HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-Annual Report2005 ANNUAL REPORT
TOWN OF LEXINGTON
MASSACHUSETTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Revenue Sources
Operating Expenses
Town Government, pp. 4 -21
Board of Selectmen 4
Town Manager 6
Management Information Systems 7
No Place for Hate 8
Lexington 2020 Vision Committee 8
Personnel Advisory Board 9
Town Clerk /Board of Registrars 10
Moderator 11
Elected Town Officials 11
Town Elections 12
Town Meeting Members 13
Town Meeting Members Association 16
Health Benefits Review 17
Town Meeting 18
Special Town Meeting 21
Public Safety, pp. 22 -28
Police Department 22
Police Manual Committee 24
Fire Department 25
Biosafety Committee 27
Board of Health 27
Traffic Safety Advisory Committee 28
Public Facilities, pp. 29 -42
Department of Public Works 29
Water and Sewer Rate Study 38
Lexington Tree Committee 39
Permanent Building Committee 40
Electric Utility Ad Hoc Committee 41
Sidewalk Committee 41
Education, pp. 43 -51
School Committee 43
Superintendent of Schools 45
LPS Summary of Outside Funding 46
School Expenditures by Line Item 47
Minuteman Regional High School 50
Lexington Community Education 51
Land Use, pp. 52 -70
Planning 52
Board of Appeals 53
Regional Planning 56
Historic Districts Commission 57
Lexington Historical Commission 62
Design Advisory Committee 62
Office of Community Development
Building Division 63
Hanscom Committees (HATS/HFAC) 64
Lexington Center Committee 65
LexHAB 66
Lexington Housing Authority 66
Lexington Housing Partnership 67
Conservation Commission 68
Bicycle Advisory Committee 70
2 Social Services, pp. 71 -74
3 Social Services Department 71
Council on Aging 72
Human Services Committee 72
Commission on Disability 73
Fair Housing/Human Relations Committee 74
Lexington Youth Commission 74
Culture and Leisure, pp. 75 -82
Cary Memorial Library 75
Recreation Department & Committee 77
Tourism Committee 78
Cary Lecture Series Committee 79
Lexington Council for the Arts 79
Town Celebrations Committee 80
Dolores Hidalgo Committee Sister City 81
Communications Advisory Committee 82
Finances, pp. 83 -99
Appropriation Committee 83
Capital Expenditures Committee 85
Revenue Officer 86
Board of Assessors 87
Tax Deferral and Exemption Study 89
Financial Data 89
Comptroller 90
Retirement Board 99
Legal and Trusts, pp. 100 -110
Trustees of Public Trusts 100
Fund for Lexington 100
Town Counsel 109
Lexington by the Numbers 111
Index 112
2005 Annual Report
Town of Lexington, Massachusetts
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Kerry Brandin
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Narratives summarize activities of
the 2005 calendar year. Unless oth-
erwise noted, financial data reports
the total dollars expended in the fis-
cal year (FY) which began July 1
and ended June 30 of the designat-
ed year.
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ON THE COVER: The new Harrington School opened in April.
Photo by Carl Oldenburg.
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 1
2005 Revenue Sources 2004
$126,443,036
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Total Revenue Sources $117,651,167
$70,536,037 Residential Real Estate $64,074,141
$14,594,741 Commercial Real Estate $13,103,735
$ 2,679,038 Industrial Real Estate $ 2,531,242
$ 2,545,019 Personal Property $ 2,453,354
$10,246,952 Local Receipts $ 9,315,000
$ 8,059,161 State $ 7,894,598
$ 1,578,160 Available Funds $ 303,218
$ 150,000 Available Surplus $ 640,333
$ 6,597,892 Water Enterprise Funds $ 6,710,048
$ 7,867,680 Sewer Enterprise Funds $ 9,021,226
$ 1,588,357 Recreation $ 1,604,272
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
2005 Operating Expenses 2004
si 22,776,030
Total Operating Expenses $113,517,484*
$67,244,541 Education $63,767,322
$66,411,274 Lexington Public Schools $62,900,663
$ 833,267 Regional Schools $ 866,659
$ 8,134,835 Community Services $ 7,176,276
$ 7,843,916 DPW General Fund $ 7,176,276
$ 290,919 Transportation (LEXPRESS) $ 0
$ 8,401,745 Public Safety $ 7,342,294
$ 4,288,363 Law Enforcement $ 3,782,763
$ 4,113,382 Fire Services $ 3,559,531
$ 1,726,938 Culture $ 1,544,777
$ 1,726,938 Library $ 1,544,777
$ 792,862 Community Development $ 830,205
$ 175,412 Planning Board $ 203,419
$ 612,918 Inspectional Services $ 551,594
$ 4,532 Economic Development $ 75,192
$ 397,362 Social Services $ 370,108
$ 293,401 Council on Aging $ 319,331
$ 103,961 Human Services $ 50,777
$ 3,088,607 General Government $ 3,108,098
$ 399,614 Town Counsel $ 350,392
$ 35,650 Town Committees $ 32,846
$ 258,083 Town Clerk's Office $ 249,417
$ 133,646 Board of Selectmen $ 119,201
$ 379,764 Town Manager's Office $ 354,368
$ 5,936 Town Report $ 6,000
$ 841,229 Finance Department $ 938,400
$ 355,548 MIS $ 331,331
$ 679,137 State & County Assessments $ 726,143
$18,819,682 Shared Expenses $14,673,895
$ 123,636 Organizational Expenses $ 130,011
$ 7,899,895 Employee Benefits /Insurance $ 6,228,206
$ 173,238 Temporary Borrowing $ 234,166
$ 3,701,000 Debt Service Principal $ 3,253,000
$ 6,363,045 Exempt Debt $ 4,280,558
$ 558,868 Debt Service Interest $ 547,954
$14,169,458 Enterprise Funds $14,704,509
$ 5,791,155 Water $ 5,378,012
$ 6,840,667 Sewer $ 7,823,989
$ 1,537,636 Recreation $ 1,502,508
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
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TOWN GOVERNMENT
Board of Selectmen
ELECTED by the
voters at large to
3 -year terms:
Chair Jeanne
Krieger, Peter
Expenditures
FY05
FY04
Payroll
$55,515
$47,339
Expenses
$78,131
$71,862
Kelley, Richard Pagett, Norman Cohen and Hank Manz.
2005 was a year of transition for the Board of Selectmen.
Linda Vine served the community as Acting Town Manager
until Carl Valente came on board as Town Manager on July
11. Linda Vine's tenure was marked by a strong sense of
personal accountability and accessibility. Carl Valente's
sound financial background and infectious enthusiasm for
local government are already making an impact.
Fiscal
With health care and energy costs consuming ever- increas-
ing chunks of the allowable 2 -1/2% increase, the interval
between years with operating overrides is becoming shorter.
The FY06 budget was balanced, relying on the collabora-
tive process that has served the community well for the past
several years, and was approved at the spring Town
Meeting using a non - recurring revenue source, a transfer
from the overlay surplus account, and one million dollars
that should have been dedicated to cash capital projects.
Based on the passage of the 2004 override, steady progress
building reserves, and resumption of payments to the pen-
sion trust fund, Moody's lifted their negative outlook on the
Town's Aaa rating.
The vast talent of the Town's citizens has been tapped to
examine fiscal issues. A newly formed Financial Policy
Committee will review the Town's reserve, debt, and capital
funding policies. The Health Benefits Review Committee
found that, despite the Town's ever increasing health care
costs, all obvious cost savings measures have been consid-
ered. Recommendations of the Water and Sewer Rate Study
Committee have been adopted in the preparation of the
FY07 budget. The Selectmen committed to phasing out the
Water and Sewer Pilot. A business manager has been hired
to address billing and receivable issues associated with the
Enterprise Funds.
In July, the incoming Superintendent of Schools noted there
were insufficient funds to pay FY05 bills and a nearly $1.5
million projected shortfall in FY06 school expenses. The
School Committee accepted the Superintendent's recom-
mendation to raise revenue and make cuts worth $729,000.
At a Special Town Meeting in November, Town Meeting
unanimously appropriated funds to pay the FY05 bills and
supplement the balance of the identified FY06 projected
deficit. A $1.8 million onetime increase in free cash, result-
ing from interest accrued on funds borrowed in anticipation
of exempt debt associated with the secondary school pro-
jects, was recognized in the fall and a portion promptly put
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Rear L -R: William Lahey, Norman Cohen, Hank Manz, Carl Valente, Linda Vine. Front L -R: Peter Kelley, Jeanne Krieger,
Lynne Pease, Richard Pagett.
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Board of Selectmen continued from previous page
to use to defray the unanticipated School expenses. Even
with a robust free cash balance, preparations for the FY07
budget suggest an operating override will be necessary to
maintain level services and to restore personnel necessary
for addressing service requirements.
As proud as the Selectmen are of running a lean, efficient,
organization, the Town is not staffed adequately to service
the community, to adequately maintain buildings, or to
adopt new technology that will enable the municipal
employees to better serve the public.
Town Assets
The Selectmen are seeking ways to cost - effectively maintain
assets and build efficiencies into new facilities.
The 2005 Annual Town Meeting recommended that the
Community Preservation Act (CPA), a state program that
matches dollar for dollar a community's contribution to
address open space, affordable housing, and historic preser-
vation projects, be put to the voters at the next scheduled
town election on March 6, 2006.
Funds were appropriated at spring Town Meeting to design a
new DPW facility at 201 Bedford Street and to design a
replacement for the School Administration Building, the infa-
mous White House adjacent to the Town Office complex.
These projects are on schedule to come before the 2006
Annual Meeting for a recommendation for funding, more
than likely through a subsequent debt exclusion override.
Interest has been renewed to site a Senior Center. The Senior
Center Action Plan Committee is expected to have recom-
mendations for the spring Town Meeting to permit appro-
priation for design and engineering studies. In a citizen ini-
tiative, a group is seeking private funding to construct
restrooms at Lincoln Park.
Steps have been taken to seriously address energy conserva-
tion, both in existing buildings and for new construction.
The Energy Conservation and Lighting Options committees
have been merged and revitalized to identify energy saving
programs in existing assets. A Sustainable (Green) Design
Policy recommended by the Permanent Building Committee
has been adopted for all new construction. To the extent
possible, all renovations and new projects over 5,000 square
feet will meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design LEEDTM Silver standards. The design and construc-
tion of the new Fiske School includes enough environmen-
tally friendly features that the project might well meet the
more stringent LEEDTM Gold standards.
The new Lexington Farmers' Market became a regular
weekly feature of the Center during the summer and
through October, introducing residents to easily accessible,
local grown produce.
Nature and human error took their toll. Heavy rains on April
25 contributed to the toppling of a 115- year -old sugar maple
on the Battle Green. KeySpan has accepted responsibility for
an explosion November 9 that leveled a private home and
resulted in a disruption of gas service for 1400 customers for
as many as 10 days. The response to the gas emergency from
all town employees, and there were very few who were not in
some way involved, was commended by state officials and
typifies the best of Lexington leadership.
Communication
The gas emergency defined a new level for rapid town -wide
communication that was met by existing institutions.
LexMedia, the non - profit access corporation that began
operation of Public, Educational, and Government (PEG)
broadcasting in October, was prepared and aired interviews
with Town officials to allay citizen concerns and provide
valuable follow -up information. The Town's Website proved
effective as a means of rapidly disseminating important infor-
mation. The Selectmen are committed to continued use of
these tools and others to make town information more avail-
able to the public. Approved minutes are now posted on the
Website, and Selectmen hours have been instituted so citizens
can bring concerns and participate in seeking solutions.
Planning
The intensive effort to revitalize the Center business district
was recognized and applauded by Chronicle, the Channel 5
local interest program. A charette, sponsored by the Center
Collaborative, a cooperation of the Center Committee and
the Design Advisory Committee, focused attention on the
need to make the Center more open and accessible. Parking
in the Center continues to perplex. Plans are underway to
convert the space in back of the Boston Edison (NSTAR)
building into 30 additional parking spaces. At the Special
Town Meeting in the fall the Battle Green Inn property was
rezoned to permit residences and retail space to replace the
aging motel.
Moving about Town continues to be an active area of inter-
est. The successful pilot Safe Routes to School Program at
Bridge School sponsored by the Sidewalk Committee
demonstrated enthusiasm for leaving the car at home and
walking. A Traffic Mitigation Group is being established to
look holistically at traffic issues and devise traffic demand
strategies.
Activities at Hanscom dominate regional planning initia-
tives. The Base Relocation and Closing process (BRAC)
concluded with the Air Force Base remaining open, but with
loss of a few hundred jobs associated with the Air Force
Research Laboratory. The collaboration established by the
Hansom Area Town Selectmen (HATS) with the Defense
Technology Initiative (MassDTI) was successful in retaining
the Base as a vibrant force in the local economy. Even
before the BRAC was complete, Massport announced its
intention to develop the west side of the Airfield by con-
struction of a terminal for private jets. Both the citizens
groups and HATS have challenged this proposed develop-
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Board of Selectmen continued from previous page
ment. The Selectmen adopted a Sustainable Hanscom
Policy, which calls for a moratorium on scheduled commer-
cial and cargo flights at Hanscom, as well as limits on noise
to 2000 levels, a level that can sustain economically viable
activity at the airfield without undue hardship to the
National Park and adjacent residential areas. Efforts are
underway with Arlington, Lincoln, and Concord in con-
junction with Minute Man National Historical Park and
the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to seek designa-
tion for the Massachusetts Avenue corridor as part of the
Battle Road Scenic Byway. Such a designation would ulti-
mately permit funding to protect the historic, cultural,
scenic, and environmental resources of the named area.
The Selectmen's successes are a direct result of the enthusi-
asm and dedication of Lexington's citizens, the support and
leadership of the town staff, and the collaborative spirit of
the appointed and elected town boards. The role of the
Selectmen is largely one of guidance and encouragement for
the other citizen groups serving the Town.
Town Manager
ROLE: To act as
Chief Executive
Officer of the
Town, as estab-
lished in the
Selectmen -Town
Manager Act,
and to administer
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$326,104
$ 9,331
$310,678
$ 11,422
Personnel
Full Time
4
5
Part Time
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the policies and procedures of the Board of Selectmen,
enforce bylaws and actions passed by Town Meeting, and
prepare the budget and manage the daily operation of all
town departments.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen: Acting Town
Manager Linda Crew Vine, August 2004 -July 2005. Carl
Valente appointed July 2005.
New Town Manager
2005 was a year of transitions for the Town Manager's
Office. Linda Vine began the year as the Acting Town
Manager, bringing the Town through the FY06 budget
process and Town Meeting and provided extraordinary ser-
vice during this period. In July Carl Valente was appointed
Town Manager, after having served in a similar position in
Weston, Massachusetts. As the Town was without a
Finance Director /Comptroller during this year, both Ms.
Vine and Mr. Valente also oversaw the operations of the
Finance Department.
Budget Process
The development of the FY06 budget continued the collab-
orative process followed in the last several years between
the staff and the Board of Selectmen as well as the various
other stakeholders in the community, including the School
Committee, the Appropriation and Capital Expenditures
Committees. Four collaborative budget sessions were held
during the fall and winter to produce a budget that
addressed many of the pressing needs, without having to
ask the voters to consider a Proposition 2 -1/2 override.
Financial Policies
Lexington is one of approximately 15 communities in the
Commonwealth that enjoys an Aaa bond rating, the highest
achievable. For the first time in 2004 Moody's Investor's
Service, the Town's rating agency, assigned the Town an Aaa
rating with a negative outlook, citing a reduction of cash
reserves, the failed override in 2003, and the deferral of a
portion of the Town's contribution to the pension fund. The
FY05 budget proposed a number of recommendations to
address the concerns of Moody's, including fully funding
the pension assessment, and using limited free cash reserves
to balance the budget, thereby allowing reserves to build
back up. In April 2005 Moody's removed its negative out-
look with the statement, "Removal of the negative outlook
incorporates continued improvement in the Town's finan-
cial position following years of deterioration, a successful
transition among senior management, and passage of a sub-
stantial operating override to Proposition 2 -1/2 in 2004."
Water /Sewer Enterprise Funds
The Town Manager's office commissioned a special audit of
the Town's Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund accounts. This
audit was received in August and provided reconciliation for
the reduction in the reserves for these funds. In summary, the
auditors found that an incomplete computer billing conver-
sion and lower consumption were largely responsible for the
decrease in water and sewer reserves. This audit paralleled
the work of a special committee appointed by the Board of
Selectmen to study the Water /Sewer Enterprise Funds. As a
result of the recommendations made by this Committee, the
Town Manager proposed and the Board of Selectmen adopt-
ed the following policy and management changes: created the
position of Water /Sewer Business Manager to oversee the
billing and financial operations of these accounts; eliminated
the practice of including in the Water /Sewer rates an amount
for depreciation, since this account overlapped with the debt
service costs already included in the water /sewer rate analy-
sis; began phasing out the payment -in- lieu -of -taxes which is
paid by the Enterprise funds to the General fund; changed the
water /sewer rate structure to a three -block structure from a
four -block structure to create a more equitable rate plan.
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Town Manager continued from previous page
KeySpan Gas Event
The home at 3 Hancock Avenue was completed destroyed
by a natural gas explosion on November 9. KeySpan was
ordered to turn off gas service in portions of the Town so
that approximately 1400 KeySpan customers were without
natural gas service. This was a significant emergency man-
agement event for the Town involving staff from the Police,
Fire, Public Works, Building Inspector, Health, Social
Services and Town Manager's Office.
Town officials responded to the KeySpan event in four
ways:
1. The Lexington Fire Department responded to the initial
explosion and fire at 3 Hancock Avenue. In addition the
Town received mutual aid from Burlington, Waltham,
Bedford, Belmont, Woburn, Concord and Hanscom AFB.
2. The Lexington Fire Department also responded to subse-
quent natural gas leaks at other locations in Town. These
gas leaks resulted in a second mutual aid response that
brought in fire companies from Winchester, Somerville,
Cambridge, Weston and Medford. At this point, the Fire
Chief and Police Chief ordered KeySpan to shut down the
natural gas distribution system in the affected area. This
was a critical decision to prevent further injuries and
property damage and the two Chief's are to be recognized
for their timely and decisive action.
3. Town officials addressed the health and safety needs of
high -risk residents who were without heat, hot water, and
the use of other appliances that use natural gas.
4. Beginning on November 11 and lasting through
December, Town and State officials monitored the
restoration process for natural gas service.
Senior Management Team
Since 1995 the Senior Management Team, made up of the
Town's 11 department managers, has worked together with
the Town Manager to define organizational mission, set
goals and objectives, and produce and measure results. The
team concept was tested while Linda Vine served as Acting
Town Manager and her position of Assistant Town
Manager remained vacant. The Senior Management Team
continued to maintain the organization's collaborative cul-
ture to keep municipal programs and services functioning
effectively during this extended period of transition.
Human Resources Function
Due to budget constraints, the staff in the Town Manager's
Office was reduced by two positions during calendar 2004
with the elimination of the Human Resources Generalist
position and the combining of the Benefits Manager and the
Revenue Officer positions. Human Resources responsibili-
ties have been reallocated among other Town Manager's
Office staff, and some tasks have been decentralized to the
departments. After two years with this approach, it appears
that in order for proper controls and management over-
sight, a human resources director should be hired, funding
permitting
Management Information Systems
ROLE: To pro-
vide high - quality,
cost - effective
information tech-
nology resources
to town depart-
ments, so that
they can provide services to the citizens of the Town. MIS is
solely responsible for the maintenance and security of the
town departments' local area network. Other responsibili-
ties include technology policy development, organizational
training, end -user support, data management, and website
maintenance. The MIS Department co- manages the Town's
Wide Area Network with the Lexington Public Schools MIS
Department.
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$152,713
$202,835
$166,432
$164,899
Personnel
Full Time
3
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APPOINTED by the Town Manager: Coordinator Connie
Rawson until July 1. A new coordinator was not named by
year -end.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Instituted a system to automatically update Windows
client workstations with Microsoft recommended security
updates.
• Collaborated with the School MIS Department to evalu-
ate and implement a network spam filter solution that has
reduced overall spam email by approximately 75%.
• Continued to partner with the Engineering Department to
further develop a GIS initiative whereby 80% of the par-
cel -shape files have been completed to date.
• Piloted a remote access solution for a limited number of
critical -use applications.
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No Place For HateTM Committee
ROLE: To work with citizens and town employees to create
a community- based, shared vision of Lexington as a preju-
dice- and bias -free community where tolerance is the norm,
each individual is protected and respected for his /her unique
characteristics, and respect and civility govern public dis-
course. To recognize and celebrate diversity; challenge big-
otry, racism, discrimination, hate crimes, civil rights viola-
tions, and acts of bias; and build inter -group understanding
and respect.
Steering Committee Members: Chair Jill Smilow, Rev. Judy
Brain, Lexington Interfaith Clergy Association; Joseph
O'Leary, Lexington Police Department; David Horton,
Charles Martin, and Yukari Scott, Community
Representatives; Tom Diaz and Olga Guttag, School
Committee Liaisons; Leona Martin, Lexfest! Connecting
Our Cultures; Brenda Prusak, Respecting Differences
Liaison; Mary Sullivan Kelly, Lexington Public Schools;
Linda Crew Vine, Lexington Town Manager's Office; Hank
Manz, Board of Selectmen Liaison; Ravi Sakhuja, Indian
American Association; Becky Rushford, Youth Services
Coordinator Liaison.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Re- endorsed unanimously by the Board of Selectmen in
honor of the fifth year of Lexington's commitment to the
No Place for Hate initiative.
• In partnership with the Lexington Coalition for Racial
Equality, participated in the Martin Luther King, Jr. cele-
bration events.
• In response to outside hate groups encroaching on the
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Lexington 2020 Vision Committee
ROLE: To be stewards of the January 2001 Lexington
2020 Vision Status Report and monitor the implementa-
tion process. The Committee seeks to keep the goals cur-
rent, identify community priorities, engage larger con-
stituencies having responsibility for action items, and
develop measures for tracking and reporting on progress.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen, in consultation
with the School Committee and the Planning Board, for
3 -year terms: Fernando Quezada, Chuck Benson, Scott
Burson, Marian Cohen, Peter Enrich, Stacey Hamilton,
Tom Harden, Peter Lee, Richard Pagett, Ann Redmon,
and Nancy Tentindo. The Committee meets approxi-
mately once a month, and establishes subcommittees
that meet as needed during the year.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Received and reviewed reports from three 2020 Vision
Task Forces, and reported on their recommendations to
the elected boards, Town Meeting, and the community.
• Provided orientation to two new Selectmen, the new
Town Manager, and the new School Superintendent on
the Lexington 2020 Vision process.
• Met with representatives of the Selectmen, School
Committee and Planning Board, as well as staff, to dis-
cuss implementation of Task Force recommendations
and next steps.
• Advocated for attention to the recommendations of the
Budget Process and the Constructive Community
Discourse Task Force reports.
• Participated in the Lexington Center Collaborative
charrette.
• Staffed a table display for public outreach at Discovery
Day.
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Front L -R: Ann Redmon, Candy McLaughlin, Marian
Cohen, Rear L -R: Peter Enrich, Fernando Quezada,
Richard Pagett, Thomas Watkins.
• Noted that a number of implementation steps are
underway, including moving the budget schedule for-
ward, having a Financial Policy Review Committee,
upgrading the Town's website, and planning training
for board and committee chairs.
• Identified the possibility of creating new task forces to
revisit the topic of Economic Development and explore
options for Sustainable Lexington.
• Began working on a report to the community on
progress toward the vision and goals.
• Continued to address ways to improve public commu-
nication and engage new people to become involved in
local government. Recruitment of new committee
members to represent diverse segments of the commu-
nity is ongoing.
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No Place For Hate Committee continued from previous page
community, the Incident Response Team, created in part-
nership with the Emergency Response Team members as
a communal response to incidents of hate and hate crimes
in Lexington, developed a public message on the best way
to respond to hate group activity.
• In response to a particular incident in April, held a
CommUNITY Rally in Depot Square to speak up and out
against hate and to articulate the values the community
holds dear. Several hundred community leaders, employ-
ees, and residents joined together to honor those values
which include inclusivity, respect for one another, and a
commitment to civil discourse.
• In response to a planned protest by a homophobic hate
group on several houses of worship in the community,
partnered with the Lexington Clergy Association to cre-
ate a "Shield of Loving Kindness" for targeted neighbors.
With less than two weeks of preparation, 200 individuals
representing many different faiths and beliefs in
Lexington came together for a training in non - violent
protest. As a result, targeted neighbors were able to
attend their religious services without fear, knowing they
had the full support of the community.
• In planning for the hate group activity in Lexington, part-
nered with Respecting Differences and held multiple
meetings to share information, ideas, fears, and facts
around the incidents. Present were representatives from
the Police Department, Town Manager's Office, School
System, Interfaith Clergy Association, Board of
Selectmen, and School Committee as well as community
members who felt personally threatened by these groups.
The meetings helped quiet fears and served to enlighten
the community to events unfolding in Lexington.
• In partnership with Cary Memorial Library and the CML
Foundation, led the fall Lexington Reads! program with
a series of events and book discussions based on Pulitzer -
prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's book, The
Namesake.
Personnel Advisory Board
ROLE: To assist the Town Manager's Office in achieving
its human resources mission motivating town
employees to reach their full potential on the job and
attracting highly qualified candidates to fill job open-
ings. Provides guidance and advice regarding issues
related to employment and employee relations, compen-
sation and benefits, employee communications, training
and development, and health and safety.
Appointed by the Board of Selectmen: Co- Chairs Janet
Perry and Evelyn Silber; William Barnes, Richard Evans,
Judy Minardi, and Laurie Smith Peck.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Provided input and advice in the following areas:
Recruitment process
New employee orientation
Review of classification system, including job
descriptions
Review experience with outsourcing Workers
Comp and Police /Fire Medical
— Safety organization review of policies and
practices
— Training and development
— Coaching and mentoring models
— Collective bargaining review
Exit process
Review and update of policies and procedures
and benefits handbooks, reflecting new
laws /regulations
Performance measurement for HR
— Review performance management and rewards
systems
— Define future HR position
• Served on search committees to hire a Finance Director,
a School Superintendent, and a Town Manager. The
School Superintendent and Town Manger searches
began during 2004.
• Served on the Health Benefits Review Committee,
which reviewed health benefits offered to town
employees and retirees and made recommendations
regarding benefit levels, funding, benefits communica-
tions, and actions that could be taken to minimize
future cost increases.
Front L -R: Evelyn Silber, Norman Cohen, Laurie Peck,
Watkins, Linda Vine. Rear L -R: Candy McLaughlin, Bill Barnes,
Dick Evans, Janet Perry, Claudia Sheffield, Judy Minardi, Rose
Ducharme.
Tom
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Town Clerk /Board of Registrars
Expenditures
FY05
FY04
Payroll
$135,194
$133,335
Expenses
$ 7,551
$ 7,099
Elections Total
$ 87,377
$ 85,798
Registration Total
$ 23,836
$ 21,185
Records Management
$ 4,125
$ 2,000
TOWN CLERK APPOINTED by the Town Manager:
Donna Hooper since 1996. Office staff: Information
Specialist Marlene Doyle, Municipal Clerks C. Jean Coates
and Carmelina Fiore with Lori Manning as the new
Administrative Assistant.
BOARD OF REGISTRARS appointed for a 3 -year term by
the Board of Selectmen: Chair Luanna Devenis [Republican,
2008], Ann Miller [Republican, 2007], Gerald Abegg
[Democrat, 2006], and Town Clerk Donna Hooper
[Unenrolled] . The vacancy created by the sudden death of
long- serving Registrar Mary Abegg, in November 2004,
was filled by the appointment of Gerald Abegg to a term
expiring 2006.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Registrars forwarded recommendations to the Board of
Selectmen for the Board's annual Election Officer appoint-
ments. Registrars staffed voter registration sessions prior to
the March Annual Town Election, and certified signatures
for nine different initiative petitions for questions to appear
on the November 2006 State Election ballot which includ-
ed 1602 pages received with 5033 signatures certified.
