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Selectmen’s Meeting December 3, 2007 A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, December 3, 2006, at 8:00 a.m. in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room for Department Budget Presentations. Chairman Krieger, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Manz and Mr. Burnell; Mr. Valente, Town Manager; and Ms. Pease, Executive Clerk, were present. FY 2009 Budget Presentations Library Ms. Rawson presented the Library FY2009 Budget Requests. Level Service Requests: General and Technical Services $402,955; Adult Library $1,073,400; and Children’s Library $345,300. Total Level Service Budget: $1,821.655. The decrease of 12.79% from FY2008 is due to transferring out $219,800 in utility costs to the Department of Public Facilities and to significant turnover in staff resulting in the hiring of new staff at lower salaries. Program Restoration Request: Postage - $4,600 Program Improvement Requests: Library Materials Request - $25,000; Library Program Coordinator - $16,403; Enhanced Audiovisual and Broadcasting Service - $14,200 Capital Improvement Project: Renovation of East Lexington Branch Library - $ unknown in FY2009. Department Goals include: 1. East Lexington Branch Library – continue to develop a comprehensive plan to address physical conditions and Trustees must decide on the future use. 2. Utility Usage – work with Facilities Department to identify ways to improve energy management. 3. Collection Development – restore library collection to pre-construction conditions; meet the 13% materials requirement required by the Massachusetts Board of Library and improve Lexington’s Net Borrower Status within the Minuteman Library Network Recreation Ms. Simmons presented the Recreation FY2009 Budget Requests. Level Service Requests: Recreation $1,059,621; Pine Meadows $512,174; and Indirect Costs $275,399. Total Level Service Budget $1,847,194. The total increase of 3.57% reflects an increase in seasonal wages due to the increase in the State minimum wage and the transfer to this budget for employee benefits. There were reductions in contractual services, a reallocation of seasonal wages for in- house summer youth programs, professional services for a one-time FY2008 water quality study of the Old Reservoir and electricity based on the average usage over a 3-year period.