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M candidate to fill the vacancy in the Sierra Cl ub representation who wou .� then be approved by the Board of Selectmen as there was no candidate from the Sierra Club. Upon' motion duly made and seconded, it was voted -1 Mr. Busa voting � in the negative, to accept the recommendation that the League of Women Voters submit the name of a candidate to fill a vacancy in the Sierra. Club representation on the Hanscom Field Commisison, such candidate to be approved by the Board of Selectmen, Selectmen/ fir. Polio informed the Board that a. member of the Board had expressed Tn. Mgr. Act an interest in expanding the Selectmen /Town Manager Act Review Committee to Review Com, seven members and that he had no objection to the suggestion. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to expand the Select - men /Town Manager Act Review Committee to be comprised of seven members. Mrs. Battin stated that the TIl+A had suggested that a member of the original Structure of Town Government Committee that drew up the Selectmen/ Town Manager Act be included also if the Board .would expand the committee to one more member. Mrs. Baton suggested that Mr.-Frederick Frick be in- cluded from this committee to provide continuity and experience. Mrs. Battin referred to the charge to the Committee which "shall recom- mend appropriate changes and /oar revisions to be considered by the Selectmen and Town Meeting' 'and asked if this would al includ the substantive issues such as the pourers and duties and the mode of selection of boards, commis- s ions and officials referred to in a recent letter from the T i fiA. Mr. Polio stated that the charge was patterned almost directly after the charge that the Board adopted when appointing' the By -Law ommittee an it spoke for itself. He stated that the Committee is being charged to look at the Act, review it and make recommended charges both procedural-and sub- stantive Frith' the exception that the issue of whether or not Lexington should have a Selectmen /Town Manager form of government is not within the charge of the Committee. Mrs. Battin stated that if the charge was broad enough to include the substantive issues, she felt that there should be an attorney on the com- mittee and suggested that Mr. Peter Agnes be appointed also. Mr. Politi stated that he was opposed to expanding the Committee membership beyond the seven members. Mrs, Ba t t in moved to expand the Committee to include Mr. Frick and Mr. Agnes. There was no second to the motion. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint Arthur C. Smith, Mary W. Miley, Ilan H. Fenn, Jr., Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., Homer J, Hage- dorn, Fred C. Bailey and Anne R. Scigliano to the Selectmen/Town Manager Act Review Committee. Mrs. Margaret Rawls, Chairman of the TI'MMA Executive Committee, stated she felt that she could speak for the Committee, although they had not met on this particular point, and would oppose the appointment of fir. Cole as he is currently serving as Town Moderator, Members of the Board pointed out to firs , Rawls that during Town Meet- ing debate on ' the issue, lair. Cole has stated that he w ul.d step down a Moderator which would remove the conflict of interest problem, Mrs. Rawls stated that she wanted the record to show that she disagreed.