Annual Town Election candidate papers were certified for
11 candidates seeking major office and 39 Town Meeting
Member candidates.
• The Town's annual census updated Lexington's popula-
tion and verified voter registration rolls, with the Annual
List of Residents subsequently published in June.
• The Annual Town Meeting, covering 38 warrant
articles and 8 meetings, was convened on March
28 in Cary Hall, Cary Memorial Building after a
4 -year hiatus due to the Cary Library's occupa-
tion of the hall during library reconstruction. The
meeting was dissolved May 2, 2005.
• The `light' election year, with only the March
Annual Town Election, was much welcomed after
a particularly busy 2004 during which five elec-
tions were conducted during the span of 8
months. The polls for Precincts 1 & 5 were relo-
cated to Cary Hall due to school construction
issues at Harrington and Fiske Schools.
• A fall Special Town Meeting, with six warrant arti-
cles was convened on November 7. Although four
sessions were held, articles were voted upon at the
first and last session due to the natural gas disaster
from the Hancock Avenue house explosion that
precluded a quorum of members from gathering on the sec-
ond and third evenings. Rezoning of the property at 1720
Massachusetts Avenue (currently Battle Green Inn) from CB
to CD and school budget issues were the highlight of the
Special Town Meeting.
• The Libertarian and Green - Rainbow parties lost their sta-
tus as an official Massachusetts political party in 2005.
This action will result in ballots for only the Democrat and
Republic parties for the 2006 State Primary.
• Passage of Chapter 388 of the Acts of 2004 took effect
January 28 and eliminated the need for couples filing mar-
riage intentions to submit medical certificates (blood tests)
as a prerequisite to obtaining a marriage license.
• Published Supplement #5 to the Code of Lexington,
updating bylaw changes adopted at the 2005 Annual
Town Meeting, and regulatory updates.
• Enhancements to the Commonwealth's Central Voter
Registry provided further improvements in preparation
for full implementation of the Help American Vote Act of
2002. Changes implemented include electronic verifica-
tion of voter identification provided at the time of voter
registration, vastly reducing the number of persons
required to show proof of identification at the polls.
Testing of voting equipment for vision and hearing
impaired voters was conducted in the fall for implementa-
tion with the 2006 State Election.
• The Town Clerk's Office oversaw appointment notifica-
tions; oaths of office, and the posting of approximately
1000 public meetings conducted for appointed and elect-
ed boards and committee members.
— To better guide and protect volunteer and appointed
residents participating in greater numbers as volunteers
to town boards and committees, enhancements have
been made to materials provided to committee mem-
bers regarding statutory responsibilities and guidelines.
continued on next page
L -R: Jean Coates, Donna Hooper, Carmelina Fiore, Marlene Doyle, Lori
Manning.
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Town Clerk /Board of Registrars continued from previous page
• Town Clerk's office continued servicing the community as
agents for the US Department of State, accepting and pro-
cessing over 800 applications for US Passports.
• Archives and Records Manager /Town Clerk Donna
Hooper, and representatives of the Lexington Historical
Society, National Heritage Museum and Cary Memorial
Library, continued collaborating in follow -up to the
MHRAB grant "The Revolution and Beyond:
Documenting Lexington's Heritage." The September
exhibit, at the newly restored Depot Building, "From
Cambridge Farms to Farms of Lexington" documented
Lexington's farming heritage.
Moderator
ROLE: To preside over Town Meeting and appoint
members of the Appropriation Committee, Capital
Expenditures Committee, the Cary Lecture Series as
well as Lexington's representative on the Minuteman
Regional School Committee.
ELECTED by the voters at large for a 1 -year term:
Margery Battin.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Worked with Town Meeting members, boards, and
committees to improve the Town Meeting process.
The quality of Lexington's citizen participation is
unparalleled; the dedication of its staff unequaled.
Patience and a sense of humor prevailed.
• Continued the following practices:
— Held a pre -Town Meeting planning session with
article sponsors, Town Counsel, Town Clerk, and
Finance Committee Chairs to review timing and
procedural matters, and anticipate scheduling dif-
ficulties, audio - visual requirements, probable
amendments, and potential areas of disagreement.
— Held a 2 -hour workshop for new Town Meeting
members, Town Counsel, Appropriation, Capital
Expenditures, Planning Board, and Town
Meeting Members Association chairs to answer
questions, clarify financial and planning terms
and concepts, and explain legal issues and parlia-
mentary procedures.
• Sent written instructions to the sponsors of citizen
articles to aid them in preparing for Town Meeting.
• Wrote a newspaper article explaining the protocol
regarding citizen participation.
• Held a post -Town Meeting critique which identified
measures for improving procedures and developing a
process to help citizen warrant article sponsors pre-
pare and present their proposals to Town Meeting.
• Served as a Director of the Massachusetts
Moderators Association.
Statistics
Population: 30,765
Vital Statistics for 2005:
Births 183
Marriages 100
Deaths 298
Licenses:
Dogs 2044
Raffles 16
Business
Certificates ...215
Flammables 34
Elected Town Officials
Term
Expires
BOARD OF SELECTMEN (five members to 3 -year terms)
Jeanne K. Krieger, Chair 44 Webster Road .... 2007
Norman P. Cohen 33 Forest Street #309 . 2008
Peter C. J. Kelley 24 Forest Street 2006
Hank Manz 14 Ellison Road 2008
Richard Pagett 10 Oakmount Circle. . 2007
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (five members to 3 -year terms)
Thomas V. Griffiths, Chair 7 Volunteer Way 2008
Scott F. Burson 58 Sherburne Road S.. 2006
Helen L. Cohen 32 Patterson Road ... 2006
Thomas R. Diaz 10 Tower Road 2007
Olga P. Guttag 273 Emerson Road ... 2007
MODERATOR (1 -year term)
Margery M. Battin 15 Paul Revere Road . 2006
PLANNING BOARD (five members to 3 -year terms)
Anthony G. Galaitsis 7 Burroughs Road ... 2008
Richard Canale 29 Shade Street 2006
Thomas M. Harden 32 Hill Street 2006
Charles Hornig 75 Reed Street 2008
Wendy Manz 14 Ellison Road 2007
LEXINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY (four elected members
and one appointed member to 5 -year terms)
Nicholas Santosuosso, Chair 2 Washington Street ... 2006
Robert N. Cohen, Vice Chair 10Grassland Street .... 2007
Leona W. Martin, Asst. Treasurer . 19 Thoreau Road 2007
Leo P. McSweeney, Commissioner. . 435 Lincoln Street 2010
Melinda M. Walker, Treasurer 14 Larchmont Lane ... 2009
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 11
Town Election - Monday, March 7, 2005
Of the 20,280 registered voters, 7575
or 37% of those eligible cast their vote.
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
(two for 3 years)
Norman Cohen' 4277
Hank Manz' 3368
Dawn McKenna 2358
Patrick Mehr 1892
William Kennedy 1757
Write -Ins 9
Blanks 1489
MODERATOR
(one for 1 year)
Margery Bastin' 4816
Write -Ins 35
Blanks 2722
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
(one for 3 years)
Thomas Griffiths' 4566
Iang Jeon 2328
Write -Ins 9
Blanks 671
PLANNING BOARD
(two for 3 years)
Anthony Galaitsis3 3693
Charles Hornig' 3196
Write -Ins 20
Blanks 8240
HOUSING AUTHORITY
(one for 5 years)
Leo P. Mcsweeney5 4674
Write -Ins 31
Blanks 2871
TOWN MEETING - PRECINCT 1
(seven for 3 years)
Nancy Adler' 362
Ellen Basch' 358
Mary Bowes' 336
John Bartenstein3 325
Albert Zabin3 321
James Barry' 316
John Frossi3 312
Temple Goodhue 258
All Others 6
Blanks 2222
TOWN MEETING - PRECINCT 2
(seven for 3 years)
Jill Stein' 540
Robin Digiammarino3 395
Judith Boxer' 353
Christina Welch' 336
Robert Cunha' 314
Daniel Lucas' 305
Paul Lapointe' 283
John Sackton 264
William Smith 264
Kenneth Kreutziger 253
Robert Warshawer 203
John Mullen III 191
Steven Kropper 168
All Others 3
Blanks 2610
TOWN MEETING - PRECINCT 3
(seven for 3 years; one for 1 year)
Dan Fenn, Jr. ' 414
Robert Whitman' 340
Arthur Katz' 337
Gloria Holland' 328
Nicholas Cannalonga3 299
Steven Heinrich' 277
Bonnie Brodner3 251
Robert Copp"' 182
John Sellars" 182
Thomas Lutz 131
All Others 6
Blanks 2701
TOWN MEETING - PRECINCT 4
(seven for 3 years)
Lisa Baci3 448
Beverly Kelley' 423
Ruth Thomas' 420
Steven Turner' 418
John Davies' 407
Timothy Counihan' 404
Nicholas Santosuosso' 403
Martha Daileanes- Sevigny'" 368
Laura Kole 101
All Others 7
Blanks 3161
TOWN MEETING - PRECINCT 5
(seven for 3 years)
David Williams' 388
Anthony Galaitsis3 387
Marjorie Daggett' 374
Ephraim Weiss' 373
Paul Barnes' 371
John Hayward' 333
Loretta Porter' 295
Jeffrey Crampton 293
All Others 7
Blanks 2898
TOWN MEETING - PRECINCT 6
(seven for 3 years; one for 2 years)
David Kaufman' 573
Marshall Derby' 555
Morton Kahan' 540
Gerald Lacey' 540
Jonathan Himmel' 516
Laura Mahoney' 514
Ronald Pawliczek3 477
Dawn McKenna' 422
Peter Cohen 80
Susan Solomon 44
All Others 12
Blanks 3599
TOWN MEETING - PRECINCT 7
(seven for 3 years)
Thomas Griffiths' 599
Ravinder Sakhuja3 561
Deborah Brown' 556
Martha Wood' 505
Pam Hoffman' 468
James Courtemanche3 361
John Taylor" ' 331
Robert Peters"'' 331
Sean Maloney 318
All Others 7
Blanks 2480
TOWN MEETING - PRECINCT 8
(seven for 3 years; one for 1 year)
Stewart Kennedy' 409
Margaret Bradley' 407
Roger Borghesani3 399
Richard Michelson' 398
Charles Hornig' 386
Charles Moore, Jr. ' 317
James Osten' 303
Anne Frymer' 289
Florence Connor 267
Richard Baughman 219
Lorraine Fournier 214
Linda Moran 203
James Hart 172
All Others 2
Blanks 2951
TOWN MEETING - PRECINCT 9
(seven for 3 years)
Wendy Manz' 430
Leo McSweeney' 422
Janice Kennedy' 375
Alice Adler' 322
John Mazerall3 291
Emily Donovan' 273
Mary Donahue' 253
Francine Stieglitz" ' ' ' ' 243
Dorris Traficante 211
Richard Schaye 195
Michael Schroeder 170
All Others 7
Blanks 2009
" Due to tie vote, a special election deter-
mined who was to serve the 1 -year
term.
""A Precinct 4 vacancy occurred when
Norman Cohen was elected Selectman. It
was filled for 1 -year by Martha
Daileanes- Sevigny, 85 Kendall Road, who
received the highest number of votes as a
defeated candidate for Town Meeting
from Precinct 4.
" John Taylor removed his name from
a special run -off election.
`"""A Precinct 9 vacancy occurred when
Hank Manz was elected Selectman. It was
filled for 1 -year by Francine Stieglitz, 3
Amherst Street, who received the highest
number of votes as a defeated candidate
for Town Meeting from Precinct 9.
'elected for 1 year 'elected for 3 years
'elected for 2 years Selected for 5 years
Page 12 2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Town Meeting Members
AT LARGE
Margery Battin 15 Paul Revere Road
Norman Cohen 33 Forest Street
Donna Hooper 47 Emerson Gardens
Jay Kaufman 1 Childs Road
Peter Kelley 24 Forest Street
Jeanne Krieger 44 Webster Road
William Lahey 22 Fair Oaks Drive
Hank Manz 14 Ellison Road
Richard Pagett 10 Oakmount Circle
PRECINCT 1
Term Expires 2006
Joel Adler 22 Village Circle
Jean Cole 23 Whipple Road
Maria -Elena Kostorizos 20 Wheeler Road
Janet Moran 41 Bartlett Avenue
Loretta Moresco 1025 Massachusetts Avenue
Diane Pursley 49 Cliffe Avenue
Judith Zabin 1 Page Road
Term Expires 2007
John Breen 8 Crescent Hill Avenue
Jonathan Cole 23 Whipple Road
Iang Jeon 7 Litchfield Road
Lillian MacArthur 42 Emerson Gardens
Eric Michelson 16 Emerson Gardens
Carol Sampson 8 Brandon Street
Barry Sampson 8 Brandon Street
Term Expires 2008
Nancy Adler 22 Village Circle
James Barry 10 Crescent Hill Avenue
John Bartenstein 46 Sanderson Road
Ellen Basch 2 South Rindge Avenue
Mary Bowes 32 Arcola Street
John Rossi 40 Arcola Street
Albert Zabin 1 Page Road
PRECINCT 2
Term Expires 2006
J. Eugene Beauchemin 10 Aerial Street
Marian Cohen 8 Plymouth Road
Douglas Lucente 8 Great Rock Road
Michael O'Sullivan 12 Aerial Street
Thomas Taylor 64 Marrett Road
James Wilson 43 Locust Avenue
Donald Wilson 36 Fern Street
Term Expires 2007
Alessandro Alessandrini 488 Massachusetts Avenue
James Avery 8 Daniels Street
Thomas Diaz 10 Tower Road
Karen Dooks 5 Mohawk Drive
Andrew McAleer 121 Follen Road
Barry Orenstein 132 Follen Road
Betsey Weiss 8 Dover Lane
Term Expires 2008
Judith Boxer 33 Philip Road
Robert Cunha 10 Stevens Road
Robin DiGiammarino 2 Sunset Ridge
Paul Lapointe 224 Follen Road
Daniel Lucas 3 Tower Road
Jill Stein 17 Trotting Horse Drive
Christina Welch 41 Locust Avenue
PRECINCT 3
Term Expires 2006
Darwin Adams 8 Field Road
Samuel Berman 11 Barberry Road
Nancy Bryant 56 Blossomcrest Road
Robert Copp 95 Bridge Street
Richard Neumeier 2 Pitcairn P1
Robert Rotberg 14 Barberry Road
Reid Zurlo 42 Woodcliffe Road
Term Expires 2007
Nancy Cannalonga 942 Waltham Street
Benjamin Cohen 87 Bridge Street
Sherry Gordon 7 Stedman Road
Patrick Mehr 31 Woodcliffe Road
Alexander Nedzel 4 Chadbourne Road
Richard Stephenson 98 Spring Street
Loren Wood 14 Benjamin Road
Term Expires 2008
Bonnie Brodner 8 Trodden Path
Nicholas Cannalonga 942 Waltham Street
Dan Fenn, Jr. 59 Potter Pond
Steven Heinrich 11 Potter Pond
Gloria Holland 3 April Lane
Arthur Katz 18 Barberry Road
Robert Whitman 1010 Waltham Street
continued on next page
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 13
Town Meeting Members continued from previous page
PRECINCT 4
Term Expires 2006
Gloria Bloom 17 Loring Road
Stacey Cannon 17 Baskin Road
Martha Daileanes - Sevigny 85 Kendall Road
Peter Enrich 35 Clarke Street
David Harris 5 A Eliot Road
Michael Martignetti 17 Highland Avenue
Ellen McDonald 50 Bridge Street
Barrie Peltz 8 Jackson Court
Term Expires 2007
Nyles Barnert 142 Worthen Road
Scott Burson 58 Sherburne Road S.
Charles Lamb 55 Baskin Road
John Rosenberg 64 Bloomfield Street
Sandra Shaw 51 Wachusett Drive
Judith Uhrig 15 Vine Brook Road
Term Expires 2008
Lisa Baci 18 Fair Oaks Terrace
Timothy Counihan 27 Percy Road
John Davies 18 Prospect Hill Road
Beverly Kelley 24 Forest Street
Nicholas Santosuosso 2 Washington Street
Ruth Thomas 10 Parker Street
Steven Turner 260 Marrett Road
PRECINCT 5
Term Expires 2006
David Burns 46 Ridge Road
Todd Cataldo 8 Fletcher Avenue
Elaine Dratch 2 Maureen Road
Olga Guttag 273 Emerson Road
Gerard Moloney 18 Saddle Club Road
James Shaw 20 Vine Street
Sam Silverman 18 Ingleside Road
Term Expires 2007
Irene Dondley 22 Leonard Road
Andrew Friedlich 22 Young Street
Paul Hamburger 18 Cooke Road
Carol Liff 19 Douglas Road
Jerold Michelson 3 Clyde P1
M. Masha Traber 106 Maple Street
Charles Vail 66 Woburn Street
Term Expires 2008
Paul Barnes 500 Lowell Street
Marjorie Daggett 9 Burroughs Road
Anthony Galaitsis 7 Burroughs Road
John Hayward 358 Woburn Street
Loretta Porter 24 Fletcher Avenue
Ephraim Weiss 462 Lowell Street
David Williams 1433 Massachusetts Avenue
PRECINCT 6
Term Expires 2006
Eric Carlson 186 Grant Street
Bebe Fallick 4 Diehl Road
Edmund Grant 27 Grove Street
Jane Pagett 10 Oakmount Circle
Edith Sandy 353 N Emerson Road
Sheldon Spector 26 Suzanne Road
Sheila Watson 12 Oakland Street
Term Expires 2007
Florence Baturin 11 Alcott Road
Paul Chernick 14 Somerset Road
Trisha Kennealy 4 Brent Road
Alan Lazarus 22 Woodland Road
Dawn McKenna 9 Hancock Street
Frank Sandy 353 N Emerson Road
Deborah Strod 10 Thoreau Road
Term Expires 2008
Marshall Derby 23 Suzanne Road
Jonathan Himmel 66 Hancock Street
Morton Kahan 44 Hancock Street
David Kaufman 152 Burlington Street
Gerald Lacey 18 Meriam Street
Laura Mahoney 119 Burlington Street
Ronald Pawliczek 25 Flintlock Road
PRECINCT 7
Term Expires 2006
Marsha Baker 46 Burlington Street
Steven Colman 63 Fifer Lane
Robert Coyne 2 Heritage Drive
Ann Gilbert 323 Bedford Street
Fred Martin 29 Dewey Road
James Wood, Jr. 51 Gleason Road
Alan Wrigley 205 Grove Street
continued on next page
Page 14 2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Town Meeting Members continued from previous page
Term Expires 2007
George Burnell 4 Eaton Road
Patricia Costello 9 Preston Road
Margaret Count -Klebe 94 Winter Street
Catherine Gill 43 Bertwell Road
Sheryl Mason 33 Robinson Road
Joyce Miller 23 Fifer Lane
Jane Trudeau 7 Volunteer Way
Term Expires 2008
Deborah Brown 47 Robinson Road
James Courtemanche 88 Winter Street
Thomas Griffiths 7 Volunteer Way
Pam Hoffman 4 Rangeway
Robert Peters 43 Fifer Lane
Ravinder Sakhuja 50 Turning Mill Road
Martha Wood 51 Gleason Road
PRECINCT 8
Term Expires 2006
Richard Battin 15 Paul Revere Road
Larry Belvin 10 Denver Street
Anne Frymer 64 Asbury Street
Ingrid Klimoff 75 Reed Street
Robert Phelan 152 Reed Street
Shirley Stolz 2139 Massachusetts Avenue
Carolyn Tiffany 109 Reed Street
Term Expires 2007
Elizabeth Bryant 18 Liberty Avenue
John Cunha 11 Homestead Street
Diana Garcia 3 Gerard Terrace
Thomas Harden 32 Hill Street
David Horton 68 Paul Revere Road
Alan Levine 54 Reed Street
Melinda Walker 14 Larchmont Lane
Term Expires 2008
Roger Borghesani 24 Hastings Road
Margaret Bradley 48 Bellflower Street
Charles Hornig 75 Reed Street
Stewart Kennedy 38 Liberty Avenue
Richard Michelson 54 Asbury Street
Charles Moore, Jr. 87 Cedar Street
James Osten 8 Revere Street
PRECINCT 9
Term Expires 2006
Narain Bhatia 8 Nickerson Road
Richard Canale 29 Shade Street
Helen Cohen 32 Patterson Road
Susan Elberger 10 Ellison Road
Janet Perry 16 Ellison Road
Janet Post 33 Fairbanks Road
Fred Rosenberg 76 Wood Street
Francine Stieglitz 3 Amherst Street
Term Expires 2007
Victoria Blier 41 Shade Street
Anthony Close 174 Wood Street
Rodney Cole 80 School Street
Margaret Coppe 12 Barrymeade Drive
Thomas Fenn 15 Shade Street
Anne LoRusso 200 Lincoln Street
Term Expires 2008
Alice Adler 10 Nickerson Road
Mary Donahue 3 Crosby Road
Emily Donovan 110 Wood Street
Janice Kennedy 135 Wood Street
Wendy Manz 14 Ellison Road
John Mazerall 40 Wood Street
Leo McSweeney 435 Lincoln Street
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 15
Town Meeting Members Association (TMMA)
ROLE: To inform Town Meeting
Members in advance on all war-
rant articles, meeting procedures,
and matters of town governance;
to act as an interface between
Town Meeting and the municipal
government, the Board of
Selectmen, School Committee,
and other town committees; to
represent the members of Town
Meeting when the Meeting is not
in session; and to improve Town
Meeting procedures and process-
es.
MEMBERSHIP: All Town
Meeting Members are automati-
cally members of the Association.
At the first information meeting,
precincts meet individually and
elect their Precinct Chair, Clerk
and Vice Chair officers. Those
precinct officers become the
TMMA Executive Committee
which serves for one year. TMMA
officers are elected by the members at the annual meeting of
the Association and are limited to terms of no more than
two consecutive years. The Executive Committee meets the
second Wednesday of each month, except when Town
Meeting is in session or in July and August. The monthly
meetings are open to all.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Reviewed and discussed:
— Financial summit meetings on the 2006 budget
— Budget projections for FY07
— Ongoing issues pertaining to Hanscom Field
— The Town's handling of outside groups protesting in
the community
— Current issues with the new Town Manager
• Published TMMA Warrant Information Reports on all
articles coming before Town Meeting so Town Meeting
members can better understand the issues.
• Held the TMMA bus tour to view sites with zoning issues
coming before Town Meeting and to see major capital
items to be voted on at Town Meeting.
2005 -2006 Executive Committee
Officers Chair:
Vice - Chair:
Treasurer:
Clerk:
Communications:
Gloria Bloom
David Horton
Andy Friedlich
Darwin Adams
David Kaufman
Prct. Chair
1 Joel Adler
2 Alessandro Alessandrini
3 Reid Zurlo
4 Steve Turner
5 Eph Weiss
6 Alan Lazarus
7 Marsha Baker
8 Melinda Walker
9 Vicki Blier
Clerk
Jonathan Cole
Judy Boxer
Arthur Katz
Stacey Cannon
Sam Silverman
Laura Mahoney
Pam Hoffman
Charles Moore, Jr.
Anne LoRusso
Associate
Mary Bowes
Barry Orenstein
Patrick Mehr
Martha Daileanes - Sevigny
Jerold Michelson
Sheldon Spector
James Courtemanche
Anne Frymer
Francine Stieglitz
• Sponsored three warrant information sessions prior to
Town Meeting and one session prior to Special Town
Meeting to familiarize members with the warrant and to
give sponsors feedback on likely questions and additional
information needed concerning their articles.
• Provided timely information on the TMMA website
(www.lexingtontmma.org) and had articles in the
Lexington Minuteman on various topics. The
Communications Working Group will continue to seek
ways to improve
information flow about matters which may come before
Town Meeting and about how town government works.
• Recognized the contributions of 17 town meeting mem-
bers who have served in Town Meeting for 30 or more
years.
• Given the concern expressed by abutters, the TMMA
Executive Committee approved a statement which was
made at a Burlington Planning Board meeting regarding
proposed changes at the Perkins gravel site.
Page 16 2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Health Benefits Review Committee
ROLE: To review and analyze health benefits provided by
the Town of Lexington, compare the benefits to those pro-
vided by other communities, and consider options to reduce
costs and rates of cost growth.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen: Co- Chairs
Richard Dougherty and Deborah Strod, Bob Beckwitt, Tom
Goodwin, Nancy Meadows, Tom Rand, Linda Roemer and
Bill Kennedy (initially Selectmen Liaison and now a com-
mittee member). Maggie Oliva attended the initial meeting
and was replaced by Claudia Sheffield. Selectman Liaison
Hank Manz; Appropriation Committee Liaisons Paul
Hamburger and Rick Eurich; School Committee Liaison
Tom Griffiths; Personnel Advisory Board Liaison Evelyn
Silber. Staff support Rose Ducharme and Susan Bottan.
Initiated in fall 2004, the Committee met five times includ-
ing with the Town's benefits consultant. Members analyzed
a survey of 24 towns. An interim report was issued with a
final report presented to the Selectmen, School and
Appropriation Committees in September. The report was
accepted, and the committee was dissolved by the Selectmen.
The report is available on the town website.
Findings
• Health benefits have been quite well- managed by the
Town over the years. As the Committee raised options it
found that many had been tried previously, often in part-
nership with the Coalition of Town Employees, the bar-
gaining unit for health benefits. Claim costs are low rela-
tive to other groups insured by Blue Cross /Blue Shield
according to their own calculations. Despite these positive
aspects, the Town has a problem of costs growing beyond
its capacity to pay.
• Benefits offered by the Town are better than those provid-
ed by local industry and middle of the pack for compara-
ble municipalities; however, employees may have foregone
pay increases or accepted increases which were below mar-
ket rates in order to maintain the current benefit levels.
• In winter 2004, the health benefit cost to the Town was
anticipated to be roughly $16 million this year, which
included $500,000 for Stop Loss Insurance and $900,000
for administration by Blue Cross and Harvard Community
Health Plan. Of that, the Town pays $13 million and
employees pay $3 million. The Town is self - insured for
individual claims under $90,000, which means that enough
money has to be set aside to pay those claims. For claims
over $90,000, the Town has Stop Loss Insurance.
• Health benefits are governed by Massachusetts General
Laws Chapter 32B and are subject to collective bargain-
ing, so implementing many of the recommendations
requires a cooperative effort between the Town and
employees. Under those laws, when a new employee is
hired and scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week,
he or she is eligible for benefits from the Town. Chapter
32B also requires that the Town cover retirees' benefits as
well. Employment law also applies.
Recommendations
• Implement a carve -out pharmacy benefit program and
increase incentives for generic and mail order drugs. If
pharmacy benefits are managed separately from other
medical benefits, a significant decrease in cost - growth, or
even an actual cost savings, can be realized. Pharmacy
benefit costs represent approximately 20% ($3 million) of
benefits expenditures.
• Strengthen claims and enrollment audits.
• Begin providing Explanation of Benefits statements to
enrollees as a first step in adding consumer - directed health
care elements.
• Premium cost - sharing and plan design changes (including
exploring a separate plan for out of state retirees).
• Expand health promotion locally.
• Expand case- and disease - management.
• Continue to re -bid services for competitive pricing.
• Properly fund the Health Trust Fund (three months of
claims) .
• Explore cooperative health benefits purchasing (tried
twice before, but worth revisiting).
• Implement the General Accounting Standards Board rec-
ommendations for accounting for and funding future
retiree health care expenses. Other towns have begun to
do this, and bond rating agencies have begun to use activ-
ity on this front in their evaluations for bond ratings.
