Sudbury Partners with FlashVote

Published October 28, 2018 | Town Manager | Updated April 27, 2023

Resident input is essential to the town’s decision-making process, but past on-line surveys haven’t always reflected a majority of opinions. The Town has partnered with FlashVote to make it easier to make your voice heard. FlashVote lets the Town send one-minute surveys to residents who sign up to share their opinions on important local matters.

The surveys are quick and sent once every month or two – they won’t flood your inbox. When each survey ends, FlashVote sends the anonymized results to everyone who participated, and the town gets valuable feedback from the community.

How Does It Work?

1. Sign up at https://sudbury.ma.us/flashvote
2. Fill out a survey
3. See the Results
The answers provided to survey questions will help shape town decision making. FlashVote does not share personal information.

Sudbury’s Past Surveys

Town Meeting – April 2023

Community Priorities (ARPA) – October 2021

Conservation: Trails – June 2020

Coronavirus Impacts – May 2020

Broadacres Farm – November 2019

Complete Streets – October 2019

Sewataro Property – June 2019

Fairbank Community Center – June 2018

Learn More

Read the full press release: https://sudbury.ma.us/townmanager/?p=919
See the flyer: https://sudbury.ma.us/townmanager/?p=896
Watch the video: https://vimeo.com/263081218

Privacy

The Town and FlashVote take privacy very seriously. FlashVote follows strict disclosure guidelines when it comes to user information and they do not share personally identifiable details with anyone, not even the Town. They ask for a user’s address and year of birth at signup. Address is used to deter ballot stuffing and year of birth is needed for their user age requirement. Also, both address and age give us important demographic information (for example, it could show whether people ages 20-30 have a different response to a question than those ages 60-70). However, individual responses remain anonymous (actual addresses and birth years will not be shared with the Town). FlashVote Terms of Service and Privacy Policy can be found on their website.

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Andrew J. Sheehan
Town Manager

The Select Board and Town Manager provide executive leadership for the Town of Sudbury. Together, they pursue collaborative process and ethical and professional procedures to insure that Town resources are directed to providing the best services possible to protect public safety, public assets and a special quality of life in Sudbury. This office supports the Board and the Town Manager as they work toward this mission.

Description of Services

The Town Manager is appointed by the Select Board and is responsible for the management of all Town departments. The Town Manager is the appointing and contracting authority for all departments except the schools and the health department, and is responsible for overseeing all budgetary, financial and personnel administration activities of the Town. This includes preparing the annual budget, appointing all staff and setting compensation, formulating and implementing personnel policies, and negotiating all contracts with the Town’s union employees. Administrative staff in the office serves as liaison between the public and the Select Board, handle all phone calls, visitors and correspondence directed to the office, and maintain all records of Select Board meetings. The office staff prepares the warrants for all annual and special Town Meetings, election notices for all elections, and coordinates the Town’s Annual Report. They maintain records of all committee and board appointments and resignations – as well as the Select Board’s section of the Town’s web site.

Staffing

Staff in the Select Board/Town Manager’s office includes Town Manager Andrew J. Sheehan, Senior Admin. Assistant to the Town Manager Patty Golden, Office Supervisor/Information Officer Leila Frank, and Office Clerk Carol Hobin.