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Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee March 10, 2009 Place and time: Ellen Stone Room, Cary Memorial Building, 7:30 PM Members present: Alan Levine (Chair), John Bartenstein (Vice- Chair), Susan McLeish (Secretary), Mike Kennealy, Richard Eurich, Eric Michelson, Glenn Parker This meeting was called to order at 7:40 P.M. Use of federal stimulus funds in school budget. Alan would like to discuss possible guidelines for use of federal stimulus funds with a representative of the School Committee before the start of Town Meeting, but this may not be possible given the scheduling constraints. Tom Diaz (School Committee) is unable to meet with the Appropriation Committee before March 17, 2009, which is when the newly elected members of the School Committee meet for the first time. 2. Recommend approval of Article 27 — Establish stabilization fund for Minuteman Regional Vocational School District. Eric described details of the proposed new stabilization fund for Minuteman Tech. The vote was 7 -0 in favor. 3. Discuss Article 35 — Establish demand charges for delinquent taxes. The committee did not vote on this Article. 4. Recommend approval of Article 34— Establish qualifications for tax deferrals. The vote was 7 -0 in favor. 5. Recommend approval of Article 38 — Petition general court for municipal utility act. The vote was 7 -0 in favor. 6. Discuss Article 22 — Appropriate for Design/Engineering for Senior /Community Center at White House Site. Eric will prepare text for the committee's report on this article. The committee did not vote on it. 7. Discuss Article 11— CPC Operating Budget and CPA Projects. Eric presented a draft report on Article 11. 8. Discuss Articles 12 and 13. — Land Purchases. There is concern about whether Article 12 should be funded with cash or debt. 9. Recommend approval of Article 11 (b, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k). The vote was 6 -0 -1 in favor (Mike abstained). Voting on items a, c, 1, m, n was deferred. 10. Recommend approval of Article 5. Eric presented a draft report on Article 5. The vote was 7 -0 in favor. 11. Discuss Article 7 and 8. The Committee was informed that these two articles may be indefinitely postponed. 12. Discuss Article 9. The Committee agreed to postpone discussion of Article 9 to coincide with discussion of the Planning Board zoning articles (44, 45).