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November 13, 2018 Page 1 of 3 SELECTMEN'S MEETING Tuesday, November 13, 2018 A meeting of the Lexington Board of Selectmen was called to order at 6:33 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office Building. Present were Ms. Barry, Chair; Mr. Pato; Mr. Lucente; and Ms. Hai as well as Mr. Malloy, Town Manager; Ms. Axtell, Assistant Town Manager; and Ms. Siebert, Recording Secretary. Ms. Ciccolo was absent for this meeting but expected to join Special Town Meeting in progress later in the evening, Town Manager Report Mr. Malloy stated that the $650,000 amount for 2018 STM-1 Article 3 has been revised to $550,000. Correspondingly, the amount going into the Stabilization Fund for Article 8 has revised from $45,000 to $145,000. He noted that Board members may wish to change their positions because of this. Mr. Malloy invited members to a Topping Off ceremony at Hastings Elementary School on Friday, December 14, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. 2018 STM-1 ArticlePositions/Discussion The Selectmen reviewed their positions. The resulting chart is appended to these minutes. Establish Town Meeting and Town Election Dates Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 to open the 2019 Annual Town Meeting Warrant for submission of Citizen Petitions through Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 to establish Monday, March 4, 2019 as the date for the Annual Town Election. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 to establish Monday, March 25, 2019 as the date for the opening session of the 2019 Annual Town Meeting. Review and Sign Letter of Opposition to FCC Proposal 18-131 Mr. Pato reported he had been contacted by the Executive Director of LexMedia regarding submission of a letter of opposition to a proposed Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rule change. The deadline for comments is tomorrow, November 14, 2018 but the Chair of the Communications Advisory Committee (CAC) asks the Selectmen to delay action on the letter until the CAC has had time to craft a response specific to Lexington. Since there is another 30- day response window re: comments already submitted, Lexington has another 30-day window for this letter to be written. The Board agreed with the proposed plan. The CAC letter will come before the Selectmen for approval before it is submitted to the FCC.