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Town of Lexington, Human Rights Committee Meeting Friday, October 4, 2019 Lexington Community Center 8:05-9:26 Present Committee Members: Monami D. Roy(Chair), Tanya Gisolfi(Vice Chair), Georgia Swann(Clerk), James Barry(Police Department),Fuang Ying Huang,Melissa Interess(Town Manager's Office Member/Human Services Department),Johnny Cole(School Department Member), Cleveland Coats Liaisons and Guests: Scott Bokun(School Committee Liaison),Jill Hai(Board of Selectmen Liaison), Pastor Brent Maracle(LICA Liaison),Valerie Overton(LexPride Liaison),Mark Corr(Chief of Police), Mable Amar(Guest),Anthony Serio(Human Services Department) 1. Welcome at 8:06 am 2. Welcome to New Members of the Lexington Human Rights Committee a. Johnny Cole(Member appointed by Superintendent of Lexington Public Schools) Director of Equity and Student Supports and Civil Rights Officer b.Melissa Interess(Member appointed by Town Manager)Director of Human Services for the Town of Lexington c. Cleveland Coats (Community Member Appointed by the Board of Selectmen) d. Georgia Swann(Community Member Appointed by the Board of Selectmen) 3. Motion to Approve September Meeting made by TG, seconded by FYH, all voted in favor. 4. Procedural Considerations a) Open Clerk Position--GS ran unopposed and was unanimously elected to the role. b) Possible change of monthly meeting day/time including member availability and possible desire to change the meeting day/time. After some discussion, agreed to change time to start at 8:15 but keep the first Fridays of the month. No objections from members. No objection from BOS and SC liaisons. No public comments. c) Rules on Public Commenting. ■ Discussion on moving public commenting on matters not on the agenda to the end of the meeting to accommodate more residents. MDR also reminded the attendees that comments could always be made electronically, which would also accommodate more detail. ■ Also explained new public comment log and rules for the same ■ No comments or objections from the members. ■ No comments or objections from the SC or BOS liaisons. ■ Public expressed concern whether the 6 minutes time allotted for comments at the end of the meeting would be sufficient and would accommodate public comments. ■ LHRC noted that 6 mins is the same amount of time as last year and that the meeting would be managed to allow for that last 6 minutes and again clarified that the public comment time is limited to 6 minutes for matters that are not on the agenda and that comments on agenda items would be allowed as usual.