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Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting of September 14, 2005 Minutes
Location: Room 105 TOB
Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM by Chairman Charles Lamb. Members in attendance were Lamb,
Stolz and Edson. Member Hurley arrived at 7:35 PM. Non-members in attendance were David Kanter,
Appropriations Committee liaison and Tom Diaz and Olga Guttag, both representing the School
Committee.
Order of business:
1 Attending members elected Ted Edson as Vice Chairman. (Bill Hurley had not yet arrived)
With Bill Hurley in attendance the meeting continued.
2 Liaison assignments were then agreed to, as follows:
a.Bill Hurley – Schools
b.Ted Edson – DPW
c.Shirley Stolz –Recreation, CPA and Conservation
d.Charles Lamb – Fire Department, Finance Advisory Review Board and Police
Department.
3. Replacing CEC member George Burnell, who has submitted his resignation, was then discussed.
The desired background was discussed, as were several names. Given the potential for several large
construction projects, somebody with a construction background might be a valuable addition. Since
no date has been set for George’s resignation and no potential candidates have been asked, it would be
premature to discuss names at this point.
4. Shirley S. presented some new data from Council on Aging on its space requirements and discussed
its letter to the BOS requesting timely action on finding or constructing a new facility that would meet
their current needs. Charles L. inquired as to the status of previously approved funds; Shirley indicated
there may some prior year funds still available. Potential locations discussed included land next to the
Muzzey School and the Depot Square Parking lot in an elevated building.
5. Olga G. stated that LPS had hired a consultant to look at all of the school buildings and come up
with a 5-year capital plan. In this context he will be looking at making recommendation for the older
elementary school buildings. The SC will need to decide if they should be replaced or rehabed. State
reimbursement is supposed to begin again in FY2007 with a limit of 40% reimbursement on allowable
square footage and unit costs. Olga indicated that the new Fiske School would be ready for occupancy
in Fall 2007. Charles questioned the length of time for construction Olga explained that the school
would be complete in Spring 2007, but SC wanted punch list items corrected before school opened.
Also, it would be disruptive to relocate children for a few months.
6. Shirley S. indicated bathrooms at Lincoln Fields would be privately funded and that Recreation had
no money available because funds that might have been available were spent on environmental
remediation.
7. Dates for meeting with Town Departments for initial review of their FY2007 capital budgets were
set as follows:
October 12 -9:00 AM -CPA and at 10:00 AM - COA
October 19 – 9:00 AM – DPW and at 10:15 AM Recreation
October 26 – 9:00 AM – Fire Department and at 10:00 AM Conservation
November 2 – 10:00 AM – Schools
8. The committed then discussed what its position on the CPA referendum should be. The sense of the committee was that it would
remain neutral
The meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM.