Sudbury Public Schools Committee chair; Kouchakdjian said she was "tired of you politicking at this table." Charles Russo abstained on the restated Lincoln-Sudbury Regional Agreement pending counsel confirmation on excess-and-deficiency treatment. Residents David Merrill and CJ Davis presented Article 39, a citizens petition seeking up to $500,000 in free cash to repair four Sudbury Housing Authority single-family homes rather than demolish them for duplexes estimated at $4.2 million.