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TABLE OF CONTENTS Revenue Sources ....................2 Operating Expenses .................3 Department of Public Works .........31 Town Government, pp. 4 -23 Water and Sewer Rate Study .........41 Board of Selectmen ..................4 Lexington Tree Committee ...........42 Town Manager .....................6 Permanent Building Committee .......43 Town Clerk /Board of Registrars ........8 Sidewalk Committee ................44 Lexington 2020 Vision Committee ......9 Energy Conservation ...............45 Elected Town Officials ..............10 Education, pp. 46 -54 Special Town Meeting ..............10 School Committee .................46 Town Election ....................11 Superintendent of Schools ...........48 Management Information Systems .....12 Scholarship and Education Fund ......49 Special Town Election ..............12 Lexington Community Education ......50 Special State Primary ...............12 School Expenditures by Line Item .....51 Special State Election ...............12 Minuteman Regional High School .....53 Moderator .......................13 LPS Summary of Outside Funding .....54 Town Meeting Members ............14 Land Use, pp. 55 -76 Town Meeting Members Association ...17 Planning .........................5 Town Meeting ....................18 Design Advisory Committee ..........56 Ad Hoc Climate Action Plan Committee ..23 Board of Appeals ..................57 Public Safety, pp. 24 -30 Police Department .................24 Fire and Rescue Department ..........26 Biosafety Committee ...............28 Ad Hoc Committee on Engine Run -Ups ..29 Traffic Safety Advisory Committee .....29 Board of Health ...................30 Public Facilities, pp. 31 -45 Department of Public Works .........31 Water and Sewer Rate Study .........41 Lexington Tree Committee ...........42 Permanent Building Committee .......43 Sidewalk Committee ................44 Energy Conservation ...............45 Education, pp. 46 -54 School Committee .................46 Superintendent of Schools ...........48 ..83 Scholarship and Education Fund ......49 Lexington Community Education ......50 Cary Lecture Series Committee .......85 School Expenditures by Line Item .....51 Town Celebrations Committee ........85 Minuteman Regional High School .....53 Communications Advisory Committee .. 8 6 LPS Summary of Outside Funding .....54 Land Use, pp. 55 -76 Planning .........................5 6 Design Advisory Committee ..........56 Board of Appeals ..................57 ....93 Regional Planning .................60 Historic Districts Commission ........61 Condo Conversion Board ............66 Lexington Historical Commission .....67 Lexington Center Committee .........67 Office of Community Development Building Division ..................68 Hanscom Committees (HATS /HFAC) ..69 LexHAB .........................70 Lexington Housing Authority ........70 Lexington Housing Partnership .......71 Conservation Commission ...........72 Community Preservation Committee ...73 Bicycle Advisory Committee ..........75 Traffic Mitigation ..................76 Social Services, pp. 77 -79 Social Services Department ...........77 Council on Aging ..................78 Commission on Disability ...........78 Human Services Committee ..........79 Lexington Youth Commission ........79 Culture and Leisure, pp. 80 -87 Cary Memorial Library .............80 300th Anniversary Celebration .......82 Recreation Department & Committee ..83 Tourism Committee ................84 Dolores Hidalgo Committee Sister City .84 Cary Lecture Series Committee .......85 Town Celebrations Committee ........85 Communications Advisory Committee .. 8 6 Lexington Council for the Arts ........87 Finances, pp. 88 -106 Appropriation Committee ........... 88 Capital Expenditures Committee ......90 Tax Deferral and Exemption Study ....93 Board of Assessors .................93 Retirement Board ..................94 Revenue Officer ...................95 Comptroller ......................96 Financial Data ...................101 Legal and Trusts, pp. 107 -119 Trustees of Public Trusts ...........107 Fund for Lexington ...............107 Town Counsel ...................116 Noise Advisory Committee ..........118 Lexington by the Numbers ..........119 Index ............................120 2007 Annual Report Town of Lexington, Massachusetts Chair Anne Leary Editorial Staff f John Ayvazian Cindy Lewis Bob Morrison Zelda Sokal Leslie Wilcot- Henrie Jeri Zeder Cover Photo David Tabeling Original Design Jeanette Webb Layout Peter Amirault TYPE A, Medford MA Printer TecDocDigital Solutions 1500 copies printed Also available at http: / /ci.lexington.ma.us Special thanks to all the volunteers, town staff and committee members whose Cooperation was critical to the success of this publication. Narratives summarize activities of the 2007 calendar year. Unless otherwise noted, financial data reports the total dollars expended in the fiscal year (FY) which began July 1 and ended June 30 of the designated year. ON THE COVER: Lexington Historical Society building graces Depot Square. 2007 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 1