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Minutes
Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC)
March 20, 2024
Place and Time: Hudson Room, Cary Memorial Building, and also remote participation via a Zoom
teleconferencing session that was open to the public; 7:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair (remote participant); Alan Lev-
ine, Secretary; John Bartenstein; Anil Ahuja; Eric Michelson; Sean Osborne (remote participant);
Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio)
Members Absent: Lily Yan (arrived close to the end of the meeting)
Other Attendees: Jay Luker, town meeting member (remote participant)
At 7:05 p.m. Mr. Parker called the meeting to order and confirmed that the members who joined the
meeting remotely were audible.
Announcements and Liaison Reports
Mr. Bartenstein reported that he found a very recent Informational Guideline Release (IGR) from
the state Division of Local Services that outlines the rules associated with recent legislation regard-
ing a local option that allows municipalities to exempt affordable housing properties from some or
all real estate taxes. General discussion of the option followed.
Warrant Articles for Annual Town Meeting
There are town meeting members who would like to remove Article 12(j) from the Consent
Agenda, because it does not cover consideration of provisions for future installation of solar cano-
pies.
Approve Minutes of Prior Meetings
Approval of draft set of minutes for the Committee’s meeting on March 11, which were circulated
only a few hours before the present meeting, was deferred to the next meeting to give members a
chance to review them.
Future Meeting Schedule
Mr. Parker stated that the next meeting would be at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, prior to the
start of the third night of the 2024 Annual Town Meeting.
Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 7:16 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Alan M. Levine
Approved: April 3, 2024
Exhibits
● Agenda, posted by Mr. Parker