Articles Anticipated Tonight

Tonight will be our third session of the 2019 Annual Town Meeting, starting at 7:30 PM in Battin Hall. The anticipated schedule of Articles has been forwarded by the Town Moderator as follows:

• Article 2: Report of the Appropriation Committee 

• DATE CERTAIN: Article 2—Report of the Minuteman School Superintendent 

• Article 2: Report of the Lexington School Superintendent 

• DATE CERTAIN: Article 11—FY20 Operating Budget 

• Article 19: Appropriate for School Capital Projects 

• Article 5: Establish Qualifications for Tax Deferrals

• Article 10: Post Employment Insurance Liability Fund

• Article 12: FY20 Enterprise Funds Budgets

• Article 13: Departmental Revolving Funds

• Consent Agenda (For Articles 14c, 14l, 14m, 16a, 16d, 16g, 16j, 16k, 16l, 18, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20f, 21, 23, 24,25,27). Consent Agenda MOTIONS are HERE

• Any Unfinished Business from Previous Nights

• Time Permitting, begin Articles scheduled for Wednesday, April 3:
• Town Meeting Member Memorial—Kay Tiffany
• Article 4: Reduce Community Preservation Act Surcharge Rate
• Article 15: Recreation Capital Projects
• Article 16: Municipal Capital Projects and Equipment
• Article 17: Water System Improvements
• Article 20: Public Facilities Capital Projects (except 20g)
• Article 22: Specified Stabilization Funds
• Article 26: Amend FY19 Operating, Enterprise and CPA Budgets

Live-blogging from the floor commences once we are gaveled to order. Tweeting, too, @MAStewartMA using #LexMApoli.

Anticipated Articles | Tonight

Below, the updated proposed schedule of Articles for tonight's Town Meeting from Town Moderator, as of last Friday, March 23. Note that none of the Articles are DATE CERTAIN.

Article 2 remains open throughout Town Meeting for Reports from Officers, Boards, or Committees to be presented and placed on file with the Town Clerk.

Article 2: Report of the Town Manager (Items Referred Back to Board of Selectmen) 

Article 2: Report of the Capital Expenditures Committee 

Article 7: Creation of a Lexington Economic Development Strategy (Citizen Article)
MOTION that this item be Indefinitely Postponed (ID'd) 

Article 8: Funding for Sustainability Actions (Citizen Article)
MOTION that this item be IP'd 

Article 9: Sustainability Director (Citizen Article) 

Article 39: Amend Zoning Bylaw – Limited Site Plan Review (Citizen Article, referring to MGL Chapter 40A, §3, "Dover Amendment Uses") 

Articles 33, 34, & 37: Rename “Board of Selectmen” to “Select Board” 

 
Article 2: Town Manager’s Budget Report (First tab of The Brown Book, pp.i-xvi)
Any Unfinished Business from the Previous Night

Town Meeting starts at 7:30 PM in Battin Hall of Cary Memorial Building (1605 Mass Av). Live-blogging begins once we're graveled in. Residents may address Town Meeting, with comments and/or questions pertaining to Town Meeting business, through the Town Moderator and must arrange to do so in advance.

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Image credit: Some of the 2019 Town Meeting Reports: Town of Lexington Annual Report, The Brown Book (Recommended Budget & Financing Plan), Capital Expenditures Committee Report, Town Warrant

2019 Town Warrant is HERE
MOTIONS updated 3/25/2019, HERE
Consent Agenda MOTIONS, HERE
MOTIONS by Article Number, HERE
Articles with MOTIONS, Reports, and Presentations, HERE

Recommended Budget and Financing Plan (The Brown Book), HERE
Report of the Appropriation Committee (AC), HERE
Report of the Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC), HERE
Report of the Community Preservation Committee (CPC), HERE
Votes of Town Meeting Members (TMMs) by date, HERE