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525 SPECIAL TOWN M EETING HELD MAY 29, 1985 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. at 8 P.M. in Cary Memorial Hall. There were 178 Town Meeting Members present. Invocation offered by Rev. George C. Papademetriou, St. Nicholas Greek Ortho- dox Church and Chaplain, Lexington Minute Men. 8:03 P.M. Town Clerk, Mary R. McDonough, read the warrant for the meeting until further reading was waived. 8:04 P.M. The Town Clerk read the Constable's Return of the warrant. 8:04 P.M. The Moderator called a formal recess at 8:04 P.M. Paul Newman, Chairman of the School Committee, read a proclamation by the Board of Selectmen honoring James Banks and Mary Keenan, two outstanding teachers. The Battle Green DeMolay had presented these two teachers with the 1985 Exemplary Teacher Awards and both received a standing ovation from the meeting when they were introduced. 8:08 P.M. The Moderator said that the Special Town Meeting was back in session at 8:08 P.M. He added that Article 1 was now before the meeting and would remain open throughout the meeting. 8:08 P.M. Article 1. REPORTS OF TOWN BOARDS, OFFICERS, COMMITTEES Joyce A. Miller moved that the report of the Conservation Commission be accepted and placed on file. 8:09 P.M. Mrs. Miller read portions of the report referring to the West Farm and Chiesa Farm. 8:12 P.M. Mrs. Miller asked that John A. Oberteuffer, a member of the Conserva- tion Commission, be recognized. 8:12 P.M. Mr. Oberteuffer moved that a report of the Conservation Commission be accepted and placed on file, but, as he is not a Town Meeting Member, Mrs. Miller made the motion for him. 8:13 P.M. Mr. Oberteuffer read the report but, when he came to the last para- graph which thanked the Board of Selectmen and the Appropriation and Capital Expenditures Committee, he said that he would have to change his statement. He said that the Commission had received a phone call at 7:35 this evening informing them that the Board of Selectmen would support the acquisitions of the West and Chiesa lands only if there was a referendum to over -ride Proposition 2 1 2. He did not favor this approach. 8:25 P.M. The motions by Mrs. Miller to accept the two Conservation Commission Reports were adopted unanimously. 8:25 P.M. Paul W. Marshall., Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, asked that the Town Manager, Robert M. Hutchinson, Jr. be recognized. 8:25 P.M. Mr. Hutchinson, with the aid of slides, spoke of the possible five year debt schedule, budget forecast and a five year budget forecast assumption, not including the Chiesa and West Farm Acquisitions. He added that, due to the lack of an increase in the Blue Cross Rates, the amount to be appropriated for free cash will be reduced. 8:38 P.M. Mr. Marshall shows slides using the Town Manager's figures with the West and Chiesa acquisitions included. Speaking about the referendum for the over -ride, which they hoped would be June 24, 1985, he said that we should not worry about 1986 or 1987. Worry about 1988 and panic about 1989. 8:48 P.M.