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September 14, 2006
Minutes
Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee
September 14, 2006
Place and time: Estabrook Hall, Cary Memorial Building, 7:30 PM
Members present: Alan Levine (Chair), Deborah Brown (Vice-Chair), John Bartenstein
(Secretary), Rod Cole, David Kanter, Eric Michelson, Rob Addelson (ex officio, non-
voting)
The meeting was called to order at 7:58 PM.
Rob Addelson will present financial projections for both school and municipal budgets at
the summit meeting on September 21. David Kanter repeated his earlier request that the
two parts of the budget use a common definition of “maintenance level”. Rob noted that
the contracts for nearly all collective bargaining units expire on June 30, 2007.
Negotiations on new contracts will take place in the winter and spring.
John Bartenstein noted that he inquired whether it would be practical to make tapes of
Board of Selectmen meetings viewable on the world-wide-web.
In response to a question, David Kanter said that he will attend Board of Selectmen
meetings when he can.
Alan Levine reported that he contacted Tom Diaz, School Committee Chair, about
School financial reports.
Rob Addelson reported on the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA)
closeout audit of the secondary school projects. Independent auditors are hired by the
State to conduct this audit. The Town received $2,286,000 more in reimbursements than
were required to pay off the then-remaining outstanding notes (short-term debt) for that
project. The additional reimbursement was primarily toward previously paid debt service
for the Clarke-Diamond-High School funding.
David Kanter reported on his follow-up to the questions raised at his presentation to our
July 13, 2006 meeting regarding his initial investigation of snow and ice operations. Rob
was asked to obtain further information, as outlined by the Committee, from t he
Department of Public Works on the specific snow and ice operations last winter.
The Committee voted to approve minutes of the meetings of July 26, 2006 and August
31, 2006.
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The Committee voted to ask that each member list the jobs that the AC should take on
this fiscal year.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Alan Levine
Approved January 25, 2007
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