• The Town and collective bargaining units negotiate wages
with each unit separately, but health benefits for all units
are collectively bargained. Legislation is under considera-
tion that might allow towns to bargain wages and benefits
together, as cities are able to do now. If such legislation is
passed, the Town should consider whether it is more cost -
effective to continue to provide richer benefits in lieu of
salary increases during a period when medical inflation is
higher than the general inflation rate.
• Review implementation of the recommendations in this
report regularly.
L to R: Evelyn Silber, Tom Griffiths,
Dougherty, Deborah Strod, Linda Roemer,
Tom Goodwin, Richard
Claudia Sheffield.
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
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Town Meeting
Mown Meeting was held in Cary Memorial Hall on
March 28 and 30, April 4, 6, 11, 13 and 27 and May
2. The eight sessions took 20 hours. The Rev. Bill Clark
offered the invocation.
In the first session, the Lexington Minute Men and the
William Diamond Jr. Fife and Drum Corps presented the
colors. Moderator Margery Battin observed the passing of
deceased Town Meeting Members Frank Kava, Louise
Kava, and Renee Cochin.
In subsequent sessions, Sasaki Associates reported on devel-
opments concerning the closing of Hanscom Air Force Base;
Public Works Director William Hadley announced that
Robert Beaudoin had received a Merit Award from the
Environmental Protection Agency; ten high school students
were recognized for their achievements; high school science
teacher David Colaruso received the Wagner Technology
Award; Clark Middle School Principal Pamela Houlares and
Diamond Middle School teacher Kathy Reynolds shared the
Sharon Wong Chen /Sara Harrington Diversity Award.
Article Action Summary
Art. 1: Annual Town Election: see page 12
Art. 2: Reports of Boards, Officers, Committees
Reports relating to articles under consideration and other
town matters were presented at appropriate times.
Art. 3: Appointments to Cary Lecture Series
Adopted Mar. 28. Moderator to appoint committee of three
to plan lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and
Suzanna E. Cary.
Art. 4: Zoning Bylaw: Battle Green Inn
Not adopted March 28. See Art. 2, November 7 Special
Town Meeting.
Art. 5: Zoning Bylaw, Center Parking
Indefinitely postponed March 28.
Art. 6: Restrict Parking in Central Business District
Indefinitely postponed March 28.
Art. 7: Community Preservation Act
Adopted March 30. Acceptance of MGL c.44B §307 and
approved a surcharge tax beginning in Fiscal 2007 on prop-
erty for specified projects pending voter approval in next
town election.
Art. 8: Community Preservation Committee
Adopted March 30. Amends bylaws to establish committee
to administer provisions of Community Preservation Act.
Art. 9: Zoning Bylaw: Waltham Street Parcel
Adopted March 30. Changed designation to CD from RO
on Parcel 11, property adjacent to Waltham city line.
Art. 10: Zoning Bylaw, Accessory Apartments
Adopted April 4. Amended portions of existing bylaws gov-
erning accessory apartments.
Art. 11: Amend Selectmen/ Town Manager Act
Not adopted April 4. Pertaining to continuity in Town
Manager functions should a vacancy occur in that position;
and require Town Meeting approval of Selectmen's Town
Manager appointments.
Art. 12: Amend Selectmen /Town Manager Act
Not adopted April 4. Pertaining to recall of elected town -
wide officials.
Art. 13: Removal and Installation of Double Utility Poles
Adopted March 30. Resolution supporting legislation for
authority to enforce C.164 of section 34B
Art. 14: Municipal Lighting Plant
Adopted March 30. Resolution urging support of legisla-
tion and petitioning General Court to support municipal
purchase of electrical assets to form municipal lighting
plants.
Art. 15: Property Tax Exemptions
Adopted April 4. Acceptance of MGL c.59 §5, clause 41D
and petitioning Legislature for special act to set higher qual-
ifying income for property tax exemptions.
Art. 16: Amend Tree Bylaw
Adopted April 4. Amends General Bylaw to address
Selectmen's Tree Gift Account
Art. 17: Tree Planting
Not adopted April 4. Pertaining to appropriating $15,000
for tree planting and maintenance.
Art. 18: Tree Revolving Fund
Adopted April 4. Established revolving fund to finance tree
planting and maintenance.
Art. 19: Conservation Land Transfer
Adopted April 6. Transferred almost 25 acres of town -
owned land off North Street to the Conservation
Commission.
Art. 20: Acquisition of Former County Land
Indefinitely postponed April 6. Pertaining to acquisition of
almost 47 acres of undeveloped land formerly owned by
Middlesex County Hospital.
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Art. 21: Resolution Regarding: Middlesex
County Open Space
Adopted March 28. Resolution to petition the Legislature
to keep as open space a plot of former Middlesex Hospital
land located in Lexington.
Art. 22: Fast Track Auction Law
Adopted March 30. Resolution by which the Town to reg-
ister opposition to law permitting State to sell land in Town
on a "fast track auction" basis thus limiting Town's input.
Art. 23: Franklin School Apartments
Indefinitely postponed April 27. Pertaining to modifying
original agreement to have former school land adopted to
housing.
Art. 24: Water Distribution Improvements
Indefinitely postponed April 6. Pertaining to financing
water line installation and repairs, with Water Enterprise
Funds.
Art. 25: Sanitary Sewer Improvements
Indefinitely postponed April 6.
Art. 26: Recreational Facilities Improvements
Adopted April 11. For Rindge Playground and Center
Recreational Complex: $30,000 transferred from
Recreational Enterprise Fund, $35,000 borrowed.
Art. 27: Lincoln Park Facility
Indefinitely postponed April 11. Pertaining to building
restrooms at Lincoln Park.
Art. 28: Pine Meadows Golf Course
Adopted April 11. To complete hydrology study; $50,000
from Recreation Enterprise Fund.
Art. 29: Supplementary Appropriations for Previously
Authorized Capital Improvements
Adopted May 2.
(a) For repairs to town buildings under Building Envelope
Program, Art. 8, 2001 Town Meeting; $83,000 from tax
levy.
(b) For repairs to town buildings under Building Envelope
Program, Art. 8, 2002 Town Meeting; $165,000 borrowed.
(c) For repairs to school buildings, Art. 21, 2004 Town
Meeting, $125,000 borrowed.
(d) For two new elementary schools, under Art. 5, 2002
Special Town Meeting, $1,575,000 borrowed.
Art. 30: School Capital Projects /Equipment
Adopted May 2.
(a) For repairs and equipment
$355,000 from tax levy, $745,000
borrowed.
(b) For construction /reconstruction plans
of School Administration Building. Borrowed.
Amended to include Resolution involving
potential Historic Districts Commission
actions on the site.
$1,100,000
$240,000
Art. 31: Maintain /Upgrade School Technology $270,000
Adopted May 2. With $115,000 from
tax levy; $155,000 borrowed.
Art. 32: Capital Projects and Equipment
Adopted April 27.
(a) Building Envelope
Repairs to various town buildings;
$100,000 borrowed, $50,000 from tax levy.
(b) Street Reconstruction
$460,000 from Highway Notes,
$500,000 from tax levy.
(c) Traffic Signal Improvements
Borrowed.
(d) Sidewalk Reconstruction
Borrowed.
(e) DPW Equipment
Borrowed.
(f) Design New DPW Barn on Bedford Street
Borrowed.
(g) Fire Rescue Vehicle
Borrowed.
(h) Study Public Safety Communications
From tax levy.
Art. 33: Traffic Control Signals Upgrade
Indefinitely postponed April 11.
Art. 34: Prior Years Unpaid Bills
Indefinitely postponed April 11.
$150,000
$960,000
$100,000
$50,000
$485,000
$720,000
$165,000
$50,000
Art. 35: Supplementary Appropriations for
Current Fiscal Year 2005
Adopted May 2. Transferred $150,000 to Line Item 2310
Reserve Fund from Unreserved Fund Balance.
Art. 36: Stabilization Fund
Adopted May 2. Appropriated for
capital expenditures; from tax levy.
$603,647
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Art. 37: Operating Budget
Adopted April 13. Provides monies for all town depart-
ments. Amounts to be raised from the tax levy except as
noted. Numbers in the left hand column refer to line items.
EDUCATION
1100 Lexington Public Schools $69,567,568
Also see Art. 29 (c) and (d); Art. 30
(a) and (b); Art. 31.
1200 Minuteman Regional School $887,667
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
2110 Contributory Retirement $3,284,215
With $65,762 transferred from
Water Enterprise Fund, $16,441
from Sewer Enterprise Fund.
Non - Contributory Retirement $68,000
Insurance $5,256,245
With $96,349 transferred fromWater
Enterprise Fund, $22,000 from Sewer
Enterprise Fund.
2120
2130-
2150
DEBT SERVICE
2210 Payment on Funded Debt
2220 Interest on Funded Debt
2230 Temporary Borrowing
2240 Exempt Debt
With $100,000 transferred from
Recreation Enterprise Fund.
OPERATING ARTICLES
2310 Reserve Fund
2320 Salary Adjustments
With $11,018 transferred from
Water Enterprise Fund, $11,018
from Sewer Fund.
ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES
$2,760,000
$450,750
$280,000
$5,043,313
2410 Municipal Personnel
2410 Municipal Expenses
2420 Wide Area Network
2430 Community Access Personnel
Transferred from anticipated receipts in
Cable Access Revolving Fund.
2430 Community Access Expenses
Transferred from anticipated receipts
in Cable Access Revolving Fund.
$150,000
$417,780
$33,976
$97,400
$5,000
$45,000
$355,000
COMMUNITY SERVICES
3100-
3500
3600
3600
DPW Personnel
With $262,613 transferred from
Water Enterprise Fund, $262,613
from Sewer Enterprise Fund, $100,000
from Cemetery Trust Funds, $75,000
from Recreation Enterprise Fund,
$47,014 from Parking Meter Fund.
DPW Expenses
With $191,001 transferred from
Water Enterprise Fund, $191,001
from Sewer Enterprise Fund, $88,626
from Parking Meter Fund. An additional
$94,854 from anticipated receipts from
DPW Revolving Fund.
Transportation Personnel
Transportation Expenses
With $18,000 from Transportation
Demand Mgt Accts, $23,143 from
Lexpress Special Revenue Acct., $60,000
from LexPress fares, and $80,000 from
Mass. Bay Transportion Authority grants
$2,982,243
$4,434,930
$67,040
$420,527
2110 Contributory Retirement $3,015,532
3700 Water Department $6,369,973
Transfer from Water Enterprise Acct.
3800 Sewer Department $7,335,787
Transfer from Sewer Enterprise Acct.
PUBLIC SAFETY
4100 Police Personnel $3,974,171
With $164,373 transferred from
Parking Meter Fund.
4100 Police Expenses $428,547
With $22,000 transferred from
Parking Meter Fund.
4200 Fire Department Personnel $3,708,450
4200 Fire Department Expenses $426,393
CULTURE AND RECREATION
5100
5100
5200
Library Personnel
Library Expenses
Recreation Department
Transferred from Recreation
Enterprise Fund.
SOCIAL SERVICES
6000
6000
Social Service Personnel
Social Service Expenses
With $7,000 from grants.
$1,487,209
$304,753
$1,481,257
$319,733
$238,430
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
7100
7100
7200
7200
7300
7300
Community Dev. Personnel $621,432
Community Dev. Expenses $58,812
Planning Personnel $187,207
Planning Expenses $8,450
Economic Dev. Personnel $35,432
Economic Dev. Expenses $89,689
Transfer from anticipated receipts from Liberty
Ride Program Revolving Fund.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
8110 Selectmen Personnel $62,681
With $2,357 transferred from Water
Enterprise Fund, $2,357 from Sewer
Enterprise Fund.
8110 Selectmen Expenses $69,150
8120 Legal Fees and Expenses $350,000
8130 Town Report $6,500
8200 Town Manager Personnel $352,640
With $34,559 transferred from Water Enterprise
Fund, $34,559 from Sewer Enterprise Fund.
8200 Town Manager Expenses $14,667
TOWN COMMITTEES
8310 Appropriation Committee Expenses
8320 Misc. Boards /Committees
8330 Public Celebrations
FINANCE
8400 Finance Personnel
8400 Finance Expenses
TOWN CLERK
8500 Town Clerk Personnel
8500 Town Clerk Expenses
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICES
8600 MIS Personnel
With $28,064 transferred from
Water Enterprise Fund, $28,064
from sewer Enterprise Fund.
8600 MIS Expenses
Art. 38: Use of Funds to Reduce Tax Rate
Indefinitely postponed May 2.
$1,500
$8,755
$25,000
$840,011
$226,700
$208,017
$52,025
$177,637
$204,254
Special Town Meeting
The 2005 Special Town Meeting held its first session
November 7 in Cary Memorial Hall. Two subsequent meet-
ings on November 9 and 10 were adjourned due to the gas
explosion emergency; the second and final session was held
November 14.
Art. 2: Zoning Bylaw, Battle Green Inn
Adopted November 7. Amended designation at 1720
Massachusetts Avenue to CD from CB.
Art. 3: Use of Driveway
Adopted November 14. Granted permanent easement for
use of a driveway at 1888 Massachusetts Avenue.
Art. 4: Prior Year's Unpaid Bills
Adopted November 14.
For unpaid bills rendered to School
Department in FY05. Transfer from
Unreserved Fund Balance.
$528,178
Art. 5: Supplementary Appropriations
Adopted November 14.
(a) For current year's school budget with
$57,000 transfer from line item 1200
Minuteman Regional School; $434,287
from Unreserved Fund; and $356,109
from tax levy.
(b) To reduce tax levy for FY beginning
July 1, 2005; transfer from Overlay
Surplus.
Art. 6: School Projects and Equipment
Indefinitely postponed November 14.
$847,396
$425,000
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PUBLIC SAFETY
Police Department
Expenditures
Payroll
FY05
FY04
Police
$3,408,371
2,940,441
Dispatch
$408,807
$384,508
Parking Meter Maintenance
$32,494
$34,321
Expenses
Police
$392,038
375,675
Dispatch
$24,723
$25,017
Parking Meter Maintenance
$21,930
$22,801
Personnel
Full Time
Police
47
44
Dispatch
8
7
Parking Meter Maintenance
1
1
Part Time
Police
3
0
APPOINTED by the Town Manager: Christopher Casey
Chief of Department since 1993.
Promotions and Personnel Changes
Retiring this year were Captain Robert Raposa who served
34 -1/2 years, Sergeant William Kelly who served 35 years,
many as Police Prosecutor, and Officer Don Barter who
served 19 years. Dispatcher Jonathan Hoag resigned after
10 years and joined the Army JAG. Newly hired personnel
include: Patrol Officer Aderline Bynoe, Dispatchers Michael
Sowle, Erica Fullerton and Thomas Duggan.
The most dramatic change in department history came with
promotions of 8 to new command positions - Mark Corr to
Captain of Administration, Joseph O'Leary to Detective
Lieutenant, Manuel Ferro and James Barry to Lieutenant
assigned to the Patrol Division; Edward O'Brien, John
Mazerall, Paul Callahan and Christopher Barry were pro-
moted to Sergeant with Sgt. Barry assuming the position of
police prosecutor. In September, James Rettman was assigned
as the School Resource Officer at Lexington High School.
Unique Challenges
School threats, hate groups and political protests challenged
the Department's ability to anticipate issues, build partner-
ships with the community, and solve problems that thrust
Lexington repeatedly into the media spotlight. In April,
threatening graffiti was found at both Lexington and
Minuteman Regional High Schools. Working closely with
school officials, the investigation continued into the early
morning hours, the threats were assessed, and police pres-
ence was provided to each school for several days to calm
fears. In May, a radical Arkansas -based white supremacists'
group planned to meet on the Battle Green. In cooperation
with the No Place for Hate Steering Committee, the com-
munity was drawn together to discuss the visit and plan a
community -wide response.
Only days later, officers were dispatched to the Estabrook
School and arrested a parent for trespassing. This incident
sparked a series of rallies over several months and focused
media attention on Lexington. At this same time, a Kansas -
based group chose Lexington to demonstrate their values at
churches and the LHS graduation. Once again, the
Department reached out to community and helped organize
a peaceful and dignified silent response in the presence of
vulgar and antagonistic slogans. Protests continued into the
fall with a demonstration at a local temple during the visit
of the Israeli Consul General. On this day, one person was
arrested for assaulting an officer.
Given the volatility and the level of emotion with these
events, the Department was proud in the success of the
police- community partnership that respected first amend-
ment rights while also maintaining community pride.
NIMS and the KeySpan Incident
In September and October, all police personnel were trained
in the National Incident Management System (NIMS), a
requirement for future Homeland Security grants. This train-
ing focused on interoperability of multiple agencies and the
response to a large -scale incident using a unified chain of
command. A month later, the training was put to the test.
On Wednesday, November 9 at 11:19 a.m., the 9 -1 -1 Center
received the first of several calls reporting a strong odor of
gas, followed moments later with calls of a house explosion.
Police and fire units were quickly dispatched to the scene at
3 Hancock Avenue and within several minutes a command
post was established and NIMS protocols were being put to
use. Managing the over - pressurization of gas lines in a large
segment of Lexington quickly exhausted local resources.
Mutual aid from neighboring communities was needed to
secure hundreds of homes as well as direct traffic around
dozens of emergency excavation sites. For two weeks, town
officials and employees from every department worked with
KeySpan, various local and regional agencies to ensure that
gas - related hazards were eliminated. One of the most diffi-
cult tasks was entering the homes and businesses of approx-
imately 1400 gas customers with police, locksmiths and
KeySpan personnel. With temperatures dropping to near
freezing, it was necessary to provide residents temporary
shelter, answer thousands of telephone calls in the emer-
gency dispatch center, while also providing regular updates
through the local media. With only two minor injuries suf-
fered during the emergency, this incident demonstrated the
best collaborative efforts of the community and the dedica-
tion and resourcefulness of town employees.
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Programs & Initiatives
For three days in June, the Lexington and Bedford Police
Departments hosted a training seminar on racial profiling
and law enforcement. All personnel were assigned to attend
an 8 -hour class presented by the Simon Wiesenthal Center
for Racial Tolerance.
In September, the Department's sex offender notification
plan was used for the first time with a Level 3 (high risk) sex
offender residing in Lexington. Under Massachusetts Law,
such offenders require the Town to publicly post flyers
while also notifying at -risk groups and organizations.
In October, an Open House was hosted with a number of spe-
cial activities including a Bicycle Safety Rodeo. Residents
toured the inner workings of the police station while partici-
pants in the Rodeo practiced safe riding techniques.
This year the police station was posted as a drop center for
newborn infants under the Safe Haven Law. This law gives
parents an alternative to abandoning a newborn child; by
bringing the infant safely to the police station, the parent
will not face criminal charges. Massachusetts was the 47th
state to pass such a law.
Several traffic initiatives were also conducted during the
year. The "Click It or Ticket" campaign combined enforce-
ment and education strategies to encourage motorists to
wear seatbelts. The department's Child Passenger Safety
Seat Program now has five certified Technicians, under the
command of Lt. James Barry. These technicians have con-
ducted safety checks of 182 child car seats while also host-
ing a "Check Point" at the Minuteman Regional High
School in May. Interested residents can call and make
appointments with a technician.
Lexington is an active participant with the North Eastern
Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC), a
group of 43 member communities in Essex and Middlesex
Counties who have developed specialized units for deploy-
ment as needed in the area. Lexington benefited several times
this year with NEMLEC supplying dozens of officers to assist
with local protests and most recently the KeySpan emergency.
Lexington team members have assisted with: a barricaded
suspect in Woburn; a lost teenager in Reading; and crowd
control after the Superbowl and Patriots' parade.
Grant Funding
Lexington received a $19,500 grant to continue providing an
advocate for the Domestic Violence Response Team (DVRT).
The advocate works closely with the Family Services Detective
to identify families in need of intervention, coordinates helpful
services, and accompanies families through the court system. In
October, the Department transitioned the advocacy services
from the Wayside Youth and Family Services in Milford to
REACH in Waltham. The grant funds an advocate for 20-
hours and REACH provides an additional 20 hours at their
home office to address related issues in Lexington.
L to R: Chief Chris Casey with newly promoted Sergeants
Edward O'Brien, John Mazerall, Paul Callahan and Chris
Barry.
A Community Policing grant for $35,952 allowed the depart-
ment to purchase a used vehicle for a School Resource
Officer, a new digital camera for the Detective Bureau, a
multi - channel mobile radio for the motorcycle, and also pro-
vided funding for the Open House and Bicycle Rodeo.
Meritorious Service Award
In October, Dispatcher David Spinosa and several
Lexington Firefighters were honored for their part in the
rescue of a woman from a house fire on Tufts Road. The
award was made by Governor Romney and recognized the
important role of emergency dispatch services.
Noteworthy Investigations
• At a routine alarm call, officers found marijuana plants
with an estimated street value of over $50,000.
• Detectives helped identify a suspect involved in numerous
robberies in the area, including a robbery at a gas station
in Lexington.
• Three subjects were arrested while committing a breaking
and entering of a gas station in East Village.
• Former school employee sentenced to six years probation
for criminal conduct at an elementary school.
Service Calls and Statistics
Calls for service were down approximately 9% (1068) and
crime incidents reportable to the FBI down 19% (172) . With
the number of individuals prosecuted increasing 11% (42), this
was mostly due to motor vehicle related crimes. There were
fewer prosecutions for serious offenses such as assault (down
22 or 40 %), robbery (down 4 to none), arson (down 23 with
1 defendant) and thefts /larceny (down 65 equaling 69 %).
Accident locations continue to be a concern for the com-
munity and frequently receive attention from officers to
enforce violations that cause collisions. While four intersec-
tions were removed from the list of high accident locations,
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Police Department continued from previous page
three new intersections were added: Bedford Street at
Harrington Road (24); Mass. Avenue at Maple Street (18);
and Lowell Street at Maple Street (12).
Prosecution Summary
Arrest without Warrant 132
Arrest with Warrant 28
Criminal Summons 182
Clerk's Hearing 79
Private Complaints 1
Juvenile Diversion's 16
Protective Custody' 9
"non- criminal not prosecuted
Complaints and Calls For Service
Motor Vehicle Accident Calls 971
Animal Control 230
Alarms Residential /Commercial 1563
Fire Calls 1214
Medical Assists 1224
Motorist Assist 504
Missing Persons 28
Disturbance /Disputes 308
Building / Person Checks 1187
Suspicious Activity 264
All Crimes 712
Park - Lock -Walk Patrol 575
Miscellaneous Calls 2480
Total 11,260
Police Manual Committee
ROLE: To monitor the Police Department's policies
and procedures as they are drafted and revised, and
offer advice and input to help the Chief of Police
maintain a current policy manual and a professional
department.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen: Chief
Christopher Casey, Cleveland Coats, Edith Flynn,
Gerald McLeod, William Hayes, and Selectmen
Liaison Peter Kelley.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Supported the Police Department's efforts to comply
with national accreditation standards. These stan-
dards, adopted and modified by the Massachusetts
Police Accreditation Commission, provide a state of
the art outline of how a law enforcement agency
should be managed. The accreditation process, how-
ever, is far more involved than writing policy. The
agency must demonstrate compliance with written
guidelines and prove that the agency is committed to
meeting the standards. When new policies are drafted
or existing policies changed, the Department ensures
that personnel learn and apply the new procedures.
Fines Generated by Traffic Enforcement
Moving violations fines issued $155,421
Parking violations fines issued $141,027
Late payment fees $ 74,510
Parking fines collected in 2005 $128,708
High Accident Locations
(10 or more incidents with more than $1000 damage)
Bedford Street @ Route 95 25
Bedford Street @ Harrington Road 24
Mass Avenue @ Maple Street 18
Bedford Street @ Hartwell Avenue 16
Lowell Street @ Maple Street 12
Motor Vehicle Citations Issued
Warnings 2138
Civil Infractions 1995
Criminal Complaints 161
Arrests 56
Total 4350
Criminal Court Summary by Type of Offense
Operating to Endanger 9
Operating without License 68
Operating under Influence 30
Revoked / Suspended License 81
Disorderly / Disturbing Peace 13
Liquor Violations 33
Vandalism / Malicious Destruction 11
Forgery, Uttering, Counterfeiting 2
Receiving Stolen Property 5
Drug Violations 32
Domestic Order Violations 8
Assaults 33
Threats 5
Trespass 23
Robbery 0
Arson 1
Burglary / Breaking and Entering 20
Theft / Larceny 29
Larcenies Reported . . 216
Calls for Service.... 11,260
Auto Thefts 13
Serious Offenses 216
MN Accidents 971
400
100
Larcenies — Reported
1989 2005
14000
12000
Calls for Service
1989 2005
28
2h
24
20
Auto Thefts
1989
2005
400
200
Serious Offenses
1989
2005
1100
1000
900
Accidents
1989
2005
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Fire Department
ROLE: To protect the
lives and property of
the community from
emergencies involving
fire, medical, haz-
ardous materials, and
environmental causes.
This mission will be
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$3,724,570
$388,812
$3,142,525
$417,026
Personnel
Full Time
55
54
achieved through public education, code management, and
emergency response. The Chief of the Fire Department also
serves as the Emergency Management Director whose
responsibilities include providing assistance to the commu-
nity following natural disasters and other emergencies.
APPOINTED by the Town Manager: Chief William
Middlemiss since March 2004.
This year was exceptionally active for the men and women
of the Lexington Fire - Rescue Department. Increased runs,
professional standards, planning and preparedness all took
place during the year. The men and women of the
Department deserve to be congratulated and specially com-
mended for their outstanding service to the Town.
Highlights
• On November 9, at 11:19 am, a natural gas leak was
reported at 3 Hancock Avenue. An explosion and fire
rapidly followed this call and members of the Lexington
Fire Department successfully fought to contain the fire to
the structure of origin. While extinguishing this large fire
several other calls were received for natural gas within
structures, requiring additional assistance from Metro -
Fire, bringing firefighters from 14 communities. In total,
nine other potentially dangerous events were reported and
investigated. This event soon became one of the largest to
be handled by the Lexington Fire Department. A rapid
and comprehensive evaluation was conducted and, after
consultation with KeySpan, Town Manager Carl Valente,
Assistant Town Manger Linda Vine, Police Chief Chris
Casey and DPW Director Bill Hadley, the supply to near-
ly 1400 gas customers was shut down.
• Over the next several days, while the supply system was
regasified, the Fire Department responded to several hun-
dred calls for natural gas leaks both inside and outside of
structures. It was determined that in excess of 180 residen-
tial service regulators had been damaged, along with count-
less feet of service lines and gas mains. Eight days after the
initial event, the situation was considered under control by
the LFD. Coordination meetings were conducted daily
with town officials and representatives from KeySpan.
Repairs to portions of the supply system are underway and
are being supervised by representatives from the
Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and
Energy. In addition, the LFD has directed KeySpan to
undergo an analysis of the system within the Town, which
will determine the status and integrity of the supply system.
• Four members of the LFD (C Group) were recognized by
the Secretary of Public Safety on behalf of their peers, for
a rescue performed on December 24, 2004, on Tufts
Road. This coordinated event led to the successful rescue
of the resident. The four honored as "Firefighter of the
Year" are Captain Arthur Raithel, Lt. Robert Cunha,
Firefighter Don Chisholm, and Dispatcher Dave
Spinossa.
• In February the Department received a new Engine 2, a
2004 1500- gallon per minute pumper built by Emergency
One in Ocala, Florida.
• The headquarters station underwent several improve-
ments this past year, including an ADA entrance, security
measures and a complete paint job.
• As a result of a successful federal grant application, a
physical fitness area was established in both stations for
the use of on -duty personnel. The equipment, as well as
the resources of professional physical therapists, were
made available to all fire department personnel.
Incidents of Significance
• The department responded to 3928 calls which, even
before the 326 additional gas related incidents, was more
than in prior years.
• 1925 calls were medical emergencies with 1501 resulting
in transportation of one or more patients to a medical
facility.
