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r.. / SELECTMEN'S MEETING April 2, 1984 r i A regular meeting.of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, April 2, 1984, in the Selectmen's Meeting Room at 7:00 p.m. Chairman Battin, Mr. Sacco, Mr. McLaughlin; Mr. Marshall, Mr. Eddison; Mr. Hutchin- son, Torn. Manager; Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel; Miss Adler., Assistant to the Town Manager and Mrs. Snow, Executive Clerk, were present. Mrs. Battin informed -the-Board of a suggestion to adj ourn the session TMMA Info of the Town Meeting scheduled for that evening immediately after convening meeting for the purpose of holding the TMMA Information Meeting on the f irst 13 Articles, which had been cancelled on March 28 due to inclement weather. She asked the Board's view on this procedure, which she proposed to present to Town Meeting. The majority of the Board was in support of the suggestion. Mr. Sacco was in favor of holding the Town Meeting as.scheduled. Mrs. Battin will state the Selectmen's recommendation to Town Meeting 4/25 T.M. to reconvene on April, 25, after the April 11 session, to allow for the session April school vacation and for the last two days of the observance of Pass- over. The Chairman also noted, as stated in her memo to the Board dated Town Coun- 412/84 Mr. Cohen's advice on legal details of imposition of a moratorium sel on development, and the discretionary powers of the Board in granting liquor and amusement licenses, given in response to questions raised at the March 31 meetin . Mrs, Battin reported that Selectmen /Town Manager Act Review Committee Art. 8 &11 members Homer Hagedorn and Dan Fenn have expressed a need for additional Set /T.Mgr. time for review of the Selectmen's recommendations on proposed revisions to Act the Act, and have asked the Selectmen to request that Articles 8 and 11 be deferred for one week to allow for this. Upon motion duly made and seconded, -it was.voted that the Selectmen will not op ose, but will not initiate a request to Town Meeting for deferral of Articl s 8 and 11. Upon motion duly made and .seconded, it was voted to approve the Minutes minutes of the Selectmen.'s meeting on January 23, 1984. Mr. Marshall and 1/23/84 Mr. Ed ison abstained from voting. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign "Amendment #5, L.H.A. Consol dated_ Annual Contribution Contract No.B- -1471, as requested by the Contr. Lexing on Housing Authority. Contract Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to reappoint the firm Town Coun- of Palmer & Dodge as Lexington Town Counsel, under the requirements of sel appt. Article, XXI, Sec-.1 of the General By-laws*