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<br />ARTICLE 2: AMEND FY 2013 OPERATING, ENTERPRISE
<br />FUND AND COMMUNITY PRESERVATION BUDGETS
<br />MOTION: a)That the appropriations authorized under Ar-
<br />ticle 4 of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting be amended as
<br />follows and that said amounts be raised in the tax levy:
<br />Line Item
<br />Description
<br />From
<br />To
<br />2110
<br />Contributory Retirement
<br />$4,205,537
<br />$5,205,537
<br />2160
<br />Property & Liability
<br />Insurance
<br />$630,000
<br />$645,000
<br />3100 -3500
<br />DPW — October Storm
<br />$-
<br />$200,000
<br />b) That the appropriations authorized under Article 5(a) of
<br />the 2012 Annual Town Meeting for the current fiscal year's
<br />water enterprise fund be amended as follows:
<br />Description
<br />From
<br />To
<br />MWRA Assessment
<br />$5,153,351
<br />$5,145,927
<br />c) That the appropriations authorized under Article 5(b) of
<br />the 2012 Annual Town Meeting for the current fiscal year's
<br />wastewater enterprise fund be amended as follows:
<br />Description
<br />From
<br />To
<br />MWRA Assessment
<br />$7,032,394
<br />$6,954,177
<br />d) That the reserve for appropriation from estimated receipts
<br />as recommended by the Community reservation Commit-
<br />tee under Article 8 of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting be
<br />amended as follows:
<br />Description
<br />From
<br />To
<br />Unbudgeted Reserve
<br />$2,984,100
<br />$3,145,607
<br />AMENDMENT: The `To' amount for Line Item 2110, Con-
<br />tributory Retirement, be changed from $5,205,537 to
<br />$5,905,537.
<br />Declared not adopted.
<br />Article 2 declared adopted by voice vote.
<br />ARTICLE 3: ESTABLISH AND APPROPRIATE
<br />TO SPECIFIED STABILIZATION FUNDS
<br />MOTION: That a Capital Projects /Debt Service Reserve/
<br />Building Renewal Stabilization Fund be created in ac-
<br />cordance with MGL Chapter 40, Section 5B, and that
<br />$1,600,000 be appropriated to such Fund, and to meet
<br />this appropriation $1,600,000 be raised in the tax levy.
<br />That $4,794 be appropriated to the Transportation De-
<br />mand Management /Public Transportation Stabilization
<br />Fund, and to meet this appropriation $4,794 be transferred
<br />from the TDM special revenue account.
<br />Declared adopted by more than the necessary two- thirds.
<br />ARTICLE 5: ESTABROOK SCHOOL
<br />ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS
<br />MOTION: That the Town appropriate $1,500,000 for street,
<br />drainage, intersection and sidewalk improvements to Grove
<br />Street and Robinson Road in connection with the con-
<br />struction of the new Estabrook School, and to meet this
<br />appropriation $1,500,000 be raised from the general fund
<br />unreserved fund balance.
<br />Adopted unanimously.
<br />ARTICLE 10: TOWN MEETING
<br />ELECTRONIC VOTING BYLAW
<br />MOTION: That Chapter 118 of the Code of the Town of
<br />Lexington be amended as set forth below, and further that
<br />non - substantive changes to the numbering of this bylaw be
<br />permitted in order that it be in compliance with the num-
<br />bering format of the Code of the Town of Lexington.
<br />Delete Section 118 -17 in its entirety and replace with the
<br />following:
<br />Section 118 -17. Voting.
<br />A. Voting in Town Meeting shall be by:
<br />1) voices of the members, or
<br />2) a counted vote by:
<br />a) an electronically and display system used:
<br />i) By itself to reflect the vote, or
<br />ii) in conjunction with a voice vote as authorized
<br />herein ( "the electronic system'), or
<br />b) members standing, or
<br />c) writing, or
<br />d) roll-call poll.
<br />B. Vote taken by voices of the members:
<br />1) Whenever only a majority vote is required, the Mod-
<br />erator shall first announce the vote as it appears to him/
<br />her by the sound. If the Moderator is unable to decide
<br />by the sound of the voices, or if the announcement is
<br />thereupon doubted by 20 or more members rising in
<br />their places for that purpose, the Moderator shall, with-
<br />out debate, order a counted vote.
<br />2) Whenever a two- thirds vote is required by statute, any-
<br />thing in the By -Laws, or other authority, such vote may
<br />be declared as such by the Moderator as it appears to
<br />him /her by the sound and be recorded as such by the
<br />Town Clerk upon such declaration, provided, howev-
<br />er, that if the announcement is thereupon doubted by
<br />seven or more members rising in their places for that
<br />purpose, a counted vote shall be taken.
<br />C. Electronic system:
<br />1) After a public hearing, the Moderator, in consultation
<br />with the Board of Selectmen, and the Town Clerk, is
<br />authorized to define operating rules governing the use
<br />of the electronic system. Beyond addressing the general
<br />procedures for operating the electronic system, these
<br />rules shall include, but not be limited to, procedures for:
<br />a) Challenging a vote
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