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YOWN CLERK Town Manager Search Screening Committee Charge
LEXINGYON MA
Authority The Town Manager Search Screening Committee is an ad hoc committee
appointed by the Select Board.
Membership The Town Manager Search Screening Committee will have nine (9)
members composed as follows:
• 2 Select Board Members
• 1 Planning Board Member
• 1 Business Representative
• 5 Community Representatives/Town Meeting/Committee members
The Screening Committee should represent a diversity of lived experience,
relevant expertise and community involvement.
Liaisons The Town Manager Search Screening Committee will have one liaison from
the Appropriation Committee and one from the Capital Expenditures
Committee.
Purpose The purpose of the Committee will be to recommend to the Select Board,
finalists for consideration for appointment as Lexington's next Town
Manager.
Consistent with State law, the meetings and deliberations of the
Committee shall be subj ect to the Open Meeting law, but the names of
applicants and candidates interviewed by the Committee shall not be
made public and Screening Committee interviews shall be in Executive
Session under Exemption 8.
Responsibilities The Committee's responsibilities shall be to:
1. Assist the Executive search consultant(s)in outlining and promoting
community listening and discussion sessions with Town Boards and
Committees, Town employees, citizens and other community
stakeholders, as outlined in the timeline; in order to help inform the
Select Board on the qualities, strengths, and characteristics of
candidates they envision for the Town Manager.
2. Review the Board of Selectmen-Town Manager Act and understand
the Town Manager's role.
3. Work with the executive search consultant(s) to review community
input and feedback regarding the traits and management style desired
for the next Town Manager and develop selection criteria for
evaluating the candidates.
4. Review candidates' resumes and application materials. Evaluate
resumes and application materials recommended for interview based
upon the established selection criteria. Approve recommended list of
applicants for interview.
5. Work with the consultant to develop interview questions for the
Screening Committee interviews.
6. Conduct interviews of the recommended candidates in executive
session.
7. Review background and references as appropriate.
8. Recommend to the Select Board a minimum of three final candidates,
who best match the selection criteria, unless a lesser number is agreed
upon by the Select Board.
9. Work with the Consultant to provide a report of the key attributes of
each candidate recommended.
Deliverable It is expected that Committee shall begin its work by mid-May and
shall submit its list of recommended finalists to the Select Board
by August 14, 2024, unless another date is agreed to by the Select
Board.
COMMITMENTS The time commitment for the search screening committee will
span mid-May through mid-August with frequent regularly
scheduled meetings, including several half day or longer sessions,
to include community listening sessions, resume reviews,
screening interviews and evaluation sessions. It is expected that
any appointed member will attend all evaluative sessions.
Re£: Charge adopted by the Select Board April 8, 2024