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Town Clerk/Board of Registrars continued) • Code of Lexington - Publishing of annual supplement, updating bylaws changes adopted at the 2012 Annual and Special Town Meetings and regulations enacted or updated during 2012. • Annual Town Census updated Lexington's population, with close coordination with Lexington Public Schools, and verified voter registration rolls, with Annual List of Residents published. • The Town Clerk's Office oversaw appointment notifica- tions; oaths of office, and posting of in excess of 1,000 public meetings conducted for appointed and elected boards and committee members. • Ongoing oversight of the 2009 Ethics Reform legisla- tion, imposing changes to the Conflict of Interest Law and Public Records Law and requiring notification and training of municipal employees, implemented and re- quired training and notifications provided to board and committee members, municipal and school employees. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 1 9 from previous page • Debt Exclusion vote held January 24, 2012 with 3 ballot questions pertaining to renovations at the Bridge and Bow- man schools and construction of a new Estabrook School. • Annual Town Election held simultaneously with 2012 Presi- dential Primary on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, with a 23% voter turnout from Lexington's 21,520 registered voters; • Annual Town Meeting convened on March 26, 2012 in Cary Hall/Cary Memorial Building, covering 38 war- rant articles in 9 sessions, dissolved May 16,2012; Spe- cial Town Meeting held April 2, 2012 within the 2012 Annual, to appropriate funds supported at the January debt exclusion vote, in the amount of $39,742,248 for the construction of a new Estabrook School. Registrars forwarded recommendations to the Board of Selectmen for annual Election officer appointments; conducted voter registration sessions prior to January Debt Ex- clusion Vote, March Presidential Primary and Annual Town Election; certified Initiative Petitions for ballot questions and Annual Town Election candidate papers. STATISTICS 2010 2011 20117/1-12/31 20121/1 -6/30 7/1/11- 6/30/12 Population 31,325 32,525 33,098 33,098 Vital Statistics Births 191 189 116 99 215 Marriages 90 74 45 37 82 Deaths 294 275 158 167 325 Licenses Dog 2,128 2,317 727 1460 2187 Raffle 14 17 8 10 18 Business Certificates 260 261 138 106 244 Flammable 37 26 1 27 28