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<br /> <br />Minutes <br />Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee <br />March 17, 2008 <br /> <br />Place and time: Town Office Building, Selectmen’s Meeting Room, 8:00 AM <br /> <br />Members present: Alan Levine (Chair), Deborah Brown, Susan McLeish, Eric <br />Michelson, Pam Hoffman <br /> <br />Also present: Rod Cole, Dawn McKenna, Tom Diaz, Dr. Paul Ash, and Mary Ellen Dunn <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order at 8:15 AM. <br /> <br /> Metco Funding. <br />1.The topic of the meeting was Metco funding and the use of <br />Metco funds and their reflection in the school budget. A lengthy discussion <br />regarding timing of identification of Metco funding in the school budget as a <br />revenue source ensued. This conversation arose as a result of the presentation <br />that $60,000 of funds for all day kindergarten would come from Metco <br />funding and it was unclear earlier that such funds were available. The <br />Committee expressed a preference to identify the funding initially - when the <br />budget is being built. School Department representatives said they intended, <br />in next year’s school budgeting process, to consider and reflect both grants <br />and revolving funds during the initial stages of budgeting. This will ensure <br />that the funding is explicit and that it is visible to the community. <br />The Committee said it would prefer to reflect the funding in the budget for <br />2009 and to explain to the community why $60,000 of Metco funds are <br />available for the all day kindergarten program. The School Committee will <br />further discuss the situation at their meeting tomorrow evening and those <br />present felt it would be helpful if the Appropriation Committee liaisons <br />attended that meeting. <br /> <br /> <br />The meeting was adjourned at 9:25 a.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Susan McLeish <br /> <br />Approved October 22, 2008 <br /> <br /> - 1 - <br />