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Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting
April 14, 2021
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Location and Time: Remote Meeting; 7:00 P.M.
Members Present (remote participation): Charles Lamb, Chair; David Kanter, Vice–Chair
& Clerk; Sandy Beebee; Rod Cole, Wendy Manz, and Frank Smith
Members Absent: None
Others Present (remote participation): None
Documents Presented:
• Notice of Public Meeting/Agenda CEC Meeting, April 14, 2021
• Draft Minutes of this Meeting, April 14, 2021 (presented at the end of the meeting)
Call to Order
Mr. Lamb called this Remote (Virtual) Meeting, which had been posted as such, to order at
7:00 P.M. As all those present had been previously advised of the special conditions of this
meeting, he passed on repeating them (i.e., The requirement to have a physical presence of
a quorum had been suspended in an Executive Order by Massachusetts
Governor Charles D. Baker, on March 12, 2020, after having proclaimed, on
March 10, 2020, a STATE OF EMERGENCY in the Commonwealth due to the outbreak of
the 2019 novel coronavirus, known as "COVID-19").
Mr. Lamb further reported that the documents for this meeting, which had been provided
electronically to the Committee and would be available upon request, were those listed as
Documents Presented. Any votes during this meeting would be taken by a roll call. This
meeting is being recorded to assist in preparing Minutes, and the recording would be deleted
once the Minutes were approved. Mr. Lamb confirmed that six Committee members were
remotely participating.
Matters Related to the 2021 Annual Town Meeting (ATM)—Especially Those Related to
the Session Immediately Following This Meeting
Mr. Lamb raised that this Committee should review further just what happened with regard
to our March 15, 2021, report to this ATM with unanimous support on this ATM's Article 16(g)
(Center Recreation Complex Bathrooms & Maintenance Building Renovation) and the
evolution to the current unanimous support for Reconsideration and then Indefinite
Postponement.
The ensuing discussion led to the Committee agreeing on improvements that should help—
if practical—avoid such a major change in its position on any Article or Sub-Article. It was
agreed they all should be applied, when applicable, starting with the preparation of its next
reporting to a future Town Meeting (at this time presuming it will be a fall Special Town
Meeting), then with the FY2023 financial process that will begin this fall, and those that would
strengthen the process for creating the Committee's reporting.
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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting
April 14, 2021
Approval of Minutes/Report
Mr. Kanter presented the Draft Minutes he had prepared during this meeting.
It was Moved and Seconded that those Draft Minutes for this Meeting, including what will be
the immediately-following time and vote to adjourn, be approved as presented with
Mr. Kanter authorized to make non-significant changes. Roll-Call Vote: 6-0
Adjourn
A Motion was made and seconded at 7:23 P.M. to adjourn. Roll-Call Vote: 6-0
This Minutes was approved by the CEC at this meeting on April 14, 2021.
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