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December 2, 2015 Adjourned Session of the 2015 November Special Town Meeting#1 November 2,2015 Special Town Meetings November 2,2015 Special Town Meeting#1 Moderator Deborah Brown called the 2015 Special Town Meeting#1 to order at 7:30 p.m.,Monday, November 2,2015,Margery Milne Battin Hall in the Cary Memorial Building, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue;a quorum in excess of 100 members present. Town Clerk,Nathalie L.Rice,read the Warrant for Special Town Meeting#1 until waived.The Town Clerk read the Constable's Return of Service. The Moderator opened Special Town Meeting#1 under Article 1. 7:32 p.m. Joseph Pato,Chair,Board of Selectmen,remarked on the recently renovated Cary Memorial Building and the significant restoration the Margery Milne Battin Hall.He commended those involved for a job well done. 7:38 p.m. Selectman Joseph Pato asked the Moderator to recognize Town Manager,Carl Valente,who introduced Carol Kowalski,recently hired as Assistant Town Manager for Development. 7:39 p.m. Selectman Joseph Pato moved to adjourn Special Town Meeting#1 until December 2, 2015.Unanimously Adopted. November 2,2015 Special Town Meeting#2 Moderator Deborah Brown called the 2015 Special Town Meeting#2 to order at 7:39 p.m.,Monday, November 2,2015,Margery Milne Battin Hall in the Cary Memorial Building, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue;a quorum in excess of 100 members present. Town Clerk,Nathalie L.Rice,read the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting#2 until waived.The Town Clerk read the Constable's Return of Service. The Moderator called for a test of the electronic voting system,with the intention of continuing to use the electronic voting devices for the 2015 November Special Town Meetings.The Moderator reviewed a new procedure for returning electronic voting units at the end of the meeting and made general announcements. The Moderator opened Special Town Meeting#2 under Article 1. ARTICLE 1:REPORTS OF TOWN BOARDS,OFFICERS,COMMITTEES 7:47 p.m. Glenn Parker,Pct.3,Chair,Appropriation Committee,moved the Report of the Committee and Addendum be received and placed on file.Unanimously Adopted. 7:48 p.m. David Kanter,Pct. 7,Capital Expenditures Committee,moved the Report of the Committee be received and placed on file.Unanimously Adopted. 7:48 p.m. Marilyn Fenollosa,Pct. 5,Chair,Community Preservation Committee moved the Report of the Committee be received and placed on file.Unanimously Adopted. 7:49 p.m. Presented by Selectman Norman Cohen. ARTICLE 2: AMEND MINUTEMAN REGIONAL AGREEMENT MOTION: That the Town accept and approve the"Amendment to Minuteman Regional Agreement regarding the Withdrawal of the Town of Wayland from the Minuteman Regional School District",which Amendment was approved by the Minuteman Regional School Committee on July 7,2015. 7:49 p.m. Selectman Norman Cohen presented the requested action and reported unanimous opposition of the Board,stating the Board's position that the removal of Wayland from the Minuteman Regional High School consortium of communities would not be in Lexington's interest.