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March 28,2022 Annual Town Meeting The 2022 Annual Town Meeting was held remotely as voted by order of the Select Board and request of the Moderator.The meeting was held remotely using a virtual platform that was developed by Select Board member Joseph Pato.Electronic voting was conducted via the platform and results were reported on the Town's website as per usual practice. Moderator Deborah Brown called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.and noted that a staff help line was available for anyone experiencing technical difficulties. 7:32 p.m. The Moderator called attention to the Voting Portal and asked members to practice raising an objection in order to understand the process and noted that she would only use the feature for procedural matters,such as receiving reports. As some voters pressed the "point of order"button,the Moderator double checked with each person to ensure that this was done in error. 7:34 p.m. David Kanter,Pct. 7,stated that he had experienced a connection delay when using the requested action. The Moderator directed the issue to Joseph Pato,who asked him to manually refresh the page to solve the problem. 7:35 p.m. Town Clerk,Mary de Alderete,read the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting until waived.The Town Clerk then read the Constable's Return of Service. 7:36 p.m. The Moderator welcomed all Town Meeting Members as well as members of Town and school staff,board and committees,along with residents and other visitors watching on cable tv or livestreaming on LexMedia.org. 7:38 p.m. The Moderator called for Town Meeting Members to register their attendance. At the conclusion of this procedure,she stated that a quorum had been reached(177). 7:48 p.m. The Moderator then gave an overview of parliamentary procedures and upon completion,called for a vote to approve the use of remote technology for 2022 March Annual Town Meeting and Special Town Meeting#1. 7:49 pm. Ms.Hai, Select Board Chair,moved that the Town Meeting Members approve the use of Remote Technology during the Meetings. Following remote electronic vote tallying,the Moderator declared that: Motion to Approve use of Remote Technology for the Annual and Special Town Meetings Adopted by a vote of: Yes No Abstain 177 3 1 MOTION CARRIES 7:54 p.m. The Moderator called the Meeting open under Article 2. ARTICLE 2 ELECTION OF DEPUTY MODERATOR AND REPORTS OF TOWN BOARDS,OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES a. Deputy Moderator MOTION:Ms.Hai moves that Barry Orenstein be approved as Deputy Moderator. 7:55 p.m. The Moderator noted that unless there were objections,she would consider this a voice vote. As there were no objections the motion unanimously carries. 7:56 p.m. The Moderator declared that Annual Town Meeting to be in recess.