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Authority The Town Manager Search Screening Committee is an ad hoc committee
appointed by the Board of Selectmen.
Membership The Town Manager Search Screening Committee will have eleven(11)
members composed as follows:
• 2 Selectmen
• 1 Former Selectman
• 1 Diversity Advisory Task Force Representative
• 1 School Committee Member
• 1 Planning Board Member
• 1 Economic Development Advisory Committee Member
• 1 Former Town Senior Manager
• 1 Business Representative
• 2 Town Meeting/Community Representatives
Liaisons The Town Manager Search Screening Committee will have one liaison from
each the Appropriation Committee and Capital Expenditures Committee.
Purpose The purpose of the Committee will be to recommend to the Board of
Selectmen finalists for appointment as Lexington's next Town Manager.
Consistent with State law, the meetings and deliberations of the
Committee shall be subject 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. Work with the executive search consultant in reviewing community
input and feedback regarding the traits and management style desired
for the next Town Manager.
2. Review the Board of Selectmen-Town Manager Act
3. Review with the consultant the selection criteria for evaluating the
candidates.
4. Oversee and guide community listening and discussion sessions with
Town Boards and Committees, Town employees, citizens and other
community stakeholders, as outlined in the timeline, to help inform the
Board of Selectmen on the qualities, strengths, and characteristics of
candidates they envision for the Town Manager
5. Review those candidate's resumes and application materials
recommended for interview by the consultant and evaluate this
information based upon the established selection criteria.
6. Work with the consultant to develop interview questions for the
Screening Committee interviews.
7. Conduct interviews of the recommended candidates in executive
session.
8. Review background and references as appropriate.
9. Recommend to the Board of Selectmen a minimum of three final
candidates, unless a lesser number is agreed to by the Board of
Selectmen, who best match the selection criteria. Work with the
Consultant to provide the key attributes each candidate should possess.
10. Assist the Board of Selectmen, collectively and individually, in
preparing for interviews in executive session and in open session under
the Massachusetts Open Meeting law;
Deliverable It is expected that Committee shall begin its work by mid-June and
shall submit its list of recommended finalists to the Selectmen by
August 10, 2018, unless another date is agreed to by the Board of
Selectmen.
Reference: Charge adopted by the Board of Selectmen on June 4, 2018.
Selectmen designated Committee Members as Special Municipal
Employees on June 4, 2018