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2022-2 STM APPROPRIATION COXMTTEE 4 APRIL 2022 Introduction This report includes the Appropriation Committee's analysis and recommendations regarding all appropriations of Town funds that are anticipated at this special town meeting, and other municipal matters that may be considered. This report is distributed as an electronic document via the Town website. The Committee also makes presentations during Town Meeting, including recommendations on appropriations and other matters for which the Committee's formal position has been revised since the time of publication. The Committee published its Report for the 2022 Annual Town Meeting and 2022-1 Special Town Meeting on March 21, 2022. Please refer to the preface of that report for more details of how this report is prepared and the conventions used within. The Committee's goal is to publish its report at least one week prior to the date when the articles covered in this report may be taken up by Town Meeting. That date is typically the same night that the annual town meeting is convened, or the date when a special town meeting is convened. The 2022-2 Special Town Meeting (STM)Warrant was approved on March 21, 2022. This timing narrowly missed the window for including these articles in the Committee's main report. We anticipate that the 2022-2 STM will be called to order on Monday, April 11, 2022, and this report will be published one week prior to that, on Monday, April 4. This report covers two financial articles. Article 2 requests funding for the MSBA Feasibility Study regarding Lexington High School. In the warrant for the 2022 Annual Town Meeting, Article 8 requested funds for "implementation" of the Town's Comprehensive Plan. That article has been resubmitted as Article 4 at this special town meeting in order to request funds for"completion"of the Town's Comprehensive Plan. Updates This report presents the official positions of the Committee as of the date of publication. The Committee will continue to meet as necessary prior to and during Town Meeting and it may revise its official positions based on new or updated information. In a typical year, the Committee also reports orally to Town Meeting on each article. The oral report summarizes the Committee's current position, which may have been updated following publication of this report. 1