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03/22/2021 AC Minutes Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) March 22, 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; 7:00 p.m. Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Alan Levine, Secretary; Anil Ahuja; John Bartenstein; Vineeta Kumar; Eric Michelson; Meg Muckenhoupt; Lily Manhua Yan; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio) Member(s)Absent: None Other Attendees: Sara Arnold, Recording Secretary Mr. Parker confirmed attendance, reviewed the authorization for meeting remotely, noted that the meeting was being called to order at 7:03 p.m. on March 22, 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. Parker and Ms. Kosnoff reported that, as expected, the Select Board had voted that evening to send a Reserve Fund transfer request to this Committee. This will be on the AC agenda for Wednesday, March 24. Annual Town Meeting (ATM) 2021 Mr. Parker reviewed the process for using Google Hangouts in the event this Committee needs to caucus during the ATM. He ensured that everyone would be able to access this resource. Mr. Parker noted that when members of this Committee report to the ATM on this Committee's positions on the articles, the AC vote is referenced. He suggested that this be 7-0, consistent with the votes reported in this Committee's Report to the 2021 ATM. Alternatively, Ms. Kumar and Mr. Ahuja could take a position if they so desired. Ms. Kumar and Mr. Ahuja agreed that, having just joined the committee and not having the benefit of this Committee's discussions, they thought it best to leave the vote at 7-0. Mr. Bartenstein asked why Article 9, Establish and Continue Departmental Revolving Funds was not included on the Consent Agenda. Ms. Kosnoff reported that the Select Board(SB) decided not to include it, and explained that two of the revolving funds, i.e., those for Tourism/Liberty Ride and Visitors Center, involve programs that had a challenging year financially because of COVID-19. It is anticipated that there will be questions relating to the funding of those programs during the ATM. There was discussion about the protocol for speaking during Town Meeting as a town meeting member or as a member of this Committee. It was noted that during AC presentations at the ATM, the authors of the report would generally speak about the portions that they authored. Mr. Parker agreed to make any presentations for members who would prefer not to speak. Minutes of Prior Meetings A motion was made and seconded to approve the draft minutes for the March 18, 2021 AC meeting, with edits. There was a roll call vote with the member who was not present abstaining. The motion was approved. VOTE: 8-0-1. 1