Event Schedule
Participants will choose from 3 Workshop options and have the opportunity to converse with speakers during breaks.
Mock Town Meeting Resources:
9:15am-9:30am Participants Arrive
9:35am-9:50am Opening Remarks Made
9:50am-10:10am Introduction to the Select Board
10:10am-10:25am Introduction to Town Meeting
10:25am-10:35am Break
10:35am-10:50am Introduction to Boards/Committees
10:50am-11:05am Introduction to Town Staff
11:05am-11:15am Break
11:15am-12:15pm Mock Town Meeting
12:15pm-12:25pm Break
12:25pm-12:55pm Workshop #1
1:00pm-1:30pm. Workshop #2
1:30pm Participants Depart
The following is the article which will be debated in the Mock Town Meeting:
Article 17: Citizen Petition Article
To see if the Town will vote as follows:
To require that all outdoor athletic playing fields constructed, reconstructed, or substantially renovated as part of the new Lexington High School building project shall utilize natural grass surfaces and shall not utilize synthetic turf or artificial turf materials; and further, to direct the School Committee, Select Board, Permanent Building Committee, and any other Town board, committee, department, or agent having jurisdiction over said project to design, bid, construct, and maintain such fields exclusively as natural grass; or take any other action relative thereto.