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Contents 2015 Annual Report Town of Lexington, Massachusetts Town Report Committee includes: Chair: Cristina Burwell Editorial Staff: Gloria Amirault Suzanne Caton Elaine Ashton Photographer: David Tabeling Layout: Katherine Gorry-Hines Complex IT, Lexington MA Printer: Lexington Public Schools Print Center 800 copies printed Also available at http://records.lexingtonma.gov/ weblink8 Each year, volunteers get the unique opportunity to learn about their Town through their work on this report. We hope those who peruse this Report also discover something new and interesting about Lexington. Many thanks to the hardworking team listed above, and the committee members and town staff who contributed to this report. This report, including narratives, covers the fiscal year July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015. Unless otherwise noted, financial data reports the total dollars expended in the fis- cal year (FY) that began July 1, 2014 and ended June 30 2015. On the cover: A 2015 photo of the newly opened Lexington Community Center. The building and property was purchased for 10.9 million with an additional 6.7 million for renovations. The Community Center had its soft opening in July of 2015 and geared up to full operations with extended hours and Saturday service in September 2015. The Lexington Community Center houses the Department of Recreation and Community Programs and the Human Services Department. The fully operational facility offers over 500 different programs and services annually to residents of all ages. Lexington by the Numbers . . . . . . . . . . .iii Town Government Board of Selectmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Town Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Town Clerk/Board of Registrars . . . . . . . . . 8 State Election— November 4, 2014 . . . . . 10 State Primary—September 9 2014 . . . . . . 12 Annual Town Election—March 2015 . . . . . 17 March 23, 2015 Annual Town Meeting . . . . 20 March 23, 2015 Special Town Meeting #1 . . . 20 March 23, 2015 Special Town Meeting #1, (cont) 20 March 23, 2015 Special Town Meeting #2 . . . 20 March 23, 2015 Special Town Meeting #2, (cont) 21 March 23, 2015 Annual Town Meeting. . . . . 22 Town Meeting Members . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Elected Town Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Senators & Representatives . . . . . . . . . 43 Moderator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Town Meeting Members Association (TMMA) 44 Cary Memorial Library . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Human Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Information Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Land Use, Inspectional Services, and Economic Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Minuteman High School . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Public Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Public Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Retirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 School Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Superintendent of Schools . . . . . . . . . . 81 Lexington Community Education . . . . . . . 84 Town Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Town Committees 20/20 Vision Committee . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Antony Sister City Association . . . . . . . . 86 Appropriation Committee . . . . . . . . . . 87 Bicycle Advisory Committee . . . . . . . . . 88 Biosafety Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Board of Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Capital Expenditures Committee . . . . . . . 90 Cary Lecture Series Committee . . . . . . . . 91 Center Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Commission on Disability . . . . . . . . . . 92 Communications Advisory Committee . . . . . 93 Community Center Advisory Committee . . . . 94 Community Farming Committee . . . . . . . 95 Community Preservation Committee . . . . . 95 Council for the Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Council on Aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Design Advisory Committee . . . . . . . . . 98 Economic Development Advisory Committee . . 99 Energy Conservation Committee . . . . . . . 99 Fence Viewers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Fund for Lexington . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Greenways Corridor Committee . . . . . . . .101 Hanscom Committees . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Historical Commission . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Historic Districts Commission . . . . . . . . .103 Housing Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Housing Partnership Board . . . . . . . . . .104 Human Rights Committee . . . . . . . . . .105 Human Services Committee . . . . . . . . .106 Lexington Housing Assistance Board (LexHab) 106 Monuments and Memorials Committee . . . .107 Permanent Building Committee . . . . . . .107 Police Manual Policy Committee . . . . . . .108 Regional Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Scholarship and Education Fund Committee . .109 Sidewalk Committee . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Sustainable Lexington Committee . . . . . .110 Tax Deferral And Exemption Study Committee 111 Tourism Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Town Celebrations Committee . . . . . . . .112 Transportation Advisory Committee . . . . . .113 Tree Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Trustees of Public Trusts . . . . . . . . . . .115 Water and Sewer Abatement Board . . . . . .125 Youth Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Appendix—Financial Data Comptroller Schedule of Appropriations . . . . 126 Debt Service Summary . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Enterprise Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Revenues/ Expenditures and Fund Balance . .132