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1998 Revenue/Expense Overview ...........2 Town Government, pp. 3 -20 Human Services Comrittee ..............56 Board of Selectmen ......................3 Fair Housing/Human Relations Committee ..56 Long Range Planning Committee ...........4 Cary Lecture Series .....................62 Initiating Committee ......................5 Celebrations Committee ..................63 Town Manager ..........................6 .............57 Town Election ..........................10 Battle Green Guides .....................64 Special Town Election ...................10 Cable Advisory Committee ...............65 Town Meeting Members .................11 Last Nite Lexington 1999 .................65 TMMA .. .............................13 Moderator .............................14 Town Meetings .........................14 Town Clerk/Board of Registrars ...........18 State Elections ..........................19 Personnel Advisory Board ................20 Town Report Committee .................20 Public Safety, pp. 20 -25 Police Department ......................20 Police Manual Committee ................22 Fire Department ........................23 Board of Health ........................24 Traffic Safety Advisory Committee .........25 Public Facilities, pp. 26 -34 Department of Public Works ..............26 Lighting Options Committee ..............28 SWAT (Solid Waste Action Team) ..........30 Permanent Building Committee ............34 Education, pp. 35-40 School Committee ......................35 Superintendent of Schools ................36 School Expenditures by Line Item ..........37 LPS Summary of Outside Funding .........39 Townwide Technology Steering Committee .39 Lexington Scholarship & Education Fund ...39 Minuteman Regional High School .........40 Land Use, pp. 40 -54 Planning Board .........................40 Board of Appeals .......................42 Design Advisory Committee ..............46 Historic Districts Commission .............47 Lexington Historical Commission ..........47 Building Division, Inspectional Services .....48 Lexington Center Committee ..............49 Hanscom Area Town Committee (HATS) ...49 Hanscom Field Advisory Commission ......49 Metropolitan State Task Force ......'.......51 Bicycle Advisory Committee ..............51 Conservation Commission ................52 Hennessy Field Ad Hoc Committee ........52 Metropolitan Area Planning Council ........52 LexHAB . .............................54 Lexington Housing Authority .............54 Social Services, pp. 55 -57 Council on Aging .......................55 Human Services Comrittee ..............56 Appropriation Committee ................66 Fair Housing/Human Relations Committee ..56 Veterans' Services .......................57 Cary Lecture Series .....................62 Social Services .........................57 Celebrations Committee ..................63 Lexington Youth Commission .............57 Culture and Leisure, pp. 57 -65 Cary Memorial Library ..................57 Friends of Cary Memorial Library ..........59 Recreation Department ...................61 Appropriation Committee ................66 Lexington Council for the Arts ............62 Capital Expenditures Committee ...........67 Cary Lecture Series .....................62 Comptroller ............................68 Celebrations Committee ..................63 Financial Data ..........................68 Commission 2000 .......................64 Revenue Officer ........................77 Battle Green Guides .....................64 Board of Assessors ......................77 Cable Advisory Committee ...............65 Lexington Retirement Board ..............79 Last Nite Lexington 1999 .................65 Finances, pp. 66 -79 Appropriation Committee ................66 Capital Expenditures Committee ...........67 Comptroller ............................68 Financial Data ..........................68 Revenue Officer ........................77 Board of Assessors ......................77 Lexington Retirement Board ..............79 Legal and Trusts, pp. 79 -87 Trustees of Public Trusts .................79 Town Counsel ..........................86 Lexington Factual Summary ..............88 1998 Annual Report Town of Lexington, Massachusetts Chairperson Kerry Brandin Editorial Staff Bob Morrison Zelda Sokal Rajini Srikanth Audrea Simpson John Ayvazian Charts Bob Halfman Photography David S. Tabeling Shana Alexander Layout/Design Jeanette Webb Desktop Grafik Services Lexington Special thanks to Linda Vine, Michael DiPietro and Vic Rivera and to all town staff and committee mem- bers whose cooperation was critical to the success of this publication. Narratives summarize activities of the 1998 calendar year. Unless other- wise noted, financial data reports the total dollars expended in the fiscal year (FY) which began July 1 and ended June 30 of the year designated in the abbreviation. ON THE COVER: Detail of a Lexington Minute Man uni- form in celebration of the 225th anniversary of the formation of the Company on December 13, 1773. The eighth oldest military organization in the Western Hemisphere, the Lexington Minute Men Company has had the longest contin- uous existence of any Minute Men contingent. They appear annually in Lexington's Patriots Day re- enactment and have marched in the inaugural parades of Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Carter and Clinton. Photos by David S. Tabeling. 1998 Annual Report, Town of Lexington, Page 1