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November 9, 2011 Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee Meeting November 9, 2011 Time and Location: Room G15, Town Offices, 7:30 p.m. Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; John Bartenstein, Vice Chair and Secretary; Joe Pato, Vice Chair; Mollie Garberg; Alan Levine; Eric Michelson; Richard Neumeier; Jonina Schonfeld; Rob Addelson (non- voting, ex officio) Not present: Robert Cohen The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. 1. Liaison Reports by staff and members. Board of Selectman (BoS) (Glenn Parker): The BoS voted at its last meeting to recommend an appropriation of $200,000 for storm clean -up. Community Preservation Committee (CPC) (Glenn Parker): The CPC is currently reviewing project proposals for FY 2013. Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) (Glenn Parker): The CEC discussed project details. The Committee discussed having a representative at the School Committee meetings. Ms. Schonfeld and Ms. Garberg will share this responsibility. Mr. Pato will take the lead in covering BoS meetings. He will attend the meetings or view them online at LexMedia. He has looked into using minutes to stay current with their proceedings but noted that BoS minutes have not been posted online since June. 2. Vote on all Articles of the November 2011 Special Town Meeting. Article 2: Bridge and Bowman School Reconstruction — A motion was made and seconded to recommend approval of Article 2. There was a discussion of cost specifics, how costs would be listed in the motion at Town Meeting as well as how the School Department would accommodate future increased enrollment. The School Committee put forward an estimate of the final cost of the Bridge and Bowman projects at $21.6 million. Vote: Approved 8 -0 -0 Article 3: Fire Communication System — A motion was made and seconded to recommend approval of Article 3. Vote: Approved 8 -0 -0 Article 4: FY12 Operating and Enterprise Fund Budgets — A motion was made and seconded to recommend approval of Article 4. The Committee discussed the process and costs related to selecting a new police sergeant. The Committee also discussed whether the current part -time veterans' agent had acquired the training necessary for the position and whether the Town will be required to have a full -time veterans' agent. Mr. Addelson reported that the current veterans' agent had undergone the necessary training. Whether the Town will be required to have a full -time veterans' agent position is still to be determined through discussions with state officials.