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Minutes
Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC)
February 6, 2025
Place and Time: Remote participation via a Zoom teleconferencing session that was open to the
public; 7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Alan Levine, Secretary; Anil
Ahuja; John Bartenstein; Vinita Verma; Lily Yan (8:23 p.m.); Eric Michelson; Sean Osborne;
Carolyn Kosnoff (8:30 p.m.), Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio)
Members Absent: none
Other Attendees: Charles Lamb (8:00 p.m.), Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC); Lisah Rhodes
(CEC); Jay Luker
At 7:34 p.m. Mr. Parker called the meeting to order and took attendance by roll call.
All votes recorded below were conducted by roll call.
Announcements and Liaison Reports
Ms. Kosnoff provided an update on the high school project later in the meeting.
Memo on MBTA Zoning Development Impact
The committee discussed a draft memorandum regarding the financial implications of MBTA
zoning development. Mr. Bartenstein suggested adding an executive summary and expressed
concern that the memorandum did not offer any concrete conclusions. Mr. Parker suggested that the
memorandum’s Conclusion provided the desired summary of the memorandum, and that it could be
expanded to provide more specific statements about the financial impacts of new development.
A motion to approve the memo with suggested edits passed unanimously (9-0).
Mr. Parker and Mr. Levine agreed to finalize edits by Monday and send it to the relevant boards and
committees
Special Town Meeting Article 2
The Committee agreed to postpone detailed discussion until after upcoming Planning Board
hearings.
Annual Town Meeting
Mr. Parker noted that Budget Officer Rosalyn Impink updated financial data linkages in the Wdesk
system for the Committee’s report to the ATM.
High School Building Project Update
Ms. Kosnoff reported that the MSBA will provide formal comments on the Preliminary Schematic
Report that the Town submitted in December, 2024. She also noted that there may be considerations
to favor air source heat pumps instead of a geothermal-based system due to uncertainties regarding
federal funding for green energy projects.
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Minutes of Prior Meetings
No minutes were ready for approval. Mr. Levine will draft meeting minutes for January 23 in time
for review at the next Committee meeting.
Future Meeting Schedule
The Committee will not meet on February 13 due to a conflict with the local League of Women
Voters Candidates’ Night. The next meeting will be on Thursday, February 20, 2025.
Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 8:42 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Alan M. Levine
Approved: February 20, 2025
Exhibits
● Agenda, posted by Mr. Parker