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Selectmen's Chairman Breakfast March 3, 2005 A Chairmen's Breakfast meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Thursday, March 3, 2005 at the Cary Library Meeting Room at 8:00 a.m. Chairman McKenna, Mrs. Krieger, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kelley; Ms. Vine, Acting Town Manager; Mrs. Battin, Town Moderator; and Ms. Pease, Executive Clerk were present. Mrs. McKenna welcomed everyone and thanked all for attending. Below is the agenda for the meeting: Procedure for Town Meeting Marge Battin reviewed the process that would be followed at Town Meeting: Town meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. this year and will hopefully adjourn by 10:30 p.m. No major article will be brought up after 10:00 p.m., no article after 10:15. Verbal reports under Article 2, Reports of Town Boards, Officers, Committees, will be limited to 5 minutes. Official responses to the articles of others should be no more than 5 minutes and may be less if there are a number of official committees wishing to respond on the same article. These time limits do not apply to the Planning Board and the two finance committees as they have a statutory obligation to make recommendations to Town Meeting. • Motions have been drafted and will be finalized soon. If there is a need for a motion change the process is: get information to the Selectmen's Executive Clerk no later than noon the day before article to be taken up at Town Meeting. Clerk will forward information to Town Counsel and Town Moderator for review and approval. After revised motion is approved by Town Counsel and Town Moderator, Clerk will date, file with the Town Clerk and copy for distribution to Town Meeting members. • The Town Meeting Handbook will be made available in the Town Manager's Office. It is currently on the TMMA web site and will be linked to the Town Web site. Community Calendar Mrs. McKenna was pleased to announce that there is now a Community Calendar available in Lexington. The Selectmen are hoping that this will become a valued community resource. It is available for a broad range of events that are open to the public. The calendar will be maintained by the Selectmen's Office. It is important for Committees to understand that the Community Calendar does not replace the official posting procedure done by the Town Clerk's office. It is another place for Committees to put information on upcoming meetings. The Town will look into combining the Town Clerk's official calendar with the community calendar, as we get familiar with the site.