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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE MEETING JANUARY 14, 1991 Minutes In attendance were the following: John Curry Michael O' Sullivan Ron Levy Marilyn Mairson George Burnell Alan Lazarus Richard Perry Ruth Souza Jane Pagett John Ryan The following materials were distributed : * Correction sheets for Town Manager 's FY92 budget * FY86-91 Cherry Sheets and Recap Sheets * Town Manager 's revenue estimates projected to FY93 * Meeting agenda packet; Moderator 's timetable for distributing Finance Committees ' Reports; copy of letter to Moderator re remembrance of Lloyd Gilson; Minutes of 11/26/90 Appropriation Committee meeting * An announcement was made of a meeting of the Minuteman-Nashoba Valley Finance Committee Association on February 2, 1991 in Lincoln. Appropriation Committee members expressed concern about --r whether the group of towns in this association had issues similar to Lexington 's, the fact that none of the association members belonged to MWRA, and that Lexington was a more mature town than those in this group. It was decided to postpone taking a vote to join as a charter member, but that individuals may attend the February 2 meeting if they wish . J . Pagett will check with Selectmen to see what regional groups they belong to . * An announcement was made of the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Municipal Association in Boston on January 25 and 26, 1991 . Anyone wishing to attend a part of this meeting should check with John Ryan regarding the possibility of funding . * The Town Moderator 's schedule for distributing Finance Committees ' reports was discussed . Final budget numbers from the Selectmen and the School Committee should be given to the Appropriation Committee by February 18 . There are then two weeks during which the Committee Report to Town Meeting has to be written and given to the printer by March 4 . J . Pagett will send out whatever preliminary warrant information she can obtain. George Burnell and Jane Pagett will work on the introduction; Alan Lazarus and Jane Pagett will work on the School Department; George Burnell will write about DPW and revenue . Other Committee members should be ready to highlight key issues in their own budget areas . * George proposes showing an upper and lower revenue projection level, creating a range of possible estimates . He thinks that Rick White is on the high side for income, which has historically