Plan to Attend May 20 Special Town Meeting

Even though Sudbury’s three-day Annual Town Meeting just ended, a Special Town Meeting, called in response to a citizen’s petition, is scheduled for Wednesday, May 20.

The Special Town Meeting will start at 7 p.m. in the gymnasium at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, 390 Lincoln Rd. All Sudbury registered voters are eligible to participate. You must be present at town meeting to vote. There is no remote or absentee voting. 

There are four articles, all submitted by citizen’s petition, on the Special Town Meeting warrant:

• Article 1: A request for Sudbury to support to support H. 3464, An Act to Update the Bottle Bill, to increase the bottle deposit to 10 cents and apply it also to non-carbonated beverages.

• Article 2: A resolution asking Sudbury to support the audit of the state legislature approved as a ballot question in 2024.

• Article 3: A petition to the state legislature to establish recall procedures for elected town officials.

• Article 4: A resolution to vote no confidence in the current Sudbury School Committee.

To reach the gymnasium from the parking lot, look for signs directing voters to the entrance towards the playing fields rather than the entrance next to the cafeteria. There will be a greeter at that door and signs to direct voters to the gym. The town is renting chairs to provide seating on the floor of the gym; additional seating will be in the bleachers. Votes are taken at town meeting using an electronic handheld clicker. You must check in to receive the clicker that will allow your vote to be recorded.

The warrant, which has been mailed to all households, lists the basic rules and procedures for conducting the meeting and provides information about each of the articles. The warrant also includes information on the availability of van transportation and accessibility provisions. The deadline to request van transportation was Monday, May 11.

The Special Town Meeting will be broadcast live on SudburyTV. The internet livestream can be viewed on a computer, smartphone, or other device at sudburytv.org. A cable subscription is not needed to view the livestream. Cable TV subscribers can tune in on Comcast channels 8 and 1074 and Verizon channels 31 and 2130.

You can learn more about town meetings in the Citizen’s Guide to Town Meeting and here.