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10/05/2023 AC Minutes 1 Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) October 5, 2023 Place and Time: Remote participation via a Zoom teleconferencing session that was open to the public; 7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m. The starting time of the meeting was delayed to 8:00 p.m. Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Alan Levine, Secretary; Anil Ahuja; John Bartenstein; Sean Osborne; Lily Manhua Yan (8:12 p.m.); Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio) Members Absent: Eric Michelson Other Attendees: David Kanter, Capital Expenditures Committee At 8:03 p.m. Mr. Parker called the meeting to order and took attendance by roll call. Preliminary The start of the meeting was delayed until 8:00 p.m. so that Ms. Kosnoff would not miss the first 30 minutes of the meeting due to a prior commitment. Mr. Parker announced that the meeting would be recorded in order to create a computer-generated transcript for the preparation of meeting minutes. Discussion of financial articles at Special Town Meeting 2023-1 Prior to the arrival of Ms. Kosnoff, Mr. Parker summarized the status of warrant articles where ac- tion is expected based on a prior phone conversation with Ms. Kosnoff. • Article 3 will include an appropriation of new growth revenue into the Capital Stabilization Fund. The Town expects to receive its certified new growth amount from the Department of Revenue within the next two weeks, at which time the exact dollar figures for the motion can be determined. • Article 4 will have a few adjustments to the FY2024 operating budget and enterprise fund budgets, but no changes to the CPA budget. • Article 6 may include an appropriation of funds received from the State Opioid Settlement. Mr. Parker noted that the Town is required to monitor how these funds are spent in case any- one is curious about the details. • Article 7, which would dedicate all future revenue from housing resale and rental monitor- ing fees to the Affordable Housing Trust, deserves further discussion due to the possible im- pact on the Town’s operating budget. Mr. Michelson has been working on this article but was unavailable for tonight’s meeting, so the discussion will be deferred. • Article 8, a pilot program for temporary speed humps, will be funded by the Traffic Mitiga- tion Stabilization Fund. Mr. Levine noted that the Transportation Safety Group (TSG) is re- sponsible for developing a budget for this proposal, but they are not ready to present it yet. The TSG will make its presentation to the Select Board on October 17. • Article 9, a citizen’s petition to initiate the use of ranked choice voting (RCV) for Town of- fices, has a small funding request. This means it must be included in the committee’s report. Mr. Parker has been in contact with the article proponent and will investigate the funding needed to implement RCV for local elections.