HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-02-22-CEC-minMinutes of the
Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting
February 22, 2016 (including Executive Session)
Location and Time: Town Office Building, Selectmen Meeting Room; after the Special
Town Meeting Adjourns ( -8:30 P.M.)
Members Present: Jill Hai, Chair; David Kanter, Vice -Chair & Clerk; Rod Cole;
Wendy Manz
Member Absent: Elizabeth Barnett
Others Present: (See the Board of Selectmen (BoS) Minutes of the Executive Session for
the Others Present)
Documents Presented:
• Notice of BoS Meeting with the Capital Expenditures, Appropriation, and School
Committees invited to participate, February 22, 2016
(See the BoS Minutes of the Executive Session for other Documents Presented.)
Call to Order: At 8:40 P.M., after the BoS had called itself back to order after having been
in recess, Ms. Hai called this Committee's meeting to order.
At 8:40 P.M., it was moved and seconded by the BoS to go into Executive Session to
consider the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property — purchase of
20 Pelham Road —with the intent to reconvene in Open Session only to adjourn. Further,
the Chair of that Board declared that an Open Session may have a detrimental effect on the
negotiating position of the Town. The members of that Board were individually polled.
Ms. Hai, as Chair of this Committee, declared the need for the Executive Session was for
the same reason cited by the Chair of the BoS and then individually polled this Committee
for the same purpose (which is Open Meeting Law Exemption 6) with the intent to
reconvene in Open Session only to adjourn. Vote: 4 -0
This Committee was then in Executive Session. See the Minutes of the Board of Selectmen
for this Executive Session for this Committee's further participation in the substance of the
Executive Session.
At 9:23 P.M., with the BoS remaining in Executive Session, Ms. Hai moved for this
Committee to return to Open Session only to adjourn. The members of this Committee were
individually polled. Vote: 4 -0
Adjourn: A Motion was made and seconded at 9:23 P.M. to adjourn this Committee.
Vote: 4 -0
These Minutes were approved by the CEC, and also approved for public release, at its
meeting February 23, 2016.
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