The following is a brief summary of incidents of signifi-
cance.
• January 19 - Working Fire, North Street, 2 residents
injured
• February 9 - Working Fire in construction materials,
Lexington Christian Academy
• March 2 - Major Accident on Route 128 at Route 2 with
multiple patients and entrapment
• March 15 - Multiple manhole fires on Mass Avenue
• March 26 - Major accident on Route 2 at 128 with
entrapment and critical patients
• May 24 — 24 Independence Avenue, 2 -alarm fire
• September 11 - Working fire at 2121 Massachusetts
Avenue power substation
• November 9 - 3 Hancock Avenue, 4 -alarm fire, 2 injured
• November 27 - Working Fire, 430 Bedford Street
• December 21 - Ward Street, scaffold collapse, several
injured
• December 23 - Working Fire, Utica Street
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 25
Fire Department continued from previous page
Grants
The Fire Department was the recipient of four grants from
various sources including:
• $220,000 from the US Fire Administration, Department
of Homeland Security, for the complete update of the fire
department radio and communications system.
• $36,000 from the Department of Public Safety, for the
upgrading of several Self- Contained Breathing Apparatus,
and cold water rescue suits.
• $5,000 from the MA Department of Fire Services, SAFE
grant for public education within the school system.
• $4,000 from the MA Department of Public Health, for
transportation safety issues, specifically safety on bicycles
and the bike path.
Fire Prevention Division
The division continues to be staffed by the assistant chief,
with assistance from fire suppression personnel in a limited
inspection role. It is responsible for issuing approximately
40 different permits, ranging from blasting, installation of
sprinklers, fire alarms, oil burners, propane tanks, above-
ground and underground storage tanks for flammable and
combustible liquids, and the transportation of flammable
and combustible liquids. All of the aforementioned permits
require inspections for compliance with the Board of Fire
Prevention Regulations. Generally, the assistant chief per-
forms these inspections.
There continues to be a growth in demolition and replace-
ment of older single - family homes with new larger
dwellings. Commercial buildings are constantly undergoing
renovations of tenant space. All new dwellings require plan
reviews for smoke detectors while renovated commercial
buildings require fire alarm and sprinkler system plan
reviews. Shift commanders perform smoke detector inspec-
tions of new dwellings for occupancy and existing
dwellings, when required, for the sale of a home. The assis-
tant chief reviews plans for dwellings and commercial
buildings and oversees acceptance tests of fire alarm and
sprinkler systems in commercial occupancies.
There are 52 fire safety inspections performed quarterly by
the fire suppression companies at schools, nursing homes,
day care centers etc. These inspections are required pur-
suant to Massachusetts General Law Chapter 148.
The Student Awareness of Fire Education (S.A.F.E.)
Program continues to be a success. Its mission is to enable
students to recognize and react to the dangers of fire and,
more specifically, the fire hazards tobacco products pose.
This program is administered by two fire officers and pre-
sented to approximately 500 grade one children in six ele-
mentary schools. It reduces fires, burns and deaths and the
children see fire fighters as role models.
Members of the Fire Department helped kick off Fire
Prevention Week with demonstrations at the National
Heritage Museum. They also held an Open House at Fire
Headquarters with approximately 500 residents participat-
ing. Participants could don firefighters turn -out gear, man
live hose lines and witness vehicle extrication techniques
using the Jaws of Life. Also on display was equipment from
the Fire Department's paramedic level ambulance service.
Such items include a cardiac monitor, intubation equipment
for airway management, IV equipment, and a large array of
drugs to treat multiple medical conditions.
Firefighter /Paramedics were available to answer questions
about the Department's advanced medical care.
Emergency Medical Services
This past year saw the first complete year of the Fire
Department's Advanced Life Support program which has
provided many residents with the much - needed early inter-
vention required, without delay and prior to hospital arrival.
Proposals have been received for the purchase of a replace-
ment ambulance for Rescue 2; the replacement vehicle
should be in place by June.
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Emergency Response
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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
• Total Emergency CaIIs ❑ Medical CaIIs
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Fire Department continued from previous page
Personnel
Personnel changes included the retirements of Joseph
Haynes, Kevin Garvey, James Donovan, and Samuel
Palmer. Christopher Ford, Mark Simonds, and David
Walton came on board as Firefighter- Paramedics. In addi-
tion, Kerry Evans started as Administrative Assistant.
Firefighters Bryan Webb, Christopher Hickey, Christopher
Pouliot, Scott Morency, and Richard Prescott completed
the 11 -week training program at the Massachusetts
Firefighting Academy. Firefighter Robert Levesque was
activated by the National Guard and sent to Iraq where he
is currently assigned as a paramedic at a support station.
Firefighters Christopher Hickey and Steve Musto answered
FEMA's call for trained personnel to help in the hurricane
ravaged areas of New Orleans. Firefighter Hickey served for
nearly six weeks, while Firefighter Musto served for two.
Emergency Management
Emergency Management has been placed front and center
this past year with many of the Town's key employees suc-
cessfully completing federal National Incident
Management training. In addition, a concerted effort con-
tinues to be made to update the Town's Comprehensive
Emergency Plan, with an exercise planned for the spring.
A site review is underway with the intent of locating an
adequate and appropriate location for the Town's
Emergency Operations Center. A review of the Town's
three short -term shelters is underway in conjunction with
the Red Cross of Mass Bay.
The Lexington Emergency Management Agency was the
recipient of several pieces of equipment, including a light-
ing tower which can be utilized by various town depart-
ments for nighttime operations, and two 6kw generators
for supplemental use.
Biosafety Committee
ROLE: To oversee all uses of recombinant DNA
(rDNA) within the Town of Lexington and advise the
Board of Health who issues permits to facilities using
rDNA. Review all applications for permits for the use of
rDNA for compliance with local, State, and Federal
guidelines.
APPOINTED by the Town Manager: Chair Janice Pero,
PhD; Wendy Heiger - Bernays, PhD. Staff: Health
Director Derek Fullerton, RS, CHO.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Biosafety inspector performed inspections of the six
facilities in Lexington with permits and presented the
results to the Board of Health.
Board of Health
ROLE: To pro-
tect and promote
the health of resi-
dents and those
who work in or
visit the Town; to
develop and
Expenditures
Payroll
FY05
FY04
$136,262
$111,324
Personnel
Full Time
3
3
Part Time
1
1
implement effective health policies, regulations and
P
ro
grams that prevent disease and ensure the well being of the
community.
APPOINTED by the Town Manager: Chair Wendy Heiger-
Bernays, PhD; Burt Perlmutter, MD.; Sharon MacKenzie,
RN; Deborah Thompson, ScD. Staff: Health Director,
Derek Fullerton, RS, CHO; Environmental Health Agent,
Kathy Fox, CHO; Part -time Animal Control Officer,
Stephanie Doucette; and Office Manager Ann Belliveau.
Part -time Public Health Nurse position: vacant
Emergency Planning
Awarded funding from the Federal Government to conduct
a two -town emergency preparedness tabletop exercise in
collaboration with the Town of Burlington Health
Department. Conducted an exercise that involved vital
communications and workforce disruption related to the
potential exposure to anthrax within each community,
simultaneously. Lexington and Burlington personnel from
the Health Department, Board of Health, Fire Department,
Police Department, Public Works, and Town
Administration took part.
Initiated development of sections of the Lexington public
health emergency operations plan for emergency planning
and response. Identified emergency dispensing sites and
associated plans to administer vaccine or antibiotics in
response to large infectious disease outbreaks within the
community.
Established a medical volunteer list of local residents who
are healthcare professionals who could be available and
willing to volunteer in the event of a local or regional emer-
gency. Developed a database of the volunteers for future
planning, training, and for the opportunity to become
implemented into a regional medical reserve corp.
Engine Idling Reduction Awareness
Continued participation on the Article 40 Ad Hoc
Committee to review the existing bylaw with respect to sta-
tionary engine run -up and make recommendations to Town
Meeting for reducing excessive engine idling in Lexington.
Created an educational brochure which will be delivered to
all residents in January 2006. Developed an educational
webpage on engine idling which is available on the Health
Department website. Outlined an educational program with
the committee to address further education to the commu-
nity and enforcement planning.
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Page 27
Board of Health continued from previous page
Tobacco Sales Enforcement
Participated in the Metrowest- Suburban Tobacco Control
Collaborative (MTCC) on enforcement of state and local
tobacco laws and education. Collaborated with MTCC for
conducting routine inspections throughout the year to iden-
tify tobacco sales to minors from permit holders in
Lexington. Issued fines to 11 establishments who sold
tobacco to minors.
Mosquito Control
Participated in the East Middlesex Mosquito Control
Program which included applications of lavacide to town
catch basins during the 2005 mosquito breeding season and
West Nile Virus monitoring and surveillance.
Influenza Vaccinations
Coordinated and conducted two flu vaccine clinics for resi-
dents of Lexington between the ages of 18 -65 in November
and December at St. Brigids Parish. Approximately 450 res-
idents were vaccinated.
Septic System Maintenance
Presented an educational presentation to residents on
household septic systems that outlined the components,
functions, and proper maintenance requirements of septic
systems. Provided best management practices and pumping
record log sheets.
Statistics
Permits Issued
Inspections
Inquiries
Complaints (' incl. animals)
Communicable Diseases
Immunizations (Influenza)
2005 2004 2003
562 541 560
625 534 467
1357 1525 1119
"264 169 186
96 69 112
450 640 265
Traffic Safety Advisory Committee
ROLE: To advise the Selectmen on traffic safety issues.
The Police Department reviews residents' traffic concerns
to assess safety levels and to develop recommendations
that may require consultation with staff from the
Engineering, Planning or School Departments. Unresolved
traffic safety concerns are scheduled for a public meeting
presided over by the Traffic Safety Advisory Committee.
The Board of Selectmen review meeting reports and rec-
ommendations. Recommendations approved by the
Selectmen requiring signs or markings are forwarded to
the Department of Public Works for implementation and
code changes are forwarded to the Town Clerk's Office.
APPOINTED by the Selectmen: Stephen Ades, Steve
Frymer, Sudhir Murthy, Stefan Schatzki, David Crump
(School Department), Captain Charles Sargent (Police
Department), David Cannon (Engineering), Gail
Wagner (Transportation Services).
HIGHLIGHTS
• Worked collaboratively with the DPW and Police
Department to develop a new process to more effec-
tively address citizens' traffic safety concerns. The
revised format has been initiated and early assess-
ment indicates improved response time to residents'
traffic safety concerns.
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
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PUBLIC FACILITIES
Department of Public Works
APPOINTED
by the Town
Manager: Dir-
ector William
Hadley since
April 2000.
ROLE: To
enhance the
quality of life
in Lexington
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$ 3,860,236
$14,325,818
$ 3,860,236
$14,864,423
Personnel
Full Time
75
75
Part Time
10
10
Seasonal
2
0
and support the 2020 vision.
mize the efficient and effective use of resources in support,
maintenance, and upkeep of infrastructure, public lands,
and programs. The Department is committed to public safe-
ty and providing prompt, courteous, quality service to cus-
tomers and each other.
Every effort
is made to maxi-
Staffing Changes
Staffing issues continued to be a focus in 2005. The Public
Building Maintenance superintendent resigned in July and
responsibilities were temporarily distributed to other staff.
For the first time since 2001, Public Works was able to
begin to rebuild the depleted workforce that had been
reduced by previous budget and town decisions. A new
crew chief's position was approved for the Cemetery
Division to bring their staffing up to three employees. In
2000, there were six cemetery employees. The Engineering
Division was able to fill the Senior Civil Engineer's position
for a full complement of staff for the first time since 2004.
Self Assessment
A main goal of Public Works has been to provide the com-
munity with the best possible service and continue to look
at alternatives that allow staff to perform its responsibilities
more efficiently and effectively. In order to do this, the
Department has taken on the Self- Assessment phase of the
Accreditation process sponsored by the American Public
Works Association (APWA). As part of a three -year process,
staff began looking at, examining and documenting each
and every policy and procedure in the Department.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Resurfaced another seven miles of streets as the third
phase of the $7,000,000 debt exclusion article funded in
2002.
• Robert Beaudoin, Superintendent of Environmental
Services, received the Environmental Merit Award from
the Region 1 Office of U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. Beaudoin was recognized for improving the envi-
ronmental health of the Town through his accomplish-
ments in managing various specific recycling efforts and
developing a comprehensive composting program.
• Hosted a third annual open house in May at the
Operations Facility. Over 500 residents participated in
demonstrations of equipment and explanations of DPW
functions. Children enjoyed climbing on trucks, and learn-
ing about different Public Works jobs and services.
• The Department assisted the Police and Fire Departments
and KeySpan during the restoration of gas utility service
after the November explosion incident. In addition to
assisting with street markouts, the DPW Facility was set
up as a command center by KeySpan, the Police, and
plumbing inspectors for two weeks.
DPW Administration
ROLE: To man-
age personnel,
monitor the
annual budget,
provide outreach
to the communi-
ty, supervise the
numerous pro-
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$266,748
$ 28,153
$318,226
$ 27,081
Personnel
Full Time
5
5
Part Time
1
1
jects, and com-
petitively bid contracts for Public Works
disposal of solid waste, recycling, and special collections for
State - banned hazardous products, composting facility,
snow plowing, street lighting, transportation, and parking
programs.
services including
HIGHLIGHTS:
• The Director continued to participate in the Northeast
Homeland Security Council consisting of 89 Massachusetts
communities. A regional homeland security plan has been
developed as well as emergency contingencies. Tabletop
exercises and simulated emergency situations have identi-
fied where training and resources are needed.
• Along with the Permanent Building Committee, the
Director participated in the selection committee for the
architect for the new DPW Facility.
• Participated in the dissolution of the 20 -year North East
Solid Waste Committee agreement and provision for dis-
posal of Lexington's refuse at a much lower rate at the
Wheelabrator North Andover Facility beginning
September 25.
• Provided management and administrative support for the
regional Household Hazardous Products Facility includ-
ing the maintenance of the facility, the accounting func-
tion, and analysis of statistics for the eight member towns.
• Provided liaisons to several work groups and ad hoc com-
mittees devoted to the study of water and sewer rates, ren-
ovation or relocation of the DPW Operations Facility, and
the electric utility.
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 29
DPW: Engineering Division continued from previous page
Engineering Division
ROLE: To pro-
vide design, con-
struction, and
management ser-
vices to the DPW
and to other
departments,
boards, commit-
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$245,478
$ 8,203
$294,047
$ 9,659
Personnel
Full Time
6
6
Part Time
1
1
tees, and the gen-
eral public.
Town Engineer: Peter Chalpin, P.E., since September 1998.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Staff Changes: Three vacancies were filled in 2005
Assistant Town Engineer, Senior Civil Engineer and
Engineering Assistant.
• GIS: Staff continued to update the Town's Geographical
Information System maps for water, sewer, drainage, and
parcel data.
• Infrastructure Renewal: Engineering staff designed, man-
aged, and /or supervised projects totaling approximately
$2.9 million.
Contract 05 -1
Street Resurfacing
Contractor: P.J. Albert Co., Inc.
Resurfaced approximately 7 miles of
neighborhood streets
Contract 04 -09
Water Improvements
Contractor: Cedrone Trucking Co., Inc.
Replaced water mains on Laconia, Lowell,
and Shade Streets
Contract 04 -20
Police Station UST Cleanup
Contractor: VHB Consulting
Engineers Co., Inc.
Ongoing environmental cleanup
Contract 05 -18
Pavement Management System Update
Contractor: VHB Consulting
Engineers Co., Inc.
Contract 05 -19
Laconia Street Construction
Construction of roadway to town standards
Contract 06 -03
Sidewalk Construction
Contractor: McIver Industries
New sidewalk Marrett Rd., Edison Way,
and Bowman School
$1,760,000
$420,000
$164,000
$35,000
$335,000
$50,000
Contract 06 -13
Traffic Signal Improvements $45,000
Contractor: Coviello Construction Inc.
Update existing signals at Lowell and
Maple Street per School Dept. request
Contract 04 -18
Center Sidewalks and Drain $120,000
Contractor: McIver Industries
New sidewalk and drain at Cary
Memorial Library
• Facilities Design, Construction & Renewal: Engineering
staff designed, managed and /or supervised projects total-
ing approximately $326,000.
Contract 02 -14 $135,000
Fire HQ ADA and Interior Renovations
Contractor: Dayco Construction, Inc.
Contract 05 -04
Cary Hall & Police Station ADA Doors $51,000
Contractor: Automatic Door Systems, Inc.
Contract 03 -10
Police Station Generator $ 85,000
Contractor: A11 -Pro Electric Co., Inc.
New emergency generator and appurtenances
Contract 06 -03
Hastings Park Gazebo Repairs $45,000
Contractor: Cape Cod Builders Inc.
New roofing, siding, and paint
Contract 05 -16
Cary Hall ADA Ramp Repair $10,000
Contractor: Dayco Construction, Inc.
Repair handrails and bluestone cap
• New Water /Sewer Connection Permits: Issued 23 permits
for new water or sewer service for new homes.
• Water /Sewer Permits: Issued 210 permits for repair/
replacement of water or sewer service to existing homes.
• Street Opening Permits: Approved and issued 203 permits
for opening or occupying the public way to contractors.
• Property /Utility Records: Received 1137 requests for
information from citizens, contractors, developers, and
realtors
Public Building Maintenance
ROLE: To ensure
environmentally
safe and aestheti-
cally pleasing
public buildings
by providing cus-
todial services,
preventive main-
tenance, repairs,
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$320,129
$473,963
$342,459
$388,505
Personnel
Full Time
8
8
Part Time
1
1
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
DPW: Public Building Maintenance continued from previous page
and renovations; monitoring energy use; and overseeing
contracted repairs.
Superintendent: Position unfilled since July 2005.
HIGHLIGHTS
Staff performed or oversaw contractors who completed the
following:
• Gutter and downspout repairs to Cary Hall and Town
Office Buildings.
• Repair of leaking concrete abutment well on east side of
Town Office Building.
• Concrete repairs to the handicapped access ramp of Cary
Hall.
• Facilitation of office moves and wall repairs in Town
Office Building.
• Installation of a new emergency generator for the Police
Station.
• Repair or replacement of plumbing fixtures in Town Office
Building, Cary Memorial Library, and the Visitors' Center.
• Provision of coverage, setups, and cleanups for Cary Hall
performances and rentals.
• Replacement of fuel oil and cooling circulation pump
motors at Cary Hall.
• Rebuilding of Cary Hall and Town Office Building cool-
ing circulator pumps.
• Set up and take down, by request, of over 200 meetings.
Highway Maintenance
The Highway and Road Divisions as well as Snow Removal
Operations are consolidated under the supervision of the
Manager of Operations /Highway Superintendent. Each
division will be reported on separately.
Manager of Operations /Superintendent: Wayne Brooks
since May 2000.
Highway Division
ROLE: To main-
tain 126 miles of
accepted streets
and sidewalks,
the drainage sys-
tem, brooks,
street and traffic
signs and signals,
and to oversee
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$531,182
$228,931
$546,234
$186,437
Personnel
All DPW
Staff
All DPW
Staff
Full Time
13
13
Full Time
2
0
the Road Machinery
Operations.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Street and Sidewalk Repair: Used over 600 tons of
asphalt to maintain roads and sidewalks and to install
asphalt curbing. The Pothole Patching Truck purchased
in 2004 continues to be a productive and labor saving
system to repair potholes.
Division and Snow Removal
• Sidewalk Improvements: The superintendent worked
with the Sidewalk Committee to identify and prioritize
areas that need repair or reconstruction.
• Storm Drain Maintenance: Repaired and rebuilt over 38
catch basins.
• Catch Basin Cleaning: Cleaned 4731 catch basins.
• Street Sweeping: Performed by town personnel on a
straight -time basis using one of two town -owned sweepers.
• Traffic Line and Crosswalk Markings: Lines were paint-
ed in the fall by a publicly bid contractor. Crosswalk and
parking lines were painted in the spring and summer by
DPW staff on a straight -time basis.
• Traffic Sign Maintenance: 2400 traffic control signs and
500 parking meters were maintained. All repairs and
installations were handled to ensure a timely response to
traffic control issues. Staff continued to use the comput-
erized sign- cutting machine to create in house the larger
more reflective street signs.
• Traffic Signal Maintenance: Maintained 10 traffic con-
trol signals and 11 additional flashing signals or spot-
lights. Staff replaced bulbs and a private contractor per-
formed repairs on an on -call basis.
Snow Removal Operations
ROLE: To han-
dle all snow-
plowing and
sanding opera-
tions using
Public Works
staff and 34
pieces of town -
owned equipment
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$ 575,041
$1,019,106
$296,523
$441,639
Personnel
Full Time
All DPW
Staff
All DPW
Staff
including 8 sanders and 31 pieces of
hired plowing equipment and operators.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Lexington experienced 22 snow and ice storms for a total
of 50 inches of snow. Four storms required full plowing
operations by town staff and outside contractors; 4829
tons of sand and salt were used on town roads; snow was
picked up and removed from the Center Business District
once.
• Town Meeting approved the purchase of several new
pieces of snow removal equipment used to clean the
Center and sidewalks. These snow blowers have allowed
the snow to be cleared more effectively from the sidewalks
resulting in a much cleaner finished product. The loader -
mounted blower has permitted the clearing of snow from
the Center more frequently and should prove to be more
cost effective.
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 31
DPW: Road Machinery Division continued from previous page
Road Machinery Division
ROLE: To main-
tain all Public
Works, Fire, and
School vehicles in
a ready /active sta-
tus. Public Works
equipment con-
sists of 160 vehi-
cles ranging from sedans, pickups, and dump trucks to off -
road construction equipment including backhoes, front -end
loaders, lawn mowers, and landscaping and lawn mainte-
nance equipment. Mechanics also maintain 13 Fire
Department vehicles and 7 School Department vehicles.
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$130,483
$256,315
$166,351
$248,772
Personnel
Full Time
4
4
HIGHLIGHTS
• Summer work consisted of repairing and painting snow-
plows and sander bodies, and keeping Highway, Public
Grounds, and Water and Sewer equipment in operation.
• Winter projects included rebuilding street sweepers and
maintenance of landscaping equipment.
• During the ongoing preventive maintenance program,
each vehicle is evaluated and prioritized in the vehicle
replacement survey.
• More scheduled preventive maintenance and repairs were
contracted out this year due to staff reductions.
Solid Waste Management
ROLE: To
manage envi-
ronmental ser-
vice programs
including con-
tracted curb-
side refuse col-
lection and disposal; curbside recycling collection of mixed
paper, plastic, glass and metal containers, yard waste and
appliances, and recycling drop -off of corrugated cardboard;
operations of the Minuteman Household Hazardous
Products regional facility; the special collection of cathode
ray tubes (CRTs) and other electronics; operations at the
Hartwell Avenue Compost Facility (HACF) including the
processing and collection of leaves, yard waste, brush, and
other organic materials from contractors, residents, and
municipal curbside materials; several service agreements with
private contractors for the provision of composting - related
services; the contractor permit program for yard waste and
brush; and develop and implement marketing program
regarding the sale of various compost /loam products.
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$ 63,443
$2,022,821
$ 57,322
$2,419,282
Personnel
Full Time
2
2
Superintendent of Environmental Services: Robert
Beaudoin since September 2001.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Curbside Collections - Continued the weekly curbside
collection of mixed paper and plastic, glass, and metal
containers along with residential trash. Waste
Management of Massachusetts completed the fourth year
of a 5 -year contract extension for curbside collection of
solid waste and recyclable materials. Applied for and
received Mass. Department of Environmental Protection
(DEP) technical assistance grant to examine innovative
collection options for the collection of solid waste and
recyclables beginning July 1, 2007.
• Recycling Statistics - Residents recycled 5444 tons of
glass, metal, plastics, and mixed paper through the curb-
side and drop -off collection program, a slight decrease of
about 139 tons or nearly 2.5% less from the previous
year. A total of 2692 appliances were collected from
Lexington residents through the curbside collection pro-
gram. Nearly 94 tons of cardboard were recycled by
expanding recycling access at the DPW facility, public
schools, and other sites.
• Recycling Outreach
— Worked with the LABBB program to coordinate the
collection of ink -jet and toner cartridges from munici-
pal departments and from CRT special drop -off collec-
tions. Several hundred of these items have been collect-
ed and processed for reuse.
— Expanded collection of cardboard at the High School,
Harrington Elementary, and at the DPW facility.
— Provide curbside recycling access and collection of
paper and commingled containers at two pilot sites for
non - profit institutions.
— Held two workshops at DPW facility for landscape
companies regarding the contractor yard waste permit
program. Nearly 20 contractors attended these meet-
ings and provided valuable comments on how to
improve the delivery of services at the compost site.
— Expanded weekday and weekend spring and fall hours
of operation at the HACF.
— For the first time vendors at the 2005 Discovery Day
event recycled cardboard boxes resulting in the recov-
ery of more than a ton of cardboard and avoiding the
cost of a dumpster. For the third year attendees recycled
several hundred beverage containers.
— Increased distribution of public recycling event boxes to
additional civic organizations to recycle beverage con-
tainer at annual fairs, festivals, and fundraisers.
— Revised annual Trash and Recycling collection calendar
and mailed to all households.
— Received DEP "Idling Reduction Campaign Toolkit"
education grant and technical assistance grant to pro-
vide outreach to realtors regarding the Minuteman
Hazardous Household Product (MMHHP) regional
facility.
— Distributed discounted water conservation rain barrels
to 50 Lexington households.
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DPW: Solid Waste Management continued from previous page
Provided recycling access, education materials, and
demonstrations at public events including DPW open
house, Discovery Day, Patriots' Day Parade, and at the
Estabrook School.
Continued the fluorescent bulb recovery program at
public schools, municipal buildings and at the
MMHHP facility, recycling more than 2 miles of fluo-
rescent bulbs and receiving more than $700 in grant
funds to subsidize collection costs.
Diverted several tons of recyclables at schools using
additional recycling containers and coordinating extra
collections for June clean -out projects.
Completed second year of food waste recovery pro-
gram at Estabrook School.
Improved recycling access at several multi - family hous-
ing complexes by installing new containers and signage
on recycling toters.
Promoted the reuse of construction materials such as
kitchen cabinets, bathroom fixtures and other building
materials on nearly 50 demolition projects in Lexington
resulting in the diversion of several tons of demolition
debris that are traditionally disposed in landfills.
• Tonnage Comparison - Trash generation decreased by
about a half percent in FY05 compared to FY04 resulting
in 43 fewer tons delivered by Lexington to the waste -to-
energy facility. This slight decrease, especially with
national and regional trends showing rising trash genera-
tion rates, is a positive sign; however, it is important to
report that FY05 trash generation produced nearly 1300
additional tons when compared to FY02 trash tonnage,
and for the first time in several years curbside recycling
tonnage decreased.
• Trash Disposal — Disposed of 9361 tons of solid waste at
the North East Solid Waste Committee's North Andover
waste -to- energy facility to which the Town was contrac-
tually obligated to deliver 11,396 tons of trash. For the
fourth consecutive year, Lexington did not exceed its
guaranteed annual tonnage and successfully brokered
2036 tons of disposal capacity to another NESWC com-
munity at $90 per ton and other outlets. This produced
nearly $170,000 to underwrite the cost of funding waste
management services.
• CRT Collections - As a result of the State's solid waste
ban, DPW conducted three 1 -day special collections of
televisions and computer monitors that contain cathode
ray tubes (CRTs) made of lead and other metals.
Lexington residents from nearly 1500 households and
several municipal departments generated more than
155,000 pounds (77.5 tons) of CRTs that were recycled
and diverted from trash disposal. The cost to collect and
properly dispose of these CRTs was approximately
$23,000.
