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April 6, 2005
Minutes
Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee
April 6, 2005
Attendees: A. Levine (Chair), P. Hamburger, R. Pawliczek, D. Brown (Vice Chair), J.
Bartenstein, E. Michelson, R. Cole, R. Eurich
Material Distributed:
#1. Agenda
#2. AL’s draft Powerpoint presentation
The meeting was called to order at 6:30 by Al Levine in the Reading Room, Cary
PM
Memorial Hall.
1. CEC position on cash capital: AL discussed his concerns with CEC’s limit on
borrowing and with the 1% loss in cash capital. AL concerned that CEC isn’t advocating
adequately for capital needs. PH put a more positive spin on it; CEC is trying to help the
entire budget, but conceded that maybe they’ve gone too far in this direction. JB referred
to his email: “cash” capital is about cash; if you keep borrowing, you mortgage against
what can be spent in the future. DB reiterated her concern about the potential size of the
Fiske overrun and the need to be prepared to marshal all resources to deal with this.
2. Article 31: Decided to caucus on this at T.M.
3. Article 32:
a. DPW study: PH questioned if when $720K is spent, will we be ready to go
ahead with the DPW debt exclusion. Committee agreed we need to caucus on this
with CEC, and possibly BOS.
b. Sidewalks: AL thinks we should think of this as two issues – maintenance of
existing sidewalks and building of new sidewalks, with the latter funded by debt
exclusions. PH agreed this is a good idea. AC not prepared, though, to change
votes tonight on this article.
The meeting moved to the Cary Hall auditorium at 7:15 pm for the 7:30 pm session of
Town Meeting.
Deborah Brown, Acting Secretary
Approved June 8, 2005
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