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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-01-06 BOS-min Selectmen’s Meeting January 6, 2020 A meeting of the Lexington Board of Selectmen was called to order at 7:00 PM. on Monday, January 6, 2020 in the in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, Town Office Building. Mr. Lucente, Chair; Mr. Pato; Ms. Barry; and Mr. Sandeen were present, as well as Mr. Malloy, Town Manager; Ms. Axtell, Deputy Town Manager; and Ms. Katzenback, Executive Clerk. SELECTMAN CONCERNS AND LIAISON REPORTS Mr. Pato announced that voter registration drive is being held on Thursday, January 9, 2020, 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday, January 10, 2020 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Rancatore’s Ice Cream and Yogurt store located at 1752 Massachusetts Avenue. Ms. Barry congratulated the Estabrook School’s fourth grade students on their publication called Lexington, the Massachusetts Edition. Ms. Barry asked to place an item on an upcoming agenda for Board discussion of scheduling th considerations of events for the 250 Anniversary of the Battle of Lexington - 2025 Patriots Day weekend. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION 1. 2020 Annual Town Meeting A list of approximately 50 proposed articles, including 28 financial articles, 9 general articles, and 13 zoning articles for Annual Town Meeting 2020 were reviewed. The Board will continue to discuss the 2020 Annual Town Meeting warrant at subsequent meetings and the warrant is anticipated to be voted on at the January 27, 2020. 2. Approve Nursing Services Agreement with Belmont Mr. Malloy said the shared services agreement between the Town of Lexington and the Town of Belmont to provide public health nursing services through a shared Public Health Nurse expired in 2019. Mr. Malloy stated a proposed agreement has been reviewed and approved by the Belmont Board of Selectmen with changes made by Town Counsel with review/input from the Assistant Town Manager for Development and Town Manager. Mr. Malloy highlighted the following substantive changes from the previous agreement:  Changed the signatories from the Boards of Health to now be the Boards of Selectmen.  Added a provision to alter the schedule of the Public Health Nurse and correspondingly the payment allocation.  Removed language which referenced the agreement as being the first intermunicipal agreement for these services between Belmont and Lexington.  The proposed agreement is for five years, and also allows for subsequent renewals for up to 25 years. Provides some additional financial review.  The proposed agreement includes an indemnification agreement for both Towns releasing each other for various work done under the auspices of the other community while the Public Health Nurse is working in that other community. It also provides an indemnity to Belmont for any employment claims arising out of Lexington being the primary employer and any actions Lexington may take related to employment laws.  The last four paragraphs (6-9) are legal language included in an intermunicipal agreement. Wendy Heiger-Bernys, Board of Health, expressed concern that the Board of Health was not given an opportunity to review the updated agreement before it was presented to the Board of Selectmen for approval. John Flynn, Board of Health, stated he felt the proposed nursing services agreement should be presented to the Board of Health for their review and comment prior to the Board of Selectmen vote its approval. The Board of Selectmen concurred to put this item on a future agenda to allow time for the agreement to be presented to the Board of Health for review and comment. 3. Draft Action Items from Selectmen's Goals Mr. Lucente said he, Ms. Barry and Mr. Malloy drafted a preliminary list of action items related to the FY20 and FY21 Selectmen goals to serve as a jumping off point for the Board’s development of dynamic list of measurable actions. Mr. Sandeen noted that some of the wording in the draft action items may need to be updated to reflect the changes to the Selectmen goals document discussed at the October 7, 2019 Board meeting and that the Board should endeavor to adopt measurable goals. Mr. Pato suggested to reword the objectives to identify the goals which are specific to the Board of Selectmen versus those goals that fall under the responsibility of the Town Manager and Town Staff and that the Board’s priorities should include measurable goals. The Board agreed to individually provide feedback directly to Mr. Malloy to be incorporated and in an updated list action items. 4. Discuss Committee Charge for Historic Districts Commission - Nominating Bodies Mr. Lucente said the Historic Districts Commission (HDC) is seeking to amend their enabling legislation (Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1956) to change the nomination body from the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Inc. to the Lexington Chamber of Commerce. He explained that as such an update would need to go to Town Meeting, the only action at this time would be to get Board consensus to move forward to Town Meeting. Mr. Sandeen asked why the HDC would like to change the nominating body. Mr. Pato explained that historically the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society (LACS) felt it difficult to fulfill their obligation as nominating body and had requested to be released from this responsibility. Mr. Pato added that he recently spoke to the new president of the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society who indicated the LACS is looking to get more involved with the community. Mr. Pato said he felt it would be worth further investigation if LACS still wants to be removed as a nominating body of the HDC. Ms. Barry stated she would follow up with Ms. Eccles, HDC Chair, to get confirmation if LACS still wishes to be relieved from the nominating body duty and if the Chamber of Commerce still has an interest to accept the responsibility. Ms. Dawn McKenna, 9 Hancock Avenue, expressed concern that she doesn’t feel an article to amend the HDC legislation to be included at the 2020 Annual Town. She said she feels a change to the nominating bodies is not necessary and LACS should remain assigned as a nominating body of the HDC. 5. Discuss and Approve Formation of Committee for 250th Anniversary of Battle of Lexington Mr. Lucente said that one of the Board's goals this year is to establish a committee to evaluate, make recommendations and coordinate Town wide activities commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Battle of Lexington (2025). He said the committee will be known as the Semiquincentennial Commission (Lex250). General Board discussion ensued. The Board was in agreement that the chair of this committee should be a voting member; there be 9 members (including the chair) plus 5 liaisons, and to update the deliverables to include the following: investigate potential for permanent memorial and commemorative memorabilia. Mr. Lucente said an updated charge will be put onto the January 13, 2020 meeting for review and approval. 6. Annual License Renewal Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 to approve and sign the license renewal for Chef Louie’s d/b/a the Hangar located at 113 Hartwell Avenue. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Approve One-Day Liquor Licenses Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 to approve two One- Day Liquor Licenses for Spectacle Management to serve beer and wine in the lobby of Cary Memorial Building, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, for the purpose of two events on the following: Lexington Chamber of Commerce Gala, Thursday, January 30, 2020 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.; and Mo Rocca Lecture, Friday, January 31, 2020 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 to approve a One-Day Liquor License for the Cary Memorial Library Foundation to serve beer and wine for the purpose of their Library After Dark Event to be held at Cary Memorial Library, 1874 Massachusetts Avenue, on Saturday, March 28, 2020 ADJOURN Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 to adjourn the meeting at 8:58 p.m. A true record; Attest: Kim Katzenback Executive Clerk