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<br /> April 6, 2005 <br /> <br />Minutes <br />Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee <br />April 6, 2005 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Attendees: A. Levine (Chair), P. Hamburger, R. Pawliczek, D. Brown (Vice Chair), J. <br />Bartenstein, E. Michelson, R. Cole, R. Eurich <br /> <br />Material Distributed: <br /> <br />#1. Agenda <br />#2. AL’s draft Powerpoint presentation <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order at 6:30 by Al Levine in the Reading Room, Cary <br />PM <br />Memorial Hall. <br /> <br />1. CEC position on cash capital: AL discussed his concerns with CEC’s limit on <br />borrowing and with the 1% loss in cash capital. AL concerned that CEC isn’t advocating <br />adequately for capital needs. PH put a more positive spin on it; CEC is trying to help the <br />entire budget, but conceded that maybe they’ve gone too far in this direction. JB referred <br />to his email: “cash” capital is about cash; if you keep borrowing, you mortgage against <br />what can be spent in the future. DB reiterated her concern about the potential size of the <br />Fiske overrun and the need to be prepared to marshal all resources to deal with this. <br /> <br />2. Article 31: Decided to caucus on this at T.M. <br /> <br />3. Article 32: <br /> <br />a. DPW study: PH questioned if when $720K is spent, will we be ready to go <br />ahead with the DPW debt exclusion. Committee agreed we need to caucus on this <br />with CEC, and possibly BOS. <br /> <br />b. Sidewalks: AL thinks we should think of this as two issues – maintenance of <br />existing sidewalks and building of new sidewalks, with the latter funded by debt <br />exclusions. PH agreed this is a good idea. AC not prepared, though, to change <br />votes tonight on this article. <br /> <br />The meeting moved to the Cary Hall auditorium at 7:15 pm for the 7:30 pm session of <br />Town Meeting. <br /> <br />Deborah Brown, Acting Secretary <br /> <br /> <br />Approved June 8, 2005 <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />