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f � tA0Ajvr c. Town of Lexington " A Policy Manual Committee � APPJLIF' � Approved Minutes, Meeting of October 26, 2017 Committee Members: Michelle Ciccolo, Jeanne Krieger, Hank Manz, Joseph Pato Members Absent: Deborah Brown, Scott Burson, Laurie Peck The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by acting chair Joe Pato. 1. Committee Organization and Appointment of chair The committee voted unanimously to appoint Joe Pato chair. 2. Review of Open Meeting Remote Participation policy Upon review of the recently revised Open Meeting regulations, the Committee voted unanimously to recommend to the Board of Selectmen that Lexington s policy align with changes in the language of the law. (found here: httpp�.//.. r�nr ,run ..gov servuce-detains ir�c��nr-o ��u - neetuu� -la�nr-ire a�lations- lu 12. and a red-lined version of the regulation is here: I 1. // v �v na .._Dov/fnnes� o a� nents�20�.7�09�2,5/Mew¢1�200ML`12011e aa�ations%20% 2. ➢Z�� :::..1ined.12.0v.er..sQR%.2..9....: df p— ) The Committee then discussed Lexington s local exclusion of remote participation for Executive Sessions. The Committee found that Lexington s experience with remote participation has been positive and that there was no need to prevent its use for Executive Sessions. The Committee voted unanimously to recommend to the Board of Selectmen to eliminate the local restriction on remote participation in Executive Sessions. 3. Discussion of policies to be reviewed this year The chair asked members to consider which policies may be due for review and to plan on a meeting in January to begin that review.