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<br /> April 25, 2007 <br />Minutes <br />Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee <br />April 25, 2007 <br /> <br />Place and time: Cary Memorial Bldg., Legion Room, 6:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Members present: Alan Levine (Chair), Deborah Brown (Vice Chair), John Bartenstein <br />(Secretary), Richard Eurich, David Kanter, Rod Cole, Pam Hoffman, Eric Michelson, <br />Mike Kennealy, Rob Addelson (ex officio, non-voting). <br /> <br />Also present: Michael Young (Budget Officer), Patrick Mehr <br /> <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. with a quorum present. <br /> <br />1. The first topic of business was the use of $103K of circuit breaker money <br />recently received by the Schools. Among the possible uses is application <br />of the funds to reduce the current fiscal year (FY 2007) school deficit; this <br />is 2007 money being spent on a 2007 expense. This was voted 9-0 in <br />favor. <br /> <br />2. The next topic was Peter Kelley’s amendment in regard to the proposed <br />joint facilities department. We are sympathetic to the goals of the <br />amendment, but the amendment appears to be “the tail wagging the dog”. <br />This was voted 7-1 against, with one abstention. <br /> <br />3. A concern was raised about the school budget overruns in FY2007. How <br />do we know the FY08 budget was properly built on true FY2007 costs as <br />opposed to budgeted FY2007 costs? How was the late-arriving $649K in <br />state money accounted for in forming the current proposed budget? <br /> <br />4. A brief discussion was held on Article 30 to repaint the flag pole on the <br />Town Green. This was voted 8-1 in favor. <br /> <br />5. A brief discussion was held on Article 42, and concerns with how the <br />movement of money is described were raised. It was agreed we need to <br />revise the write-up, and that we would meet Monday morning to do so. <br /> <br />The meeting was adjourned at 7:25 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />Rod Cole <br /> <br /> <br />Approved January 3, 2008 <br /> <br />