• Curbside Yard Waste Collections — The State DEP regula-
tions prohibits yard waste from being disposed of with
trash. A valuable tool in diverting yard waste from
municipal sold waste was the 12 curbside yard waste col-
lections provided in FY05. Nearly 1500 tons of yard
waste (including Christmas trees) were collected through
this curbside program and brought to the Hartwell
Avenue Compost facility saving the Town thousands of
dollars in disposal costs and providing a valuable
resource that can be sold as finished product.
• Composting Facility - The composting program at the
Hartwell Avenue Recycling Facility is operated by one
full -time and one seasonal employee with assistance from
the Highway Division and three private contractors.
Residents and private contractors delivered an estimated
50,000 cubic yards of yard waste leaves, brush, and
grass clippings. The rich composted material continued to
be available for residential use, for sale to contractors,
and for use in public grounds. New fees for the contrac-
tor yard waste permit and punch card programs were
approved by the Selectmen in April 2005. In FY05 the
yard waste permit and punch card programs for contrac-
tors generated $70,000 in revenue.
• Comprehensive Composting Program — Several activities
were initiated to assess the value and improve operations
of the HACF:
— Completed 30 -page Comprehensive Service Plan.
— Improved signage, processing, and traffic logistics at
HACF site to more effectively manage incoming resi-
dential, commercial, and curbside yard waste materials.
— Entered second year of Agreement with the Town of
Arlington to accept their curbside yard waste. The first
year resulted in $42,000 payment to Lexington for the
disposal of approximately 3000 tons of yard waste and
Christmas trees.
— Expanded spring and fall weekday and weekend hours
of operation at the HACF.
— Marketed a variety of compost products to several local
landscape companies resulting in the sale of nearly
$112,000 of loam and compost materials deposited
into the Town's compost product revolving account.
• Hazardous Products Collections - The Minuteman
Household Hazardous Products Facility conducted eight
collection events. The contractor for the final year of the
current contract was Clean Harbors, Inc. Residents from
39 communities participated in removing hazardous
products from the waste stream. The Boards of Health,
Public Works Departments, and community volunteers
combined to manage the site. Of the 3545 cars that par-
ticipated in collections during FY05, 1013 or 29% were
from Lexington.
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 33
DPW: Public Grounds continued from previous page
• SWAT — While the Solid Waste Action Team (SWAT) no
longer actively meets, several members continued to pro-
vide valuable assistance on program enhancements and
public education outreach activities that:
— Provided volunteers at the DPW /recycling table at
Discovery Day and at CRT special collections.
— Disseminated information at Town Meeting and other
public meetings.
— Organized tour of FCR recycling facility where
Lexington recyclables are processed.
— Wrote columns in the Lexington Minuteman that pro-
vided tips on waste reduction and answered questions
about recycling and trash disposal.
The Town maintained its commitment to a comprehensive
solid waste and recycling educational program which will
provide long -term environmental and economic benefits, and
will continue to assess the effectiveness of these programs.
Public Grounds
The Parks, Forestry, and Cemetery Divisions and the Street
Light Maintenance Program are consolidated under the
supervision of the Public Grounds Superintendent. Each
division will be reported on separately.
Superintendent: David Pinsonneault since October 2000.
Parks Division
ROLE: To main-
tain and care for
over 600 acres of
town, school, and
recreation lands.
Areas maintained
include athletic
fields, public
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$614,330
$ 89,786
$644,505
$ 83,678
Personnel
4
4
Full Time
15
15
Seasonal
0
0
grounds, playgrounds,
rights -of -way, bike path, pool, and reservoir
Also assists the Conservation Commission in maintaining
vegetative growth on properties under their jurisdiction and
with various special town events.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Playgrounds and Parks: Performed day -to -day and start-
up /closeout maintenance at the pool complex; transport-
ed supplies and equipment for various departments and
user groups; assisted with spring and winter maintenance
at the Old Reservoir including adding and grading sand;
performed playground inspections and repaired various
playground deficiencies including surfacing and swings;
assisted with new playground equipment and safety sur-
face installation at Rindge Park; coordinated new fence
installation at Rindge Park; installed new basketball stan-
dards at Adams /Waldorf; performed maintenance at the
skateboard park; performed landscape improvements and
spring and fall cleanups at various Town sites.
tennis
and basketball courts, trails,
complexes.
• Sports Fields: Rebuilt the infield at the Harrington
Playfields softball field as a coordinated effort with a gen-
eral contractor; renovated infields at various baseball and
softball fields throughout Town; coordinated the installa-
tion of an automated irrigation system at the Harrington
Playfields; performed daily ballfield maintenance during
the playing seasons; performed synthetic field mainte-
nance at Lincoln Park; performed turf, drainage and site
amenity repairs to the football field, Center Track field,
various soccer fields and ballfields; performed athletic
field layout for school, youth, and Recreation programs
on an overtime basis and performed athletic field line
painting during the spring and fall seasons; constructed
and repaired benches; repaired bleachers, backstops, and
fencing; transported goals and nets for various sports
activities and user groups.
• Park Maintenance: Coordinated the turf maintenance pro-
gram which included aeration, overseeding, topdressing,
irrigation, and incorporated integrated pest management;
emptied the new recycling barrels at various locations;
installed new benches and repaired benches at various loca-
tions; painted, repaired, installed, and constructed picnic
tables and trash receptacles throughout the Town's park
system; performed trash pickup at designated sites; main-
tained the Minuteman Bikeway; performed mowing and
maintained site amenities, drinking fountains, and irriga-
tion systems in designated areas; performed rough -cut
mowing at conservation areas and roadsides on a limited
basis; performed maintenance on traffic islands on a limit-
ed basis in coordination with the Lexington Field and
Garden Club; assisted with various special events including
Patriots' Day, parades, and Chamber of Commerce events;
assisted with installation and removal of the planters in the
Center and in East Lexington; performed other requests for
service from other town departments, boards, commis-
sions, and the general public; and assisted the Building
Maintenance, Highway, Forestry, and Cemetery Divisions
with various projects.
Forestry Division
ROLE: To care
for and preserve
all woody plant
vegetation in
parks, along
streets, and in all
public properties,
with the highest
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$177,218
$ 28,792
$173,893
$ 19,320
Personnel
Full Time
4
4
priority given to emergencies. Provide direct support
cemetery operations on an as- needed basis. Maintain
approximately 10,000 street trees and all shrub plantings
and trees in parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, traffic islands,
public right -of -ways, conservation land, recreation land,
and school property. Maintain 3343 streetlights. Assist
other departments and groups with aerial -lift services.
to
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DPW: Forestry Division continued from previous page
HIGHLIGHTS
• General Tree Care: Staff resolved over 300 requests for ser-
vice; pruned trees at the cemeteries, schools, conservation
areas, recreation areas including the Pine Meadows Golf
Course, public grounds areas, and other locations within
the public right -of -way as part of an ongoing preventive
maintenance program; responded to requests for clearing
foliage- obstructed street lights to improve visibility; cleared
downed trees and limbs after snow, ice, rain, and wind-
storms; cut back encroaching trees and shrubs along the
Minuteman Bike Path and other Town right -of -ways;
watered trees as resources permitted; treated 23 trees for
pests and disease and inspected Precinct 7 for hazardous
trees as part of a pro- active yearly initiative to address haz-
ardous conditions before damage or injury occurs.
Provided oversight of the Tree Bylaw of which 418 sites
have been reviewed since October 2001 with 479 trees
approved for removal and 1115 new trees required to
plant. Staff also attended educational workshops.
• Tree Pruning: Pruned 150 trees to remove hazards,
improve health, structure, shape, and aesthetics.
• Tree Removal: Removed 119 dead, diseased, damaged, or
otherwise hazardous trees; ground stumps, added loam to
grade, and seeded the removal sites, where possible. The
majority of the removals were elm, ash, and maple trees.
• Planting: A total of 43 trees were planted, including the
Arbor Day trees at the Depot Building, trees along the
Bikeway, at the High School, and at various locations
throughout Town. The trees were funded through a
MASS Releaf Grant, a grant from NSTAR, local dona-
tions, private funding sources, and the program budget.
• Pest Control: Treated for bees and wasps, as needed, at
various locations.
• Streetlights: Inspected and replaced bulbs and sensors on
town -owned streetlights.
• Other Projects: Decorated and removed holiday lighting
throughout the Town Center; chipped over 3000
Christmas trees; installed and removed Liberty Ride and
voting banners; assisted with the Arbor Day ceremony;
provided on -going assistance to the Cemetery and Park
Divisions throughout the season; and assisted other town
departments with aerial -lift services. Staff applied for and
received Tree City USA status for 2004.
Cemetery Division
ROLE: To operate
and maintain 34
acres of grounds
and all buildings
and equipment for
four cemeteries:
Westview, Munroe,
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$135,952
$ 31,552
$159,840
$ 33,821
Personnel
Full Time
3
3
Seasonal
0
0
Robbins, and Colonial; and to serve the bereaved in a pro-
fessional manner.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Assisted with and prepared cemeteries for special events
such as flags, spring /fall cleanup, etc.
• Operated and maintained the irrigation system at
Westview Cemetery to promote better turf quality.
• Coordinated with the contractor for turf maintenance ser-
vices including fertilizing and Integrated Pest Management
at Westview Cemetery.
• Worked with a consultant to develop a maintenance pro-
gram for repair and upkeep of the grave markers at
Colonial Cemetery.
• There were 143 interments and 64 cremation burials in
Westview Cemetery; 2 interments in Munroe Cemetery.
Staff dug and backfilled graves, set stones, loamed, and
seeded graves.
• At Westview Cemetery, 108 new lots were sold with the
revenue split between the Town (45 %) and the Perpetual
Care Trust (55 %). A total of 71 foundations for flush
markers were approved and set. Four stones were
removed and replaced.
• In addition to purchasing directly from the Town, grave
boxes and burial vaults may be purchased from and
installed by outside vendors for an inspection fee. The
Town sold a total of 53 grave boxes or 96% of the total
installed and 36 burial vaults being 69% of the total
installed. Inspection fees were collected for 2 grave boxes
and 16 burial vaults, which were provided and installed by
outside contractors.
• Revenue collections totaled $249,556 (includes $57,684
transferred to the Perpetual Care Trust).
• A new crew chief's position was in place at the end of
September 2005.
Street Light Maintenance Program
ROLE: To proac-
tively maintain a
cost - effective
lighting system
Expenditures
FY05
FY04
Expenses
$242,158
$259,743
which enhances public safety along Lexington roadways,
while considering all characteristics of light- source quality.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Town employees have maintained 3343 streetlights since
March 2000. Members of the Forestry Division inspect
and change photo- sensor cells and light bulbs. Service
calls are scheduled on an overtime -basis as weather per-
mits. Calls are processed in the order they are received by
date and /or are prioritized by whether or not it is an
emergency repair. If the repair requires more technical
expertise involving wiring and /or replacement of fixtures
and heads, an electrical contractor is dispatched to
resolve the problem.
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
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DPW: Street Light Maintenance Program continued from previous page
• A total of 980 outages were reported to the call center
through December. Town staff inspected 887 calls and
repaired 578 of them. The electrical contractor repaired
309 lights. As of December 20, a total of 93 calls
remained unresolved. The response time for town staff
inspection and repair of lights is between 10 to 15 days.
The electrical contractor response for repairs is about 10
to 15 days after the initial inspections by town staff.
• The call center for streetlight maintenance operates from
the DPW Operations Facility at 201 Bedford Street. The
toll -free telephone number dedicated to reporting outages
is 1- 877 - FIX -LAMP or 1 -877- 349 -5267. Callers should
leave their name, address, phone number, pole number,
and nature of the outage.
• Installed new test lights in various locations as per the
Lighting Options Committee.
Parking Operation
ROLE: To pro-
vide a balance of
short- and long-
term parking for
Center visitors
and employees by
managing the
Town's permit
and attended parking programs including a 300 -car attend-
ed lot, three permitted areas, the employee parking lot
behind the Town Hall complex, and approximately 500
parking meters in the Center business area. Part -time
employees operate the attended lot.
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$ 42,266
$ 20,947
$ 41,738
$ 17,201
Personnel
Part Time
6
5
Program Manager: Gail Wagner since May 2001.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Depot Square lot is attended weekdays year -round and
Saturdays from April through mid - November from 7 a.m.
to 8 p.m. The capacity of the lot can be increased during
busy times by stacking as many as 60 additional cars in the
aisles.
• 201 annual permits were sold to Center business employ-
ees.
• Parking meters are posted for various time limits from 30
minutes to 4 hours throughout the Center.
• FY05 revenue was as follows:
Parking Meters $200,927
Attended Lot $125,929
Parking Permits $50,360
Total Parking Revenue $377,216
Transportation Services
ROLE: To oversee
all aspects of the
operation of LEX-
PRESS including
customer service,
schedules, routes,
contract monitor-
ing, MBTA grant
administration,
marketing, rider-
ship, and fare col-
lection activities.
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04"
$ 65,230
$225,689
$ 0
$ 0
Personnel
Full Time
1
1
Part Time
1
1
"Tax levy funds were not appropriated.
Service was funded by grants and con-
tributions.
Transportation Coordinator: Gail Wagner since May 2001.
The Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) advises the
Transportation Coordinator on all issues related to the
operation of LEXPRESS and Transportation Demand
Management.
APPOINTED by the Selectmen: Chair Sara Arnold, Co-
Chair William Levison, Sally Castleman, Elaine Dratch,
Don Graham, Diane Pursley, Francine Steiglitz. Selectmen
Liaison Hank Manz. Student representative Eric Eid- Reiner.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• LEXPRESS Bus Service. LEXPRESS is in its 26th year of
service as a neighborhood fixed route system. It operates a
three -bus, six -route system. LEXPRESS connects residen-
tial neighborhoods and outlying business areas with
Lexington Center, schools, recreation facilities, shopping
areas, and the Senior Center. One route also serves the
Burlington Mall and Middlesex Commons in Burlington.
Buses operate Monday through Friday 6:45am to 6:25pm,
September through June, and 7:OOam to 6:25pm, July and
August. No service Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays.
— LEXPRESS passengers represented 58% students, 25%
adults, 15% senior citizens, and 2% children under six.
— M L Transit Systems, Inc. of Woburn is contracted to
provide and operate the fleet of four Blue Bird
Transhuttle vehicles built in 1999 with a 10 -year useful
life. Each bus seats 24 people, is fully accessible for per-
sons with special needs, and is in compliance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act.
The LEXPRESS transit guide is updated annually and
mailed to residents. It is also available at public facili-
ties. Fares can be paid in cash, with tickets, or by
monthly /annual passes. Reduced rates are in effect for
seniors, persons with special needs and children under
six. In addition to fares and an annual appropriation by
Town Meeting, LEXPRESS is funded by an annual
grant from the MBTA and Transportation Demand
Management funds.
— LEXPRESS connects to the MBTA, Burlington B -Line,
and Lowell Regional Transit.
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DPW: Transportation Services continued from previous page
Front L -R: Sara Arnold, Bill Levison, Francine Stieglitz.
Rear L -R: Gail Wagner, Eric Eid- Reiner, Sally Castleman,
Elaine Dratch.
• Transportation Demand Management: Under the terms
of their Transportation Demand Management programs,
the Hayden Medical Center, the Hayden Corporate
Center, and the Lexington Technology Park make annual
contributions to LEXPRESS. Met State /Avalon will com-
mence annual LEXPRESS contributions upon the start of
site development. The Transportation Advisory
Committee actively promotes Transportation Demand
Management programs for other corporations to reduce
dependence on private automobiles by providing trans-
portation alternatives, including funding LEXPRESS.
Developments accepted by Town Meeting in 2005 that
included Transportation Demand Management condi-
tions are the Battle Green Inn and 1075 Waltham Street.
• Traffic Safety Advisory Support: Transportation
Coordinator is a staff liaison to the Traffic Safety
Advisory Committee.
Water /Sewer Divisions
ROLE: To serve the needs and concerns of its customers,
sustain quality drinking water, and provide for the safe and
proper dis-
charge of
wastewater by
maintaining the
Town's com-
plete water and
sewer infra-
structure and
implementing various service programs.
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$ 735,819
$11,390,473
$ 819,098
$10,190,680
Personnel
Full Time
15
15
Superintendent: Dennis Meehan since January 2004.
The infrastructure consists of 158 miles of water main, two
water towers with total capacity of 3.1 million gallons,
° 1500 fire hydrants, 3400 street and hydrant control valves
and approximately 12,500 residential service line control
0
valves located on property lines. Four main water transmis-
sion lines from the MWRA serve Lexington: a 16 -inch main
at Summer Street, a 16 -inch main on Massachusetts Avenue
in East Lexington, a 12 -inch main on Watertown Street, and
a 24 -inch main on Concord Avenue.
The sewer system has 120 miles of sewer main, 34 miles of
trunk -line sewer main, and ten sewer pump stations, includ-
ing the main pump station at Route 128 and Bedford Street,
and 600 sewer manholes.
The department is divided into four sections: water distrib-
ution, meter reading and billing; sewer maintenance; and
construction. Employees are cross - trained to perform all
divisional functions and also participate in snow removal
operations.
Water Distribution Section responds to service calls from
residents, repairs curb and water control boxes, reads and
installs water meters, takes water samples, performs
hydrant maintenance, and maintains and updates the water
control valve locations; oversees the cross - connection con-
trol program; investigates all water bill complaints; marks
out services for contractors and utility companies; and
assists the Engineering and other DPW Divisions.
The water distribution system is usually flushed annually to
ensure quality drinking water. The system was flushed this
year over a 6 -week period from early November into
December. Water is tested for coliform and other bacterial
organisms on a weekly basis at nine different sampling loca-
tions; no bacteria were detected. Sampling is also done
annually at selected locations to test for lead and copper.
The September 2005 test results for lead and copper show
that Lexington passed.
Leak detection, normally done every other year was com-
pleted in 2004 and will be done again in 2006.
Meter Reading and Billing Section is responsible for read-
ing water meters and managing the billing system. In 2005
a new utility manager position was created under the
Finance Director to oversee the billing process and handle
problems and complaints.
Sewer Maintenance Section maintains the sewer system of
154 miles of pipe and ten pump stations, implements the
sewer main flushing program, and manages the pump sta-
tion maintenance program to ensure the safe and proper
discharge of wastewater. Staff is also available to identify
any electrical problems with relay or pressure switches.
They also assist the Highway Division with clearing storm
drain blockages with the use of the department's Jet -Vac
truck.
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 37
DPW: Water /Sewer Divisions continued from previous page
Construction Section is responsible for the lead water ser-
vice replacement program, installing new mainline and ser-
vice line control valves where needed, and replacing defec-
tive control valves. They also oversee replacements of
hydrants, sewer mains and services, and repair water system
and sewer system leaks.
Employees attended training seminars on cross - connection
control, MWRA procedures for drinking water sampling,
hydrant maintenance, and courses relating to the State cer-
tification exams. Seven employees are State - certified
Drinking Water Facility Operators; one is a Grade 4, three
are Grade 3, one is a Grade 2, and two are a Grade 1. One
employee is a State - certified backflow tester and four are
cross - connection surveyors.
HIGHLIGHTS
• The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA)
supplies Lexington with approximately 2 billion gallons of
water annually. The Town also pays the MWRA to treat
and dispose of the Town's sewage.
• The MWRA provided Debt Service Assistance totaling
$135,820 in FY05. Since 1994 the Town of Lexington has
received $5,870,189 in water and sewer -rate relief.
• The policy that allows installation of a second meter for
outdoor watering was instituted 11 years ago. Water con-
sumed through this meter is charged only at the water
rate. To date, 2400 meters have been installed. The rate
paid for this water was adjusted to the maximum rate to
more accurately reflect its cost and provide fairness to all
ratepayers.
• Assisted the Engineering Division with the road- resurfac-
ing project by providing mark -outs, materials, and emer-
gency service.
• Responded to emergency water and sewer repairs day and
night; keeping service interruptions to a minimum, but
breaks were often at times and locations inconvenient to
customers and motorists.
Repair and Replacements
Water main breaks repaired 22
Water service leaks repaired 29
Hydrants repaired 198
Hydrants replaced 8
Service control valves repaired 25
Street control valves repaired 8
Water services renewed 7
Sewer services replaced 7
Sewer services camera televised 12
Sewer main blockages repaired 13
Sewer service blockages repaired 18
Sewer manholes repaired 12
Sewer mains flushed and cleaned 68,000 feet
Storm drains flushed and cleaned 15,000 feet
New Installations
Outdoor watering meters 139
Water meters 220
Water services 32
Sewer services 20
Water and Sewer Rate Study Committee
ROLE: To advise the Selectmen regarding the methodol-
ogy, structuring, and assumptions made in determining
the water and sewer rates; to consider the feasibility of
continuing to appropriate funds through the water and
sewer enterprise accounts in lieu of tax payments; to
examine the strengths and weaknesses of the inclining
block rate system and consider the assumptions made to
determine the accountability of direct and indirect
charges that are part of the rate setting process. The
Committee should consider the impact of any recom-
mended changes.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen: Chair Loren
Wood, Kathryn Benjamin, Paul Chernick, Lorraine
Fournier, Ann Gilbert, Dave Laredo, Jim Osten, Wade
Tambor, and Bruce Williams. Selectmen Liaison Richard
Pagett. Appropriation Liaisons John Bartenstein and
Richard Eurich. DPW Liaisons Bill Hadley and Dennis
Meehan.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Met more than 60 times over 18 months to study the
Water and Sewer Enterprises.
• Interviewed various experts on legal considerations,
MWRA operations, town finance operations and DPW
operations.
• Conducted a thorough analysis of the budgeting, rate
setting, revenues, expenditures, and operations of the
Enterprise Funds for water and sewer.
• Prepared a written final report consisting of a 50 -page
Volume I and a 253 -page Volume II. Volume I con-
tained recommendations to the Selectmen, including
having a rate structure of three blocks, elimination of
depreciation from the rates, phasing out of the PILOTS,
quantifying the assessment of indirect charges, and hir-
ing a Business Manager. The Selectmen acted favorably
on all of these recommendations.
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Lexington Tree Committee
ROLE: To promote the preservation and protection of pub-
lic shade trees pursuant to General Law Chapter 87 and cer-
tain trees on portions of private property; to work with the
Tree Warden to regulate the removal and replacement of
trees in certain circumstances; to promote the planting and
protection of trees throughout the Town; to develop rules,
regulations, tree inventory, manuals, and other data as stat-
ed in the Lexington Tree Bylaw for approval and promul-
gation by the Selectmen.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen: Chair John Frey,
James Jones, Karen Longeteig, Gerald Paul, Anne Senning,
Nell Walker, James Wood; Selectmen Liaison Jeanne
Krieger; Tree Warden David Pinsonneault. Susan Solomon
resigned to create an opening for Gerald Paul, but is con-
tinuing to contribute her time and effort for Tree
Committee initiatives.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Tree Planting: planted 43 new trees on public land:
17 planted along the bikeway, 15 between the Depot
and Grant Street and 2 near Hancock Avenue, as part
of the $4420 Mass ReLeaf matching grant applied for
in January 2005. As a match, DPW Forestry Division
dug and lifted trees into pits, and 27 high school stu-
dent and adult volunteers installed watering tubing in
each tree pit, then backfilled and watered the trees.
DPW with their watering truck watered the trees via the
tubing throughout the dry summer.
6 trees planted at the High School with money raised
from donations as part of the ongoing
LHS PTSA volunteer landscaping effort.
3 Princeton Elms and one London Plane
tree planted by the DPW Forestry
Division at the Lexington Historical
Society's renovated Depot Building as
part of the annual Arbor Day Ceremony,
staged by the Civic Improvement
Committee of the Lexington Field and
Garden Club, who distributed 600 tree
seedlings to participants, nursery school
children and all kindergarteners in
Town. The Lexington Historical
Society's landscape contractor donated
automatic irrigation for these 4 trees.
The well- attended ceremony received a
2005 silver cup award from the Garden
Club Federation of Massachusetts.
16 trees, funded from a $1000 NSTAR
grant, planted on public land by the
DPW Forestry Division, who also
removed 119, pruned 150, and treated
23 trees in 2005.
— Neither a line item for tree planting, nor the Tree
Committee's $15,000 Warrant Article 17 for tree plant-
ing was approved at the 2005 Town Meeting. The Tree
Warden is requesting an additional $25,000 in the
FY07 "needs" budget.
• Tree Bylaw: Reviewed permit applications for tree
removal on private land under the Tree Bylaw. Since
October 1, 2001, a total of 418 sites have been visited:
289 sites have been closed out, of which 242 sites
required no action. 479 trees were approved for removal,
of which 212 have been removed to date. As mitigation:
1115 new trees required to be planted; 486 now planted.
Layout was changed at several sites to save large trees.
Process continues to run smoothly.
• DCR Planning and Education Grant: Applied for and
received a Massachusetts Department of Conservation and
Recreation (DCR) grant in the amount of $19,660: about
a third for tree inventory support, another third for an edu-
cational town -wide mailer, and the rest for an educational
six lecture series for Lexington and surrounding towns.
• Tree Inventory: In 2004, last year the Committee and vol-
unteers inventoried 448 trees in public ways on paper
forms and then typed the data into a laptop computer.
This year, they recorded 624 trees with one iPAQ, shut-
tled between various teams, then entered the data by
merely plugging the iPAQ into the laptop. This year's
inventory covered the rest of the area in the Center that
had been converted to a GIS database. To proceed further,
continued on next page
L -R: James Jones, David Pinsonneault, Anne Senning, John Frey,
Longeteig, the John C. Eddison Memorial Sugar Maple, Gerald Paul,
Solomon, Jeanne Krieger, Nell Walker and James Wood.
Karen
Susan
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Lexington Tree Committee continued from previous page
the MIS and Engineering Departments will need to do
more map conversion from CAD to GIS.
• Tree City USA: Tree Warden applied for and received the
Tree City USA award for the 16th year. Two Committee
members accepted the award at a State House ceremony
in Boston. DCR awarded the Committee chairman a
"2005 Outstanding Citizen Forester Award" at a
November ceremony in Petersham.
• Memorial Tree Fund: Prepared a color brochure explain-
ing the procedure for donating a memorial /honorary tree
to the Town; now available for all who wish to com-
memorate a person or an event, or just do a good deed.
Brochures can be picked up at the Library, DPW Barn or
from the publications rack outside the Clerk's office in the
Town Office Building.
• TM Warrant Articles: Presented Articles 16 and 18,
which were approved by the 2005 Town Meeting and the
Attorney General. They allow funds, from mitigation
under the Tree Bylaw and from contributions for
Memorial Trees, to be paid into and disbursed from a tree
revolving fund called the Lexington Tree Fund.
• Community Outreach:
— "Tree Talk," a series of articles about trees by commit-
tee members, is being published monthly in the
Lexington Minuteman newspaper. Topics already pub-
lished: History of Trees in Lexington, Bittersweet and
Other Invasive Plants, Memorial Tree Program. Yet to
come: Propagating Trees, The Tree Inventory,
Protecting Trees during Construction, and more.
— Presented a talk on the tree inventory to 40 members of
the Lexington Field & Garden Club.
— Lobbied the Battle Green Inn developers to plan for
trees on Waltham Street using structural soil technical
specifications and /or a tree -way design as done at
Depot Square in 2002.
— One committee member published a report on the
inventory process, the history of tree management in
Lexington, and suggested tree management standards.
She gave the report to the Town Manager, the
Selectmen, the DPW, the Cary Memorial Library, and
the Lexington Historical Society.
— Talked with Sidewalk Committee about co- existence of
trees and sidewalks.
Permanent Building Committee
Expenditures
FY 05
FY 04
Project Management
$253,231
$322,448
Architects
$530,531
$385,204
Contractors
$7,046,735
$9,356,045
ROLE: To provide ongoing expertise and experience in man-
aging the design and construction of all town building pro-
jects, including hiring of design professionals, obtaining bids,
and entering into contracts for design and construction.
