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<br />Selectmen’s Meeting Minutes <br />April 2, 1997 <br /> <br />A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was opened on Monday, March 31, 1997 by <br />Chairman McSweeney and immediately adjourned to a regularly scheduled meeting on April 2, <br />1997. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Wednesday, April 2, 1997 in the <br />Selectmen’s Meeting Room, Town Office Building at 7:00 p.m. Chairman McSweeney, Mr. <br />Fenn, Mr. Busa, Mrs. Eddison, Mr. Enrich; Mr. White, Town Manager; Mr. Cohen, Town <br />Counsel and Ms. Smith, Executive Clerk were present. <br /> <br />Arbor Day <br /> <br />Parks and Trees Superintendent Brian Gilbert was present to ask the Board to proclaim Arbor <br />Day in Lexington and to review plans for celebrating the day. <br /> <br />Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to declare Friday, April 25, 1997 as Arbor <br />Day in Lexington. <br /> <br />Selectmen’s Gift Account - Support of Municipal Load Aggregation <br /> <br />Mr. White explained that George Woodbury has been working with other communities in an <br />effort to become municipal load aggregators. He has requested that a Selectmen’s Gift Account <br />be set up to receive financial support from other communities. <br /> <br />Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to establish a Selectmen’s Gift Account for <br />for municipal load aggregation. <br /> <br />Little League Parade <br /> <br />Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the request of the Lexington <br />Recreation Department to conduct their Annual Little League Parade and Ceremonies on <br />Saturday, May 3, 1997. <br /> <br />Circuit Breaker Legislation <br /> <br />Mr. Enrich reviewed pending legislation filed on his behalf to provide assistance to low and <br />moderate income property taxpayers. The bill establishes a property-tax circuit breaker under <br />which qualifying taxpayers would receive an income tax rebate for amounts by which their <br />property tax liabilities exceed a fixed proportion of their incomes. This would help to diminish <br />some of the hardships caused by the disproportionate property tax burdens faced by some low and <br />moderate income homeowners and renters, including elders on fixed incomes who are struggling <br />to make ends meet while remaining in their homes and working families coping with a temporary <br />reduction in their incomes due to divorce or unemployment. The circuit breaker <br /> <br />