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September 28, 2006 Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee September 28, 2006 Place and time: Room 111, Town Office Building, 7:30 PM Members present: Alan Levine (Chair), Deborah Brown (Vice-Chair), John Bartenstein (Secretary), Pam Hoffman, David Kanter, Mike Kennealy, Eric Michelson, Rob Addelson (ex officio, non-voting) Others present: Tom Diaz and Tom Griffiths, School Committee; John Fedorochko The meeting was called to order at 7:40 PM. Alan Levine provided an update on the recent Selectman’s meeting (9/25). Points from the Selectman’s meeting included: - Discussion of a recent Boston Globe article about post-retirement benefits and the need to address that issue. - The Bicycle Advisory Committee is applying for a grant from the Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation for trail improvement along the bike path. - The Communications Advisory Committee is conducting a performance evaluation of LexMedia. - Rob Addelson made a presentation on water and sewer rate options. There are 4 options, all of which result in a 7-8% revenue increase. There is no retained earnings policy yet but that is in process, as the Town is getting a better handle on actual consumption. Three of the options include taking $500,000 from water retained earnings to mitigate rate increases. - The 2020 Vision Economic Development Scoping Group presented their findings, including a recommendation to define the role of an Economic Development Officer. - The Selectmen discussed the proposed new DPW facility including the prospect of a joint facilities maintenance group, and the size of the proposed facility including the size of the vehicle storage area. Tom Diaz provided an update on a few issues that the School Committee is addressing: - The School Committee has been in discussions about the organization chart of a new joint maintenance group that would report directly to Carl Valente and Paul Ash. The organization would include a new building commissioner, a - 1 -