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November 6, 2008
Minutes
Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee
November 6, 2008
Place and time: Room G-15, Town Office Building, 7:30 PM
Members present: Alan Levine (Chair), John Bartenstein (Vice Chair), Richard Eurich,
Pam Hoffman, Susan McLeish (Secretary), Eric Michelson, Deborah Brown, Mike
Kennealy, Rob Addelson (non-voting, ex officio).
Also present: Rob Lent and Mike Tarello
The meeting was called to order at 7:40 PM.
Commercial Assessments
. A short discussion on commercial assessments and on the
Connery valuation of Ledgemont 1 and 2 was held.
Article 3.
Rob Addelson indicated that the 2009 budget was underfunded by $24,000
related to crossing guards. In 2010, they will be included in the Police budget versus in
the school budget. There is also a need for an additional $50,000 for labor counsel
related to the labor contract for the fire department and energy costs have increased
substantially and should be reflected in the budget. The committee voted 8-0 to support
Article 3.
Article 4.
John led a brief discussion on Article 4 and the committee voted to approve it
by a vote of 8-0.
Article 5.
Rob Addelson led a short discussion regarding the Article and we discussed
the cost for the appraisal of $4,600. The committee voted, 8-0 in favor of the Article.
Article 6.
The CEC and CPC both approve of this Article. Funds used will be CPA
funds. A point was made to have a discussion regarding the change in the cost estimate
for the project with Pat Goddard of the Facilities Department and we will defer our vote
until Monday.
Article 7 Stabilization Funds.
A short discussion was held and we voted 8-0 in favor of
the Article.
Article 8.
We voted 7-0 in favor of this Article.
Report.
We are targeting distribution of the report on November 13 and will plan to vote
th
to approve the report on the 17.
Health Insurance.
Deborah mentioned that the committee set up by Town Manager Carl
Valente to study health insurance issues had met last evening and she presented a memo
from Mike Kennealy and herself to the group.
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November 6, 2008
The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan McLeish
Approved October 14, 2009
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