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7/14/2016 AC Minutes Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee(AC) July 14, 2016 : Ellen StoneRoom,Cary MemorialBuilding,7:30p.m. : Glenn Parker, Chair; John Bartenstein, Vice Chair and Secretary; Mollie Garberg;Alan Levine;Eric Michelson; Andrei Radulescu-Banu, Rob Addelson (non-voting, ex officio) Members Absent:Kate Colburn; Richard Neumeier Membership Note:Beth Masterman has left the AppropriationCommittee. Others Present:Elaine Ashton, Town Meeting member The meetingwas calledto order at 7:33pm. 1.Announcements Mr. Michelson stated that the Minuteman Regional High School Committee has scheduled a district-wide referendum to request borrowing authority for the funding of the new MRHS building project. The election will be held on September 20, 2016 from noon to 8:00pm. There will be a single polling station in Lexington at the Community Center. Mr. Levine asked if the Committee should invite a member of the School Committee to give that Committee’sperspective on current trends in school enrollment and the plans to accommodate them. The first Budget Summit for FY2018 will be held on October 6 at 7:00pm. 2.Liaison Reports Mr. Parker attended the most recent meeting of the Ad Hoc Streetscape Design Committeeas a liaison for the Committee. The meeting includedpresentations on: Sidewalk surface materials, relevance to Americans with Disabilities Act Street illumination, standards and design process The original Plan for Lexington Center authored in the 1960’s by a design committee headed by HideoSasaki of Sasaki Associates Mr. Michelson asked how the $600,000 capital budget item for sidewalks was allocated between maintenance andrepair. 3.FY2016 Final Budget Adjustments Mr. Addelson described ways that line items in the municipal budget can be reconciled at the end of the fiscal year. By statute, the Town may transfer up to 3% of the budget allocation from one line item to another line item, provided that funds are available. The Town also appropriates money annually into a Salary Adjustment Accountin anticipation of future salary and benefit expense increases, some of which are subject to union negotiations.As a courtesy, the Appropriation Committee is asked to give its approval to these two types of requests which are the prerogative of 1