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<br />Town of Lexington <br />Capital Expenditures Committee <br /> <br />Draft <br /> Meeting Notes <br /> <br />January 16, 2003, 6:30 p.m., <br />followed by Summit IV meeting <br />Harrington School <br /> <br />Committee members present: Bhatia, Burnell, Hornig, <br />Rosenberg, Stolz <br /> <br />Meetings Schedule (new items highlighted) <br /> Wednesday, Jan. 22, CEC, 7:00, Special Town Meeting <br /> <br />preparation Lincoln Park; Special Town Meeting, 8:30, Clarke <br />Thursday, Jan. 23Summit V, 7:00, Bowman School gym <br />, <br /> <br />Cash Capital Priorities <br />Hornig presented a spread sheet listing committee priorities <br />for cash capital, and proposed funding: priorities 1-4 <br />(landfill closure, Diamond gym floor [SBA reimbursable 59%], <br />Cary Hall retrofitting, and Harrington gym floor) totaling <br />$790,000, to be paid for by borrowing; and subsequent <br />priorities (fire engine, Buckman Tavern roof, DPW skywalker <br />equi;ent, fire department air compressor, and two DPW Ford <br />trucks) totalling $622,000 of cash. He then proposed <br />substituting the proposed building envelope study ($100,000) <br />for the two trucks, leaving cash at essentially the same <br />place, and better conforming the committee recommendations <br />to the Capital Budget Team’s. <br />Bhatia had discussed with DPW making the study cover <br />town and school buildings, and feed into the buildings <br />management information software system, a proposal DPW <br />thought it could accommodate. <br />Burnell felt DPW could and should know this kind of <br />information already, and that (unlike the schools) the town <br />had no one responsible for town property maintenance, making <br />the study and utilization of the software system <br />questionable. Discussion ensued about working with DPW and <br />the town administration to get a person or persons <br />responsible for building maintenance and information for <br />town-owned properties; and, if appropriate, using the <br />committee’s reports and jawboning power to reinforce the <br />importance of allocating human resources that way. (Bhatia <br />also suggested the need for performance audits and <br />productivity consulting to town departments, perhaps <br />beginning with DPW; but perhaps Appropriation needs to take <br /> <br />