Select Board to weigh nine-member town meeting committee for Sewataro

SUDBURY -- December 16, 2025, Sudbury Town Manager pitches resident panel to settle the Sewataro question. Town Manager Andrew Sheehan recommended Tuesday that the Select Board ask 2026 Annual Town Meeting to authorize a nine-member committee, one resident per precinct plus three at-large, appointed by the moderator and excluding sitting committee members, to study and recommend a long-term use for the $11.3 million Camp Sewataro/Liberty Ledge property by May 2027. Sheehan said the town owes $731,763 in fiscal 2026 debt service against $328,584 in license revenue from operator Camp Sewataro LLC, with the final five-year extension decision due between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2027. He framed the committee structure as an effort to "depoliticize" a property with "a complicated history" and a 3-2 board vote behind the September review. The board took no action and continued the item to Jan. 6. Separately, members voted 5-0 to appoint Gabriel Ciccarello to the Housing Trust and Kimberly Lezak to the DEI Commission, and to ratify Sheehan's updated employment agreement.