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Selectmen’s Meeting April 4, 2011 A meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, April 4, 2011, at 6:00 p.m. in the Selectmen Meeting Room, Town Office Building. Chairman Manz, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Burnell and Ms. Mauger; Mr. Valente, Town Manager and Ms. Pease, Executive Clerk, were present. Liquor Hearing – Lexx Restaurant Alteration of Premises Mr. Bateman, Lexx Restaurant, stated that they are doing some renovations to increase the seating to 120 and freshen up the restaurant after being in business for 6.5 years. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 5-0 to approve the application for the alteration of the licensed premises and issue an all alcoholic common victualler liquor license to Group R, Inc. d/b/a Lexx Restaurant, 1666 Massachusetts Avenue. Discussion of Articles Article 24 – Amend FY2011 Operating and Enterprise Budgets All of the Selectmen support this article. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 5-0 to approve the proposed amendments to the FY2011 operating budget for discussion under Article 24. Article 25 – Appropriate for Authorized Capital Improvements Article 25 will be indefinitely postponed. Article 4 – Appropriate FY2012 Operating Budget The Selectmen discussed the proposed reconsideration of an amendment to Article 4 for a study group to conduct a retrospective review of the accuracy of fiscal impact projections over the past ten years that may come up at tonight’s Town Meeting for reconsideration. There were questions about how much staff time would be needed and/or if money for a consultant should be requested. Mr. Kelley does not support hiring a consultant to study the issue and does not want to take time from staff. If a group is formed information should be limited to all reports/files that are available as part of the Town’s public records. Mr. Cohen does not object to the group being formed and looking at the public records, but is concerned that a burden will be put on staff. He hopes the Selectmen will comment at Town Meeting about the very limited staff time that would be available for this effort. Ms. Mauger thinks that the Town Meeting Members Association (TMMA) might form the study group and she would not stand in their way.