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March 30, 2009 Annual Town Meeting, cont...
<br /> 8130 Town Report $ 7,000
<br /> 8200 Town Manager
<br /> and further that Line 8230 is to be transferred by the Board of Selectmen for contractual settlements within
<br /> departments upon recommendation of the Town Manager
<br /> 8210 -8220 Town Manager Personal Services $ 537,875
<br /> 8210 -8220 Town Manager Expenses $ 199,852
<br /> 8230 Salary Transfer Account* $ 1,003,000
<br /> 8300 Town Committees
<br /> 8310 Finance Committees $ 1,500
<br /> 8320 Misc. Boards and Committees $ 4,700
<br /> 8330 Public Celebration Committee $ 30,000
<br /> 8400 Finance Personal Services $ 1,063,734
<br /> 8400 Finance expenses $ 301,328
<br /> 8500 Town Clerk Personal Services $ 269,513
<br /> 8500 Town Clerk Expenses $ 84,000
<br /> 8600 MIS Personal Services $ 211,043
<br /> 8600 MIS Expenses $ 344,902
<br /> and that the Town transfer the following sums to meet, in part, appropriations made at this Town Meeting:
<br /> $70,000 from the School Bus Transportation Stabilization Fund for line -item 1100;
<br /> $104,965 from Overlay Surplus
<br /> $325,000 from the Parking Meter Fund for line -items 3100 -3500 and 4100;
<br /> $120,000 from the Cemetery Trust Fund for line item 3100 -3500;
<br /> $72,000 from Transportation Demand Management /Public Transportation Stabilization Revolving Fund for
<br /> Appropriations for line -items 3100 -3500;
<br /> $3,668,576 from Unreserved Fund Balance /Free Cash;
<br /> $782,176 from the Water Enterprise Fund;
<br /> $691,763 from the Sewer Enterprise Fund;
<br /> $188,583 from the Recreation Enterprise Fund; and
<br /> $52,387 from Insurance Proceeds greater than $20,000 for line -item 2170
<br /> Items marked with an ( *) are Continuing Balance Accounts.
<br /> Selectman Cohen moved line item 2130 , Employee Insurance, be divided out and voted
<br /> separately at this time.
<br /> 8:40 p.m. Moderator Deborah Brown explained she would be recusing herself from voting
<br /> on this article.
<br /> 8:40 p.m. Motion to divide out line item 2120 Unanimously Adopted.
<br /> 8:41 p.m. Selectman Norman Cohen moved Marjorie Battin be elected
<br /> Temporary Moderator. Unanimously Adopted.
<br /> 8:42 p.m. Temporary Moderator Margery Battin read the motion for Article 4, line 2130.
<br /> Jeanne Krieger reported unanimous support of the Board of Selectmen for
<br /> Article 4, line 2130.
<br /> 8:43 p.m. Michael Kennealy, Appropriation Committee, read statement on health insurance
<br /> challenges and proposed resolution.
<br /> 8:56 p.m. Alan Levine, Appropriation Committee Chair, moved to amend Article 4, line
<br /> 2130 by adding the words of the proposed resolution.
<br /> Resolution:
<br /> Whereas Lexington's escalating health care costs have been and are continuing to consume a
<br /> significant proportion of Lexington's allowable 2 % percent increase in the tax levy, and
<br /> Whereas options for realizing savings in health care costs for municipalities and towns are
<br /> severely limited by current state law, and
<br /> Whereas the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is exempt from any requirement to negotiate and
<br /> receive approval to implement significant changes in its health insurance plans through its Group
<br /> Insurance Commission (GIC), and
<br /> Whereas the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and all its cities and town face an unprecedented
<br /> economic crisis that will dramatically impact public finances for a least the next two years,
<br /> Now, therefore, the Town of Lexington petitions the Governor of Massachusetts and the Senate
<br /> and House of Representatives to enact legislation to allow municipalities to modify health care
<br /> plan design without the requirements of collective bargaining such that municipalities can, in a
<br /> timely manner, either (1) join the GIC; or (2) offer health care plans to employees that are
<br /> comparable to the offerings of the GIC, provided that the co- payments and deductibles of such
<br /> plans do not exceed those of the GIC.
<br /> 9:00 P.M. Jeanne Krieger reported unanimous support of the Board of Selectmen.
<br /> Margaret Coppe reported the School Committee voted unanimously to take no position.
<br /> 9:04 p.m. Robert Cunha, pr.2, reported the opposition of the Firefighter's Union and the
<br /> opposition of the Coalition Bargaining.
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