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Minutes
Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC)
November 1, 2022
Place and Time: Remote Participation: in accordance with “An Act Relative to Extending Certain
State of Emergency Accommodations”, signed into law by Gov. Baker on July 16, 2022,
communication took place via a Zoom teleconferencing session that was open to the public; 7:00
p.m.
Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Anil Ahuja; John Bartenstein;
Alan Levine, Secretary; Eric Michelson; Sean Osborne; Lily Manhua Yan (7:15 p.m.);
Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio)
Member(s) Absent: None
Other Attendees: None.
At 7:05 p.m. Mr. Parker called the meeting to order, confirmed attendance by roll call and stated
that the meeting was being recorded for the purpose of creating minutes. Mr. Parker stated that he
would take minutes.
Announcements and Liaison Reports
Mr. Parker stated that due to the limited time available, the meeting would skip this agenda item.
Special Town Meeting (STM) Article 3
Mr. Parker noted that the appropriation under Article 3 for the 2022-3 Special Town Meeting was
larger than what was stated in the committee’s previous report, and then asked the committee to
vote again to confirm its recommendation.
A motion was made and seconded to recommend approval of Article 3.
The motion passed on a roll call vote. VOTE: 7-0.
STM Article 4
Mr. Levine suggested that the committee should vote to confirm its recommendation for Article 4
because the committee’s original report was missing one item from the motion (Compost Revolving
Fund). This omission is covered in the Addendum.
A motion was made and seconded to recommend approval of Article 4 with the change to the
spending limit for the Compost Revolving Fund. The motion passed on a roll call vote. VOTE: 7-0.
Addendum to the STM Report
Mr. Parker asked the committee to approve the Addendum to the committee’s report to the 2022-3
Special Town Meeting.
A motion was made and seconded to approve the Addendum. The motion passed on a roll call vote.
VOTE: 7-0.
Ms. Yan joined the meeting at approximately 7:15 p.m.
Minutes of Prior Meetings
Mr. Bartenstein suggested some edits to the minutes for October 6, 2022.
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A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of October 6, October 13, and October
20, 2022.
The motion passed on a roll call vote. VOTE: 8-0.
Ms. Yan added her votes in the affirmative to recommend Article 3, 4, and to approve the
Addendum.
Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned by roll call vote at 7:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Glenn Parker
Approved: January 5, 2023
Exhibits
● Agenda, posted by Mr. Parker
● Addendum to the Appropriation Committee Report to the 2022-3 Special Town Meeting