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<br />Budget Collaboration-Financial Summit 1 <br />October 1, 2008 <br /> <br />A joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen, School Committee and Finance Committees was <br />held on Wednesday, October 1, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen Meeting Room, Town <br />Office Building. Present: Chairman Cohen, Mrs. Krieger, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Manz and Mr. <br />Burnell; Mr. Valente, Town Manager, Ms. Pease, Executive Clerk; Dr. Ash, Superintendent; <br />Ms. Dunn, Assistant Superintendent; all members of the School Committee; all members of <br />the Appropriation Committee, except Mr. Levine; and all members of the Capital <br />Expenditures Committee. <br />The purpose of the meeting was to evaluate the fiscal health of the Town through a series of <br />financial indicates and comparative benchmarks; to present a three-year projection of <br />revenues and expenditures and outline the FY2020 budget calendar and issues. <br />1. Financial Conditions Overview and Budget Projections <br />Key Financial Trends in Lexington. Mr. Valente presented the Town’s financial condition: <br />strong in tax collections, stable labor costs as a percentage of total operating costs, adequate <br />pension funding, revenues related to economic growth and low debt service; satisfactory in <br />the areas of revenue and expenses per household and level of reserves; and unsatisfactory in <br />the areas of state aid and employee liabilities. <br />Mr. Valente presented information on where Lexington stands financially. Detailed <br />information on the following indicators was presented: <br />1. State Aid <br />2. Revenues Related to Economic Growth <br />3. Personnel Costs <br />4. Employee Benefits <br />5. Debt Service <br />6. Reserves and Fund Balance <br />FY2010-2012 Revenue and Expenditure Projections. Mr. Addelson presented three-year <br />projections of revenues and expenses to facilitate discussion as the Town plans the FY2010 <br />budget. The projections were based on maintaining the current level of services. The <br />projections show a shortfall of $1,247,154 in FY1010, $2,339,969 in FY2011 and $2,406,865 <br />in FY2012. To the shortfall we have to add the variable cost drivers, which include a one <br />percent increase for municipal and school wages and new debt service. <br />Key assumptions include: Property Tax Levy (2.5 percent of property tax growth and new <br />growth of $1.9 million annually); State Aid (level funding); Local Receipts (historical <br />averages and elimination of PILOTS in FY2010); Available Funds ($2.620 million in free <br />cash applied in FY2010 and $2 million annually thereafter); Revenue Offsets (overlay at <br />$750,000 in FY2010 and FY2012, increasing to $925,000 in reevaluation year, level funded <br />$300,000 set aside for snow and ice deficit annually); Other Revenues (reduced water and <br />sewer indirects as per 6-year <br /> <br />
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