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TABLE OF CONTENTS Revenue Sources /Operating Expenses ... 2,3 Town Government, pp. 4 -23 Board of Selectmen .................4 Town Manager ....................6 Personnel Advisory Board ............9 Lexington 2020 Vision Implementation Committee .........10 Management Information Systems .....10 No Place for Hate .................11 Town Clerk /Board of Registrars ......12 Town Elections ...................13 2003 Elected Town Officials .........14 Moderator ......................15 Town Meeting Members ............15 Town Meeting Members Association ...18 Town Meeting ...................19 Public Safety, pp. 24 -29 Police Department ................24 Police Manual Committee ...........26 Traffic Safety Advisory Committee ....26 Fire Department ..................27 Board of Health ..................28 Public Facilities, pp. 30 -40 Department of Public Works .........30 Permanent Building Committee .......39 Electric Utility Ad Hoc Committee ....39 DPW Facility /Senior Center Re- evaluation Advisory Committee ...40 Education, pp. 41 -49 School Committee .................41 Superintendent of Schools ...........42 Lexington Community Education .....44 School Expenditures by Line Item .....45 LPS Summary of Outside Funding .....48 Minuteman Regional High School .....48 Land Use, pp. 50 -70 Planning Board ...................50 Board of Appeals .................51 Regional Planning .................55 Hanscom Area Town Committee (HATS) and Hanscom Field Advisory Commission (HFAC) .............57 Lexington Youth Commission ........74 Metropolitan State Task Force ........5 8 Historic Districts Commission ........58 Cary Memorial Library .............75 Lexington Historical Commission .....62 Recreation Department & Committee ..77 Design Advisory Committee .........63 Cary Lecture Series Committee .......79 Office of Community Development/ Town Celebrations Committee .......79 Building Division ................64 Tourism Committee ...............81 Conservation Commission ...........65 Lexington Council for the Arts .......81 LexHAB .....:..................67 Battle Green Guides ...............82 Lexington Housing Authority ........67 Communications Advisory Committee ..82 Lexington Tree Committee ..........68 Lexington Sister Cities .............84 Lexington Center Committee ........69 Finances, pp. 85 -98 Bicycle Advisory Committee .........69 Appropriation Committee ...........85 Fence Viewers ....................70 Capital Expenditures Committee ...... Noise Committee .................70 Revenue Officer ..................8 Social Services, pp. 71 -74 Social Services Department ..........71 Council on Aging .................72 Human Services Committee ..........72 Commission on Disability ...........73 Veterans' Services .................73 Fair Housing/Human Relations Committee 74 Lexington Youth Commission ........74 Culture and Leisure, pp. 75 -84 Cary Memorial Library .............75 Recreation Department & Committee ..77 Cary Lecture Series Committee .......79 Town Celebrations Committee .......79 Tourism Committee ...............81 Lexington Council for the Arts .......81 Battle Green Guides ...............82 Communications Advisory Committee ..82 Lexington Sister Cities .............84 Finances, pp. 85 -98 Appropriation Committee ...........85 Capital Expenditures Committee ...... 86 Revenue Officer ..................8 8 Board of Assessors ................ 88 Comptroller .....................89 Financial Data ...................92 Lexington Retirement Board .........98 Legal and Trusts, pp. 99 -109 Trustees of Public Trusts ............99 Fund for Lexington ................99 Lexington Scholarship & Education Fund ................106 Town Counsel ..................107 Legal Services Review Committee ......109 Lexington by the Numbers ..........110 Index ...........................111 2003 Annual Report Town of Lexington, Massachusetts Chair Kerry Brandin Editorial Staff Zelda Sokal Bob Morrison Audrea Simpson John Ayvazian Photography David S. Tabeling Original Design Jeanette Webb Layout Peter Amirault TYPE A, Medford, MA Printer Goodway Graphics, Inc. 1500 copies printed Also available at http: / /ci.lexington.ma.us/ Special thanks to all town staff and committee members whose cooper- ation was critical to the success of this publication. Narratives summarize activities of the 2003 calendar year. Unless oth- erwise noted, financial data reports the total dollars expended in the fiscal year (FY) which began July 1 and ended June 30 of the designat- ed year. d - f, . � _ °.. �� IL Y ti e 4 JSJ Ne r rT rf *d,. rot r •sy r �` TOWN OF LEXINGTON ON THE COVER: The rebuilt Lincoln Park athletic fields feature an infill synthetic turf system, shown in this close -up photo. 2003 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 1 a O rD 00 9-I NJ O W