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DESCRIPTION Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929, as amended, provides for limited <br /> (representative) Town Meeting in Lexington, including provisions in Section 8 to petition <br /> for, call and schedule a referendum on a ballot of the voters at large to approve or reverse a <br /> vote of the Town Meeting. Under that section, the Selectmen must schedule and hold a <br /> referendum within 35 days after reviewing a petition and issuing the call for the <br /> referendum. The Town Clerk, however, is prohibited by Chapter 54, Section 42C of the <br /> Massachusetts General Laws from including in the printed ballot any question for which she <br /> receives notice later than 35 days before the election. An amendment to Chapter 215 of the <br /> Acts of 1929 is needed to resolve the conflicting scheduling mandates <br /> ARTICLE 12 AUTHORIZE INTER-MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT FOR MUTUAL AID <br /> AMONG PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES <br /> To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Manager and the Board of Health to enter into <br /> inter-municipal agreements, in accordance with Section 4A of Chapter 40 of the Massachusetts <br /> General Laws for mutual aid among public health agencies, or act in any other manner in relation <br /> thereto <br /> (Inserted by the Board of Selectmen) <br /> DESCRIPTION This article proposes to authorize the Board of Health, acting through the <br /> Town Manager, to enter into inter-municipal agreements with one or more other local and <br /> regional governmental units involved with public health to provide mutual aid in the form <br /> of personnel, equipment, facilities, services, supplies and other resources, in circumstances <br /> where the normal resources available to any single party to the agreement, alone, are not <br /> sufficient to cope with a situation which requires public health action. <br /> ARTICLE 13 ACCEPT MGL CHAPTER 148 SECTION 26H (FIRE SPRINKLERS) <br /> To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 26H of Chapter 148 of the Massachusetts General <br /> Laws relating to automatic fire sprinkler systems in certain lodging and boarding houses, or act <br /> in any other manner in relation thereto <br /> (Inserted by the Board of Selectmen) <br /> DESCRIPTION Acceptance of this state statute would require inns, hotels, motels and <br /> boarding houses with lodging for 6 or more guests to install a compliant sprinkler system. <br /> Installation would need to be completed within 5 years after acceptance of this statute <br /> 11 <br />