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Town Meeting continued from previous page ed to the following line items for the current fiscal year's budget. Line Item From To 1100 Lexington $6314191500 $6319411058 Public Schools 2130 Group Insurance 1811601485 1719941416 2140 Unemployment 1221800 921800 2150 Workers Compensation 1901000 2201000 2210 Payment on Funded 218371006 218751006 Debt 2220 Interest on Funded Debt 6341097 5461097 2230 Temporary Borrowing 2481958 2981958 2310 Reserve Fund 4001000 3911480 5100 Library Personnel 115631305 115381305 7100 Communications 7381714 6871714 Development Personnel 7100 Comm. Development 601019 861019 Expenses 7300 Economic Devel. 951199 451199 Personnel 7300 Economic Devel. Expenses 69,643 1091643 8120 Legal 3501000 3101000 8210 -8220 Town Manager 4701542 4451542 personnel 8210 -8220 Town Manager 1561067 1961067 Expenses 8600 MIS Personnel 1801471 1011471 8600 MIS Expenses 2791050 3051550 Further, that $209,469 be appropriated from Unreserved Fund Balance. Non - Binding Resolution Amendment to Article 42: For the next three years, the School Committee and /or administration provide certain quarterly actual -to- budget financial data pertaining to the Schools. These data will be available to all Town Meeting representatives on the school web site and will include: quarterly financial report by line item; FTE count; SPEC variances from budget; Energy con- sumption and cost; Facilities maintenance expenditures. Art. 43: Appropriate for Authorized Capital Improvements Adopted May 2. a) $15,000 for the rehabilitation and restoration of records vault in Cary Memorial Hall, with $15,000 transferred from the unexpended balance of Article 4(d) of the warrant for the November 29, 2006 Special Town Meeting. b) $500,000 to complete reconstruction of Fiske and Harrington Elementary Schools; borrowed. Art. 44: Use of Funds to Reduce The Tax Rate Indefinitely postponed May 2. Lexington Ad Hoc Climate Action Plan Committee (LexCAPC) ROLE: to develop a Climate Action Plan for Lexington that will provide a focus for local actions by residents, commercial entities, and local government to achieve cost savings and facil- itate climate protection measures as outlined in the committee's charge. Specifically this Committee will: Engage relevant con- stituencies and stakeholders in a vision for a sustainable com- munity; work with other Massachusetts communities in devel- oping Climate Action Plans; conduct a baseline inventory of Lexington's global warming pollutants; identify actions that could be taken by local government, commercial entities, and residents to reduce global warming pollution and consider the impact of such actions; propose an initial community target for lowering emissions and metrics for monitoring progress; and recommend a Climate Action Plan, including implementation timelines, responsibilities and mechanisms, for adoption by the Board of Selectmen. It is anticipated that the Committee will prepare a draft Climate Action Plan for community discussion within one year, and within two years develop a final Plan for consideration by the Board of Selectmen. APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen: Chair Toby Sackton, Vice- chairs Rick Abrams and Adam Sacks, John Huchra and Ken Karnofsky, JJ Krawczyk, Andy McClaine, Linda Moran, Charles Moore, Marilyn Campbell and Sam Silverman. HIGHLIGHTS: • Joined International Cities for Local Environmental Initiatives ( ICLEI), which is an organization of more than 700 local governments (400 in the U.S., with about 30 in Massachusetts) committed to taking action on Climate Change. • Attended the ICLEI Northeast Regional Workshop 2007 in Hartford, Ct., and met with representatives of other New England cities and towns working on local climate action plans. • Obtained a software program from ICLEI used to quanti- fy greenhouse gas emissions which will become the basis for our quantitative report on Lexington's greenhouse gas emission footprint. • Received material from the town, as well as the Energy Committee, with existing data on energy usage where available. • Gathered data on both commercial and residential energy use in addition to greenhouse gas emissions (including heat, electricity usage, transportation, and waste genera- tion) in Lexington. • Planned a public presentation of Lexington's greenhouse gas emissions footprint for the spring of 2008. 2007 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 23