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<br />January 6, 2005 <br />Lexington Appropriation Committee <br />Minutes of the Meeting January 6, 2005 <br /> <br />Location: Room 111, Town Office Building, Lexington MA <br /> <br />Attendance: <br /> Members: Alan Levine (Chair), Deborah Brown, Paul Hamburger, David Kanter, Rod <br />Cole, John Bartenstein, Rick Eurich, Eric Michelson, & Ron Pawliczek <br /> Non-Members: John Rosenberg <br /> <br />Materials: Agenda & January 5, 2005, version of Paul Hamburger’s 2006-2008 projection <br /> <br />Al Levine called the meeting to order at 7:35 . <br />PM <br /> <br />1. Minutes: The minutes of the meetings of December 2 and December 9, 2004, were <br />accepted, each with minor edits. <br /> <br />2. Discussion of other meetings attended by members: <br /> <br /> a. Budget Process. D. Brown reported: <br /> <br /> Michael Young handed out new pro-forma 2006 budget. The following changes <br />were noted: <br /> Local receipts estimate up from 85% of $8.64M to 90% of $8.90M. (The <br /> increase from 8.64 to 8.90 was to be investigated by Deborah with Michael.) <br /> Stabilization fund appropriation reduced from $790K to $550K <br /> Growth estimate increased from $750K to $950K <br /> Payments-In-Lieu-of-Taxes (PILOTs) reduced from $1M to $750K <br /> In-levy debt service decreased from $4.2M to $3.3M. <br /> Gap reduced from $4.6M to $2.7M <br /> <br /> Paul Hamburger presented his “scenario 1”. <br /> <br /> The School Superintendent allowed that the budget reduced by $1.5M would have <br />Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) not exceeding 1%. <br /> <br /> It wasn’t clear what was to be gained by having the meeting with a $2.7M gap and <br />no clear road to resolution. It was decided to delay the planned 1/06/05 Budget <br />Collaboration meeting by two weeks in order to give more time to get the story together. <br /> <br /> b. School Committee. Ron reported that Superintendent Hurley asked not to present <br />the list of cuts until two weeks from now. Contract negotiations should be starting shortly. <br /> <br />Page 1 of 4 <br /> <br />