HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-05-22-TCC-min Town Celebrations Committee
Minutes of Meeting
May 22, 2019
Lexington Community Center
Members Present
Lorain Marquis, Chair; Glen Bassett, Suzanne Caton, Kim Coburn, 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
June Baer, Wei Ding, Mary Hutton, Cerise Jalelian, Paul Jenkins, Rita Pandey, Dave Taylor, Sam Zales
Guest
Gina Rada
Business:
• The chair reported that a quorum was present and the meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm.
• Minutes from the meeting of May 15, 2019 were approved as corrected.
• Lorain asked the committee to submit any expense bills for payment before the end of the fiscal
year. She also asked for suggestions for equipment that the committee needs. One suggestion
received was to purchase walky-talkies for the committee to use for managing future Patriots'
Day parades. Glen Bassett and Suzanne Caton will research walky-talkies. Another suggestion
was to purchase an LCD projector for use at the Veterans' Breakfast and TCC meetings. Linda
Dixon will research projectors.
• Future meeting will be: 6/5/19. This date is subject to change.
Memorial Day, May 27:
• Lorain announced that there will be a walk-through of the Memorial Day parade on Saturday,
May 25, when the committee members will check that all memorials for wreath laying are
available..
• Linda Dixon reviewed the parade roster and sequence of events with the committee. It was
determined that the parade will stop at the temporary Fire Department headquarters on Bedford
St.
• Linda will send the updated 2019 parade script to Kim Coburn and Bill Mix.
• Sandy Podgorski will line up the Boy and Girl Scouts for wreath laying.
The meeting adjourned at 8:20 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Suzanne Caton, co-secretary