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November 4, 2009 Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee November 4, 2009 Place and time: Room G -15, Town Office Building, 7:30 PM Members present: Alan Levine (Chair), John Bartenstein (Vice Chair and Secretary), Richard Eurich, Mollie Garberg, Susan McLeish, Eric Michelson, Glenn Parker (Vice Chair), Joe Pato, Rob Addelson (non- voting, ex officio). Also present: Dawn McKenna The meeting was called to order at 7:33 PM. Positions. We updated vote tallies to include the votes of Rick Eurich and Joe Pato. The status as of this meeting is as follows — Article 2 — 9 -0 Article 3 — 9 -0 Article 6 — 7 -2 Article 7 — 7 -2 Article 10 — 9 -0 Article 12 — 9 -0 Article 14 — 9 -0 Munroe School Disposition. Alan recapped the discussion at the public hearing held last night regarding the sale of Munroe School. He indicated that the bidder had proposed a change to the terms of the purchase and sale agreement regarding determination of the future purchase price the Town would pay under the right of first refusal. He explained that this change is not acceptable to the Town and that it is currently under negotiation. Article 8 — Contracts for Solar Energy. A short discussion regarding the article was held and the Committee voted to approve it by a vote of 8 -0. Article 9 — Appropriate for Sister City Program. Dawn McKenna indicated that she was currently unsure as to the motion that will be made under this article and she is waiting to discuss it with the Town Manager. No one on the Committee is currently in favor of approving an expenditure of $18,490 for this purpose. A short discussion of the Committee's support if the amount was reduced to $5,000 ensued — some indicated that they would still be opposed, some would reconsider and some would be for it. The Committee will wait to take a position until the request is fully defined. Article 13 - Amend FY 2010 Operating Budget. We briefly discussed the request and voted unanimously (8 -0) to support it.