APPOINTED by the Town Manager for 3 -year overlapping
terms: Chair Philip Poinelli, Vice Chair Jonathan Himmel,
Richard Perry, Peter Johnson, and Mary Lou Touart.
APPOINTED by the School Committee: Bruce Creager and
Richard Sperandio.
APPOINTED by the Library: Walter Pierce.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Opened the new Harrington Elementary School. Though
the school opened later than originally planned, a quality
school has been constructed and the project was accom-
plished under budget.
• The old Fiske School was demolished and the new Fiske
Elementary School was bid and began construction. As of
the end of the year, the project is approximately 35% com-
plete. Most of the old building was recycled rather than
treated as construction waste. Fiske students are currently
attending school at the old Harrington School.
• A feasibility study was conducted for the School
Administration Building known as The White House. The
study was approved by the committee and presented to the
spring Town Meeting. Design fees were appropriated and
the design for additions and renovations are underway.
• Town meeting appropriated design fees for a new DPW
facility to replace the existing facility at 201 Bedford
Street. The design is anticipated to get underway shortly.
• The PBC developed a "Sustainable Design Policy" for
review by the Board of Selectmen. The Selectmen
approved the policy, which calls for all construction pro-
jects to set a goal of LEED Silver as defined by the
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design program.
LEED certification recognizes innovative building designs
that are environmentally responsible for energy efficiency
and resource conservation.
• The committee conducts regularly scheduled monthly
meetings with additional meetings as necessary. All pro-
jects are supervised by the PBC through the Project
Manager Bill Kealy, Clerk of Works Gary Kaczmarek, and
Secretary Cara Shapiro.
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Electric Utility Ad Hoc Committee
ROLE: To evaluate the options available to Lexington to
improve the reliability and reduce the cost of electrical service.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen: Chair Paul
Chernick, Nick Cannalonga, Emily Donovan, Ingrid
Klimoff, Patrick Mehr, Kelly McKay Zeoli and David
Pavlik (DPW). Selectmen Liaison Norman Cohen with the
assistance of Mary Beth Gentleman and Peter Enrich. Roger
Borghesani resigned and then became the liaison from
Capital Expenditures Committee.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Continued efforts to reduce electricity bills for municipal
accounts, especially through energy efficiency; to reduce
the number of double poles; and to create the option of
forming a municipal electric distribution system.
• Met with utilities, town staff, other municipalities, and
State officials.
• Assisted the DPW in evaluating power - supply offers for
town accounts.
• Continued to pressure the utilities to account for and
promptly remove double poles in Lexington.
• Increased public and official awareness of problems with
reliability of electric service in Lexington and surrounding
towns.
• Worked with Jay Kaufman to revise and re -file legislation
to simplify and clarify the process of municipalization,
including a home -rule petition allowing Lexington to form
a municipal utility. Continued outreach and public- educa-
tion efforts in support of these bills.
Sidewalk Committee
ROLE: To advise the Board of Selectmen on sidewalk policies
and walking in Lexington. In developing recommendations,
the Committee seeks broad citizen input to support and
encourage implementation of the recommendations of the
Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan for
increasing pedestrian activity and reducing traffic by consid-
ering the adequacy of the town -wide sidewalk network to
safely address the Town's recreation and commuter needs.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen for 3 -year terms,
commencing March 2005. Committee was created by the
Board of Selectmen at its meeting on November 29, 2004.
Membership includes 20 voting members: Chair Craig Weeks
(PTA), Lisa Baci (Neighborhood), Sue -Ellen Briggs (PTA),
Victoria Buckley (Commission on Disability), Frank
Cavatora (Neighborhood), Laura Cecere (PTA), Judy
Crocker (PTA), John Davies (Planning Board), Lucy Fletcher -
Jones (PTA), Ankur Gupta (PTA), Olga Guttag (School
Committee), Tracey Herbert (PTA), Jerry Van Hook (Bicycle
Committee), Jeanne Kreiger (Board of Selectmen), Steve
Kropper (Resident), Marianne Lazarus (Resident), Stephanie
Mitzenmacher (Neighborhood), Sue Solomon (League of
Women Voters), Jean Williams (Resident) and an open seat
(Board of Health). Significantly contributing Town of
Lexington staff: Wayne Brooks (DPW), Paul Jenkins (Police
Department), Francine Stieglitz (Transportation Advisory
Committee) and Gail Wagner (Transportation Coordinator).
HIGHLIGHTS
• Compiled a comprehensive inventory of the Town's side-
walks and pathways, detailing locations, lengths, condi-
tions and obstructions. This data has been logged into the
Lexington DPW database, including associating the data
with school districts. It has also been mapped using color -
coding for sidewalk quality. Both the data and the map are
available for viewing and downloading from the Sidewalk
Committee website.
• Created a website, updated monthly, to keep the public
updated on activities and plans for future work. This web -
site is accessed through the Town of Lexington website at
http: / /ci.lexington .ma.us /lexsidewalkcommittee /
• Created an email address to receive public commentary on
the committee's activities to receive suggestions and com-
ments about public safety issues related to sidewalks and
pathways. A team keeps a log of all emails and forwards
the emails, as necessary, to the appropriate town depart-
ment for action.
• Successfully piloted the Safe Routes to School program at
the Bridge Elementary School. Initial results in September
were a 50% reduction in car traffic and 100% increase in
walkers. Excellent parental support made the program
succeed by both identifying commonly used routes to
school and garnering neighborhood and community sup-
port for the program.
• Began planning for system -wide Safe Routes to Schools
programs.
• Recommended to the Lexington Planning Board that side-
walks for the proposed Battle Green Inn development and
other town center sidewalks have a minimum 4 -foot wide
section of brushed concrete running the length of the side-
walk connecting to all store entrances and exits as well as
curb cuts and street access points to provide safe, conve-
nient access to all users during all seasons. This recom-
mendation was also passed along to the Design Advisory
Committee and Lexington Center Collaborative.
• Published newspaper articles and letters that describe the
responsibilities of the Town and private property owners
relative to public rights of way (the 4 -10 or more feet
along each road and street that many people think of as
exclusively under their control), discuss snow manage-
ment as it relates to school bus routes and walking access
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Sidewalk Committee continued from previous page
to schools and Lexington Center and promoting more
accessible public rights of way.
• Requested that the Planning Department and Planning
Board designate any mitigation money from the potential
redevelopment of 40 Middleby Road for the repair and /or
reconstruction of the bicycle and footpath leading from
Worthen Road to Middleby Road. Apart from its recre-
ational uses, the path is an important link in the Safe
Routes to School program at Bridge School, and in mak-
ing Lincoln Field and Lexington High School accessible to
neighborhood walkers. The Recreation Committee asked
the Sidewalk Committee to make a recommendation that
improvements to this path be given high priority.
• Recommended to the Selectmen and Town Manager that
a capital appropriation of $200,000 be made annually for
the restoration and building of sidewalks within the Town.
• Provided the DPW with a recommended priority for snow
plowing of sidewalks within the Bridge Elementary
District to support the Safe Routes to Schools program to
increase safety at pickup and drop -off points of school bus
routes. Included in this recommendation was a list of side-
walks and pathways for priority repair.
• Worked with the DPW, Bridge PTA, and crosswalk neigh-
bors to make cross walks on Marrett Road and Spring Street
more visible during school hours using removable crosswalk
markers similar to those used in the Center. To avoid theft
and vandalism of these markers, volunteers secure them at
the side of each crosswalk once school children get home.
• Requested that the DPW evaluate the feasibility of
installing a new crosswalk section connecting the existing
sidewalk on Marrett Road to the existing sidewalk at the
top of Prospect Hill Road. If construction is feasible, the
Committee would recommend a capital appropriation to
build a sidewalk along that narrow, steep section of
Prospect Hill Road which is presently unsafe but heavily
used by students traveling to and from Clarke Middle
School and Bridge Elementary School.
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Front L -R: Marianne Lazarus, Craig Weeks, Lucy Fletcher Jones, Sue Ellen Briggs. Rear
L -R: Steve Kropper, Jean Williams, Wayne Brooks, Olga Guttag, John Davies, Jeanne
Krieger, Jerry Van Hook.
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EDUCATION
School Committee
Expenditures
Operating Expenses
Capital Expenses
FY05
$66,881,946
$ 770,000
FY04
$62,787,454
$ 1,900,000
"Operating expenses exclude prior year's carry forward encum-
brances. For FY05 they include the additional funds voted at the
Special Town Meeting in November for FY05 unpaid bills..
Personnel
829.04 FTEs
800.23 FTEs
ROLE: To hire, supervise and evaluate the Superintendent
of Schools; to develop school policies; to approve operat-
ing and capital budgets for the schools; to advocate for
school concerns to other town officials, boards, and the
community; to act as liaison between the School
Department and the community.
ELECTED to 3 -year terms: Chair Helen Cohen, Vice Chair
Tom Diaz, Scott Burson, Tom Griffiths, Olga Guttag;
Student Representative Toni Maeck.
The School Superintendent
Interim Superintendent William Hurley, an experienced
school superintendent and a Lexington resident, directed
the school system throughout FY05, and is to be com-
mended for providing leadership through the transition
year.
The search for a new superintendent was completed in the
late winter with the appointment of Dr. Paul Ash. A search
committee consisting of School Committee members Helen
Cohen and Tom Diaz and representatives of administration,
faculty, parents, and community worked with Future
Management Systems and their consultants Richard Warren
and Lyle Kirtman. The position was advertised nationwide
and approximately 30 applications were received. The list
was narrowed to seven semi - finalists whom the search com-
mittee interviewed. The School Committee held public
interviews with the four finalists; Tom Diaz and Olga
Guttag went with other members of the search committee
for site visits for three candidates. The vote was unanimous
and enthusiastic to hire Dr. Ash who had been
Superintendent in Westwood for seven years and Assistant
Superintendent in Wellesley for several years before that.
Dr. Ash came officially to Lexington on July 1, though he
worked in the months preceding that date to hire four new
administrators. He has worked hard and effectively to
strengthen and lead the school system. Details of his work
are in the Superintendent's report. The Committee is cur-
rently working on an evaluation process for the
Superintendent.
School Policies
The Committee adopted a new Life- Threatening Allergies
Policy. The Policy Subcommittee, chaired by Scott Burson,
is completing work on a field trip policy, and will work on
a fund - raising policy next. The Committee publicly
affirmed its policy that Lexington Public Schools should be
safe, inclusive, and a welcoming environment for all
Lexington students.
Operating Budget
The School Committee's understanding of the FY05 budget
and expenses at the end of June was that the year was end-
ing $2000 in the black. When Dr. Ash and the new Director
for Finance Ann Giombetti studied the books, they discov-
ered that $528,178 of unpaid bills remained from FY05,
and that because the current year's budget was inadequate,
there would be a shortfall of over $1.5 million in the FY06
budget. In consultation with administrators, Dr. Ash cut
$414,700 from the budget and raised lunch fees (which had
not been increased for ten years) by $1, leaving a shortfall
of $847,396.
A major factor in these problems was the lack of communi-
cation that resulted from the high number of turnovers in
administrations and central office administrative personnel
over the last few years. The School Committee has imple-
mented a new reporting process with Dr. Ash that will pro-
vide sufficient information in the future.
The School Committee and Dr. Ash consulted with the
Board of Selectmen, the new Town Manager Carl Valente,
and the Appropriation Committee about these financial
issues. Two articles were placed on the warrant for the
Special November Town Meeting, one to pay the $528,178
deficit from FY05, and one to appropriate $847,396 in
additional funds for FY06. Both articles were passed unan-
imously, with the understanding that the additional funds
would be spent only on specifically identified accounts in
deficit, and that excess funds, if any, would be returned to
the Town.
The Schools, like other town departments, face serious chal-
lenges in drawing up the FY07 budget. Another large
increase in health benefit payments, reductions in federal
funding, increased utility costs, and State and Federal man-
dated but unfunded requirements mean that even a level -
service budget will be well over the limits of Proposition 2-
1/2. To restore and strengthen school programs, additional
money will be needed. The School Committee and adminis-
tration will continue to work with the Selectmen and the
finance committees to study these budget implications.
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School Committee continued from previous page
Capital
The beautiful new Harrington School opened in April and
is serving its students and staff well. The project appears to
be coming in at or below budget. Construction on the Fiske
School is underway with September 2007 the targeted
opening date.
The new Director of Facilities, William Hartigan, has been
carrying out thorough inventories of all school buildings so
that effective planning for maintenance, renovation, and /or
replacement of the buildings can be done. The plan for the
four remaining elementary schools, Bowman, Bridge,
Estabrook, and Hastings, will depend in part on his find-
ings. Mr. Hartigan has studied the roofs and ventilation sys-
tems of all nine buildings, and emergency repairs will be
done through this fiscal year and next summer.
The April Town Meeting passed an article funding the
design for renovating the School Administration Building
(the White House). This phase is underway.
Liaison to Community and Advocate for the
Lexington Public Schools
Lexington provides an excellent education for its students,
and the School Committee looks forward to a stable,
strong, and dynamic era in the schools. Thanks go to the
students, the faculty, the administration, the parents, the
PTAs, the town leadership, and the Town for their success.
Working with the Superintendent, better, more frequent,
and more thoroughly developed communications are being
created including an active website that will include the
entire budget book for citizens to study, in addition to
Committee minutes and news. The aim of the School
Department and the School Committee is an education for
the children and youth of this community that will prepare
them for a productive, responsible, healthy and fulfilling
adulthood in our complex world.
L -R: Tom Griffiths, Tom Diaz, Helen Cohen, Scott Burson,
Olga G u ttag.
Lexington Public School Enrollments
Elementary Schools
Bowman, 9 Philip Road, built 1967
Bridge, 55 Middleby Road, built 1966
Estabrook, 117 Grove Street, built 1960
Fiske, 34A Colony Road, built 1948
Harrington, 146 Maple Street, built 1956
Hastings, 2618 Mass. Avenue, built 1955
Total Elementary Students, Grades K -5
Middle Schools
Clarke, 17 Stedman Road, built 1972
Diamond, 99 Hancock Street, built 1957
Total Middle School Students, Grades 6 -8
Lexington High School, 251 Waltham Street, built 1950 Michael Jones, Principal
Total High School Students, Grades 9 -12
Steven Flynn, Principal
Barbara Manfredi, Principal
Joni Jay, Principal
Nancy Peterson, Principal
David Crump, Principal
Steven Adler, Principal
Pamela Houlares, Principal
Joanne Hennessy, Principal
2005 -2006 2005 -2006 2006 -2007
Projected Actual Projected
438
514
457
383
369
481
2642
713
818
1531
2000
2000
457 458
551 540
455 446
362 339
389 388
486 480
2700 2651
713 731
804 824
1517 1555
1979 1981
1979 1981
Total Student Enrollment
6173 6196 6187
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Superintendent of Schools
ROLE: As Chief Executive Officer of Lexington's nine pub-
lic schools, the Superintendent of Schools provides educa-
tional leadership through budget preparation, program
development, and supervision of all academic, special edu-
cation, and extracurricular programs for children in grades
K -12. The Superintendent reports to an elected School
Committee, enforces the policies and goals of this
Committee, and upholds the laws and requirements deter-
mined by the federal government and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. The Superintendent also works in coopera-
tion with other communities to oversee collaborative pro-
grams for students with identified learning disabilities.
APPOINTED by the School Committee: William Hurley,
Interim Superintendent until June 30; Dr. Paul B. Ash
Superintendent since July 1.
Hiring a New Central Office Team
In the spring, four new central office administrators were
hired to start work on July 1. They replaced four adminis-
trators who either sought other employment or held tem-
porary interim positions. Dr. Ash, while still the
Superintendent of Schools in Westwood, worked with
Interim Superintendent William Hurley, Lexington school
administrators, faculty members, and parents to hire Dr.
Lynne Celli Sarasin as the Deputy Superintendent for
Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development; Dr.
Mary Sullivan Kelley as the Director of Student Services;
Ann Giombetti as the Director of Finance and Operations;
and Carol Gregory as the Director of Human Resources.
Finance Report
In July, the new administration became aware that there
were insufficient funds to pay numerous FY05 bills and to
meet current FY06 obligations. To address the imbalance
between projected costs and funding, in August the admin-
istration reduced the FY06 budget by $728,000 by raising
lunch fees, not filling some vacant positions, and laying off
some teachers. In addition, the Superintendent stated that
additional funds would be needed to pay prior year bills
and avoid further layoffs in FY06. At a Special Town
Meeting held in November, it was unanimously voted to
appropriate $524,000 to pay prior year bills and an addi-
tional $847,000 for FY06. The School Committee and
administration also adopted new procedures for controlling
and monitoring the school budget.
Curriculum & Instruction Initiatives /Professional
Development
A strong and active professional development program is
essential to quality teaching and learning and ultimately
leads to increased student achievement. The Lexington
Public Schools is committed to a quality, research -based
professional development program. To this end, profession-
al development has focused on building Professional
Learning Communities and using Action Research to
inform instruction and curriculum development. To
improve individual and collective results for children,
Professional Learning Communities encourage teachers to
both collaborate and share leadership with an emphasis on
meaningful teamwork, measurable goals, and regular col-
lection and analysis of performance data. Through Action
Reseach, teams of teachers identify specific curriculum
areas or instructional practices that, if modified, will signif-
icantly impact student success.
The Lexington Public Schools' professional development
focus has centered on increasing academic excellence and
student achievement. The following guidelines ensure that
professional development will:
• Be explicitly linked to school and district goals
• Support and expand Professional Learning Communities
• Expand and strengthen Action Research as a way to
respond to and assesses student needs
• Provide embedded professional development and other
professional development opportunities tied to new cur-
riculum and instruction implementations
This year the professional development program included:
I. Mandated requirements regarding appropriate training
in:
• Life Threatening Allergies
• Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures
• Child Abuse and Neglect Policy and Procedures
• Restraint Training Overview
II Keynote speaker Douglas B. Reeves, Ph.D., addressed the
faculty on the importance of developing Professional
Learning Communities: "Accountability for Learning:
How Teachers and School Leaders Can Take Charge."
Principals and teachers were charged with identifying
"Action Research" topics that they would investigate
throughout the course of the academic year.
III. The K -5 Literacy Initiative continued in its second year of
implementation. The goal is to provide every K -5 teacher
a substantive background in skills for teaching reading
utilizing the Scott Foresman reading program. Six core
courses will be offered throughout the school year.
IV. In preparation for the NEASC (New England
Association of Schools and Colleges) re- accreditation
process scheduled for the High School in the year 2008,
the High School faculty, with consultants from LEAD
New England, is preparing a mission statement and a
statement of expectations.
Through its research affiliation with Brown University and
the participation of member schools, the Commission on
Pubic Secondary Schools within the NEASC has developed
seven broad standards, each with a set of indicators that
establish measurements for effective high schools. Member
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Superintendent of Schools continued from previous page
schools are expected to participate in a 10 -year process of
improvement culminating with a 4 -day visit from a team of
professional educators from around New England. Utilizing
a process that includes document review; interviews of
teachers, students, administrators, parents, and school com-
mittee members; classroom observations; and student shad-
owing, this team writes a report that is reviewed by the
Commission, which, in turn, makes a decision on the
accreditation status of the school.
Facilities Report
The Facilities Department is responsible for the mainte-
nance and operation of nine school buildings and the cen-
tral administration building. Bill Hartigan, the new
Director of Facilities, conducted an initial facilities needs
assessment that determined three school roofs and 187 unit
ventilators need to be replaced next summer. At the
November Special Town Meeting, the school administra-
tion presented its plan to develop bid specifications and
provide actual costs to Annual Town Meeting in the spring.
The Facilities Department is currently developing a preven-
tive maintenance program for the 2005 -2006 school year.
Student Achievement
Lastly, Lexington students continue to achieve at very high
levels, based on local standards and on national examina-
tions.
Lexington High School Class of 2005
Size of class 436
Continuing education 94.3%
4 -year college 90.4%
2 -year college 1 8%
Other schooling 2 1%
Undecided 3 8%
Employment 1 4%
Armed Services 0 5%
National Merit Scholarship Program
Semi - finalists 12
Letters of Commendation 44
National Merit Finalists 12
2004 -05 Advanced Placement Awards
AP Scholars 58
AP Scholars with Honors 42
AP Scholars with Distinction 57
AP National Scholars 8
Lexington Public Schools
2004 -05 Summary of
Outside Funding
These funds enable the school system to provide services
beyond the scope of the regular budget. The total below
does not include PTA and other support group fundraising
estimated annually at $250,000. Each of these grants or fees
is put into a separate revenue account with the Town
Treasurer, and the funds are spent on the approved items
not included in the Town appropriated school budget.
FEDERAL
Title I
$ 292,526
Special Education Professional Development
$ 32,851
Drug -Free Community Support
$ 75,000
SPED 94- 142 /IDEA
$ 1,250,458
Early Childhood /Mainstreaming for Pre - School
$ 41,691
Title V Instruction /Technology
$ 11,395
Title IIA Educator Quality
$ 115,789
Title IID Technology Integration
$ 11,886
Title III Limited English Proficient
$ 43,710
Title IV Drug Free Schools
$ 23,783
Total Federal Funds
$ 1,899,089
STATE
METCO
$ 1,253,350
Enhanced School Health
$ 116,282
Academic Support Services
$ 3,879
Total State Funds
$ 1,373,511
LOCAL
Lexington Education Foundation (FY05)
$ 228,914
FEES
Transportation
$ 529,994
Athletics and Athletics Gate Receipts
$ 276,919
Building Rental and Extended Day Program
$ 62,383
Medicaid Reimbursement
$ 77,014
Total Fees
$ 946,310
COMMUNITY, CORPORATE, AND PRIVATE
DONATIONS
Gifts to Schools
$ 40,085
GRAND TOTAL ALL SOURCES
$ 4,487,090
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School Expenditures by Line Item
Personnel & Benefits
Administrative Offices
Principals and Assistants
2000 -2001
2001-2002"
2002-2003"
2003-2004"
2004 -2005
$816,988
1,502,467
$684,378
1,987,930
$721,297
2,090,203
$809,334
1,976,031
$861,712
2,199,756
Sub -toal Administration
$2,319,455
$2,672,308
$2,811,500
$2,785,365
$3,061,468
"All LEA Personnel
*
*
"
$35,082,375
Supervisors /Coordinators
$1,177,467
$1,117,301
$1,123, 882
$1,168,217
Classroom Teachers
21,606,373
27,251,897
29,074,667
29,355,732
Instructional Materials Specialists
588 195
651,114
705,482
747,672
(Library)
Guidance Counselors
1,187,769
1,239,381
1,365,484
1,387,189
Psychologists
236,007
341,650
359,740
396,335
*
Social Workers
*
114,965
103,071
239,896
Nurses
420,431
482,925
491,307
543,926
"Severance Pay
208,069
*
*
*
*
"Special Needs Staff
4,289,110
>;
*
*
Instructional Assistants (Tutors)
1,630,279
1,667,568
1,448,020
1,766,974
1,896,028
Building Aides /Clerical
909,485
1,128,742
1,166,446
1,082,237
954,889
Admin. Assistants & Secretaries
1,576,669
1,587,203
1,711,844
1,680,520
1,678,455
" Coaches /Officials
510,280
545,995
443,599
473,948
Stipends (Extra Duty)
184,098
81,951
144,167
151,097
143,565
"Special Needs Assistants
295,853
Sub -total Curriculum & Instruction
$34,309,805
$36,174,977
$36,036,954
$38,963,394
$40,229,260
Nurse Substitutes
*
$10,633
$10,295
$9,341
$14,462
"Admin. Assists. & Secretary
*
20,989
27,681
24,265
34,170
Substitute
"Doctors
1,200
>;
>;
*
Computer Technicians /Facilitators
243,097
521,321
532,844
510,483
390,391
Custodians and Maintenance Staff
2,061,354
1,975,248
2,065,590
2,139,312
2,088,695
"Custodian Overtime
*
405,304
297,999
48,124
176,800
Crossing Guards
90,869
97,887
114,232
103,962
109,334
"Sick Leave Buy Back
*
14,500
*
Student Programmers
0
''
''
''
Sub -total Operations & Maintenance
$2,396,520
$3,045,882
$3,048,641
$2,835,487
$2,813,852
Workers' Compensation
$2,477
$0
$0
$0
$0
FICA /Medicare Tax
380,703
441,980
488,828
511,814
546,890
Employee Benefits
4,100,633
5,646,707
6,770,091
8,311,132
9,088,431
Sub -total Benefits
$4,483,813
$6,088,687
$7,258,919
$8,822,946
$9,635,321
Sub -total Personnel & Benefits
$43,509,593
$47,981,854
$51,359,165
$53,407,192
$55,739,901
"Due to a change in Department of Education reporting requirements and the installation of new Town /School intergrat-
ed financial software, the School Dept. Chart of Accounts has been updated and some accounts consolidated
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Page 47
School Expenditures by Line Item continued from previous page
Services, Supplies & Equipment
2000 -2001
2001-2002"
2002-2003"
2003-2004"
2004 -2005
Printing
$33,101
$6,309
$10,671
$4,668
$9,703
Police /Security
*
3,970
7,028
3,999
3,643
Professional Services
*
390,680
551,708
615,101
790,782
Office Supplies
130,047
137,280
126,903
93,477
102,573
Report Cards /Progress Reports
2,543
*
*
*
Handbooks
7,896
''
Membership
32,237
''
''
>;
"Newsletter
806
>;
>;
>;
*
Sub -total Administrative Services
$206,630
$538,239
$696,310
$717,245
$906,701
& Supplies
Consultant Services
$807,624
$501,189
$253,981
$101,686
$152,046
Consultant Services for Students
*
488 749
388 425
511,595
691,741
"Special Testing
44,472
*
*
Meeting Expenses
*
1,730
1,903
*
"Professional Expenses
132,300
138,252
124,460
167,289
"Periodicals and Newspapers
17,195
*
*
*
"Recruiting Materials
45,454
*
>;
>;
*
"Professional Books /Subscriptions
6,692
*
*
*
"Student Publications
8,571
*
"Film Rental
525
''
Equipment Rental
17,068
35,523
44,303
''
"Building Rental
''
93,870
47,066
84,101
15,067
Teaching Supplies
389,691
470,757
474,282
369,744
746,760
Textbooks
478,785
285,613
316,247
183,517
179,553
"School Based Initiatives
*
49,549
39,115
6,994
Library Books and Cataloging
56,192
52,444
73,085
53,482
54,526
Computer Software
62,691
66,210
49,074
30,571
16,576
"Instructional Media
*
18,072
18,960
5,588
0
Media Purchase
17,715
*
*
*
*
"Staff Travel
*
67,993
102,400
31,763
31,600
Travel and Meetings Intrastate
29,014
*
*
*
Travel Out of State
2,452
'
Travel Within Lexington
13,137
''
''
''
''
Field Trips
7,917
4,911
10,022
1,935
1,441
Other Transportation
142,737
156,104
159,980
155,774
185,237
Sub -total Instructional Services
$2,147,932
$2,425,014
$2,117,095
$1,661,210
$2,241,836
& Supplies
Tuition Day /Resident
$2,570,443
$2,505,883
$2,667,052
$2,624,832
$2,710,703
Sub -total Special Education Tuition
$2,570,443
$2,505,883
$2,667,052
$2,624,832
$2,710,703
"Due to a change in Department of Education reporting requirements and the installation of new Town /School intergrat-
ed financial software, the School Dept. Chart of Accounts has been updated and some accounts consolidated
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
School Expenditures by Line Item continued from previous page
Pupil Transportation - Regular
"Pupil Transportation -SPED
"Pupil Transportation - Special Needs,
in Town
"Pupil Transportation - Special Needs,
outside
2000 -2001
2001-2002"
2002-2003"
2003-2004"
2004 -2005
$854,236
208,110
232,317
$991,992
543,760
$948,078
594,228
*
*
$880,502
684,556
*
*
$1,010,820
697,737
Sub -total Support Services
$1,294,663
$1,535,752
$1,542,306
$1,565,058
$1,708,557
"Facilities Services & Repair
*
$104,623
$104,921
$87,000
$100,842
"Built-in Items /Bldg. Repairs
$296,977
''
''
"Electrical (Repairs)
27,354
*
*
*
*
"Plumbing (Repairs)
13, 304
*
*
*
*
"Heating (Repairs)
122,972
*
*
*
*
"Painting
7,174
*
*
"Roofing (Repairs)
5,573
*
>;
*
"Glass (Repairs)
15,800
*
*
>;
*
"Elevator Service and Repair
18,000
*
*
*
"Other Property Services (Repairs)
78,195
"Equipment Service /Maintenance
282,016
604,421
451,070
420,746
165,250
"Mop Rental
9,545
*
*
*
*
"Insect Control
2,000
''
Electricity
613,502
704,955
1,005,159
1,012,495
1,179,206
Fuel- Heating
335,987
483,036
269,585
217,707
326,122
Gas (Bottled and Natural)
179,889
83,752
293,355
556,353
578,218
Water Consumption
165,195
38 000
14,482
13,466
38 116
Telephone
172,359
189,549
188,417
152,895
185,871
Other Supplies
201,058
168,385
209,718
107,489
177,631
"Postage & Mailing
*
54,199
65,502
50,610
38 149
"Building & Grounds Supplies
475,291
167,161
120,255
121,909
"Repair of Plant (Supplies)
98,932
*
*
"Repair of Grounds (Supplies)
16,778
Vehicle Parts, Gas, Oil
27,231
25,753
22,872
25,821
42,473
"Other General
490,037
*
*
*
*
Sub -total Maintenance
$3,179,878
$2,931,964
$2,792,242
$2,764,837
$2,953,787
& Operations
Outlay & Replacement of Equipment
$75,623
$320,264
$47,080
$92,283
"New Equipment
36 889
''
''
"Replacement of Equipment
135,767
*
*
*
Sub -total Equipment
$172,656
$75,623
$320,264
$47,080
$92,283
Sub -total Services, Supplies
$9,572,202
$10,012,475
$10,135,269
$9,380,262
$10,613,867
Sc Equipment
Personnel & Benefits
$43,509,593
$47,981,854
$51,359,165
$53,407,192
$55,739,901
Services, Supplies & Equipment
9,572,202
10,012,475
10,135,269
9,380,262
10,613,867
TOTAL GENERAL FUND
$53,081,795
$57,994,329
$61,494,434
$62,787,454
$66,353,768
"Due to a change in Department of Education reporting requirements and the installation of new Town /School intergrat-
ed financial software, the School Dept. Chart of Accounts has been updated and some accounts consolidated
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
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Minuteman Regional High School
Expenditures
FY 05
FY 04
Payroll
$10,046,068
$10,051,717
Expenses
$ 5,298,271
$ 5,391,748
Total Budget
$15,344,339
$15,443,465
Lexington's Assessed
$ 833,267
$ 901,353
Share
774
792
REGIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE APPOINTED by
each town's Moderator: Marjorie Daggett was appointed in
July for a 3 -year term. The other 15 towns that make up the
"member towns" are: Acton, Arlington, Belmont, Bolton,
Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Dover, Lancaster, Lincoln,
Needham, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland, and Weston.
