Sudbury Select Board dissolves Liberty Ledge subcommittee on 3-2 vote

SUDBURY — February 3, 2026 — Sudbury Select Board dissolves Liberty Ledge subcommittee on 3-2 vote amid open process dispute. Vice-Chair Radha Gargeya moved to accept the subcommittee's compilation work as substantially complete and end the panel, with Charles Russo seconding and Chair Lisa Kouchakdjian joining; subcommittee members Janie Dretler and Daniel Carty voted no. Carty objected that Dretler had posted a revised compilation publicly without alerting him; Dretler said she had been advised by the state open-meeting-law office that public posting was the proper channel. The board also voted 5-0 to endorse Massachusetts paint stewardship bills H.886 and S.647 after a presentation by Dalton advocate Tom Irwin, voted 5-0 to issue an RFP for town counsel services after nine years with KP Law (current retainer roughly $130,000 annually), and accepted Finance Director Victor Garofalo's mid-year FY26 report showing revenues at 52.2 percent of budget and investment earnings at 376.7 percent — $961,767 against a $255,334 estimate. Town Manager Andrew Sheehan was directed to negotiate scaling back the Camp Sewataro resident swim program, which drew 98 unique swimmers over 16 open days last summer at a $13,000 cost.