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Minutes
Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC)
March 24, 2025
Place and Time: Ellen Stone Room, Cary Memorial Building; 7:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Alan Levine, Secretary; Anil
Ahuja; John Bartenstein; Eric Michelson; Sean Osborne; Vinita Verma
Members Absent: Lily Yan; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex
officio)
Other Attendees: none
At 7:04 p.m. Mr. Parker called the meeting to order.
Announcements and Liaison Reports
Mr. Levine reported that he had attended a meeting of the School Building Committee (SBC) earlier
in the day. The topics of that meeting included discussion of whether to air condition the field house
and certain other spaces, the building entrance designs, materials that could be used for exterior fin-
ishes, and lighting on the post-construction athletic fields.
2025 Annual Town Meeting (ATM)
Mr. Parker asked Mr. Michelson to give an oral report on Articles 26 and 27 on Wednesday, March
26, since the Committee’s written report will likely not be published before that session is held. Mr.
Bartenstein asked Mr. Michelson about the potential extra costs that could incurred if either article’s
proposal would make it to implementation. Mr. Michelson responded that the Town Clerk would
likely need to hire an extra staff member and that there could be some expenses needed to initiate
the proposed changes that are difficult to estimate quantitatively.
Mr. Levine raised the question of whether the discussion of the demolition of the old Harrington
School building and construction of athletic fields at that site has properly taken into account the
potential desirability to use the building if and when public school enrollments increase signifi-
cantly due to the coming multifamily housing construction. Mr. Parker suggested that he discuss
this with the Director of Public Facilities.
Mr. Padaki asked about Committee discussion of the report of the consultant’s regarding financial
impacts of multifamily housing construction. The topic was tentatively assigned to the agenda for
the meeting of the Committee to be held on April 9.
Minutes of Prior Meetings
Minutes of the Committee meetings on March 4 and March 10, 2025, were approved by a vote of 8-
0.
Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 7:25 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Alan M. Levine
3/24/2025 AC Minutes
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Approved: March 26, 2025
Exhibits
● Agenda, posted by Mr. Parker