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Lynnfield Select Board creates 11‑member Anti‑Hate Task Force to run through Sept. 1, 2026
Summary
The Select Board unanimously approved an 11‑member Anti‑Hate Task Force on May 4, 2026, appointing community members and designating them Special Municipal Employees under MGL Section 268A(1); the task force will work from the goals in a memorandum dated April 29.
The Lynnfield Select Board voted unanimously on May 4, 2026 to form an 11‑member Anti‑Hate Task Force to serve on an ad hoc basis through Sept. 1, 2026. Diana DeLeo presented the proposal and the board approved the plan and member appointments at the Town Hall meeting.
The board designated members as Special Municipal Employees under MGL Section 268A(1) and said the task force will work from goals and objectives outlined in DeLeo's memorandum dated April 29. The measure passed on a motion moved by Vice Chair Richard Dalton and seconded by Joe Gallagher.
The appointed members listed by the board are Select Board Chair Alexis Leahy (or a designee), Jessica Tortola, Ruth Buxton, Police Capt. Christopher DeCarlo, Michael Sweeney, Jamie Hayman, Wendy Dixon, Narin Paul, Sam Jennings and Mwangi Gathoni. The Select Board recorded the vote as unanimous on the motions to create the task force, to designate members as Special Municipal Employees, and to appoint the named individuals.
The transcript records the board accepted DeLeo's memorandum as the basis for the task force's goals; no meeting schedule or specific deliverables were recorded in the minutes. The Select Board did not record additional formal actions tied to the task force at this session.
