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Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee March 17, 2011 Place and time: Cary Hall, Estabrook Lobby, 7:30 p.m. Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; John Bartenstein, Vice Chair and Secretary; Joe Pato, Vice Chair; Eric Michelson; Richard Neumeier; Rob Addelson (non-voting, ex- officio) The meeting was called to order at 7:36 p.m. 1.Report Schedule. The Committee discussedthe timing of itsreport to the Annual Town Meeting. The goal is to have afinaldraft ready by Monday, March 21, 2011and the complete report on the TMMA table and distributed electronically by Wednesday, March 23. 2.Article Discussion and Votes. Article 4 -Operating Budget. Mr. Pato and Mr. Levine reported that their write-up on the health insurance budget is still pending,and that they would bemeeting on Tuesday with Carl Valente and Human Resources Director Denise Casey to obtain additional information regarding actual enrollment and its fluctuation,as well as school data. The Committee agreed that the final report should reflect the true underlying increase in health insurance and that another meetingof the Committeeshould be scheduled for Tuesday, March 22, 2011 in order to finalize the report. Mr. Addelson, referring to the 3/11/11 draft motion of Article 4that was circulated at the previous meeting, pointed out that the appropriation of Free Cash has been increased to $4,838,115. This amount includes the $697,000 that during the budgeting process had been set aside to offset potentialcuts to State Aid. Itwill be appropriated at the Annual Town Meeting, even though there are no offsetting expenses in the budget, so as not to require a Fall Special Town Meeting in order to access this revenue. Mr. Addelson explained that there is no requirement that the AnnualTown Meeting conclude with a balanced budget. If it turns out that not all of the$697,000 in unbudgetedrevenueisneeded to coverany remaining FY2012 snow and ice deficit and/or a reduction in State Aid, then he will reduce thecurrent estimate oflocal receipts to the extent necessary to balance the budget for tax recap purposesin the fall, and the overage will appear as Free Cash at the end of FY2012 that is available for appropriation in FY2013.A motion was made and seconded to recommend approval of this article. Vote: Approved 6-0-0. Article 5 -Enterprise Funds Budgets -Recreation Portion. Mr. Bartenstein added his vote in the affirmative. Final Vote: Approved 9-0-0. Article 5 -Enterprise Funds Budget -Complete Article. A motion was made and seconded to recommend approval of this article. Vote: Approved 6-0-0. Article 6 -Senior Service Program. The Committee will leave its recommendation pending in the report and vote on this article after it receives the final amount proposed for appropriation. 1