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<br /> June 22, 2005 <br /> <br />Minutes <br />Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee <br />June 22, 2005 <br /> <br /> <br />Place and time: Room 111, Town Office Building, 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Members present: Al Levine (Chair), Deborah Brown (Vice Chair), Rod Cole, David <br />Kanter, Ron Pawliczek, Eric Michelson, John Bartenstein, Paul Hamburger <br /> <br />Others present: Linda Vine (Acting Town Manager), Chief Middlemiss (Town Fire <br />Chief), Michael Young (Town Budget Officer), Jeanne Krieger (Chairman, Board of <br />Selectmen), Dawn McKenna (Town Meeting member), Lorraine Fournier (citizen) <br /> <br />Al Levine called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. <br /> <br />1. Minutes: Deborah Brown agreed to take minutes of this meeting. <br /> <br />2. Year-end settling of accounts. Linda Vine presented three memos: <br /> <br />a. “Year-End Municipal Salary Adjustments (FY 2005)” from Linda Vine to the <br />Board of Selectmen, dated 6/21/2005. Details requested transfers for approval <br />by BOS from Line 2320 (Municipal Salary Adjustments) to individual <br />departments; total of $50,000. <br />*Fire: $21,150 (overtime total of $155,500; see other two memos) <br />*Town Manager: $23,850 (20 days of sick leave and vacation for <br />departing Town Manager plus $2,500 salary differential for Acting Town <br />Manager; approximately $20,000 representing 2 more months of departing <br />Town Manager’s salary will be paid in FY2006 but was not budgeted.) <br />*Town Clerk: $5,000 <br />b. Year-End Reserve Fund Transfers (FY2005)” from Linda Vine to the <br />Appropriation Committee. Details requested Reserve Fund Transfers (Line <br />item 2310) for approval by the Appropriation Committee; total of $300,000. <br />*Fire: $55,600 (of a total of $155,500) <br />*Cary Memorial Library $77,300 (utilities) <br />*Board of Selectmen $167,100 (legal; additional monies have been <br />appropriated for FY 2006) <br />c. “Year-End Closeouts – Special Fire Appropriation (FY 2005)” from Linda <br />Vine to the Board of Selectmen and Appropriation Committee. Requests <br />$78,750 transfer to the Fire appropriation as allowed under Special <br />Legislation Section 123, requiring both BOS and AC approval. This is the <br />remainder of the $155,500 of unanticipated overtime and expenses related to <br />payroll estimation issues and medical vacancies. <br /> <br />Discussion ensued regarding fire staffing levels and cost containment efforts. <br />Sense of Jeanne Krieger and Chief Middlemiss that this has been looked at and <br /> - 1 - <br /> <br />