HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-03-27-CEC-minMinutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting
March 27, 2006
Date, Place, and Location: March 27, 2006, 9:30 P.M., Cary Memorial Building, Cary Hall
Members Present: Charles Lamb, Chair; Ted Edson, Vice- Chair; Roger Borghesani;
Shirley Stolz
Member Absent: Bill Hurley
Others Present: Ephraim Weiss, Town Meeting Member, Precinct 5
Call to Order: Mr. Lamb called the meeting to order at 9:30 P.M.
2006 Annual Town Meeting Articles
Article 15 (Amend General By -Laws to Create Energy Committee):
Mr. Weiss discussed briefly with the Committee his revised Motion under this
Article that, instead of being a By -Laws amendment, will be for a non - binding Town
Meeting Resolution. The Resolution asks the Board of Selectmen (1) to direct the
Energy Conservation Committee to "immediately initiate and pursue development of
a plan for the prudent management of school and municipal buildings" with regard to
operations, tracking utilities, energy use, and repair and maintenance, and to make
periodic reports, including to the Town Meeting members in advance of all future
Town Meetings; and (2) "to appoint an ad hoc Institutional Task Force for the
purpose of exploring alternative institutional means for ensuring that funds
appropriated by the Town Meeting for maintenance, repair and energy conservation
in the Town's public schools and municipal buildings are used for the purpose
intended."
The Committee expressed only a sentiment to support it.
Article 32 (School Capital Projects and Equipment)
Sub - element (a) (Strategic Capital Plan for Elementary Schools): The
Committee took a straw poll and it supported Indefinite Postponement of this
sub - element and applying the unused portion of the appropriation at the 2005
Annual Town Meeting which the Committee had reported on as Article 30(h) (School
Administration Building).
Sub - element (i) (Maintain and Upgrade School Technology): The Committee
took a straw poll and it supported the $400,000 request.
Adjourn: A Motion was made and seconded at 9:45 P.M. to adjourn. Vote: 4 -0
Note: These Minutes were reconstructed from notes taken at the meeting —with expanded
descriptive -only information coming from the Committee's reports to the 2005 & 2006
Annual Town Meetings and the Minutes of those Town Meetings.
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