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Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Minutes, 11/12/08, 8:30am, Town Office Building, Room 111 Members Present: David Kanter, Ted Edson, Shirley Stolz, Bill Hurley, Charles Lamb (Chair) Others: Rob Addelson (Assistant Town Manager & Town Comptroller), Donna Hooper (Town Clerk), Nasrin Rohani (Town Archivist) Community Development Records Mot, $150K Community Preservation Act Funding. This is !'or Year 2 ol'5-year plan— $150K/year. (Year 1 was appropriated at the 2008 Annual Town Meeting [ATM].) Current proposals are to be opened tomorrow and will be for items which Would be covered by the Year- I funding and, i l approved at the 2009 ATM, Year-2 funding. This is an RFP which calls for a technical proposal & a pricing proposal. With an RFP, you don't have to award to the lowest bidder. You rank the bidders based on the technical proposal and then open the pricing proposal. The expectation is that some tangible progress will have been made using the Year-1 appropriation which would be described during the 2009 ATM. Vault had $75K for HVAC and the bids came in at $100K. This project has now been transferred to the facilities department. They've redesigned the project and are looking at a reduced cost. The supplemental is likely to be $20K to $45K after re-bid before 2/1/09. Ambulance supplemental at 2008 Special Town Meeting (STM) DK: is it legit to use operating $'s for capital`? CWL: It's just cash capital. , RA: it will be tax-levy coming out of new growth. Committee is in support as long as the Chief has looked at whether anything can be reccled y from the old ambulance. RA: Carl has asked the Chien if the ambulance can be deferred by 6 mos. They would have to rebid if the waited. y Sentiment: Committee supports purchasing an ambulance sooner rather than waiting unless the Chief says (strongly) that lie can delay 6 mos. Review of CEC report to 2008 STM. Approved. Adjourn: 10:30am Approved: November 26, 2008