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Calling All Lexington Volunteers! Fueled by a $5,000 grant from the Executive Office of Communities and Development, the town through the manager's office hired a consultant to design and fire up a system to recruit and retain volunteers. The program was to last from June through October 1985, with the following objectives: To improve recruitment and placement of volunteers; To promote volunteer services in the community; and To facilitate better recognition for volunteers. The program was designed to serve the needs of all town agencies, including the library, council on aging and school department. The consultant began by examining all these government branches to deter- mine where and how volunteers could serve. Concurrent with this project, the school established and employed a "Coordinator of Community Relations" whose responsibilities include volunteers. The town consultant Nancy Gordon and the school coordinator Georgia Glick immediately shared information about procedures and placement opportunities. Together they created a brochure on volunteering to be sent to every household in Lexington and a car window decal to be given to volunteers. (See title page of this report.) By the conclusion of the grant some mechanisms for the recruitment and retention of volunteers had been put in place, with plans laid for other aspects of a coordinated volunteer program to be implemented during the coming year. LEXINGTON NEEDS YOU! Town Manager Keeps Town Government Tooled Town Manager's Office, Second floor, Town office Building This office assists in and is committed to the exec- ution of policies of the selectmen and town meeting for the benefit of Lexington citizens. Inquiries and comments regarding the administrative operation of town government are welcome. FY 84 FY 85 PAYROLL $125,829 $161,895 EXPENSES 7,000 10,000 PERSONNEL Full Time 5 5 The Town Manager serves as the chief executive offi- cer for the town, administering the policies and procedures of the major board of the town, the Board of Selectmen. He is also responsible for seeing that the by -laws and votes of the town meeting are en- forced and for preparing and submitting the town budget to the selectmen and appropriate committees. On a day to day basis he supervises town employees working through department heads. This further involves maintaining a professional personnel system that covers 285 full -time and 178 part -time em- ployees with a payroll of approximately $7.6 million for FY86. The total town budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1986 (FY86) is $43,179,564 of which $20,374,511 was appropriated by town meeting for schools, including $304,756 for Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical High School. Data Processing. The town has not only installed its VAX 11/750 system but also plugged into it most financial procedures including tax billing, sewer and water billing, general ledger and reevaluation. Microcomputers and terminals have been added to many town offices, reflecting the town's commitment to upgrade its information handling capacity. The people in most of our offices have become adept in using their new electronic powers. lntrastructure. The town continued to progress in protecting its infrastructure including roads, sewer, water and physical plant maintenance. Specif- ically, a renewed and expanded building committee was assigned to examine all $56 million worth of town and school buildings, and to develop plans to update them. A major component of the building Overview 13