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02/10/2021 AC Minutes Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) February 10, 2021 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; 7:30 p.m. Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Alan Levine, Secretary; John Bartenstein; Eric Michelson; Meg Muckenhoupt; Lily Manhua Yan(arrived 8:06 p.m.); Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager,Finance (non-voting, ex officio) Member(s)Absent: None Other Attendees: Julie Hackett, Superintendent, and David Coelho, Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations, Lexington School Department; Eileen Jay, Vice-Chair, and Deepika Sawhney: Lexington School Committee; David Kanter, Vice-Chair and Clerk: Capital Expenditures Committee; Sara Arnold, Recording Secretary Mr. Parker confirmed attendance by roll call, reviewed the authorization for meeting remotely, noted that the meeting was being called to order at 7:34 p.m. on February 10, 2021, and stated that the meeting was being recorded for the purpose of creating minutes. He also noted that materials for the meeting were available on-line. Announcements and Liaison Reports Mr. Levine reported on a recent Zoom panel discussion that gave background information related to Article 29: Clean Heat—Authorize Special Legislation to Regulate Fossil Fuel Infrastructure and Adopt Bylaw Amendment Enabling Legislation. The panel included members from a realtors' association and developers, who reported instances where the use of air-source heat pumps and other energy saving features resulted in faster sales. Mr. Levine added that new Town-owned facilities, such as the Fire Station, the Fairview/Farmview projects, Hastings Elementary School, and the Lexington Children's Place have conformed to the goals of this article. Mr. Padaki reported that the Select Board(SB) is asking for an ex-officio AC liaison for a 250th Anniversary Committee, which will be planning a 2025 celebration. Mr. Michelson volunteered. Ms. Kosnoff reported that there had been some internal discussions about the funding for school COVID-19 testing, as discussed at this Committee's meeting on February 4th. She said that because the use of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding had been extended beyond 2020, staff are exploring the possible use of this funding for the testing. She added that there are still many unknowns about relief funding, and it will be important to look at school and municipal COVID-19 needs jointly. Ms. Jay noted that donations will cover at most a small fraction of the costs. Mr. Parker reminded AC members to ensure they are up to date with their State-mandated ethics training. Recommended Consent Agenda Mr. Parker shared an updated proposed Consent Agenda list and identified articles that were now being suggested by the SB and the CEC but had not been on the SB's original list,plus one article that had been accidently left off of this Committee's previous discussion of Consent Agenda items. If no one objected, the following additional articles would be included: 1