6/29/2020 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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b , F TO: Board of Selectmen FROM: Andrew Gottlieb, Chairman DATE: June 25, 2020 RE: Meetings At the start of the pandemic the Board voted to suspend non-regulatory board and commission meetings and to require meetings held to be done so remotely, It is time to discuss changing that approach somewhat and to enable the Manager to establish operating protocols that balance the need to conduct public business with protecting the public, I suggest the Board adopt the following to replace our earlier action: It is the policy of the Board of Selectmen to return to in person meetings to the extent that they can be conducted in a manner that provides protection to the health and well-being of all participants and ensures ongoing and open access to the general public. To that end the Board authorizes the resumption of in person meetings at the discretion of the respective Board chairs and subject to the following conditions: 1. Compliance with any directives for social distancing in meetings established and amended from time to time by the Town Manager; 2, That any and all meetings provide a means for remote participation (via open call in line or video conferencing) by the general public that provides remote participants the same access and opportunity to participate as those in attendance at the meeting, 3. Individual Board members not able or willing to participate in in-person meetings shall be afforded the ability to participate remotely (via open call in line or video conferencing) and shall be considered as part of a quorum and allowed to vote to the extent allowed by the Governor's Executive Orders pertaining to the Open Meeting Law during the ongoing State of Emergency.