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<br />Selectmen’s Meeting <br />July 9, 2012 <br /> <br />A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, July 9, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. in <br />the Selectmen Meeting Room of the Town Office Building. Chairman Mauger, Mr. Kelley, Mr. <br />Cohen, Mr. Manz; and Mr. Burnell; Mr. Valente, Town Manager; and Ms. Pease, Executive <br />Clerk, were present. <br /> <br />Public Comment <br /> <br />Mr. Adler, Precinct 1, had concerns about using brick in the center of Mass. Avenue as part of <br />the Center Streetscape project. Ms. Mauger responded that the Selectmen have not voted on any <br />materials for the project and will take his concern under advisement. <br /> <br />Selectmen Concerns and Liaison Reports <br /> <br />Mr. Manz presented Suzanne Barry with a Commendation and Lexington pin for her outstanding <br />service on the Town Celebrations Committee and for bringing the U.S. Air Force Band of <br />Liberty to Lexington for a concert before they disbanded. <br /> <br />Mr. Manz reported that the annual Lion’s Club Carnival was a success. <br /> <br />Town Manager Report <br /> <br />Mr. Valente reported on two items: <br /> <br /> <br />1.The PERAC 2011 Annual Report, which shows the funding characteristics of the State’s 106 <br />retirement systems lists Lexington’s pension funding fourth with 88.8 percent of its liability <br />being funded. <br /> <br />2.The State budget approved by the Governor includes an additional $1 million more in local <br />aid for Lexington than in the FY2012 budget. <br /> <br />Grant of Location – National Grid – Bowman School <br /> <br />Mr. Dougherty, representing National Grid, requested approval to install a gas main in Worthen <br />Road East from Goffe Road to the rear of Bowman School at Phillip Road. <br /> <br />Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 5-0 to approve the petition for National Grid <br />to install and maintain approximately 300 feet of 4 inch gas main in Worthen Road East. <br /> <br />FY2012 Line Item Budget Transfers <br /> <br />Mr. Addelson, Comptroller, reviewed the status of all appropriations and identified those <br />departments in need of transfers for FY2012 year-end. The three possible sources of transfers <br />are: 3% rule, Salary Adjustment Account and Appropriation Committee Reserve Fund. The <br /> <br />