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Select Board approvals: consent calendar, several procedural articles and appointments; change of liquor license manager approved
Summary
At its March 11 meeting the Select Board approved the consent calendar, confirmed several appointments, and approved a change of manager on a liquor license for Sudbury Farms; the board also took preliminary votes or direction on a subset of warrant-related noncontroversial items.
The Select Board conducted a series of routine approvals at its March 11 meeting and recorded several roll'call votes.
Consent calendar: The board voted to approve the consent calendar items that had been read into the record. The consent calendar included the annual Patriot's Day parade permit (April 19, 2025), a special permit for the Wayside 5K scholarship race, appointments to the Earth Removal Board and historical commission, establishment of a ski club donations account and recognition of Pride Month in June 2025. The motion to approve the consent calendar carried by roll call.
Change of manager (liquor license): The board approved a request, under Mass. Gen. Laws chapter 138, section 5, to change the manager of record for the RBSBW Inc. d/b/a Sudbury Farms liquor license at 439 Boston Post Road, approving James Kevin McCafferty as manager of record. The application date cited in the motion was January 17, 2025; the motion was seconded and the board approved the manager change by roll call.
Selected routine motions: The board moved to support a chapter 90 highway funding authorization and approved several standard fiscal and posting'procedure items that the board expected would not be controversial. On nonroutine or larger fiscal items'including proposed capital appropriations, capital stabilization and specific CPC matters'the board deferred to forthcoming reports from the Capital Improvement Advisory Committee (CIAC) and Finance Committee and to further review by staff.
Administrative items: The board approved the winter 2025 Select Board newsletter content (with a small edit to note state and CPA funding used on a parsonage rehabilitation project) and approved minutes from its January 14 meeting as amended. The meeting adjourned by unanimous roll call vote.
The board's recorded approvals were routine procedural steps in the lead up to Town Meeting; the board reserved judgment on contested CPC articles and on several capital funding items pending CIAC and Finance Committee reports and additional staff information.