Revised Freshman Program
A new Freshman Exploratory program was implemented in
the fall 2005 so that 9th graders had the full opportunity to
experience each of Minuteman's 22 technical programs
before choosing a major. The exploratory program runs for
the first half of grade 9 and allows freshmen to develop a
better understanding of their talents while exposing them to
diverse careers.
Enrollment
Fifteen Seniors from Lexington High School (in FY05) took
elective courses at Minuteman two hours per day (1/3 time);
thus 5 students will be added to the total number of stu-
dents for the FY06 assessment.
Enrollment
Oct. 1,
2005
Oct. 1,
2004
Lexington students in Gr. 9 -12
43
36
Lexington Post - Graduate Students
(Regular & Special)
9
9
Total students in Gr. 9 -12 from
the 16 member towns
472
(+48
PG's)
481
( +41
PG's)
Total students from non - member towns
254
270
Total student enrollment
774
792
The 2005 Fiscal Year
The Minuteman FY06 total budget was increased to
$15,699,155, and the assessment which Lexington started
paying as of July 1, 2005 was $887,667 (based on the 36
students enrolled as of Oct. 1, 2004 plus the students from
Lexington High). The FY06 budget represented a 2.31%
increase compared with the FY05 budget. The budget
increase was due to contractual agreements, health insur-
ance, maintenance costs, and needed capital equipment.
Challenges
Finances: Budgets continue to be tightly controlled because
Chapter 70 funding from the State is not overly generous,
and transportation aid has varied from 40 to 80 %.
(Transportation aid to regional schools is supposed to be
funded at 100 %.)
The operating budget for FY06 increased due to the cost of
health insurance, benefits, utilities, energy in general, and
contracted salary increments. Over the summer of 2005,
concerns over the excessive length of time students from
Carlisle, Stow, Bolton, and Lancaster spent on the bus led
to a new computerized management of the bus routes. In
addition to the rise in the cost of gasoline, the increased
number of students from the member towns have increased
transportation costs.
The land sale of Minuteman property on Mill Street in
Lincoln was canceled at the last moment in July 2004. To
make up for the loss of $640,000, the School Committee
felt forced to increase the current -year tuition by about
$400,000. Lower revenues from the State and from non-
member tuition as well as the decision not to sell a Mill
Street house in FY05 led to increased use of current -year
tuition in both FY05 and FY06.
The School Committee is very concerned about this trend
and has asked the Superintendent to develop a 5 -year finan-
cial plan, so that within five years there will be no need to
use current -year. One financial plan will be developed for a
school of the current size and another for a smaller school.
Some programs may have to be dropped. In addition, the
School Committee asked the Superintendent to lay out a
multi -year capital plan. The school opened in 1974 and
some major 30- year -old equipment must be replaced soon.
The School Committee also asked the Minuteman adminis-
tration to implement a professional accounting system and
to develop professional financial controls.
Enrollment: There is increasing enrollment from the mem-
ber towns — up 7% over last year and 36% since FY01.
Member towns provide only about 66% of the student
body. The declines in the out -of- district enrollment reflect
those school systems' desire to discourage students from
coming to Minuteman, often by offering so- called "equiva-
lent courses" at a collaborative. Minuteman's partnership
arrangements with Medford and Watertown have contin-
ued to be successful. The agreements set out tuition rates
and place a cap on the entering number of students as well
as a maximum on the total number of students, which
allows for better financial planning in the towns.
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Minuteman Regional High School continued from previous page
Starting in September, 19 Lexington High seniors began to
take a vocational elective for two hours each day at
Minuteman. This 3 -year successful collaboration between
Lexington High and Minuteman has spread. Both Belmont
and Wayland High Schools are sending students to
Minuteman for an elective course.
Special Ed: More and more Special Needs students are
attending Minuteman, thereby placing extra administrative
burdens on faculty and staff. So far this challenge has been
met with great success. Minuteman has one of the highest
levels of special education MCAS "pass" scores in the State.
Graduates and Honors
• At the 2005 State SkillsUSA conference, Minuteman
teacher Jannine Baker was honored as the "Advisor of the
Year." In addition, 22 Minuteman students claimed
medals 14 gold, 7 silver and 1 bronze. Stephen Willard
was honored for Web Design.
• At the 2005 graduation, Scott Donahue in Carpentry and
William Roome in Drafting and Design Technology
received the President's Award for Academic Excellence.
Christopher Williams received the President's Award for
Academic Achievement in Culinary Arts.
Lexington Community Education
ROLE: To offer lifelong learning to all by providing practical,
creative, and enjoyable educational opportunities at reason-
able cost. Courses for adults are offered in three sessions:
winter, spring, and fall. Classes are offered Monday through
Thursday, with most evening classes held at the High School.
Daytime programs are held at the Senior Center and other
locations around Town. The summer program,
Lexploration, is for students in kindergarten through high
school and is taught by Lexington Public School teachers.
Lexington Community Education is a self- sustaining, inte-
gral part of the Lexington Public School system.
STAFF: Director Robin Tartaglia; Assistant Director
Andrea Paquette; Administrative Assistant Katharine
Gorry- Hines.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Registered 3434 people, indicating strong community
interest. This number includes all registrations from the
three adult education semesters and the summer chil-
dren's program.
• Offered many new adult classes, including Poetry,
Publishing, Keeping Kids Safe Online, Web Design,
Haircutting, Getting a Job Over 50, How to Read Music,
PowerPoint, and German.
• Continued to offer free classes on issues of interest to the
community, such as Media Workshop for Families, Social
Security, and Identity Theft and Personal Privacy. Over
180 people participated in these classes.
• Lexplorations, the summer academic enrichment pro-
gram, had 92 weeklong classes and nearly 1100 registra-
tions. Classes for students entering kindergarten up to
10th grade included Nemo's World, Espanol Para
Pequenos, Creative Hands, Rain Forest, Singapalooza,
Wacky Olympics, Flute Fling, Anime, and From Trash to
Treasure. Almost 100 high school students volunteered as
aides in this program, earning an aggregate of 125 weeks
of community service credit. Nearly all summer teachers
are Lexington Public School teachers.
• Lexplorations scholarship assistance awarded to 20 fam-
ilies totaled close to $11,000.
• Continued a generous sliding scale tuition reduction pro-
gram for 38 ESL students.
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 51
LAND USE
Planning
ROLE: To engage
in both short and
long term plan-
ning in regard to
all growth and
development
issues and pro-
posals. Specific duties include: to prepare and implement the
Comprehensive Plan; to administer Subdivision Regulations
in accordance with state law; to review residential special per-
mit applications and unaccepted street applications; to par-
ticipate in inter -town land use projects; to provide technical
support and hearing functions for major rezoning/develop -
ment proposals and on citizen and owner - generated zoning
amendments; and to prepare the Planning Board's proposed
zoning initiatives and amendments. The Planning
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$167,224
$ 8,188
$178,487
$ 24,932
Personnel
Full Time
3.4
3.5
Department also acts as steward of the Zoning
Bylaw and Development Regulations, and as the
initiator of new policy proposals in housing, land
use, and transportation. Other duties include:
analyzing economic, demographic, and develop-
ment trends in Lexington and the region; assisting
the Planning Board, the Town Manager, town
departments and appointed committees; and
responding to requests for help and information
from a wide variety of parties.
ELECTED for 3 -year terms: Chair Wendy Manz,
Vice Chair Charles Horning, and Clerk Anthony
Galaitsis. Thomas Harden is the last of the Board
members to be elected to a 5 -year term replacing
John Davies. Richard Canale was appointed to
fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Karl
Kastorf in March.
APPOINTED by the Town Manager: Planning
Director Maryann McCall - Taylor, Senior
Planner Scott Schilt, Planner Eve Tapper, and
Department Clerk Elissa Tap.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Worked with the Housing Partnership Board and consul-
tant Phil Herr to draft an accessory apartment by -law to
replace the existing provisions. The new by -law, passed by
Town Meeting, includes provision for larger units by right
and in houses built as recently as five years ago instead of
only those houses built prior to 1983.
• In April, the Subsidized Housing Inventory surpassed ten
percent so the Town is no longer required by the State to
issue comprehensive permits for housing developments
under Chapter 40B. However, the Board continues its efforts
to produce affordable housing and will be submitting an
inclusionary housing by -law to next year's Town Meeting.
• The Town, along with the other Hanscom Area Town
Committee (HATS) communities, participated in pre -Base
Realignment and Closure planning. In the end, the
Hanscom Air Force Base was not on the list of closures,
although there will be some realignment of operations.
• Spent considerable time negotiating issues of site design
and mitigation with the proponent of the Battle Green Inn
redevelopment. The property was rezoned at the special
Town Meeting in November, having failed in its first
attempt at the Annual Town Meeting. The retail and com-
mercial condominiums will include three affordable hous-
ing units.
• The disposition of surplus state land became a major focus
when the Department of Capital Asset Management
(DCAM) considered using a fast track auction process for
Front L -R: Richard Canale, Charles Hornig, Wendy Manz, Tony
Galaitsis. Rear L -R: Elissa Tap, Department Clerk; Eve Tapper, Scott
Schilt, Tom Harden; Maryann McCall-Taylor.
Lot 1 of the former Middlesex Hospital. Considerable pub-
lic outcry, and intervention by the Town and local legislators,
resulted in DCAM agreeing to not use a fast track auction to
dispose of the site, and to do a site land use study prior to
taking any action. There are still legislative efforts underway
to control the disposition of state surplus property.
• Advised the Zoning Board of Appeals on, and did a site
plan review of, the redevelopment of the Jefferson Union
factory on Fletcher Avenue. Utilizing the substitution of
non - conforming use provision of the Zoning By -Law, the
factory use will be replaced by residential condominiums.
• The Marrett/Spring/Bridge intersection is being studied using
a consultant funded by Patriot Partners as part of their miti-
gation package for the redevelopment of the former
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Page 52 2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
6uHagel S pined :ologd
Planning Board continued from previous page
Raytheon site. Phase 1, an intensive public review of the pos-
sible options at the intersection, culminated in a public meet-
ing with more than 90 participants. Phase 2 is in process.
• Working with the Housing Partnership, the Board has
drafted an inclusionary zoning amendment to be present-
ed at the 2006 Town Meeting.
• Inter -town and regional involvement included work on
Scenic Byway designation for the Battle Road, a grant for
a Heritage Landscape inventory, and ongoing MAGIC
sub - regional planning efforts.
• Began a review of planning policies and guidelines, adopt-
ing a policy on naming of streets and guidelines for
reduced frontage subdivisions.
Conventional Subdivisions
— Rowland Avenue Extension, 2 lots, definitive plan
approved
— Wisteria Lane, off Colony Road, 3 lots, definitive plan
approved
— 112 Laconia Street, Solly's Way, 2 lots, definitive plan
approved
— 176 Cedar Street, 14 lots, preliminary plan approved
— 1359 Massachusetts Avenue, 1 lot, 2 sketch plans
— 61 Walnut Street (former Midddlesex County
Hospital), 19 units, sketch plan
— 177 Grove Street, 4 units, definitive plan, followed by
sketch plan for a cluster
— 48 Summit Road — asked to submit a second prelimi-
nary plan, time in which to act expired, and the appli-
cation for approval was denied without prejudice
Reduced Frontage Subdivisions
- 40 Middleby Road, 2 lots, sketch plan
Cluster Subdivision
- 31 -35 Cary Avenue, definitive plan approved
Approval Not Required Plan Endorsements
— 27 Elliot Street
— 169 North Street
— 67 -69 Woburn Street
— 330 Woburn Street /Lexington Street
— Hayes Lane and Fletcher Avenue
— 33 and 29 Prospect Hill Road
— Piper Road
— 20 Slocum Road
Determinations of Adequacy of Grade and
Construction
— 33 Wachusett Drive
— 21 Fairland Street
— Candlewick Close
— 17 Clelland Road
— 14 Bird Hill Road
Comprehensive Permits (40B and LIP)
— Piper Road — only preliminary inquiries, never filed
— Grandview Avenue — reviewed by Board, denied by
the Zoning Board of Appeals; negotiations among the
applicant and the abutters are ongoing.
Board of Appeals
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$ 0
$ 0
$33,920
$ 0
Personnel
Full -time
0
1
ROLE: To grant variances from the
Zoning Bylaw, issue special permits
for uses or construction as authorized
by the Zoning Bylaw, and hear
appeals of decisions by the Building
Commissioner and Zoning
Enforcement Officer.
Front L -R: Maura Sheehan, John McWeeney, Arthur Smith, Dianne Cornaro, Leo
McSweeney, Nyles Barnert. Rear L -R Daniel Lucas, Martha Wood, Carolyn Wilson.
APPOINTED by the Selectmen as a quasi- judicial board
consisting of five members with six associate members:
Chair Judith Uhrig, Vice Chairman Arthur Smith, Clerk
John McWeeney Nyles Barnert and Maura Sheehan.
Associates David Williams, Carolyn Wilson, Martha Wood,
Daniel Lucas, John Gilbert and Leo McSweeney.
Administrative Clerk Dianne Cornaro.
continued on next page
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Page 53
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Board of Appeals continued from previous page
HIGHLIGHTS
• Conducted 68 hearings.
• Reviewed 36 applications for variances, and 26 applica-
tions for Special Permits, 3 special permit renewals, 1
revision of a Special Permit, 1 modification of a Special
Permit.
• Overturned 2 appeals from Building Commissioner and
Zoning Enforcement Officer decisions.
• Heard 1 petition for a Special Permit with Site Plan
Review on projects approved by the Annual Town
Meeting.
2005 Hearings
Address of Hearing:
10 Grove Street
10 Maguire Road
107 Woburn Street
109 Bow Street
12 Smith Avenue
125 Worthen Road
13 White Pine Lane
1361 Mass. Ave.
14 Sherman Street
1430 Mass. Ave.
16 Hayden Avenue
1666 Massachusetts Avenue
17 Clelland Road
1728 Massachusetts Avenue
177 Bedford Street
18 Hickory Street
193 Burlington Street
2 Forbes Road
205 Follen Road
21 Cliffe Avenue
21 Ingleside Road
21 Worthen Road
22 Fletcher Avenue
27 Muzzey Street
27 Vinebrook Road
29 Tucker Avenue
30 Greenwood Street
30 Lillian Road
Type of Hearing
• Denied 1 Comprehensive Permit (M.G.L. Ch. 40B) appli-
cation (Grandview) to allow construction of residential
developments of multi - family rental units in multiple
buildings (of which at least 25% would be affordable
units) .
The Board remains indebted to the Communication
Advisory Committee and the Design Advisory Committee
for advice and assistance throughout the year.
Decision
Variance
Special Permit
Variance
Variance
Variance
Special Permit
Variance
Variance
Variance /Special Permit
Variance
Rev. of Special Permit dated August 21, 1997
Special Permit
Variance /Special Permit
Appeal of Decision
Special Permit
Variance
Variance
Special Permit
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Withdrew without Prejudice
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Judgment Overturned
Approved with Conditions
Approved
Approved
Variance
Variance
Variance
Modification of existing Special Permit
Variance
Special Permit
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Denied
Variance
Variance
Variance
Variance
30 Lillian Road
Variance
301 Massachusetts Avenue
Renewal of Special Permit
Approved with Conditions
Approved
Approved
Approved
Front - Approved, Denied
driveway & retaining wall
Withdrawn without Prejudice
Approved with Conditions
continued on next page
Page 54 2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Board of Appeals — 2005 Hearings continued from previous page
Address of Hearing: Type of Hearing Decision
31 Fletcher Avenue Special Permit Approved
32 Percy Road Variance Approved
33 Hayden Avenue Special Permit Approved
365 -367 Waltham Street Variance Withdrawn without Prejudice
4 Maguire Road Special Permit Approved
4 Oakland Street Variance Approved
4 Ward Street Variance Approved
41 Ledgelawn Avenue Variance Approved
41 Waltham Street Special Permit Approved with Conditions
43 Woburn Street Variance /Special Permit Approved
440 Bedford Street Special Permit Approved with Conditions
46 Spring Street Variance Approved
47 Tarbell Avenue Variance Withdrawn without Prejudice
475 Bedford Street Special Permit Renewal Approved
482 Bedford Street Special Permit Approved
5 Bruce Road Variance
5 Fulton Road Special Permit
50 Robbins Road Variance
54 Munroe Road Variance
6 Moon Hill Road Variance
63 Harding Road Special Permit
66 Meriam Street Variance
675 Waltham Street Renewal Special Permit
68 Ward Street Special Permit
7 Pleasant Street Special Permit
7 Pleasant Street Variance
75 Concord Avenue Special Permit
76 Bedford Street, Unit 1 Special Permit
79 Robbins Road Variance
8 Fletcher Avenue Variance
927 -945 Waltham Street Renewal of Special Permit
93 Massachusetts Avenue Special Permit
93 Massachusetts Avenue Special Permit
959 Waltham Street
Grandview
Special Permit
Comprehensive Permit
Lincoln Street, Map 50, Lot 20 Special Permit
Valleyfield Street, Lot 47B
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Withdrawn without Prejudice
Approved
Approved
Approved
Denied
Denied
Approved with Conditions
Withdrawn without Prejudice
Withdrawn without Prejudice
Approved
Continued
Approved
Appeal of a Decision Overturned
Waltham Street, Map 5, Parcel 11A
Special Permit Approved with Conditions
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 55
Regional Planning
Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
ROLE of MAPC: As the regional planning agency repre-
senting 101 communities in the metropolitan Boston area,
including Lexington, to serve as a forum for state and local
officials to address regional issues. Council members col-
laborate in the development of comprehensive plans and
recommendations in areas of population and employment,
transportation, economic development, regional growth,
and the environment. MAPC is one of the 17 members of
the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization. MAPC is
also the federally designated economic development district
for the region, responsible for creating an annual economic
development plan. The Council provides technical assis-
tance and professional resources in land use, the environ-
ment, housing, transportation, water resources manage-
ment, economic development, demographic and socioeco-
nomic data, legislative policy, and inter -local partnerships
which strengthen the efficient and effective operation of
local governments.
APPOINTED by the Town Manager as MAPC Lexington
Representative: Richard Canale.
MAPC Minuteman Advisory Group on Interlocal
Coordination (MAGIC)
ROLE of MAGIC: As one of MAPC's eight subregions, to
discuss and work on issues of interlocal concern. Other
MAGIC towns are: Acton, Bedford, Bolton, Boxborough,
Carlisle, Concord, Hudson, Lincoln, Littleton, Maynard,
and Stow. MAGIC participates in the Boston Metropolitan
Planning Organization through its membership on the
Regional Transportation Advisory Council.
APPOINTED by the Selectmen as MAGIC Representatives:
Jeanne Krieger and Richard Canale who was elected to
chair the group.
Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization
(MPO)
ROLE of Boston MPO: Comprising seven state /regional
agencies, six elected municipalities, the City of Boston, the
Regional Transportation Advisory Council (ex officio), the
Federal Highway Administration (ex officio), and the
Federal Transit administration (ex officio), to consolidate
transportation planning for a large portion of eastern
Massachusetts for a variety of transportation modes and
facilities, and to carry out the federally mandated trans-
portation planning process for the region. The Boston MPO
is responsible for producing three key Certification
Documents: Regional Transportation Plan (RTP),
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), and Unified
Planning Work Program (UPWP). Barbara Lucas represents
the MAPC on the Boston MPO and its Planning and
Program Committee, of which she is Vice Chair.
Regional Transportation Advisory Council
ROLE of Regional Transportation Advisory Council: To
provide public policy advice to the Boston MPO members
on regional transportation issues and specific MPO actions.
The Council is composed of 60 representatives from cities
and towns, MAPC subregions, professional transportation
and planning associations, advocacy and advisory groups,
transportation providers, and various state and regional
agencies. Lexington is one of the 11 Town members.
APPOINTED by the Selectmen as Lexington's Representative
to the Regional Transportation Advisory Council:
Transportation Coordinator Gail Wagner. Richard Canale
represents MAGIC on transportation issues as the subre-
gion's representative and serves as chair of the Advisory
Council's Program Committee.
MAPC
• Richard Canale helped shape MAPC's positions on dispo-
sition of state surplus land, recommendations to the
Department of Defense's Base Realignment and Closure
Plan, and other policy decisions and actions that could
affect Lexington.
• Completed Phase 2 of MetroFuture: Making a Greater
Boston Region, a unique, multi -year, collaboration to
develop a regional plan that addresses present and future
challenges and opportunities. The MetroFuture team com-
pleted an analysis, using past and current trends, to pro-
ject our likely future in the project's five study areas:
People and Communities; Buildings and Landscapes; Air,
Water, and Wildlife; Getting Around; and Prosperity. The
Lexington MAPC representative is contributing to the
design and structure of this process as a member of the
Steering Committee.
• Collaborated with Lexington on population, employment,
and household forecasts to be used in future planning
studies.
• Lexington's MAPC representative and other Lexington
representatives participated in several MAPC workshops
on population and employment, transportation, economic
development, housing, regional growth, and the environ-
ment.
MAGIC
• Conducted a Forum on Emergency Preparedness.
Presenters represented the Northeast Homeland Security
Council, MEMA, Department of Public Health
Emergency Preparedness Region 4A, and FEMA, who dis-
cussed their purview and role, activities, plans, proce-
dures, and links to other components of the emergency
preparedness picture. Participants included Lexington's
Town Manager, Fire Chief, Police representative, and
DPW Director.
• FEMA has approved funding MAPC's application for a
project that will result in a Regional A11- Hazard
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Regional Planning continued from previous page
Mitigation Plan for the 12 MAGIC towns plus 16 neigh-
boring cities and towns. Under the grant, MAPC will
work with the communities to identify areas at risk of
damage from natural hazards, evaluate existing protection
measures, and develop a multiple- hazard mitigations strat-
egy to reduce future damages.
• Conducted two forums with area State legislators on
issues of concern to MAGIC.
• Hosted a roundtable for MAGIC town planners and poli-
cy makers. Selectman Jeanne Krieger and Town Planner
Maryann McCall - Taylor represented Lexington.
• Discussed potential impacts of regional development pro-
posals within the area, discussed the regional significance
and value of Hanscom Air Force Base and recommended
to the BRAC Commission that they accept the HATS /State
Defense Technology Initiative recommendations.
• Responded to the Governor's draft 20 -Year State
Transportation Plan, noting that, "the presence of
Hanscom in our subregion makes us especially conscious
of air and passenger rail issues and how they relate both to
the regional road network and to the larger New England
context. From this perspective, we are still awaiting a true
multi -modal long range integrated transportation plan
and encourage the Administration to expand the draft
plan to take on this challenge."
Historic Districts Commission
ROLE: To promote the educational,
cultural, economic and general wel-
fare of the public through the preser-
vation and protection of historic
buildings, places and districts.
APPOINTED by the Selectmen for
overlapping 5 -year terms: two candi-
dates nominated by the Lexington
Historical Society, one candidate
nominated by the Lexington Arts
and Crafts Society, Inc., one candi-
date nominated by the Trustees of
the Cary Memorial Library and one
selected at large by the Selectmen.
Chair Joann Gschwendtner;
Commissioners Ian Adamson, Mark
DiNapoli, Lynn Hopkins and Joseph
Welch; Associate Commissioners:
Daniel Griffin, Jr., James Lee, Greta
Rothman, and Carl Oldenburg.
Chairman Joann Gschwendtner's
term ended December 31; she had
served on the Commission for 12
years.
Front L -R: Joseph Welch, Joann Gschwendtner, Lynn Hopkins, Carl Oldenburg.
L -R: Mark DiNapoli, Ian Adamson, Daniel Griffin, Jr. and James Lee.
HEARINGS
Held 119 hearings: 49 formal, 29 informal, 40 continued,
and 1 special informal.
Issued 69 Certificates of Appropriateness, one Denial and 2
Extensions of Time to Certificates of Appropriateness.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Held a special informal meeting with the Capital
Expenditures Committee, Permanent Building Committee,
and the School Committee to review preliminary designs
for the School Administration Building.
Rear
• Held an informal meeting with the developers of the spe-
cial needs housing at the Lexington Press on Oakland
Street, an important project in the Lexington Center area.
• Continued to work with businesses on signage issues and
with homeowners on additions. Commission members
continue to meet on -site with many applicants to try to
help them through the design process and through prob-
lem areas.
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JANUARY
FORMAL HEARINGS
475A Massachusetts Avenue — Robert Gulick received
approval for window replacement. Certificate No. 2005C -01.
1347 Massachusetts Avenue — William Erickson, represent-
ing Eileen Reynolds and Dan Deschler, received approval
for additional windows in rear and porch enclosure.
Certificate No. 2005C -02.
