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Sudbury Select Board
How the Sudbury Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 5 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. Same five members after the March 30, 2026 town election. On May 19, 2026 the board chose Janie W. Dretler as Chair (4-1, Daniel E. Carty voting no) and Radha R. Gargeya as Vice-Chair (5-0). The end date is a placeholder (terms end May 31). Covers 6 meetings so far, May 19 to July 14, 2026.
A monthly email on what it voted on, starting in November.
What does the Select Board do? It is the town’s executive board. It prepares the Town Meeting warrant (the list of articles voters decide), appoints members of many town boards, hires the town’s top staff, signs warrants to pay town bills, and grants licenses and permits.
Town Meeting, not the Select Board, votes the town budget and town bylaws.
Sources: Massachusetts Select Board Handbook (MMA) · Mass. Division of Local Services: the town budgetVote Transparency Score
Sudbury Select Board: 8 out of 10 · Mostly open
How easy Sudbury makes it to see, online, how each member votes. It scores the town’s records, not any official. Checked October 11, 2026.
- Minutes postedMinutes are posted for nearly every meeting more than three months old.Full points: 2/2
- Each vote namedThe minutes list how each member voted on every split vote.Full points: 3/3
- Posted quicklyMinutes take about two to three months to be posted.Part points: 1/2
- Past years onlineSelect Board minutes from 1973 to today are online.Full points: 1/1
- Readable textThe minutes are text you can search and copy.Full points: 1/1
- Member photosThe town’s website lists the members’ names but no photos.No points: 0/1
How the town can raise its score
- Posted quickly (+1): Post minutes within 30 days. If approval takes longer, post a draft marked “Draft – not yet approved” and replace it later.
- Member photos (+1): Show a photo of each member on the board’s web page, with their name, the date their term ends and how to contact them. A group photo of the members, with everyone named in the caption or on the same page, earns half a point.
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Board years
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Members
ChairJanie W. DretlerChair · At-large · at 6 of 6 meetings✓ Every meeting 2026
Vice-ChairRadha R. GargeyaVice-Chair · At-large · at 6 of 6 meetings
Daniel E. CartyMember · At-large · at 6 of 6 meetings✓ Every meeting 2026
Lisa V. KouchakdjianMember · At-large · at 6 of 6 meetings
Charles G. RussoMember · At-large · at 6 of 6 meetings"At X of Y meetings" counts the members the minutes list as present at the start of each meeting in this record. Members who step out are listed on each meeting page.
Attendance
18 full-board meetings so far this year, through July 14. Ties share a rank.
1Daniel E. Carty18 of 18 meetings Every meeting100%1Janie W. Dretler18 of 18 meetings Every meeting100%1Radha R. Gargeya18 of 18 meetings Every meeting100%1Lisa V. Kouchakdjian18 of 18 meetings Every meeting100%5Charles G. Russo17 of 18 meetings94%32 full-board meetings in 2025. Ties share a rank.
1Daniel E. Carty32 of 32 meetings Every meeting100%1Lisa V. Kouchakdjian32 of 32 meetings Every meeting100%1Jennifer S. Roberts16 of 16 meetings · served until May Every meeting100%4Janie W. Dretler31 of 32 meetings97%5Charles G. Russo30 of 32 meetings94%5Radha R. Gargeya15 of 16 meetings · served from May94%30 full-board meetings in 2024. Ties share a rank.
1Daniel E. Carty30 of 30 meetings Every meeting100%1Lisa V. Kouchakdjian30 of 30 meetings Every meeting100%1Charles G. Russo30 of 30 meetings Every meeting100%4Jennifer S. Roberts29 of 30 meetings97%5Janie W. Dretler28 of 30 meetings93%36 full-board meetings in 2023. Ties share a rank.
1Daniel E. Carty36 of 36 meetings Every meeting100%1Janie W. Dretler36 of 36 meetings Every meeting100%1Lisa V. Kouchakdjian36 of 36 meetings Every meeting100%4Jennifer S. Roberts35 of 36 meetings97%4Charles G. Russo35 of 36 meetings97%45 full-board meetings in 2022. Ties share a rank.
1Daniel E. Carty45 of 45 meetings Every meeting100%1Jennifer S. Roberts45 of 45 meetings Every meeting100%1Charles G. Russo45 of 45 meetings Every meeting100%1Lisa V. Kouchakdjian28 of 28 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%1William J. Schineller17 of 17 meetings · served until May Every meeting100%6Janie W. Dretler44 of 45 meetings98%42 full-board meetings in 2021. Ties share a rank.
1Daniel E. Carty42 of 42 meetings Every meeting100%1Janie W. Dretler42 of 42 meetings Every meeting100%1Jennifer S. Roberts42 of 42 meetings Every meeting100%1Charles G. Russo42 of 42 meetings Every meeting100%1William J. Schineller42 of 42 meetings Every meeting100%37 full-board meetings in 2020. Ties share a rank.
1Janie W. Dretler37 of 37 meetings Every meeting100%1William J. Schineller37 of 37 meetings Every meeting100%1Patricia A. Brown26 of 26 meetings · served until Sep Every meeting100%1Charles G. Russo11 of 11 meetings · served from Sep Every meeting100%5Daniel E. Carty36 of 37 meetings97%5Jennifer S. Roberts36 of 37 meetings97%34 full-board meetings in 2019. Ties share a rank.
1Daniel E. Carty34 of 34 meetings Every meeting100%1Jennifer S. Roberts25 of 25 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%1Robert C. Haarde9 of 9 meetings · served until Apr Every meeting100%4Janie W. Dretler33 of 34 meetings97%5William J. Schineller24 of 25 meetings · served from May96%6Patricia A. Brown31 of 34 meetings91%7Leonard A. Simon8 of 9 meetings · served until Apr89%29 full-board meetings in 2018. Ties share a rank.
1Janie W. Dretler19 of 19 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%1Susan N. Iuliano10 of 10 meetings · served until May Every meeting100%3Patricia A. Brown28 of 29 meetings97%3Daniel E. Carty28 of 29 meetings97%3Robert C. Haarde28 of 29 meetings97%6Leonard A. Simon27 of 29 meetings93%From the official minutes: full-board meetings only (committee meetings are not counted). Members are counted only for meetings held while they served, and arriving late counts as attending. The minutes rarely say why a member was absent.
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Meetings
About missing minutes
Loaded: Sudbury Select Board minutes from January 9, 2018 through July 14, 2026: 303 meetings and 2,989 votes. The town’s website holds the board’s minutes back to 1963 (every year from 1973); MassVoter has loaded 2018 on. The board was the Board of Selectmen until the state act renaming it was signed; its minutes are titled “Select Board” from January 5, 2021, when the Chair announced the change. All the minutes loaded are typed documents with searchable text. Not here: executive-session minutes and meetings held only in executive session; Town Meeting sessions; subcommittee meetings; town forums and information sessions where the board took no votes; votes of other boards at joint meetings; meetings with an agenda but no posted minutes (the open session of March 26, 2019, and the board’s meetings before Annual Town Meeting on May 4, 5 and 6, 2026); and meetings after July 14, 2026 (the August 11, September 1, 15 and 29, 2026 minutes are not posted yet). Since 2020 Sudbury’s minutes record nearly every vote as a roll call by name (“It was on motion 5-0; Dretler-aye, Carty-aye, …”); before that they usually say “It was on motion unanimously VOTED,” which is shown as every member present voting yes, and name each member when the vote was split. When a motion fails, the minutes often record the result the other way round (“VOTED: Not to support Article 9”); this page shows the motion as it was made, with each member’s aye or no on it, and quotes the minutes’ wording in a note. Where a roll call names a member twice, or its count does not match the names, we show the count only (16 votes); where the minutes give no count or names we show the result only (7 votes). Members a roll call leaves out (because they had recused themselves, left early or had not yet arrived) are not shown in that vote, with a note. At joint meetings only the Select Board members’ votes are shown. We will ask the town to confirm any noted vote.
Votes where members disagreed
Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.
Jul 14Hold a Special Town Meeting fall Town Meeting during…Motion: Board Member Russo motioned Pursuant to General Bylaws, Article 1 Town…Failed 0–5 · No: Carty, Dretler, Gargeya, Kouchakdjian, Russo
July 14, 2026: Hold a Special Town Meeting fall Town Meeting during the months of either September, October or November
Board Member Russo motioned Pursuant to General Bylaws, Article 1 Town Meetings to hold a Special Town Meeting during the months of either September, October or November. Board Member Kouchakdjian seconded the motion. It was on motion 0-5; Gargeya-no, Russo-no, Carty-no, Kouchakdjian-no, Dretler-no VOTED: Not to hold a Special Town Meeting fall Town Meeting during the months of either September, October or November
No: Carty, Dretler, Gargeya, Kouchakdjian, RussoThe minutes record the decision as “Not to hold a Special Town Meeting fall Town Meeting during the months of either September, October or Novembe…”; this page shows the motion as made, which failed.
