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October 14, 2009 Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee October 14, 2009 Place and time: Ellen Stone Room, Cary Hall, 7:30 PM Members present: Alan Levine (Chair), Glenn Parker (Vice Chair), John Bartenstein (Vice Chair and Secretary), Richard Eurich, Pam Hoffman, Susan McLeish, Eric Michelson, Rob Addelson (non- voting, ex officio). The meeting was called to order at 7:43 PM. Minutes. Minutes of the meetings held on the following dates were approved by a unanimous vote — September 25, 2008, September 25, 2008 Executive Session, November 6, 2008, November 10, 2008, November 10, 2008 Executive Session and October 1, 2009 Appropriation Committee meeting held at the Budget Summit Meeting. Minutes of the meeting held on October 8, 2009 were also discussed and it was decided that comments raised would be addressed and we would review another draft prior to recommending them for approval. Collective Bargaining Agreement — Fire Department. Rob Addelson provided a handout entitled Memorandum of Understanding between Town of Lexington and Lexington Fire Department International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1491. This document details amendments to the collective bargaining agreement which expired on June 30, 2007 that have been agreed to for the period July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. The Town and the Union went to arbitration over the contract and prior to making final presentations to the arbitrator reached an agreement as outlined in the memorandum. A discussion of the major points of the agreement ensued. This contract was the last of the older contracts to be resolved. Memoranda of Understanding. Rob Addelson distributed draft Memoranda of Understanding for Cubist and for Patriot Partners covering traffic mitigation measures and other commitments these companies have made should their pending re- zoning requests be approved. Rob indicated that the agreements have been approved in concept by the Board of Selectmen. He indicated that the Planning Board was acting upon the memoranda at their meeting this evening and that, ultimately the agreements would go back to the Board of Selectmen for their signature. Rob indicated that he was providing the documents for information purposes and if we had questions, he would take them for consideration. Miscellaneous. Glenn Parker will continue to be the Appropriation Committee liaison to the Capital Expenditures Committee. Alan will distribute an analysis of town spending for health care from 2002 -2008 that was provided to the Ad Hoc Fiscal Task Force. One proposal was received in response to the RFP for the sale of the Munroe School and a team of people will meet to evaluate it including a representative from the Appropriation Committee — Alan and /or Susan, depending on the timing of the meeting.