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RECEIVED 03/03/2022 AC Minutes 2022 1Ill ii-, 153 Ill u iii Minutes f �' Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) "' March 3, 2022 LEMNGTON MA Place and Time: Remote Participation: in accordance with Section 20 of Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021 "An Act Relative to Extending Certain COVID-19 Measures Adopted During the State of Emergency", communication took place via a Zoom teleconferencing session that was open to the public; 7:30 p.m. Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Alan Levine, Secretary; Anil Ahuja; John Bartenstein; Eric Michelson; Meg Muckenhoupt; Lily Manhua Yan; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio) Member(s)Absent: None Other Attendees: David Kanter, Capital Expenditures Committee liaison; Deepika Sawhney, School Committee Mr. Parker called the meeting to order at 7:31 p.m., reviewed the authorization for meeting remotely, and stated that the meeting was being recorded for the purpose of creating minutes. Announcements and Liaison Reports Ms. Sawhney reported that the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) has invited the Town to participate in its process for rebuilding/renovating Lexington High School. Ms. Kosnoff reported that Lexington's free cash and water/sewer fund retained earnings balances were recently certified by the State. The water/sewer balances relate to data needed for Article 13: Appropriate for Water System Improvements and Article 14: Appropriate for Wastewater System Improvements. Additionally, the amortization schedules for the pension fund with and without the proposed cost-of-living base increase are available. She plans to provide the data for those articles in the near future. Discussion of Articles with Financial Implications for the 2022-1 Special Town Meeting (STM) and the 2022 Annual Town Meeting (ATM) that Need Additional Information and/or Need a Vote The following 2022 ATM and STM-1 articles were discussed. Some additional votes were taken. • ATM Article 5: Appropriate FY2023 Enterprise Funds Budgets: More information is needed from Ms. Kosnoff before voting. • ATM Article 6: Senior Services Program: This is on the consent agenda, but the existing balances are still needed to write material for the report. • ATM Article 7: Appropriate for Climate Action Plan: Ms. Muckenhoupt is completing the write up for this article. Ms. Kosnoff explained that$30,000 of the funding request is being repurposed from a FY2018 Getting to Net Zero appropriation that is being closed out; the balance is from free cash. Some grant money will also be used for funding this plan. • ATM Article 8: Appropriate for Comprehensive Plan Implementation: Mr. Michelson is still waiting for some answers to questions that he submitted to staff. More information is needed before voting. • ATM Article 10: Appropriate for the FY2023 Community Preservation Committee (CPC) Operating Budget and CPA Projects: 1