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v,sM Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting
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March 31, 2021
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Location and Time: Remote Meeting; 7:00 P.M.
Members Present (remote participation): Charles Lamb, Chair; David Kanter, Vice-Chair
& Clerk; Sandy Beebee; Rod Cole, Wendy Manz, and Frank Smith
Members Absent: None
Others Present (remote participation): None
Documents Presented:
• Notice of Public Meeting/Agenda CEC Meeting, March 31, 2021
• DRAFT #2 Errata (Apr 1, 2021) to CEC Report to the 2021 Annual Town Meeting
(ATM) (March 15, 2021)
• STRAWMAN Minutes of this Meeting, March 31, 2021
Call to Order
Mr. Lamb called this Remote (Virtual) Meeting, which had been posted as such, to order at
7:00 P.M. As all those present had been previously advised of the special conditions of this
meeting, he passed on repeating them (i.e., The requirement to have a physical presence of
a quorum had been suspended in an Executive Order by Massachusetts
Governor Charles D. Baker, on March 12, 2020, after having proclaimed, on
March 10, 2020, a STATE OF EMERGENCY in the Commonwealth due to the outbreak of
the 2019 novel coronavirus, known as "COVID-19").
Mr. Lamb further reported that the documents for this meeting, which had been provided
electronically to the Committee and would be available upon request, were those listed as
Documents Presented. Any votes during this meeting would be taken by a roll call. This
meeting is being recorded to assist in preparing Minutes, and the recording would be deleted
once the Minutes were approved. Mr. Lamb took a roll-call vote and confirmed that six
Committee members were remotely participating.
2021 ATM (Potential Move to Reconsider Article 16(g), Center Recreation Complex
Bathrooms & Maintenance Building Reconstruction)
Mr. Lamb reminded the Committee that as a Notice to Reconsider the vote of that Sub-Article
was made at last Monday's session (the 29th); we must consider that at a future session—
usually much later in the Town Meeting—a Move to Reconsider could be made with an
explanation of purported "new information". If and when such an explanation is presented,
this Committee should reach its own decision on that explanation and be prepared to offer it
to Town Meeting when asked by the Town Moderator. If that Motion passes by a simple
majority of those voting—because the Notice has been timely made; otherwise it would
require at least a 2/3rd of those voting—it reflects that Town Meeting accepts that material
"new information" has been presented so Reconsideration is justified—which eliminates the
previous vote, and the processing of the original Motion of that Sub-Article will begin again.
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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting
March 31, 2021
Mr. Lamb advised that no further action on this matter is contemplated at this Committee
Meeting, but as the Town Moderator has advised the Town Meeting member who served the
Notice to provide the Select Board, the Town's Appropriation Committee, and this Committee
with what will be the basis for Moving Reconciliation. Therefore, we should not expect to
cancel at least the next two meetings until we are sure we will not need to hear that basis at
one of them.
Approval of Proposed Errata to CEC Report to the 2021 ATM
Mr. Kanter advised that if that Errata were approved, it would be distributed tomorrow to the
same recipients used for the prior Erratum, limited copies would be printed and the
mandatory delivery made, and he would obtain signatures of all of this Committee's members
on a copy for delivery to the Town Clerk's Office. It would then be available to be submitted
to the on-going Town Meeting, under its Article 2 (...Reports of Town Boards....)—hopefully
at the April 5, 2021 , session.
It was Moved and Seconded that the DRAFT #2 Errata (Apr 1, 2021) to CEC Report to the
2021 ATM (March 15, 2021), be approved as presented. Roll-Call Vote: 6-0
Mr. Kanter presented the Draft Minutes he created by filling in and completing the Minutes
for this Meeting using the STRAWMAN Minutes he had prepared and previously submitted.
It was reviewed with the Committee.
It was Moved and Seconded that those Draft Minutes for this Meeting, including what will be
the immediately-following time and vote to adjourn, be approved as presented with
Mr. Kanter authorized to make non-substantial changes. Roll-Call Vote: 6-0
Adjourn
A Motion was made and seconded at 7:04 P.M. to adjourn. Roll-Call Vote: 6-0
This Minutes was approved by the CEC at this meeting on March 31, 2021
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