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61-379 Selectmen’s Meeting – July 12, 1999 Town Celebrations Committee/Subcommittee Appointments Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to increase the membership of the Town Celebrations Subcommittee to not more than 15 members for the 2000 celebrations. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint John Graham to the Town Celebrations Subcommittee for a term to expire June 30, 2000. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint Jean Coates and Ray Flynn honorary members of the Town Celebrations Committee. Minutes Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of June 14, 1999 and June 28, 1999. Executive Session Minutes Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the executive session minutes of June 28, 1999. Circuit Breaker Legislation – Senators Birmingham and Fargo and Representative Kaufman Mr. Enrich introduced Senate President Tom Birmingham to talk about legislation that is pending in the state legislature that is of tremendous concern to all of us in Lexington. Senator Birmingham thanked Mr. Enrich for his kind words. As the presiding officer of the Senate he files very few pieces of legislation; this year only two. One to increase the minimum wage and the second is the circuit breaker bill. The bill would help elderly people with the high property tax bills. It would allow a tax credit of up to $750 for senior citizens (65 or older) of modest means (single file at $40,000 of taxable income or joint file at $60,000 of taxable income). These people would be eligible for a tax credit if the combination of their property taxes and their water and sewer rates exceeded 10 percent of the reported income. This is a good faith effort to address what is a statewide problem. The state would hold all municipalities absolutely harmless from any revenue loss as a result of the circuit breaker legislation. The cost to the state is just shy of $50 million. Mr. Lieberman who is a Lexington resident and President of a non-profit corporation that is concerned with environmental issues involving Hanscom field asked to address Mr. Birmingham to ask for help regarding a proposal that would begin the process of transforming Hanscom Field from a General Aviation Airport to a Commercial Airport. Help is needed to keep the process fair. Massport is not keeping its promises to the towns nor is it following its own policies regarding Hanscom Field or behaving in a lawful manner. Massport has said it would wait for HATS and HFAC to complete a review process before acting on a proposal to introduce