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Article 40 ad hoc Committee
December 13, 2006
A duly posted meeting of the Article 40 ad hoc Committee held in the Selectmen's
Meeting Room, Town Office Building was called to order at 7 35 a.m. by Chairman
Anthony Galartsis with members Judy Crocker, Anne Kelley, Jeanne Krieger, Jim
Sheehy and Jim Wilson present Tony Diaz, Derek Fullerton and Sheryl Mason joined
the meeting later Also present were Captain Charles Sargent of the Lexington Police
Department and citizens Brian Susnock, John Maloney and Henry Cotran.
The Minutes of the November 8, 2006 meeting were presented for review and
acceptance After a brief discussion a motion to accept the Minutes was made and
seconded. The motion was accepted by all those present that were in attendance at the
November 8, 2006 meeting.
Captain Charles Sargent gave his view on the benefits of a Town By-law over the State
Law Specifically a Town By-law would not be a criminal offense if paid within 21 days
from the date of the ticket and depending on how the by-law was written it could be
enforced the Zoning Board, the Health Department or the Police Department
There was further discussion on the need for Police vehicles to idle and there was a
request made by some members of the committee to have the Police Department make
casual drive-by at the schools to support the education effort
The next item on the agenda was a"Vote on recommending an Anti-Idling By-Law" to
the Town Meeting. After a brief discussion on the pros and cons of a new non-criminal
by-law the member drew numbers to determine the order of voting. The vote was split
evenly with Ms Krieger, Ms Mason, Mr Diaz and Mr Wilson voting against
recommending a new by-law and Mr Sheehy, Ms Crocker, Mr Galartsis and Ms Kelley
voting for recommending a new by-law
It was agreed that the Article 40 Committee would go foreword to Town Meeting with
the presentation of a new Anti-Idling by-law It was agreed that there would be two sub-
committees formed to prepare the two points of view for Town Meeting. The
subcommittee favoring a new by-law will be chaired by Mr Galartsis, and the
subcommittee opposing a new by-law will choose a chair
The next item on the agenda was the status of installing the new signs Mr Fullerton
informed the committee that all the signs other than those that were to be placed in the
Historic District have been installed. He will try to arrange for a photo of the installation
that we could use in our publicity effort
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Mr Diaz was not in a position to give any information on the School survey but it was
followed by a general overall discussion of when and where this survey will take place
Mr Diaz will give an update at the next meeting.
The committee was informed that Ms McKenna will need additional time to finalize the
list with the recommended placement of the signs in the Historic District
Mr Galaitsis expressed the hope that, even though the Committee is divided as to the
need of a Town by-law, the committee members will treat each other with respect during
their presentations to the public and to the Town Meeting.
A motion was made at 8 45 by Ms Krieger and seconded by Mr Sheehy to adjourn the
meeting. The motion was approved by all present
Prepared by Jim Sheehy
E-mailed by Tony Galaitsis
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