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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE-2.020 ATM 25 March 2020 Article 22 Amend FY2020 Operating, Enterprise, and CPA Budgets Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommendation $658,950 State CPA matching funds Approve(8-0) As of press time there is one change proposed for the FY2020 CPA budget. It is possible that additional changes will be requested in the motion presented to Town Meeting, at which time the Committee will update its recommendation if needed. When the 2019 Annual Town meeting passed CPA Article 14, the state match was estimated at$561,000. A year-end surplus in the state budget allowed for legislation to increase the amount of money distributed to municipalities under the CPA. As a result, Lexington's state match increased by $658,950, more than doubling the original estimate. Typically, the state would have disbursed our CPA matching funds in Oc- tober of last year and the Town would have revised the FY2020 CPA budget during the fall Special Town Meeting,but delays in settling the state budget pushed off distribution of this money until January 2020. The original FY2020 budget projected $5,686,000 in annual revenue from the CPA surcharge and state matching funds. The additional state matching funds raised the FY2020 CPA revenue to $6,344,950. Fol- lowing CPA requirements, the Town appropriates 10%of the annual CPA revenue into each of the funds designated for Open Space Reserve,Historic Resources,and Community Housing,with the remaining 70% appropriated into the Unbudgeted Reserve. To reflect the updated revenue,the appropriations into each of the reserves will be amended such that 10% of the final total revenue ($634,495) is appropriated into each of the three dedicated funds, and the remain- ing 70%($4,441,465)is appropriated into the Unbudgeted Reserve. The Committee recommends approval by a vote of(8-0). Article 23 Appropriate for Authorized Capital Improvements Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommendation None N/A IP As of publication,no action is anticipated under this article. The Committee supports indefinite postponement for this article. Article 24 Reduce Legal Expenses (Citizen Petition) Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommendation See below See below Disapprove (2-6) This citizen's petition is premised on the proposition that the Town could achieve cost savings by hiring in-house counsel to perform much of the Town's legal work in lieu of relying exclusively on outside coun- sel. It seeks to achieve this result by making certain adjustments to the operating budget that is the subject of Article 4. 43