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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-12-08-CEC-minMinutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Remote-Participation Meeting December 8, 2023 Location and Time: Remote-Participation Meeting; 8:00 A.M. Members Present: Charles Lamb, Chair; David Kanter, Vice−Chair & Clerk; Sandy Beebee; Mike Boudett; and Lisah Rhodes Member Absent: Rod Cole Others Present: Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager for Finance Documents Presented: • Notice of Public Remote Meeting/Agenda CEC Meeting, December 8, 2023 • Latest Version of FY2025−FY2029 Capital Improvement Projects/Programs (CIPs) • Mr. Lamb’s “Draft CEC Comments to the Town Manager re: FY2025 CIPs” (Draft CEC Comments) Call to Order Mr. Lamb called this Remote (Virtual) Meeting to order at 8:00 A.M. As the Committee members and the others joining this meeting had been previously advised of the special conditions of this meeting, he passed on repeating them (i.e., the authority to not require a physical presence of a quorum and other selected terms under the Open Meeting Law had, by legislation on March 29, 2023, Governor Healey signed into law a supplemental budget bill which, among other things, extends the temporary provisions pertaining to the Open Meeting Law to March 31, 2025, pursuant to Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2023”.) Mr. Lamb made a Roll Call of the Committee Members and found 5 Members present. They each had earlier access to the responses by all of the submitters that been responding to this year’s CEC’s Comments & Questions (C&Q), the discussions in the previous CEC meetings regarding the CIPs, and the latest CIP version. Mr. Lamb described the organization of all the proposed major and minor reports based on those submitted by himself and the other Members. (That included the submissions that had previously been submitted to Mr. Lamb by Mr. Cole and he supported Mr. Lamb’s Draft.) The other Members all reviewed Mr. Lamb’s Draft CEC Comments. Mr. Kanter recommended a Comment should be added citing the uncertainty about the out-year pricing, but there was no other support for that. Then, and with only a few other suggested—and accepted— adjustments, it was agreed with Mr. Lamb that the summary now properly represented what needed to be the focus of the Committee’s discussion with the Town Manager and the Finance staff. Mr. Lamb advised that as he would not be submitting the final form to the Town Manager and the Finance staff until late in the coming Sunday, he would welcome any further proposed changes from the other Members for his consideration until that Sunday morning. In the light of the progress at this meeting, Mr. Lamb suggested there was no longer any need for the additional Committee meeting that had been posted for the next Monday, the 11th. He Moved a Motion, and it was Seconded, that Mr. Kanter advise the Town Clerk’s Office that Monday meeting be labeled as cancelled. Vote: 5-0 Adjourn At 8:22 A.M., a Motion was Made and Seconded to adjourn. Vote: 5–0 This Minutes was approved by the CEC at this meeting on January 11, 2024.