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04/09/2018 AC Minutes Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee(AC) April 9, 2018 Place and Time: Ellen Stone Room, Cary Memorial Building, 6:30 p.m. Members Present: John Bartenstein, Chair; Alan Levine, Vice-Chair & Secretary; Ellen Basch; Eric Michelson; Richard Neumeier; Sanjay Padaki;; Lily Manhua Yan; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex-officio) Member(s)Absent: Andrei Radulescu-Banu; Jian Helen Yang Other Attendees: None The meeting was called to order at 6:38 p.m. 1. FY2019 budget issues and supplemental reporting to 2018 Annual Town Meeting (ATM) Mr. Bartenstein reviewed the members of this Committee who would be speaking on behalf of this Committee at the Annual Town Meeting (ATM) session scheduled for this evening. Ms. Kosnoff reported on the following articles: • Article 11, Appropriate for Westview Cemetery Building Construction: Staff decided to recommend indefinitely postponing (IP) this article. The Board of Selectmen (BoS) is expected to support this recommendation at its meeting taking place concurrently with this meeting. Committee members supported having the article IP'd. • Article 30, Amend FY2018 Operating, Enterprise and CPA Budgets: The details are still being finalized,but a short list of FY2018 budget amendments is being prepared and should be distributed tomorrow. There may be an impact on the FY2018 operating budget. • Article 25, Rescind Prior Borrowing Authorizations: An effort has been made to more clearly identify open projects for which the remaining appropriated funds are not needed. Rescinding these authorizations is a housekeeping task. 2. Minutes A motion was made and seconded to approve the April 2, 2018 AC Minutes. The motion passed. VOTE: 7-0 3. Next Meetings Mr. Bartenstein expects to cancel the currently scheduled AC meeting for April 11 at 6:30 p.m. Mr. Bartenstein reported that Megan Zammuto, Economic Development Coordinator, asked to meet with this Committee to make a 20 minute presentation about plans for enhancing Hartwell Avenue business development. She anticipates the need for an additional 20 minutes to answer questions. She has been invited to attend this Committee's April 23, 2018 meeting at 6:30 p.m. It is important for everyone to arrive promptly. 4. Announcements Mr. Neumeier reported on a court case ruling involving the Open Meeting Law. Wayland's BoS had circulated in advance to its members an amalgamated set of performance evaluations in a manner that prompted citizens to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office that 1