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10/12/2023 AC Minutes 1 Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) October 12, 2023 Place and Time: Remote participation via a Zoom teleconferencing session that was open to the public; 8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m. Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Anil Ahuja; John Bartenstein; Eric Michelson; Sean Osborne; Lily Manhua Yan (8:12pm); Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio) Members Absent: Alan Levine, Secretary Other Attendees: David Kanter, Capital Expenditures Committee; Sreeni Chippada At 8:04 p.m. Mr. Parker called the meeting to order. Preliminary At 8:04 p.m. Mr. Parker called the meeting to order and took attendance by roll call. Mr. Parker announced that the meeting would be recorded in order to create a computer-generated transcript for the preparation of meeting minutes. Announcements and Liaison Reports Ms. Kosnoff reminded the committee that the water and sewer rate hearing will take place on Mon- day starting at 6:30 p.m. during the Select Board meeting. Mr. Bartenstein asked for more details on amendments to the FY2024 budget. Ms. Kosnoff stated that she was still working out the final numbers and funding sources. Mr. Padaki asked for more details on the appropriation to the Capital Stabilization Fund (CSF) un- der Article 3. Ms. Kosnoff stated that she had received the Town’s certified new growth revenue figure from the Dept. of Revenue. Ms. Kosnoff confirmed that roughly $3 million of that revenue will be appropriated into the CSF. Mr. Parker noted that he had made additions to the committee’s report for the Introduction and Arti- cle 9 (Ranked Choice Voting), and that Mr. Levine had provided text for Article 8 (Speed Humps). Mr. Padaki stated that he had begun work on Article 3, but he is waiting on more details. Ms. Kos- noff stated that she expected to present actual numbers at the upcoming Budget Summit #1 on the following Wednesday. Mr. Padaki asked for draft numbers to assist in drafting the report. Mr. Parker asked committee members to submit drafts for all articles in time for the committee’s next meeting. Members should read the draft and be prepared to provide review feedback and to vote on all articles. Article 9 (Ranked Choice Voting) The proponent for the article, Mr. Chippada, led an in-depth discussion on the details of ranked choice voting (RCV) with the committee. For several members, this was the first time they had en- gaged in a discussion of how RCV works, and the discussion helped to answer many questions about RCV from the members.