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06/25/2018 – Selectmen’s Meeting Page 1 of 10 SELECTMEN'S MEETING Monday, June 25, 2018 A meeting of the Lexington Board of Selectmen was called to order at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 25, 2018 in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room of the Town Office Building. Ms. Barry, Chair; Mr. Pato; Ms. Ciccolo (late arrival); and Ms. Hai were present as well as Mr. Valente, Town Manager; Ms. Siebert, Recording Secretary. Mr. Lucente was absent. Selectmen Concerns and Liaison Reports Ms. Barry asked Board members to update the office calendar with vacation dates to facilitate meeting scheduling. Ms. Barry reminded Board members, in their liaison roles, to report relevant Town committee developments during the “Selectmen Concerns and Liaison Reports ” portion of Selectmen’s meetings. Ms. Barry invited the Lexington community to a retirement party in honor of Town Manager Carl Valente that will take place on Thursday, August 2, 2018 from 4-7 p.m. in Battin Hall of the Cary Memorial Building. Liquor License— Change of Management— Bertucci’s All the necessary paperwork has been submitted for a change of manager on the All-Alcoholic Common Victualler Liquor License for Bertucci's Restaurant Corporation d/b/a Bertucci's Brick Oven Ristorante. The proposed manager, James Ross, has submitted an Alcohol Awareness Training Certificate and completed the required CORI check. Mr. Ross reported that although the Bertucci’s Corporation filed for bankruptcy several months ago, the Lexington location has signed a new lease, expiring in 2023, and the new corporate owner, Robert Earl of Earl Enterprises, intends to bring back much of the original menu. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board of Selectmen voted 3-0 to approve the application reflecting a change of manager and issue an All Alcoholic Common Victualler License to Bertucci's Restaurant Corporation, d/b/a Bertucci's Brick Oven Ristorante, 1777 Massachusetts Avenue. Town Manager Search Update Alan Gould, Buzz Stapczyncki, and Liz Menzinger of Municipal Resources, Inc. (MRI) provided a status report of the search to hire Mr. Valente’s successor. To date, MRI has interviewed each member of the Board of Selectmen and met with a variety of stakeholders: the Screening Committee; the Senior Management team; each Assistant Town Manager; a group of Town employees; representatives from each of the Town boards and committees; and Former Selectmen and Town Meeting members. A community “listening session” has been held. The deadline for candidate applications is July 9, 2018. So far, 13 candidates have applied but Mr. Gould believes the bulk of the resumes will come in during the last week of the application