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<br />04/06/15 AC Minutes <br />Minutes <br />Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee(AC) <br />April6, 2015 <br />: Lexington High School,Room221, 7:00 p.m. <br />: Glenn Parker, Chair; John Bartenstein, Vice Chair and Secretary; Mollie Garberg; Alan <br />Levine;Beth Masterman;Susan McLeish;Eric Michelson; Richard Neumeier;Andrei Radulescu-Banu <br />Members absent:Rob Addelson (non-voting, ex officio) <br />The meeting was called to order at 7:02p.m. <br />Announcements: <br />1.Ms. Garberg agreed to help represent this Committee at themini-summitthe <br />Town Manageris planning to discuss potentialschool capital projects.Mr. Parker reported that Article <br />th <br />11: Appropriate for Municipal Capital Projects and Equipment, would be taken uponApril8. <br />2015ATMArticles: <br />2. <br />Article 8(c):FY2016 CPAProjects,First Parish Church Restoration Historic Structure <br />Report: <br />It was noted that Article 8(c) would be coming before ATM laterin the evening.This <br />Committee had previously opposed the requestwith a3-4-2vote.Thetwo previously abstaining <br />members voted to oppose Article 8 (c),making the vote of the Committee 3-6. Mr. Radulescu-Banu <br />saidthathe may speak about his personal support of the Article on Town Meeting floor. Mr. Neumeier <br />said that he would speak about the reasons forthis Committee’s opposition only if he thought it would <br />add something new to the discussion. <br />Article 44: Resolution on Fossil Fuel Divestment (Citizen Article): <br />Mr. Parker noted that this <br />th <br />Committee wouldneed to finalize discussion of Article 44 at its April 8meeting because the Article <br />was scheduled tobe taken up byATMthat evening.Noting that there had been considerabletraffic <br />about the Article on the TMMA email list, he cautionedCommittee members about potential Open <br />Meeting Law restrictions on participationin the on-line debate. <br />The meeting was adjourned at 7:15p.m. <br />The documents used at the meeting are listed below. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Sara Arnold <br />Recording Secretary <br />Approved July 9, 2015 <br />Exhibits <br />1.Agenda,posted by Glenn Parker <br />1 <br />