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March 28, 2005
Minutes
Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee
March 28, 2005
Place and time: Reading Room, Cary Hall; meeting called to order at 6:15 pm
Members present: Alan Levine (Chair), Eric Michelson, Deborah Brown, Ron
Pawliczek, Richard Eurich, Paul Hamburger, Rod Cole
1. RC agreed to be minute taker.
2. It was decided to pass out the AC report to precinct captains rather than put them
out on the TMMA table to be sure one copy was reserved for each TM member.
3. The committee decided not to take a position on Article 21.
4. There was a long discussion of the Community Preservation Act.
a. AL expressed concern that the CPA is not ready for prime time.
b. DB commented that one possibility is to let it go forward now with the
advice that the proponents need to bring forward more information.
c. There was a discussion of how the timing works and related problems, and
how CPA might pass, but crowd out other pressing overrides.
d. We decided to continue the discussion at our next meeting.
5. There was a discussion regarding the article to upgrade the heating systems at
Clarke and Diamond, and the various options, costs vs. savings, and whether these
upgrades might be replaced in the near term by other upgrades, say to gas heat.
We decided to continue this discussion when we had more information.
6. There was a discussion of capital items.
a. Is the CEC cap on borrowing reasonable? Opinions were heard on both
sides.
b. The $25K for a street light at Concord Ave was discussed. The sense was
that this was not a high priority and that the Avalon Bay traffic mitigation
money could perhaps pay for it when needed in two years.
7. Moved, seconded, and voted unanimously to adjourn.
Respectfully submitted,
Rod Cole
Approved June 22, 2005