From the minutes
“Board Member Russo motioned Pursuant to General Bylaws, Article 1 Town Meetings to hold a Special Town Meeting during the months of either September, October or November. Board Member Kouchakdjian seconded the motion. It was on motion 0-5; Gargeya-no, Russo-no, Carty-no, Kouchakdjian-no, Dretler-no VOTED: Not to hold a Special Town Meeting fall Town Meeting during the months of either September, October or November.” (Motion: Russo, second: Kouchakdjian)
Jun 30Appoint Alicia Carrillo to the Sudbury Housing AuthorityMotion: Board Member Carty motioned to appoint Alicia Carrillo to the Sudbury…Failed 2–3 · No: Dretler, Gargeya, Kouchakdjian
June 30, 2026: Appoint Alicia Carrillo to the Sudbury Housing Authority
Board Member Carty motioned to appoint Alicia Carrillo to the Sudbury Housing Authority. Board Member Russo seconded the motion. It was on motion 8-2; Cusolito-no, Riepe-no, Lepak-no Cline-no, Vitvitsky-no, Carty-aye, Russo- aye, Gargeya-no, Kouchakdjian-no, Dretler-no
Yes: Carty, RussoNo: Dretler, Gargeya, KouchakdjianVote at a joint meeting; only the Select Board members’ votes are shown.
From the minutes
“Board Member Carty motioned to appoint Alicia Carrillo to the Sudbury Housing Authority. Board Member Russo seconded the motion. It was on motion 8-2; Cusolito-no, Riepe-no, Lepak-no Cline-no, Vitvitsky-no, Carty-aye, Russo- aye, Gargeya-no, Kouchakdjian-no, Dretler-no.” (Motion: Carty, second: Russo)
Jun 30Appoint Cynthia Howe to the Sudbury Housing Authority for…Motion: Ms. Cline motioned to appoint Cynthia Howe to the Sudbury Housing…Passed 4–1 · No: Carty
June 30, 2026: Appoint Cynthia Howe to the Sudbury Housing Authority for a term to expire May, 2027
Ms. Cline motioned to appoint Cynthia Howe to the Sudbury Housing Authority for a term to expire May, 2027. Mr. Riepe seconded the motion. It was on motion 9-1; Vitvitsky-aye, Riepe-aye, Lepak-aye, Cusolito-aye, Cline-aye, Carty-no, Russo-aye, Kouchakdjian-aye, Gargeya-aye, Dretler-aye VOTED: To appoint Cynthia Howe to the Sudbury Housing Authority for a term to expire May, 2027
Yes: Dretler, Gargeya, Kouchakdjian, RussoNo: CartyVote at a joint meeting; only the Select Board members’ votes are shown.
From the minutes
“Ms. Cline motioned to appoint Cynthia Howe to the Sudbury Housing Authority for a term to expire May, 2027. Mr. Riepe seconded the motion. It was on motion 9-1; Vitvitsky-aye, Riepe-aye, Lepak-aye, Cusolito-aye, Cline-aye, Carty-no, Russo-aye, Kouchakdjian-aye, Gargeya-aye, Dretler-aye VOTED: To appoint Cynthia Howe to the Sudbury Housing Authority for a term to expire May, 2027.”
May 19Appoint Janie Dretler as Chair of the Select BoardMotion: Board Member Gargeya motioned to appoint Janie Dretler as Chair of…Passed 4–1 · No: Carty
May 19, 2026: Appoint Janie Dretler as Chair of the Select Board
Board Member Gargeya motioned to appoint Janie Dretler as Chair of the Select Board. Chair Kouchakdjian seconded the motion. It was on motion 4-1; Carty-no, Gargeya-aye, Dretler-aye, Russo-aye, Kouchakdjian-aye VOTED: To appoint Janie Dretler as Chair of the Select Board
Yes: Dretler, Gargeya, Kouchakdjian, RussoNo: Carty
From the minutes
“Board Member Gargeya motioned to appoint Janie Dretler as Chair of the Select Board. Chair Kouchakdjian seconded the motion. It was on motion 4-1; Carty-no, Gargeya-aye, Dretler-aye, Russo-aye, Kouchakdjian-aye VOTED: To appoint Janie Dretler as Chair of the Select Board.” (Motion: Gargeya, second: Kouchakdjian)
From the Sudbury Select Board’s official minutes, posted on the town’s Select Board meetings page. We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos (the town’s website has no Select Board photos): League of Women Voters of Sudbury voters’ guides (candidate-supplied photos) — Charles Russo (2026), Radha Gargeya and Lisa Kouchakdjian (2025), Janie Dretler and Daniel Carty (2024). Cropped by MassVoter. Former members show initials.
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