HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-06-05-TCC-min Town Celebrations Committee
Minutes of Meeting
June 5, 2019
Lexington Community Center
Members Present
Lorain Marquis, Chair; June Baer, Glen Bassett, Suzanne Caton, Linda Dixon, Karen Gaughan, Gresh
Lattimore, Sondra Lucente, Julie Miller, Bill Mix, Geetha Padaki, Sandy Podgorski, Sue Stering, Bob
Tracey, Wayne Miller
Members Not Present
Kim Coburn, Wei Ding, Mary Hutton, Cerise Jalelian, Paul Jenkins, Rita Pandey, Dave Taylor, Sam
Zales
Business:
• The chair reported that a quorum was present and the meeting was called to order at 7:30 pm.
• Minutes from the meeting of May 22, 2019 were approved.
• Lorain announced that the equipment needed by the committee will be purchased. They include
10 short-range radios for the committee to use for managing future Patriots' Day parades; an
LCD projector for use at the Veterans' Breakfast and TCC meetings; and a TCC banner.
Lorain requested that all invoices be submitted to her by June 17.
• TCC meetings will resume on 9/11/19.
Memorial Day Recap:
• Gresh Lattimore suggested that a short training session for the Boy and Girl Scouts
participating in the wreath laying ceremonies should be held prior to the parade.
• Gresh also wondered if TCC should set a minimum age limit for participating scouts.
• Linda Dixon suggested that we should have a stakeholders' meeting before Memorial Day.
Participants should include the Captain of the Minutemen (concerning the length of the reading
of General Logan's order),the Lexington High School Marching Band leader, and Sam Doran.
• Committee agreed that we need to be clearer on our directions for the location of the HS band
and others during the parade and wreath laying ceremonies.
• Linda noted that not enough wreaths were provided this year due to a mix-up in
communications and she suggested that committee members should check with Lorain if they
have any questions about such issues.
• It was suggested that since the weather is often hot on Memorial Day, bottled water should be
kept in either the Grand Marshal's car or the VFW car to be available for marchers.
Elections
The committee elected the following officers for next year:
• Chair: Lorain Marquis
• Vice-chair: June Baer
• Secretary: Suzanne Caton
The meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Suzanne Caton, co-secretary