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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-03-04-CEC-min Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting March 4, 2014 Cary Memorial Building, Ellen Stone Room, 8:00 .. Location and Time: AM Jill Hai, ChairDavid Kanter, Vice-Chair; Bill Hurley; Beth Masterman Members Present: ; Wendy Manz Member Absent: Glenn Parker, Chair, Lexington Appropriation Committee; Bob Pressman, Others Present: Lexington Community Preservation Committee; Rob Addelson, Assistant Town Manager for Finance Documents Presented: Notice of Public Meeting (revised)/Agenda for CEC Meeting, March 4, 2014 Draft #2 CEC Report to 2014 Annual Town Meeting (ATM) & March 24, 2014, Special Town Meeting (STM) Draft #2 Minutes of the CEC Meeting, February 25, 2014 Ms. Hai called the meeting to order at 8:05 .. Call to Order: AM Continued Discussion of the Fiscal Years 2015Ã2019 Capital Program considering the FY2015 Recommended Budget and Financing Plan (the ÅBrown Book) including any later information on Specific Projects Mr. Kanter provided the Committee the latest information regarding the status of the Community Center build-out project including the additional work to provide an enhanced heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system, the budget alternatives to support that, and what additional funding would be requested at the upcoming Town Meetings to supplement the approval given at the November 4, 2013, STM under its Article 5 for a $3.169 million project. He also reiterated his concern about the TownÈs plan to request funding for the construction of a sidewalk to the Community Center as part of the request to the March 24, 2014, STM, Article 3, rather than as a request to the 2014 ATM under its Article 8(a). The Committee affirmed its position that a design would need to be presented to it before it could consider supporting that construction funding. Continued Discussion of the CommitteeÈs Report to the 2014 ATM and the accompanying March 24, 2014, STM Mr. Kanter led the Committee through the Draft #2 of that report where decisions were made based on his Comments throughout the Draft and as a result of discussion on other content-related matters. The Committee confirmed that it would continue on the premise that it would issue a single report addressing all the matters on which the Committee intended to report to both the upcoming STM and ATM. Ms. Hai asked the members to try th to get their remaining inputs to Mr. Kanter by the coming Friday (the 7). The Committee reviewed the previous timeline regarding its report. It had the approval th being at its next meeting (the 11) for those members who could attend it and at the Page 1 of 2 Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting March 4, 2014 thth following meeting (the 14) for any who werenÈt at the meeting on the 11. The goal was to th have the final report available for distribution on or by the 17Äwhich would provide it being available the desired 1-week before the Town Meeting (in this instance, the STM) is first likely to bring to the floor any Article on which this Committee is reporting. Mr. Kanter noted that although the earliest that the Board of Selectmen will be making a decision regarding its recommendation on the supplemental funding of the Community Center is at th its meeting in the evening of the 10, he will try to incorporate that action in the draft of the th CommitteeÈs report being considered at its meeting on the 11. None further. Member Concerns and Liaison Reports: Approval of Minutes: After discussing a change requested by Mr. Kanter to the Draft #2 Minutes of the CEC Meeting, February 25, 2014, a Motion was made and seconded to approve those Minutes with that change and also with any change to the cited bond-issuance cost if Mr. Addelson should confirm it was a different amount that he had estimated at that meeting. Vote: 4Ã0 A Motion was made and seconded at 9:56 .. to adjourn. Adjourn:Vote: 4Ã0 AM These Minutes were approved by the CEC at its meeting on March 11, 2014. Page 2 of 2