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Minutes
Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC)
March 22, 2021
Place and Time: Remote Participation: in accordance with the Governor's March 12, 2020 Order
Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law; communication took place via a Zoom
teleconferencing session that was open to the public; 7:00 p.m.
Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Alan Levine, Secretary;
Anil Ahuja; John Bartenstein; Vineeta Kumar; Eric Michelson; Meg Muckenhoupt;
Lily Manhua Yan; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio)
Member(s)Absent: None
Other Attendees: Sara Arnold, Recording Secretary
Mr. Parker confirmed attendance, reviewed the authorization for meeting remotely, noted that the
meeting was being called to order at 7:03 p.m. on March 22, 2021, and stated that the meeting was
being recorded for the purpose of creating minutes. He also noted that materials for the meeting
were available on-line.
Announcements and Liaison Reports
Mr. Parker and Ms. Kosnoff reported that, as expected, the Select Board had voted that evening to
send a Reserve Fund transfer request to this Committee. This will be on the AC agenda for
Wednesday, March 24.
Annual Town Meeting (ATM) 2021
Mr. Parker reviewed the process for using Google Hangouts in the event this Committee needs to
caucus during the ATM. He ensured that everyone would be able to access this resource.
Mr. Parker noted that when members of this Committee report to the ATM on this Committee's
positions on the articles, the AC vote is referenced. He suggested that this be 7-0, consistent with
the votes reported in this Committee's Report to the 2021 ATM. Alternatively, Ms. Kumar and
Mr. Ahuja could take a position if they so desired. Ms. Kumar and Mr. Ahuja agreed that, having
just joined the committee and not having the benefit of this Committee's discussions, they thought it
best to leave the vote at 7-0.
Mr. Bartenstein asked why Article 9, Establish and Continue Departmental Revolving Funds was
not included on the Consent Agenda. Ms. Kosnoff reported that the Select Board(SB) decided not
to include it, and explained that two of the revolving funds, i.e., those for Tourism/Liberty Ride and
Visitors Center, involve programs that had a challenging year financially because of COVID-19. It
is anticipated that there will be questions relating to the funding of those programs during the ATM.
There was discussion about the protocol for speaking during Town Meeting as a town meeting
member or as a member of this Committee. It was noted that during AC presentations at the ATM,
the authors of the report would generally speak about the portions that they authored. Mr. Parker
agreed to make any presentations for members who would prefer not to speak.
Minutes of Prior Meetings
A motion was made and seconded to approve the draft minutes for the March 18, 2021 AC meeting,
with edits. There was a roll call vote with the member who was not present abstaining. The motion
was approved. VOTE: 8-0-1.
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03/22/2021 AC Minutes
The meeting adjourned at 7:23 p.m. by a roll call vote. VOTE: 9-0
Respectfully submitted,
Sara Arnold
Approved: March 29, 2021
Exhibits
Agenda,posted by Mr. Parker
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