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2/15/2024 AC Minutes 3 enterprise funds will need to be adjusted at a fall town meeting to match the final MWRA assess- ments that come in after the annual town meeting has dissolved. Mr. Bartenstein asked about Article 7 Sustainable Capital Projects. Ms. Kosnoff replied that this was a group of projects coming from different departments that were all related to sustainable infra- structure. These projects will be coordinated by Maggie Peard, the Sustainability and Resilience Of- ficer, who is also responsible for monitoring energy usage, energy savings, and the resulting energy credits. Mr. Padaki asked if Ms. Peard would also maintain earlier photovoltaic (PV) installations in the Town, such as at the Hartwell Ave Recycling Facility. Ms. Kosnoff replied that the PV system at Hartwell Ave is leased, and maintenance is thus handled by the owner, but Ms. Peard would be in- volved in maintenance for PV systems owned by the Town. Regarding Article 9 Establish and Continue Departmental Revolving Funds, Ms. Kosnoff noted that the Town had created a new refuse and recycling revolving fund for FY2024 to accept fees for the removal of mattresses, bulky items, and white goods, but the Select Board did not set any new fees for these services. The FY2025 budget assumes that this revolving fund will continue but that no relevant fees will be collected. The revolving fund motion has a $0 limit on spending for Regional Cache – Hartwell Avenue be- cause the equipment in the cache has been relocated outside of Lexington. The Town is working with the state to complete a final audit. At some point after all actions needed to close this revolving fund have been completed, the revolving fund will be dissolved. The remaining balance in the re- volving fund was transferred to the community now hosting the cache. The Committee deferred its vote on Article 10(d) Lincoln Park Fitness Stations Equipment pending a response from the Trustees of Public Trusts who oversee the trust funds that were established to maintain the path and equipment. Regarding Article 12(i) Cemetery Columbarium – Design, Mr. Padaki and Mr. Ahuja asked if there was any plan to add a crematorium to the cemetery building in the near future. Ms. Kosnoff replied that a working group, on which Mr. Padaki served, had determined that, at least for the time being, it was not commercially viable to build and operate a crematorium at Westview Cemetery. How- ever, the design of the building would allow for such an addition in the future. Mr. Padaki and Mr. Ahuja abstained from the vote on Article 12(i). Regarding Article 12(p) Election Equipment Upgrade, Mr. Bartenstein asked if this upgrade was necessary to implement ranked-choice voting. Ms. Kosnoff replied that the upgrade was needed be- cause the current election machines were reaching their end-of-life. Ranked-choice voting could be implemented with just a software upgrade. The Committee deferred voting on Article 19 Establish/Dissolve/Appropriate To/From Stabilization and Article 21 Amend FY2024 Operating, Enterprise, and CPA Budgets until the motions are writ- ten and the dollar amounts are set. Regarding Article 25 Pine Meadows Clubhouse Renovation, Ms. Kosnoff stated that it would be funded with General Fund debt, probably bonded over 10 years, and that the Recreation Enterprise Fund retained earnings would make annual contributions to the debt service of around $100,000. Regarding Article 27 Renovation of 173 Bedford Street, the request was lowered to $4.2 million with the intent to upgrade the existing natural gas HVAC system instead of installing a new all-elec- tric HVAC system. The Town has not received any responses on its RFP for leased space as an