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03/16/2017 AC Minutes ➢ Article 10(d): Appropriate for the FY2018 Community Preservation Committee Operating Budget and CPA Projects: Affordable Units Preservation Pine Grove Village/Judges Way: VOTE: 9-0 ➢ Article 12(q): Appropriate for Municipal Capital Projects and Equipment: Highway Sign Machine: VOTE: 6-2-1 ➢ Article 15: Appropriate for School Capital Projects and Equipment: VOTE: 9-0 ➢ Article 16(b): Appropriate for Public Facilities Capital Projects: Lexington High School Air Conditioning — Teacher Planning Offices and Library. VOTE: 9-0 ➢ Article 17: Appropriate for Hastings School Replacement Design: VOTE: 9-0 ➢ Article 19: Appropriate for Advice and Analysis - Getting to Net Zero: VOTE: 5-3-1 ➢ Article 20: Accept Harbell Street: VOTE: 9-0 • Article 4: Appropriate FY2018 Operating Budget: Ms. Yang reviewed the Lexington Public School budget request. Mr. Michelson reviewed the Minuteman Technical High School budget request. Ms. Yan reviewed the program for Shared Expenses. Mr. Michelson reviewed the municipal program budget. Mr. Neumeier discussed his efforts to have the Town hire inside counsel to perform much of the work currently done using outside counsel, currently at an expense of over $400,000 annually, excluding bond counsel costs. He believes the current request for outside legal services should be reduced to enable funding the hiring of in-house counsel. ➢ A motion was made and seconded to support presenting an amendment to Town Meeting reducing the amount in Line Item 8120 for outside counsel from $410,000 to $150,000. The motion failed. VOTE: 3-6 It was agreed that this Committee's report to the ATM should include a discussion of this issue and encourage decision -makers to seriously consider this alternative. ➢ A motion was made and seconded to support Article 4. The motion passed. VOTE: 9-0 • Article 11: Appropriate for Recreational Capital Projects: Mr. Neumeier agreed to prepare material for a write-up of this article, for which unanimous approval has already been voted. • Article 21: Appropriate to Post Employment Insurance Liability (PEIL) Fund: Mr. Levine reviewed the article. It was noted that David Kanter, Vice -Chair, Capital Expenditures Committee, may present a motion to amend this article to reduce the amount for the PEIL Fund and thereby allow an increase in the amount appropriated into the Capital Stabilization Fund or the Retirement Fund. It was agreed to address such an amendment if and when it is made. Using a handout, Mr. Radulescu-Banu discussed whether the current funding request is in line with the Board of Selectmen's goals for funding the PEIL Fund. ➢ A motion was made and seconded to support Article 21. The motion passed. VOTE: 9-0 • Article 24: Appropriate to and from Specified Stabilization Funds: Ms. Yang reported on updated data for this Article. ➢ A motion was made and seconded to support Article 24. The motion passed. VOTE: 9-0 • Article 36: Amend General Bylaws Municipal Modernization Act (WA): Ms. Basch reported that the 2017 ATM Warrant includes five local options under the MMA for the ATM to consider accepting for the Town's implementation. There were outstanding questions regarding the local option under Chapter 41, Section 111F , which addresses appropriations into a Special Fund for Injured Police and Firefighters 2