Lincoln Select Board appoints Dan Pereira as assistant town administrator

LINCOLN — July 27, 2020 — Lincoln promotes Dan Pereira to assistant town administrator after 24 years on staff. The Select Board voted 3-0 to confirm Pereira, who has led Parks and Recreation for 19 years, on Town Administrator Tim Higgins's recommendation that an internal candidate would avoid an outside search. Resident Noah Eckhouse read a letter signed by 18 Lincoln families: "When we have capable people who are Lincoln residents already battle tested … we must take advantage of it." The same meeting approved expanded outdoor liquor service for Real Restaurant and the deCordova museum under the governor's June 1 order, a therapy spa at Codman Community Farm for farmer Pete Lowy, and the appointments of firefighter Thomas Pianca and staff accountant Monica Kasperzik. Town nurse Trish McGeehan reported Lincoln remains at 41 COVID cases with zero new cases in two weeks. Residents Dan and Sammy Honig presented a citizen-petition proposal for a Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Committee, citing ACS data showing Black residents at 0.1 to 0.3 of their income-adjusted predicted representation.