May 4, 2020

“Move that the Select Board issue a vote of Confidence for the Recovery Coalition. Motion: David Abramson Seconded: Louise Venden Member King requested included these 7 points into the motion. 1. We are in the midst of an unprecedented public emergency that impacts our health and safety, as well as our economy. 2. We are responding as a town and as a community as best we can, including being proactive with the best data available, and acting in the best interests of protecting lives as our number one priority. 3. We as the Select Board are committed to taking steps to protect the health of the community, most recently evidenced by our mask requirement, and we will continue to act as necessary and called for by circumstances as they arise. 4. While we will always exercise our authority appropriately and when necessary, we support the process in place to collect and disseminate date in balanced and consistent manner so that those with authority can make sound and safe decisions 5. We recognize that in an emergency there is a need for a robust and inclusive process to engage the community broadly and to collect input and data. 6. We support the Coalition the Town Manager's designated process for collecting information from the Community to provide input to her fact and feedback gathering process, and we are confident in the process as being robust and inclusive, as all are welcome and encouraged to participate and provide input 7. We are all in this together - united in our hearts and our efforts to survive this crisis, and will get through this together. Amend the motion to include the 7 points Lise read. Motion: Dave Abramson Seconded: Robert Anthony Roll Call Vote David Abramson: Yes Robert Anthony: Yes John Golden: Yes Lise King: Yes Louise Venden: Yes Motion passes..” (Motion: Abramson, second: Anthony)

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“Move that the Select Board vote to rescind their April 27th vote to mandate masks on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Motion: David Abramson Seconded Lise King Roll Call vote David Abramson: Yes Robert Anthony: Yes John Golden: Yes Lise King: Yes Louise Venden: Yes 5-0-0 motion passes.” (Motion: Abramson, second: King)

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“Move that the Select Board vote to adopt the Governor's Face Covering order and add "any member of the public utilizing Commercial Street from Bangs Street to Pleasant Street between 9 am and 9 pm must wear a face covering over their nose and mouth and must exercise social distancing in accordance wtihteh CDC guidelines". Motion: David Abramson Seconded Roll Call Vote David Abramson: Yes Robert Anthony: Yes John Golden: Yes Lise King: Yes Louise Venden: Yes 5-0-0 motion passes.” (Motion: Abramson)

Read it in the official minutes, page 3 (PDF)