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04/09/2020 AC Minutes • Ms. Kosnoff: Ms. Brown is considering a change to restricting consent agenda items for the 2020 ATM to those with unanimous support by key committees. • Mr. Padaki: The vote on a consent agenda would be contaminated if Town Meeting members vote against it because they oppose just one item. • Mr. Bartenstein: The vote on a consent agenda would reflect the will of Town Meeting even if some members vote against it because they oppose just one item. • Mr. Michelson: This item needs a broader discussion than would be supported if on a consent agenda. Ms. Kosnoff recommended sharing consent agenda objections with Ms. Brown. She also suggested that, rather than address them individually during the ATM, Ms. Brown may move items from the consent agenda presented for a single vote to the articles being referred back to the SB for re- introduction at a future STM or ATM. Mr. Parker said that he would inform Ms. Brown about the opposition of two AC members to Article 19 c), and it would be her decision as to how this article would be handled going forward. A motion was made and seconded to support the four lists, as distributed by Ms. Axtell and described above, with the exception that Article 19 c)would not be included on the list for a single vote of approval, and with the understanding that this vote was limited to a virtual town meeting. There was a roll call vote. The motion passed. VOTE: 7-0 Minutes A motion was made and seconded to approve the March 24, 2020 minutes, with suggested edits, as distributed by Mr. Levine. There was a roll call vote. The motion passed. VOTE: 7-0 Procedures for Virtual Town Meeting Mr. Parker reported that SB member Joe Pato had hoped to join for this discussion. Mr. Parker asked for comments/concerns relating to a virtual town meeting. Comments/questions included the following: • Appreciation for the work being done to make this happen. • How does this Committee caucus, if necessary, during a virtual town meeting? It was suggested that there could be a breakout Zoom meeting, or this Committee could meet between town meeting sessions. • How does this Committee respond to communications/questions by town meeting members prior to the ATM while avoiding Open Meeting Law violations? Mr. Parker agreed to revise this Committee's report to the ATM to reflect votes and discussions from this meeting. It was agreed that he would identify sections in the report that had changed and add a section on the consent agenda process, as related to this Committee. Mr. Padaki urged members to respond to an on-line survey for town meeting members regarding their technical access and capabilities. It was agreed to post a meeting for April 23, 2020. It can be decided at that time whether to vote on the revised report. The meeting adjourned at 8:43 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Sara Arnold 3