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2014-03-12 Minutes Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee March12,2014 : Robbins Room, Cary Memorial Building, 7:30 p.m. : Glenn Parker, Chair; Robert Cohen; Mollie Garberg;Alan Levine; Susan McLeish;Eric Michelson; Richard Neumeier; Jonina Schonfeld Members Absent:John Bartenstein, Vice Chair and Secretary; Rob Addelson (non-voting, ex officio) The meeting was called to order at 7:37p.m. Announcements: 1.Mr. Levine reported that the Town has implemented a direct line telephone system for contacting Town employees. If one calls the old Town Office building number, the previously-used three digit extensions do not function; five digit extensions are required. Mr. Parker reported the following: th If there is time after the March 24Special Town Meeting (STM), non-financial articles for the Annual Town Meeting (ATM) will be addressed that night. st Minuteman Technical High School staff will attend the March 31ATM session to present the school’s budget request included in Article 4: Appropriate FY2015 Operating Budget. The Board of Selectmen (BoS) is not expected to take a position on the two STM articles th until its Monday, March 17meeting; the Appropriation Committee’s report to the th March 24STM is being written without that knowledge. After considerable discussion at their last meeting, the BoS voted 3-1-1 on Article 8: Appropriate the FY2015 Community Preservation Committee Operating Budget and CPA Projects; Part g): LexHAB Set-Aside Funds for Development of Community Housing at the Busa Property. At their last meeting, the BoS supported a policy regarding the funding of Other Post Employment Benefit liabilities. The amount allocated each year will vary according to the financial condition of the Town. It was agreed that the projection in the Appropriation Committee’s report to the ATM should use a conservative estimate for the amount that will be requested in future years. The funding request for the Community Center sidewalk will be for $100,000: $80,000 from Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds and the balance from the general fund. CPA funds cannot be used for the portion of the sidewalk that uses a right-of-way that crosses private property. Draft Minutes from last week are still being circulated for comments. Report(s) to the Upcoming Annual and Special Town Meetings: 2.Mr. Parker asked that all edits to the reports be submitted to him by Sunday. 1