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10/06/2020 AC Minutes Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) October 6, 2020 Place and Time: Remote Participation: in accordance with the Governor's March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law; communication took place via a Zoom teleconferencing session that was open to the public; 7:00 p.m. Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Alan Levine, Secretary; 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, Vice-Chair and Clerk, Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC); Ryan, LexMedia representative Mr. Parker confirmed attendance by roll call, reviewed the authorization for meeting remotely, noted that the meeting was being called to order at 7:03 p.m. on October 6, 2020, and stated that the meeting was being recorded for the purpose of creating minutes and for access on LexMedia. He also noted that materials for the meeting were available on-line. Announcements and Liaison Reports Mr. Parker reported that Mr. Malloy, Town Manager, is requesting an AC representative for the newly created Fiscal Policy Working Group, which will review policies associated with the Recreation Enterprise Fund, Other Post Employee Benefits fund and the Capital Stabilization Fund (SF). It was agreed that Mr. Parker would be this Committee's representative, and Mr. Levine would serve as a back-up participant. Final Positions for Articles for the Special Town Meetings (STMs) 2020-2 and 2020-3 Mr. Parker reviewed a proposal to expand the language on the motion for STM 2020-3 Article 3.3: Establish, Dissolve and Appropriate To and From Specified SFs; Transportation Demand Management(TDM)/Public Transportation SF, which was created before passage of the Municipal Modernization Act(MMA)). The new motion includes a vote to dedicate to this SF automatically and without the need for further appropriation as allowed by the MMA, all future funds received for the support of Lexpress or for other transportation mitigation purposes under Memoranda of Agreement(MOAs)with developers. Mr. Bartenstein suggested including an appendix in future Committee reports with a historical record of similar Town Meeting votes to dedicate specific revenue streams into designated specified stabilization funds indefinitely in order to keep track of these arrangements. A motion was made and seconded to support the new language in the motion for this article. There was a roll call vote. The motion passed. VOTE: 7-0 Mr. Parker reported that four articles had been recommended for a Consent Agenda for STM 2020-3: Article 2 Appropriate for Prior Years' Unpaid Bills; Article 3: Establish, Dissolve and Appropriate To and From Specified Stabilization Funds; Article 4: Rescind Prior Borrowing Authorizations; and Article 6 Amend Post Employment Insurance Liability Fund. The motions for Articles 2 and 6 recommend indefinite postponement. A motion was made and seconded to support inclusion of the referenced articles on a Consent Agenda. There was a roll call vote. The motion passed. VOTE: 7-0 1