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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-12-09-CEC-min-exe Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting December 9, 2013, Executive Session Location and Time: Town Office Building, Parker Room; 11:00 .. AM Members Present: Jill Hai, Chair; David Kanter, Vice-Chair; Bill Hurley; Wendy Manz Member Absent: Beth Masterman Others Present: Sara Arnold, Recording Secretary Documents Presented: None With Ms. Hai having called to order at 11:05 .. the Open SessionÄwhich had been AM posted also to involve an Executive SessionÄat 1:23.. she then declaredthat an PM Executive Session was warranted under the Open Meeting Law Exemption 6 (to consider the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property) as the discussion in an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the TownÄand with the intention to reconvene in Open Session only to adjourn. A Motion to do so was made and seconded. Each member was polled. Vote:4Ã0 The Committee went into Executive Session at 1:24 .. PM Hammond A. Hosmer House: Ms. Hai reported that Deb Mauger, Chair, Board of Selectmen (BoS), had informed her that there was a proposal to move the Hosmer House from the land adjacent to the Police Headquarters to the Munroe Tavern area and include the Hosmer House with the other historic homes under the governance of the Lexington Historical Society. The BoS is split on whether to support this concept. The Historical Society has expressed interest in the building, but they do not have funding for it, and currently, there is no other identified funding source. Return to Open Session:At 1:30 .., it was moved and seconded that the Committee PM return to Open Session. Each member was polled. Vote: 4Ã0 These Minutes were approved by the CEC at its Open-Session meeting on December 20, 2013, but without making the content public as it was still sensitive at that time. In response to a query by Mr. Kanter on May 6, 2014, Mr. Valente, Town Manager, advised that the content of these Minutes could then be made public. The CEC at its joint Open-Session meeting with the Appropriation Committee on May 7, 2014, approved making the Minutes public and then did so by submitting these Minutes for the TownÈs public archive on May 12, 2014. Page 1 of 1