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Minutes
Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC)
April 13, 2026
Place and Time: Cary Memorial Building, Ellen Stone Room; 7:00 p.m.
Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair (participated remotely via a cell
phone in the meeting room); Alan Levine, Secretary; Anil Ahuja; John Bartenstein; Eric Michelson;
Sean Osborne (arrived 7:13 p.m.); Vinita Verma; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Fi-
nance (ex officio, non-voting)
Members Absent: Lily Yan
Other Attendees: Dawn McKenna; Priya Tanjore
At 7:02 p.m. Mr. Parker called the meeting to order.
Announcements and Liaison Reports
Mr. Levine reported that the School Building Committee (SBC) met earlier in the day. That body
voted to approve the design development submission to the MSBA and discussed the design of the
bathrooms in the new high school. Ms. Kosnoff added that the SBC also took positions on Articles
26 and 27 of the Annual Town Meeting.
Discussion of Financial Articles for the 2026 Annual Town Meeting
Mr. Levine said that the proponents of Article 27 have submitted an amendment to the substitute
motion that this Committee will offer for that article. The text of the new amendment may be found
on the Annual Town Meeting web page. It was noted that the new amendment seeks to undo some
of the changes purposely included in the substitute motion. After a short discussion there was a mo-
tion to recommend approval of the amendment to the substitute motion. The motion failed by a vote
of 0-7-1 (Mr. Osborne abstained).
Future meeting Schedule
Mr. Parker stated that he and Mr. Padaki had attended a “chairs plus one” meeting where a date and
time for the summit meeting to discuss the amendment to the school budget was discussed. The pro-
posed plan is to convene Town Meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 27, and then have the mod-
erator declare a recess to allow the summit meeting to take place in Battin Hall. Town Meeting
would be reconvened if the summit meeting concludes at a sufficiently early time. Mr. Parker does
not think that it will be necessary for the Appropriation Committee to meet at 7 p.m. on the evening
of April 27. Mr. Parker will not be able to attend the meetings on April 27, so he has asked Mr. Pa-
daki to act as the chair. Mr. Parker also expects an information packet to be made available before
the summit meeting.
Minutes of Prior Meetings
The minutes for the meetings of April 6 and April 8, 2026, were approved by a vote of 8-0.
Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 7:19 p.m.
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Respectfully submitted,
Alan M. Levine
Approved: July 8, 2026
Exhibits
● Agenda, posted by Mr. Parker