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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-06-05-Referendum-Warrant TOWN WARRANT Town of Lexington Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To any of the Constables of the Town of Lexington Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs to meet in their respective voting places in said Town. PRECINCT ONE, CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING; PRECINCT TWO, BOWMAN SCHOOL, PRECINCT THREE, JONAS CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PRECINCT FOUR, BRIDGE SCHOOL, PRECINCT FIVE, CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING; PRECINCT SIX, WILLIAM DIAMOND MIDDLE SCHOOL, PRECINCT SEVEN, ESTABROOK SCHOOL, PRECINCT EIGHT, FIRE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING; PRECINCT NINE,MARIA HASTINGS SCHOOL, MONDAY, the FIFTH DAY of JUNE,A.D.,2006 From 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., then and there to act on the following questions submitted to the voters at large: QUESTION 1 Shall the Town of Lexington be allowed to assess an additional $2,614,509 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of meeting educational goals including preserving 36.15 teacher and staff positions and programs that include elementary Spanish and high school German; fee-free elementary music; integration of computers in the K-8 curriculum; moderating athletic fees; most high school science instruction at six periods per week; help sessions and other instructional duties in high school social studies, mathematics, and foreign language; preschool, secondary and K-12 health and physical education personnel, existing debate travel, moderating elementary school class sizes; and new teacher training for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006? Yes No QUESTION 2: Shall the Town of Lexington be allowed to assess an additional $551,607 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of meeting educational goals including restoring textbook and supply budgets; providing needed secondary school classes and moderating secondary school class sizes; funding additional debate travel, and providing for the operation of the high school language lab for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006? Yes No QUESTION 3 Shall the Town of Lexington be allowed to assess an additional $1,059,100 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of funding necessary and appropriate maintenance of municipal and school buildings and properties including a school preventive maintenance program for four new and renovated buildings; two additional staff to supervise building maintenance and monitor energy consumption in ten school buildings; three custodians to reduce custodial overtime expenditures; a municipal reserve fund for ongoing building envelope renewal and repair; four fuel-efficient replacement vehicles; restoration of the highway superintendent position to ensure efficient operations; and equipment to maintain the automatic transmissions of the DPW fleet for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006? Yes No QUESTION 4 Shall the Town of Lexington be allowed to assess an additional $799,335 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of restoring and preserving municipal services including a Middle School Police Resource Officer; a Human Resources Director; an Information Technology Director; a records management/archives program; training and professional development of staff; updating of fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS)equipment; purchase of a police cruiser; a Police administrative clerk; Sunday hours of operation at Cary Library; operation of the East Lexington Library; an Economic Development Officer; 10 hours/week of Lexpress transportation operation; an Assistant Conservation Officer; continued scheduled collection of cathode ray tube (CRT) and related electronic refuse (e-waste); 12 weekly curbside yard waste collections; and the tree planting program for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006? Yes No VW `NOIONIXH'I NO2LLVd'IV.LSOd .HOS HVO SM 900Z 's aunf'AVQNOyq'uopaaig uTnpuaaajag—muaaeh& T TOE •oM lnzuad nig`uolson QIVJ aeisod 'S-f1 $ugiey�ding OZPZO vini `uoi2u!xa7 uol2uixa73a tutu anuany s'i;asnyo1ssuN S09T 'Bu?PT?ng Ieuomap. n' J alp 9 S 28 I sfouToa.Td ioj aoEjd 2UTIOA Mali alp 9002 Tiosevi anuoa33g S J DNIDH2id 28 T .LONIJHHId 3o SINHUISMI O; 2IHUNINERT NHwLOH1HS HILL dO HOIddO NOJ.ONIXTI JO NMOZ uol$ulxaZ;o algRTsuo3 un3H Al p t p?X :isamv .8upaaw pvs fo awy ay;alofaq sdvp z oval tv f4N01 ay1 w nun Sunlamp yava o1 awns alp fo ddoa palwud v 8wpvw dr!pun Ituoy alp ui 8wpng aa!p?may alp u7 luvaav/ 8uioXa.of dip fo saidoa paluud palsod anvy uoiiuixa-f ilagnd piey°Tg new>IUng jo AaIIaN fp Jam uayo° d ueuuoN =maps .nenj `ia2au}I '}I auueaf '900Z Indy jo Cep 1sgz sap spuey mo iapun uanio •2upaaui plus jo aunt a p azojaq .io uo `VIVID umoy ayi of `uoa.rayl sRuiop moi yitm lunuem sup p uzniai onp a3Ieu1 pun lou puj pawl; lupaaui pies;o amp ayi aio;aq lsual iu situp uanas lutuem sap anus of palaaup ale noX puy