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Minutes
Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC)
March 27, 2019
Place and Time: Ellen Stone Room, Cary Memorial Building, 6:30 p.m.
Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Alan Levine, Secretary;
John Bartenstein; Ellen Basch; Nick Nichols; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance
(non-voting, ex officio)
Members)Absent: Eric Michelson; Richard Neumeier; Lily Manhua Yan
Other Attendees: None
The meeting was called to order at 7:07 p.m.
Announcements and Liaison Reports
Mr. Padaki reported that the Ad Hoc Crematory Study Committee recently published an interim
report, to be presented during the ongoing 2019 Annual Town Meeting. The report recommends
that the design for the new Westview Cemetery building be revised to be"addition-ready" for a
potential crematory facility, and it recommends against using a standalone building for a crematory
at Westview Cemetery. It does not recommend moving forward with a formal design process for a
crematory at this time. A final report is expected in mid-2019.
AC Report to the ATM
Mr. Padaki revised his vote on Article 20(g)Westview Cemetery Facility Construction from
"Abstain" to"Yes". As a result, the Committee's vote is 9-0 to recommend approval of Article
20(g).
Minutes
A motion was made and seconded to approve the Minutes from March 7, 2019, March 14, 2019 and
March 20, 2019. The motion passed. VOTE: 6-0
Oral Reports to the ATM
The Committee agreed to the following assignments for oral reports of the Committee's position
during the 2019 Annual Town Meeting:
Article Description Speaker
Monday 4/1
2 AC Report Mr. Parker
11 Operating Budget Mr. Levine
19 School Capital Mr. Nichols
5 Qualifications for Tax Deferrals Mr. Bartenstein
10 PEIL Fund Mr. Levine
12 Enterprise Funds Mr. Bartenstein
13 Revolving Funds Mr. Parker
Wednesday 4/3
4 CPA 1% IP Mr. Parker
15 Recreation Capital Mr. Neumeier
16 Municipal Capital Mr. Padaki
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Article Description Speaker
17 Water System Improvements Mr. Bartenstein
20 Public Facilities Capital Ms. Yan
25 Prior Year's Unpaid Bills Mr. Padaki
26 Amend FY2019 Budgets Mr. Bartenstein
Future Meetings
It was agreed that the Committee will meet at 6:30pm on Monday, April 1, 2019, prior to Town
Meeting. Ms. Kosnoff will be prepared to discuss proposed amendments to the FY2019 budgets to
be requested under Article 26.
The meeting adjourned at 7:28 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Glenn P. Parker
Approved: April 1, 2019
Exhibits
Agenda, posted by Mr. Parker, Chair
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