Sherborn Select Board Creates Veterans Committee, Opens Transfer Station Overhaul Debate

Select Board · Meeting of July 9, 2026

Sherborn Select Board votes to create a Veterans Services Committee and approves a Purple Heart community designation while opening a wide-ranging debate on transfer station policy. The four-member board, Chair Steven L. Tsai, Vice Chair Dan Sichel, Clerk Jeff Waldron, and Member Paul DeRensis, with Marian Neutra absent, unanimously approved both veterans items, proposed by Veterans Officer Ian Rogers, who estimated four Purple Heart roadway signs would cost roughly $700, covered by his existing budget.

The board also confirmed two appointments: Kelly McClintock to the Disability Advisory Committee and Sarah Wragge to the Town Forest Committee for a three-year term expiring June 15, 2029. Fiscal year 2026 deficit transfers of $2,000 for town buildings and $9,000 for the transfer station were approved, along with a shift of $147,000 from the reserve fund to the health insurance account for prior June transfers. Sichel framed the transfer station debate in stark terms: "We are paying more per capita for waste hauling than any other town." The board took no votes on transfer station policy but directed a working group to begin drafting a formal policy and invited hauler Ruane and Father to attend the next meeting.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of July 9, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.