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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE - NOVEMBER 2015 STM #2 Introduction Two Special Town Meetings (STMs) are scheduled for November 2015. This report addresses Articles 2 — 10 of Special Town Meeting (STM) #2. The Appropriation Committee will submit a report on STM #1 articles separately for publication a week before they are to be addressed at Town Meeting on December 2, 2015. Special Town Meeting #1 contains Articles 1 -4 which address school capital and other related pro- jects. This report is distributed to the members of Town Meeting as a printed document and as an electronic doc- ument via the Town website. It is published a week prior to the session when the articles are anticipated to be taken up in Town Meeting. Acknowledgements The content of this report, except where otherwise noted, was researched, written and edited by members of the Committee with support from Town staff. Our Committee has the pleasure and the privilege of working with Town Manager Carl Valente; Assistant Town Manager for Finance Rob Addelson; our Budget Officer Patricia Moore; the Capital Expenditures Committee; the Community Preservation Committee; the School Committee; the Permanent Building Committee; Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Mary Czajkowski; and the Board of Selectmen. We thank the municipal and school staff, Town officials, boards and volunteers who have contributed time and expertise to help us prepare this report. Last but not least, we thank Sara Arnold, who records and prepares the minutes for our meetings. 1