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04/06/15 AC Minutes
Minutes
Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee(AC)
April6, 2015
: Lexington High School,Room221, 7:00 p.m.
: Glenn Parker, Chair; John Bartenstein, Vice Chair and Secretary; Mollie Garberg; Alan
Levine;Beth Masterman;Susan McLeish;Eric Michelson; Richard Neumeier;Andrei Radulescu-Banu
Members absent:Rob Addelson (non-voting, ex officio)
The meeting was called to order at 7:02p.m.
Announcements:
1.Ms. Garberg agreed to help represent this Committee at themini-summitthe
Town Manageris planning to discuss potentialschool capital projects.Mr. Parker reported that Article
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11: Appropriate for Municipal Capital Projects and Equipment, would be taken uponApril8.
2015ATMArticles:
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Article 8(c):FY2016 CPAProjects,First Parish Church Restoration Historic Structure
Report:
It was noted that Article 8(c) would be coming before ATM laterin the evening.This
Committee had previously opposed the requestwith a3-4-2vote.Thetwo previously abstaining
members voted to oppose Article 8 (c),making the vote of the Committee 3-6. Mr. Radulescu-Banu
saidthathe may speak about his personal support of the Article on Town Meeting floor. Mr. Neumeier
said that he would speak about the reasons forthis Committee’s opposition only if he thought it would
add something new to the discussion.
Article 44: Resolution on Fossil Fuel Divestment (Citizen Article):
Mr. Parker noted that this
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Committee wouldneed to finalize discussion of Article 44 at its April 8meeting because the Article
was scheduled tobe taken up byATMthat evening.Noting that there had been considerabletraffic
about the Article on the TMMA email list, he cautionedCommittee members about potential Open
Meeting Law restrictions on participationin the on-line debate.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:15p.m.
The documents used at the meeting are listed below.
Respectfully submitted,
Sara Arnold
Recording Secretary
Approved July 9, 2015
Exhibits
1.Agenda,posted by Glenn Parker
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