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<br />Minutes of the <br />Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting <br />February 25, 2014 <br /> Town Office Building, Parker Room; 8:00 .. <br />Location and Time: <br />AM <br /> <br /> Jill Hai, Chair; David Kanter, Vice-Chair; Bill HurleyWendy Manz; <br />Members Present: <br />; <br />Beth Masterman <br /> <br /> None <br />Members Absent: <br /> <br />Rob Addelson, Assistant Town Manager for Finance <br />Others Present: <br /> <br /> <br /> Sara Arnold <br />Recording Secretary: <br /> <br />Documents Presented: <br />Notice of Public Meeting/Agenda for February 25, 2014 Meeting <br /> <br />Email from Deborah Brown, Town Moderator, to Ms. Hai, February 17, 2014, <br /> <br />Re: MGL, campaigns, and finance committee members <br />Draft #1 Capital Expenditures Committee Report to 2014 Annual Town Meeting <br /> <br />th <br />(ATM) & 2014 Special Town Meeting (Mar 24) (STM) <br /> <br />Draft #4 Minutes of the CEC Meeting, February 24, 2014 <br /> <br /> <br />Draft Minutes of the CEC Meeting, February 12, 2014 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Ms. Hai called the meeting to order at 8:07 .. <br />Call to Order: <br />AM <br /> <br />CEC Member Involvement in the Campaigns of those Running for Town-wide <br />: Ms. Hai reported on an email from Ms. Brown, explaining that the <br />Elections <br />finance-committee members are designated Åspecial municipal employeesÆ by the Board of <br />Selectmen (BoS), and according to Town Counsel, this designation does not prohibit those <br />individuals from campaigning for a person who is running for political officeÅunless a <br /> <br />member is using his or her official committee position for political purposesÆ. In response to <br />Ms. MastermanÈs concurrence and that, thus, our members are not otherwise constrained <br />by the State, Mr. Kanter said that the Committee members, however, couldÄand have in <br />the pastÄvoluntarily agree that limiting our involvement would be a worthwhile position to <br />take. <br /> <br />Ms. Hai also reported that she spoke to Glenn Parker, Chair, Appropriation Committee, <br />about this issue. A year or two ago, the Appropriation Committee discussed updating the <br />position it adopted some years ago which restricts such participationÄthat this Committee <br />had then also adoptedÄbut was unable to reach consensus. Ms. Hai and Mr. Parker are <br />interested in having the two committees meet jointly to explore the issue. They agreed, and <br />at this meeting it was generally agreed by this Committee that the two finance committees <br />should adopt the same policy. Such a meeting will be scheduled after the 2014 ATM is <br />dissolved and no further action is planned by this Committee until that meeting has been <br />held. <br /> <br />Page 1 of 4 <br /> <br />