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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE REPORT-APRIL 2006 Contents Summary of Warrant Article Recommendations .......................................................................................................... 2 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Warrant Article Analysis and Recommendations .......................................................................................................13 Article 17: Appropriate FY2007 Operating Budget ..........................................................................................13 Lexington Public Schools ...............................................................................................................13 Minuteman Regional High School ................................................................................................15 Shared Expenses .............................................................................................................................16 Municipal Departments .................................................................................................................17 Article 18: Appropriate FY2007 Enterprise Funds Budgets ............................................................................ 18 Article 19: Approve Senior Tax Relief (Accept Chapter 59, Section 5, Clause 41C) .................................... 22 Article 20: Establish Property Tax Deferral Interest Rate for FY2007 ........................................................... 24 Article 21:Rescind MGL Chapter 59, Section SK (Property Tax Work-off Program) .................................. 25 Article 22: Appropriate for Senior Service Program ......................................................................................... 25 Article 23: Continue Departmental Revolving Funds ....................................................................................... 27 Article 24: Accept Chapter 157 of the Acts of 2005 ......................................................................................... 28 Article 25:Appropriate the FY2007 Community Preservation Committee Operating Budget ..................... 30 Article 26: Appropriate for Outdoor Sound System (Citizens' Petition) ......................................................... 31 Article 27: Appropriate for Recreation Capital Proj ects ................................................................................... 32 Article 28: Appropriate for Municipal Capital Projects .................................................................................... 34 Article 29: Appropriate for Water Distribution Improvements ........................................................................ 42 Article 30: Appropriate for Water Meters .......................................................................................................... 43 Article 31:Appropriate for Sewer Improvements ............................................................................................. 44 Article 32: School Capital Projects and Equipment .......................................................................................... 45 Article 33:Appropriate for School Administration Building ........................................................................... 49 Article 34: Appropriate for Fiske School Construction .................................................................................... 49 Article 35:Appropriate for Municipal Parking Lot (Owned by NSTAR) ....................................................... 49 Article 36: Appropriate for Senior Center Design/Conceptual Study .............................................................. 50 Article 37: Appropriate for Public Works Facility ............................................................................................ 50 Article 38: Appropriate for Municipal Electric Feasibility Study .................................................................... 50 Article 39: Appropriate for Post Employment Benefits .................................................................................... 51 Article 40: Appropriate for Stabilization Fund .................................................................................................. 51 Article 41:Appropriate for Prior Years' Unpaid Bills ...................................................................................... 51 Article 42: Amend FY2006 Operating Budget .................................................................................................. 52 Article 43:Appropriate for Authorized Capital Improvements ....................................................................... 52 Article 44: Use of Funds to Reduce the Tax Rate ............................................................................................. 52 Appendix A: At-Risk List .............................................................................................................................................. 53 Appendix B: Estimated Impact of Override Questions and Other Factors onSingle-Family-Home Taxes for FY20071 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 57 Appendix C: Financial Forecasts with Reserves Projections for FY2007-FY2008 ............................................... 58 Page 5 of 64