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Town Celebrations Committee Meeting Minutes September 9, 2020 Virtual Meeting Members Present June Baer, Chair; Sondra Lucente, Steve Cole, Sue Stering, Gresh Lattimore, Lorain Marquis, Geetha Padaki, Sandy Podgorski, Bill Mix, Cerise Jalelian, Members Not Present Kim Coburn, Karen Gaughan, Wayne Miller, Ashley Rooney, Sam Zales, Glen Bassett, Suzanne Caton, Wei Ding, Linda Dixon, Mary Hutton, Julie Miller, Rita Pandey Select Board Liaison Present: Jill Hai Business: • June convened the meeting at 7:00 pm and stated there was a quorum present. She then read the Town notice regarding the conduct of public virtual meetings. • The committee approved the minutes of 8/19/2020. • June will give an update about Veterans Day on Monday at the Select Board meeting. Salute to Veterans Breakfast 2020: • Sandy had compiled a list of veterans from the names provided by Cerise from the Breakfast events from previous years. This list is being scrubbed by Linda Dixon and Gina Rada. The names on the list are mainly from Lexington and Bedford areas. Some names are from outside these areas who are previous residents who had moved away from Lexington but are still involved in the community. • Electronic gift certificates ($10) purchased from a local Dunkin store will be sent to -140 veterans in lieu of the traditional breakfast. For those without e-mail addresses, the certificates will be mailed to the home address. • June is yet to reach out to Dunkin. • Total expenses are estimated to be around $2000 (200 * 10), the same as the costs for catering from Neillio's every year. • Jill asked if this amount is being funded by the town. If it is, she suggested contacting Kim Katzenback as the town may have an account and might get a discount. • A short write up about the Veterans Day was sent to Gina to be included in the newsletter sent out by her office. Other Ideas • Veterans Day Banner o TCC can produce a banner with the text 'Lexington Honors our Vets on Veterans Day' which can be printed and hung across the street near the