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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE-2019 ATM Article 26 Amend FY2019 Operating, Enterprise and CPA Budgets Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recoimriendation Pending Pending Pending A recommendation from the Town Manager, Town staff, and the Board of Selectmen regarding actions, if any, under this article is not expected to be available until after publication. Consideration of this article, which is routinely included in the annual town meeting warrant, is normally deferred until a session near the end of town meeting to provide additional time to coordinate final adjustments for the current year's budget in a single motion. The Committee will report on this article when it is taken up by Town Meeting. Article 27 Appropriate for Authorized Capital Improvements Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommendation None N/A IP This article is routinely placed on the Warrant to provide an opportunity to appropriate supplemental funds for previously authorized capital improvement projects. As of publication, no action is planned under this article. The Committee supports indefinite postponement for this article. Article 32 Addition of Capital Expenditures Committee-Related Provisions to the Representative Town Meeting and Selectmen-Town Manager Acts Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommendation None N/A Approve(9-0) This article would authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the state legislature for amendments to two state laws establishing Lexington's form of government. The amendments would upgrade the status of the Capital Expenditures Committee(CEC),bringing it more in line with that of the Appropriation Committee. Specifically, the article seeks: (1) to amend the "Representative Town Meeting Act"13 (RTMA) to make the Chair of the CEC a town meeting member at large; and (2)to amend the "Selectmen-Town Manager 13 Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929, titled "An Act to Establish in the Town of Lexington Representative Town Government by Limited Town Meetings."—http://ecode360.com/documents/LE1818/LE1818-A201.pdf 45