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01/05/2017 AC Minutes Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) January 5, 2017 Place and time: Parker Room, Town Office Building, 7:30 p.m. Members present. John Bartenstein, Incoming Chair; Alan Levine, Incoming Vice -Chair & Secretary; Eric Michelson; Richard Neumeier; Sanjay Padaki; Andrei Radulescu -Banu; Lily Manhua Yan; Jian Helen Yang; Rob Addelson (non- voting, ex officio) Members Absent: None Membership Note: There is an opening for one more member. Others Present: Mollie Garberg; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance The meeting was called to order at 7:30 pm. 1. Announcements Mr. Bartenstein reported that he was serving as acting chair as a result of Glenn Parker's recent resignation from the Committee to run for the Board of Selectmen. He introduced Ms. Yan and Mr. Padaki as newly appointed members of the Committee. Ms. Garberg reported that she had submitted her resignation from the Committee earlier in the day and thanked the members of the Committee for their hard work and support. Ms. Kosnoff was introduced as the replacement for Mr. Addelson, following his January 20 retirement. Mr. Bartenstein noted that Mr. Neumeier had agreed to sit in as a liaison on stakeholder meetings, hosted by Pat Goddard, Director of Public Facilities, to consider an updated Sustainable Buildings Policy. Committee representation had been requested in view of potential budgetary implications. It was noted that Mr. Goddard had recently announced his intention to retire in August of 2017 after ten years of service to the Town. Mr. Michelson reported that the Center Streetscape Ad hoc Design Review Committee is holding a public meeting next week in Estabrook Hall to present its recommendations for Lexington center infrastructure improvements. Mr. Neumeier reported that the December 19, 2016 Lawyers' Weekly publication recently listed a part -time (24 hours /week) position, salary $62,400, for an assistant solicitor in Melrose. He recently met with the Board of Selectmen (BoS) chair to discuss having the Town of Lexington hire in -house counsel to reduce outside legal services costs, currently $800,000- 900,000 annually. He would like this issue on a future Appropriation Committee agenda. 2. Minutes A motion was made and seconded to approve the draft December 8, 2016 minutes with the identified edits. VOTE: 8 -0 3. Liaison Reports Mr. Bartenstein reported that he will attend a meeting of the Tax Exemption Study Committee scheduled for next week.