FEBRUARY
FORMAL HEARINGS
1793 Massachusetts Avenue — Robert Thompson, repre-
senting Brookline Bank, received approval for signage.
Certificate No. 2005C -03.
1781 Massachusetts Avenue — Tom Dunn, representing
Cambridge Savings Bank, requested a double -face non- illumi-
nated blade sign; request denied. Certificate No. 2005C -04.
1145 Massachusetts Avenue - Michael and Diane Mooney
received approval to remove existing Anderson window
and to replace with a Marvin wood bay window. Certificate
No. 2005C -05.
15 -19 Depot Square - Julie Supple, representing Depot
Realty Trust, received approval for free - standing sign.
Certificate 2005C -06.
INFORMAL HEARINGS
1720 Massachusetts Avenue - Eric Shapiro, AKA Battle
Green Inn, presented updated plans and elevations for con-
dominium development project.
14 Waltham Street — Carrie Thenen, representing Jewels
from the Crown, presented plans for new signage.
15 Meriam Street — Robert and Judith Sacco discussed exte-
rior architectural changes to siding and windows.
MARCH
FORMAL HEARINGS
13 Depot Square — Carla Fortmann, representing Lexington
Historical Society, received approval to hang a temporary
banner for the month of April. Certificate No. 2005C -07.
840 Massachusetts Avenue — John and Judi Brosner
received approval to repaint home subject to on -site
approval by Joseph Welch and James Lee of painted sample
area. Certificate No. 2005C -08.
15 Meriam Street — Robert Sacco received approval to
remove siding, replacing with cedar clapboards to main
body of house and scallop cedar shingles on gables; to
replace storm windows and sills; and to replace flowerbox
window. Certificate No. 2005C -09. House paint color con-
tinued.
14 Waltham Street — Carrie Thenan, representing Jewels
from the Crown received sign approval. Certificate No.
2005C -10.
1793 Massachusetts Avenue — Robert Thompson, repre-
senting Brookline Bank, received approval for signage.
Certificate No. 2005C -11.
11 Hancock Avenue — Upesh Patel received approval to
change window on gable at end of garage to two windows
and add 7 -lite transom unit over garage doors. Certificate
No. 2005C -12.
INFORMAL HEARINGS
1733 Massachusetts Avenue — Reese Schroeder, represent-
ing Jasmine Sola, presented plans for exterior architectural
changes.
3 -5 Bedford Street — Matt Custance, representing Masonic
Temple, presented plans for replacement for doors and
hardware.
1720 Massachusetts Avenue — Eric Shapiro, AKA Battle
Green Inn, presented updated plans and elevations for con-
dominium development project.
APRIL
FORMAL HEARINGS
41 Waltham Street — Applicant withdrew application.
3 -5 Bedford Street — Matthew Custance, representing the
Lexington Masonic Temple, received approval for custom
exterior doors and hardware. Certificate No. 2005C -13.
1751 Massachusetts Avenue — Reese Schroeder, represent-
ing Jasmine Sola, received approval for exterior architectur-
al changes to the storefront and signage. Certificate No.
2005C -14. Hearing continued for lighting.
13 Depot Square — David Wells received approval for brick
work at the front and sides, as well as for fencing.
Certificate No. 2005C -15. Hearing continued for ground
covers and dimensions.
INFORMAL HEARINGS
1361 Massachusetts Avenue — Steven Breitenfeld presented
preliminary drawings for a rear porch and a carriage house.
1756 Massachusetts Avenue — Karen Blake and Pat
Valentine presented preliminary plans for planters.
1557 Massachusetts Avenue — David Handlin presented
photos and prospective general ideas for the rehabilitation
of the School Administration Building for presentation to
Town Meeting.
1720 Massachusetts Avenue — Eric Shapiro of Battle Green
Inn and his partners discussed idea changes to the plans pre-
sented to Town Meeting.
MAY
FORMAL HEARINGS
1756 Massachusetts Avenue — Karen Blake, representing
Valentines, requested and received a continuance until June,
2005.
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Historic District Commission continued from previous page
1361 Massachusetts Avenue - Steven Breitenfeld received
approval to replace asphalt roof shingles and to relocate and
bury utility lines. Certificate No. 2005C -14. Porch and car-
riage housework continued waiting for more detailed plans.
1751 Massachusetts Avenue — Reese Schroeder, represent-
ing Jasmine Sola, did not attend hearing.
13 Depot Square — David Wells, representing Lexington
Historical Society received approval for lawn planting, in-
ground irrigation and brick sidewalk. Certificate No.
2005C -15.
1727 Massachusetts Avenue — Kathleen Wentworth, repre-
senting Not Your Average Joe's, received approval for a new
umbrella color and for the front wrought iron railings.
Certificate No. 2005C -16. Signage continued.
INFORMAL HEARINGS
703 Massachusetts Avenue — Steven Breitenfeld, represent-
ing Waldorf School, presented preliminary drawings for
exterior architectural changes. Will come before Board for
formal in June.
12 Hancock Street - Sally DeGan, representing John and
Courtney Michaud, did not attend hearing.
45 Bedford Street — Peter Chalpin, representing the Town of
Lexington, presented preliminary plans to add a brick walk-
way and re -grade at door in front of the Fire Station.
1888 Massachusetts Avenue — David Pronchick discussed
plans for exterior architectural changes.
72 Waltham Street — Eric Zanin presented plans for exteri-
or architectural changes.
Massachusetts Avenue and Waltham Street — Catherine
Hunter, representing Lexington Center Art Walk came
before the Commission to discuss hanging banners from
light poles in Lexington Center to advertise merchants par-
ticipating in the Art Walk. The Board does not approve
banners on light -poles and discussed other possibilities for
advertising.
1430 Massachusetts Avenue — Chris Connor presented
ideas for landscape design changes.
JUNE
FORMAL HEARINGS
45 Bedford Street — Peter Chalpin, representing the Town of
Lexington, received approval for new door hardware, a
brick walkway and to re -grade front entryway of the Fire
Station. Certificate No. 2005C -19.
17 Hancock Street — Marilyn Pike received approval for a
fireplace flute. Certificate No. 2005C -20.
41 Waltham Street - Bill Ravenis, representing 1920 Realty
Trust, was denied signage changes.
1666 Massachusetts Avenue — Sharon Spaulding, representing
signage for Oriental Rug Importers, was continued until July.
72 Waltham Street — Eric Zanin requested to be continued
until July.
1888 Massachusetts Avenue — David Pronchick received
approval for a new back door on wing to the right of house,
second walkway to be eliminated to right entry and for a
new front light over entry way. Certificate No. 2005C -21.
Work on walkway replacement, back patio and brick stairs
was continued.
1430 Massachusetts Avenue — Chris Connor received
approval for landscape design changes. Certificate No.
2005C -22.
703 Massachusetts Avenue — Steven Breitenfeld, represent-
ing Waldorf School, received approval to remove part of the
asphalt driveway, replace fencing, install new ramp, install
brick walkways, change storm windows and move sign to
side of building. Certificate No. 2005C -23.
1 Hunt Road - Mary Speare received approval for an air
conditioning condenser and a fence. Certificate No. 2005C-
24. Shingles for roofing continued.
1756 Massachusetts Avenue — Karen Blake, representing
Valentines, received a continuance until July.
1361 Massachusetts Avenue - Steven Breitenfeld received
approval for porch and carriage house design. Certificate
No. 2005C -25.
1727 Massachusetts Avenue — Kathleen Wentworth, repre-
senting Not Your Average Joe's, continued until July.
32 -42 Worthen Road - Tom Fenn, representing Battle Green
Apartments, received approval for landscape design
changes. Certificate No. 2005C -26.
INFORMAL HEARINGS
12 Hancock Street — Ian Raum did not attend.
20 -22 Spencer — Laurie Sickles, a possible buyer for the
property came before Commission to discuss options for
renovations.
JULY
FORMAL HEARINGS
1853 Massachusetts Avenue — Jean - Claude Massad, repre-
senting Candy Castle, requested hearing continued until
August 4.
926 Massachusetts Avenue - Patricia Thomas received
approval for a walkway, driveway and play -set. Certificate
No. 2005C -28.
13 Depot Square — David Wells, representing Lexington
Historical Society did not attend.
1 Hunt Road - Mary Speare received approval for
CertainTeed architectural shingles for roofing. Certificate
No. 2005C- 29.
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Historic District Commission continued from previous page
1727 Massachusetts Avenue — Steve Silverstein, represent-
ing Not Your Average Joe's, received approval for signage
and change in door color. Certificate No. 2005C -30. Rear
signage continued.
72 Waltham Street - Eric Zanin received approval for a
front porch, deck and shed. Certificate No. 2005C -31.
1888 Massachusetts Avenue — David Pronchick received
approval for new light by back patio, brick walkway and
patio area. Certificate No. 2005C -32.
18 Hancock Street — Cynthia Curtner discussed roofing and
steps with Commission. Hearing continued until August 4.
1347 Massachusetts Avenue - William Erickson, represent-
ing Eileen Reynolds, received approval for windows.
Certificate No. 2005C -33.
32 -42 Worthen Road — Tom Fenn, representing Battle
Green Apartments received approval for plumbing vents.
Certificate No. 2005C -34
1756 Massachusetts Avenue - Karen Blake, representing
Valentine's, did not attend.
INFORMALS
1730 Massachusetts Avenue — Raychel Greenwald came
before the Commission to discuss signage.
AUGUST
FORMAL HEARINGS
1730 Massachusetts Avenue — Raychel Greenwald, repre-
senting Dahn Yoga Center, discussed signage. Hearing con-
tinued.
41 -49 Waltham Street - Claudio Sierra, representing Turro
Italiano, received approval for signage and roof venting.
Certificate No. 2005C -35.
41 Waltham Street — Jordan Tobins and Joshua Huggard,
representing The Upper Crust, received approval for sig-
nage. Certificate No. 2005C -36. Roof venting continued.
59 Forest Street — F. William Smith received approval for
driveway renovations. Certificate No. 2005C -37.
1666 Massachusetts Avenue - Sharon Spaulding of
Spaulding Management, representing Lexx, received
approval for outdoor tables and chairs on south side of the
building. Certificate No. 2005C -38.
13 Depot Square — David Wells, representing Lexington
Historical Society received approval for brick walkways
and bluestone patio. Certificate No. 2005C -39.
18 Hancock Street — Cynthia Curtner received approval for
roofing shingles and house color change. Certificate No.
2005C -40. Hearing continued for windows and side stairs.
1888 Massachusetts Avenue — David Pronchick received
approval for steps, fieldstone walls, and bluestone patio
area. Certificate No. 2005C- 41.
25 Waltham Street - Steven Hurley, representing Coldwell
Bankers, received approval for new door and light fixture.
Certificate No. 2005C -42.
INFORMALS
1666 Massachusetts Avenue - Sharon Spaulding of
Spaulding Management, representing Boston Private Bank
and Trust Company, discussed signage.
12 Bedford Street — Donald Parilla came before
Commission to discuss driveway.
SEPTEMBER
FORMAL HEARINGS
1666 Massachusetts Avenue - Sharon Spaulding of
Spaulding Management, representing Boston Private Bank
and Trust Company received approval for signage.
Certificate No. 2005C -43.
12 Bedford Street — Donald and Lodia Parilla received
approval for driveway and front -step renovations.
Certificate No. 2005C -44.
10 Bedford Street — William and Janet Erickson continued
hearing until October.
6 Hancock Avenue — Melissa Broderick received approval
for color change. Certificate No. 2005C -45.
2030 Massachusetts Avenue - Susan Kimberly Woodard
received approval for windows and doors changes.
Certificate No. 2005C -46. Storm doors continued.
13 Depot Square — David Wells, representing Lexington
Historical Society did not attend.
41 Waltham Street — Jordan Tobins and Joshua Huggard,
representing The Upper Crust, received approval for roof
venting. Certificate No. 2005C -47.
18 Hancock Street — Cynthia Curtner received approval for
walkway and door. Certificate No. 2005C -48. Hearing con-
tinued for windows, screening for barrels, side stairs and deck.
1888 Massachusetts Avenue — David Pronchick received
approval for 2 -foot stonewall and amended certificate from
August to read 4 -foot wall at end of driveway. Certificate
No. 2005C -49.
INFORMALS
15 -19 Depot Square — Julie Supple, representing Depot
Realty Trust, discussed patio renovations.
OCTOBER
FORMAL HEARINGS
11 Brigham Road — Kate and Kevin McCary received
approval to change the color of house, trim and door and to
replace shutters and garage door. Certificate No. 2005C -50.
3 Fletcher Avenue — John Day continued hearing until
November.
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Historic District Commission continued from previous page
1932 Massachusetts Avenue — Gary Larson, representing
Joseph and Molly Nye, received approval for a new drive-
way with turn - around, deck and granite steps at side entry.
Certificate No. 2005C -51.
1840 Massachusetts Avenue — Carolyn Parker, representing
TD Banknorth, continued hearing until November.
15 -19 Depot Square — Julie Supple, representing Depot
Realty Trust, continued hearing until November.
975 -977 Massachusetts Avenue — Patricia Ardito received
approval for paint color change. Certificate No. 2005C -52.
45 Bedford Street — Mike Flamang, representing the Town
of Lexington, received approval for new walkway.
Certificate No. 2005C -53.
2030 Massachusetts Avenue — Susan Kimberly Woodard
did not attend.
10 Bedford Street — William and Janet Erickson received
approval for a rear addition of a porch. Certificate No.
2005C -54. Joan Gschwendtner recused herself from this
hearing. James Lee stood in her place.
18 Hancock Street — Mirek Sococinski, representing
Cynthia Curtner, received approval for back porch, deck
and front porch. Certificate No. 2005C -55. Hearing con-
tinued for windows, screening for barrels.
11 Harrington Road — Thomas Sheedy came to discuss
working toward a resolution of the downspouts and gutters
from appealed decision of November 14, 2002; Certificate
No. 2002C -81. Joann Gcshwendtner recused herself from
this hearing; James Lee stood in her place. Continued.
INFORMALS
1454 Massachusetts Avenue — Bart Graf discussed adding a
garage.
21 Follen Road — Donna Bosco, representing the Sacred
Heart Church, discussed temporary signage.
Commission went into Executive Session to discuss the legal
case of 11 Harrington Road with Town Counsel, Jonathan
Elder from Palmer and Dodge.
NOVEMBER
FORMAL HEARINGS
1358 Massachusetts Avenue — Lynn Hopkins, representing
Dr. and Mrs. Pradeep Dilwali, received approval to widen
driveway. Certificate No. 2005C -56.
1776 Massachusetts Avenue - James Gray Wagner, repre-
senting Citizens Bank, received approval for signage.
Certificate No. 2005C -57.
1713 Massachusetts Avenue — Max Jordan, representing
Salter and Kahn, hearing on building repairs continued.
1314 Massachusetts Avenue — William Trautman received
approval to install two condensers for air - conditioning and
replace two heat pipes. Certificate Number 2005C -58.
33 Bedford Street — Sharon Spaulding, representing
Liberties Condominium, received approval on ADA entry-
ways. Certificate 2005C -59.
1666 Massachusetts Avenue — Sharon Spaulding of
Spaulding Management, representing Boston Private Bank,
received approval for signage. Certificate No. 2005C -60.
3 Fletcher Avenue — John Day, representing Lexington
Federal Credit Union, received approval for replacement of
basement windows. Certificate No. 2005C -61.
1840 Massachusetts Avenue — Carolyn Parker, representing
TD Banknorth, received approval for signage. Certificate
No. 2005C -62.
13 Depot Square — William Mix, representing Lexington
Historical Society, received approval for brick walkway.
Certificate No. 2005C -63.
INFORMALS
1720 Massachusetts Avenue - Eric Rhodin and Gwen Noyes
presented new plans for Lexington Commons to be pre-
sented at the November Town Meeting.
DECEMBER
FORMAL HEARINGS
17 Hancock Street — Marilyn Pike received approval for
window replacement. Certificate No. 2005C -65.
1730 Massachusetts Avenue — Pamela Shadley, representing
Shadley Associates, PC, received approval for signs.
Certificate No. 2005C -66. Joel Werrick, representing JJ 8�
R Realty, continued hearing for removal of casement win-
dows on second floor.
856 Massachusetts Avenue — Roman Legocki, representing
Personal Cleaners and Tailors, received approval for new
signage. Certificate No. 2005C -67.
1314 Massachusetts Avenue — Nancy Trautman received
approval to replace driveway side of roof. Number 2005C-
68.
1358 Massachusetts Avenue — Lynn Hopkins, representing
Dr. and Mrs. Pradeep Dilwali, received approval to change
windows in kitchen. Certificate No. 2005C -69.
840 Massachusetts Avenue — Judi Brosnan received
approval for paint color change. Certificate No. 2005C- 64.
INFORMALS
7 -9 Oakland Street — David Buckley, representing
Supportive Living, Inc., discussed preliminary plans for
home for brain - damaged adults.
1454 Massachusetts Avenue — Bart Graf did not attend due
to illness.
15 -17 Depot Square — William Crosby of Crosby Signs, rep-
resenting Helen Edwards of ReMax Premier Properties, dis-
cussed new signage.
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David S. Tabeling
Lexington Historical Commission
ROLE: To preserve and protect historically and architec-
turally significant buildings and sites in Lexington; to advise
the Building Inspector about issuing demolition permits for
significant buildings; and to support efforts to nominate
buildings for the National Register of Historic Places main-
tained by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
APPOINTED by the Town Manager for 3 -year terms:
Chair David Kelland, Marilyn Fenollosa, Frank Kern, Tom
Taylor, and Sally Zimmerman.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Maintained the Comprehensive Cultural Resources
Survey, at present nine volumes, which lists the histori-
cally and architecturally important buildings and areas in
Lexington dating from the earliest period to the 19th and
20th centuries. Grants from the Massachusetts Historical
Commission, the Town, and the Trustees of Public Trusts
have made it possible for the Commission to bring the
Survey up to date. The Survey is available at Cary
Memorial Library and the Planning Office in the Town
Office Building and is used by historians, students, home-
owners, businesses, and real estate professionals for the
added value of historical properties.
• Maintained a Cumulative Index to facilitate the use of the
Comprehensive Cultural Resources Survey. This index
has been distributed to all real estate offices in Lexington
and is available in the Planning Office and in the office of
the Building Inspector as well as from the Commission. In
2005, the Commission added a list of additional buildings
being considered for inclusion in the survey. All buildings
in the survey or on this additional list are subject to a
public hearing before demolition approval.
• Researched the history and architecture of several houses for
which demolition applications had been presented. The
Commission members, all volunteers, regularly consult with
homeowners, builders, and developers on questions of sensi-
tive restorations of important buildings. Procedures for mak-
ing presentations at public hearings before the Commission
have been developed and are available to applicants.
Guidelines for what constitutes demolition also have been
developed. The Commission inspects and photographs all
buildings subject to a demolition application.
Design Advisory Committee
Front L -R: Elizabeth
Creager, Eric Brown,
Whitman, Greg Zurlo, Colin
Ginna Johnson, Alenka Slezak.
Smith. Rear
L -R: Bruce
ROLE: To assist the Selectmen and other boards and people in the Town
in applying professional design standards to new structures, renova-
tions, signage, lighting, and landscape improvements.
APPOINTED by Selectmen for 1 -year terms: Chair Colin Smith
replaced Carl Oldenburg in October, Eric Brown, Bruce Creager, Parker
Hirtle, Bahig Kaldas, Alenka Slezak, Greg Zurlo, Virginia Johnson.
Associate Members: John Frey, and Betsy
Whitman. Planning Board Liaison Wendy Manz
and Selectmen Liaison Peter Kelley.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Recommended to Board of Appeals approval
for:
31 Fletcher Avenue / Jefferson Unions
Building
- Wireless communications antennae:
- 75 Concord Avenue
- On water tanks near Morgan Road
- 177 Bedford Street
- Signage in various locations:
- 4 Maguire Road
- 33 Hayden Road
- Office building on Waltham Street
• Participated as a member committee of the
Lexington Center Collaborative and in the
design charrette in June.
• Developed designs for public pedestrian walk-
ways, parking improvements, and landscap-
ing.
• Reviewed and commented on the design of the
Battle Green Inn redevelopment.
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Office of Community Development - Building Division
ROLE: To enforce
the State Building
Code, Uniform
State Plumbing
and Gas Code,
State Mechanical
Code, State Elec-
trical Code, Lex-
ington Zoning Bylaws, and Architectural Access
Regulations involving handicapped accessibility to buildings
and issues regarding such requirements. This involves plan
review, permit issuance, and inspection of all building, electri-
cal, plumbing, gas and mechanical construction in the Town,
including new structures, additions, alterations, and repairs.
The Sealer of Weights 8c Measures determines the accuracy of
all weights and measuring devices in commercial and public
use within the Town.
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$287,316
$ 42,131
$313,594
$ 38,152
Personnel
Full Time
4
4
Part Time
2
2
Board
APPOINTED by the Town Manager: Building Commissioner
Steven Frederickson, P.E., a full -time Inspector of Wires,
Plumbing/Gas /Mechanical Inspector and Department Clerk as
well as a part -time Building Inspector and part -time Zoning
Enforcement Officer /Sealer of Weights and Measures.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Permit activity continued at a high level, with a total of
1126 building permits issued.
• Construction began on a large addition at Brookhaven on
Waltham Street. Construction began and was completed
for a new building at MIT Lincoln Lab on Wood Street.
Construction continued for tenant improvements, demoli-
tion and alterations at 131 Spring Street, the former site of
Raytheon. Minor demolition began in preparations for
alterations at 31 Fletcher Avenue, the former site of
Jefferson Union.
• Construction was completed at the new Harrington
School. The old Fiske School was demolished and con-
struction began for the new Fiske School.
• Construction is nearly complete for the new building at
Grace Chapel.
• Construction continued on dwellings at Cider Mill Road,
and construction began on houses at the new Luongo
Farm Lane off of Pleasant Street.
• The demolition of existing houses and the construction of
new larger houses on scattered sites continued. Permits
were issued to demolish 82 existing houses, while permits
were issued for the construction of 80 new single - family
dwellings and 2 new two - family dwellings.
• Demolition permits were issues for 775 Trapelo Road, the
site of the old Metropolitan State Hospital, in preparation
for a large new residential project by Avalon.
• A gas explosion destroyed a home at 3 Hancock Avenue.
As a result of the explosion, 1400 gas customers were
impacted and the gas inspector needed to inspect approx-
imately 200 homes. Inspectors from across the State assist-
ed during this crisis.
Year
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
Bldg.
1126
1124
984
1035
899
Elec.
1332
1170
1039
1141
1018
Plumbing/
Gas
2067
1786
1353
1111
1043
Actual construction valuation is higher
Total Permit Activity
Reported Value
of All Construction's
$100,929,414
$ 67,079,200
$ 75,758,772
$ 72,979,601
$ 90,268,218
Single -
Family
80
76
66
72
81
Multi -
Family
2
1
0
0
2
Additions/
Alterations
379
1047
922
963
816
Explicit Breakdown of 2005 Building Permits
New Units Residential 84
New Units Commercial 1
Additions Residential 171
Additions Commercial 7
Miscellaneous 358
Decks 30
Includes 2 two - family dwelling Fiske School
Repairs /Alterations 221
Stoves 9
Swimming Pools 3
Roofing /Siding
Garages /Carports
Sheds 3
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Hanscom Area Towns Committee (HATS) and
Hanscom Field Advisory Commission (HFAC)
ROLE of HATS: To represent the interests of the towns of
Bedford, Concord, Lexington and Lincoln in matters per-
taining to Hanscom Field and developments in the sur-
rounding area, and to review and comment on proposed
projects to State, Federal, and regional agencies.
APPOINTED to HATS by the Board of Selectmen to repre-
sent Lexington: Selectman Jeanne Krieger, Stew Kennedy,
Conservation; and Margaret Coppe. APPOINTED to
HATS by the Planning Board: Richard Canale. The HATS
Chair rotates annually among the four towns. During 2005
Lincoln chaired HATS.
ROLE of HATS Environmental Sub - Committee (ES): To
assist HATS with the review of environmental impacts asso-
ciated with airport activities.
APPOINTED to HATS ES by the Board of Selectmen to
represent Lexington: Co- Chairs Julian Bussgang and
Richard Canale, Tony Galaitsis.
ROLE of HATS Development of Regional Impact
Subcommittee (DRI): To assist HATS by monitoring devel-
opment resulting from the BRAC process and to coordinate
cooperative planning efforts among the four towns.
APPOINTED to HATS DRI by the Board of Selectmen and
Planning Board to represent Lexington: Richard Canale and
Charles Wyman.
ROLE of HFAC: To act as an advisory commission with
regard to Hanscom Field for review of issues of land use,
noise and transportation and to provide communications
between the surrounding towns and Massport in matters
pertaining to Hanscom Field.
APPOINTED to HFAC by the Board of Selectmen to repre-
sent Lexington: Peter Enrich served through March and was
succeeded by Hank Manz. Michael Barrett served as alter-
nate. Other members represent other communities and var-
ious interest groups. Grady Wheaton and Margaret Coppe
represent neighborhood associations and Melodee Wagen
filled the League of Women Voters position. The position of
Chair rotates among the four towns. HFAC was chaired in
2005 by Concord.
Commercial Air Traffic
Jet activity grew 8.9% in 2004 according to the 2004 annu-
al Noise Report issued in October 2005. The increased jet
activity was accompanied by a 7.8% decrease in total oper-
ations to 180,804 and a decline in local and single engine
piston (SEP) aircraft of 13.6 %. Despite, noise levels in 2004
were nearly flat, indicating the preponderance of the noise
impacts from jet activity. As of November, there had been a
continued decline in total operations with a continued rela-
tive increase in jet operations. Noise levels in 2005 were
slightly less but still reflect dominance by jet activity. Linear
Air, which offers chartered jet flights that can be booked
like commercial flights, announced their intention to
increase their fleet by the purchase of 30 jets. B and M con-
tinued to offer scheduled commercial flights. There were no
further developments concerning possible scheduled air
freight operations
Massport announced their plans to lease Hanger 24, the
former MIT hanger to Crosspoint, a fixed -base operator
(FBO) catering to private and corporate jets who will insti-
tute passenger services. The proposed development with
access from Virginia Road includes a 60,000 sq. ft hanger,
13,000 sq. ft. of passenger area, 18,000 sq. ft. of office
space, parking for 100 cars and 30,000 gallon above
ground fuel storage tank in the Pine Hill section of the air-
field. This intense development was not contemplated in the
2005 ESPR and accordingly has not had the benefit of an
environmental review. Completion of the Crosspoint termi-
nal would increase the capacity for jet activity by 50% over
2004 levels. The citizen's organization, Safeguarding the
Historic Hanscom Area's Irreplaceable Resources (ShhAir),
took action to seek appropriate environmental review by
filing a notice of project change with the Executive Office of
Environmental Affairs (EOEA). The petition was denied,
ignoring the potential environmental impacts of siting a ter-
minal capable of dramatically increasing air and ground
traffic on a little used side of the airfield. Subsequent analy-
sis revealed the proposed terminal and fuel tanks were sited
in Concord on the aquifer for Bedford's water supply.
HATS Selectmen filed a fail -safe petition with the
Massachusetts Environmental Protection Agency (MEPA)
to force Massport and Crosspoint to participate in a review
that would provide protection for Bedford's water supply.
Massport responded that review is not necessary and in
December MEPA denied the request for local review. The
events associated with Crosspoint typify Massport's contin-
ued refusal to take environmental impacts seriously and
MEPA's reluctance or inability to hold Massport account-
able. For these reasons and the absence of realistic aviation
growth scenarios on which to base environmental impacts,
HATS opted not to participate in the 2005 Environmental
Status and Planning Report (ESPR).
In the interest of setting formal, enforceable and measurable
limits on expansion at Hanscom Field to preserve the his-
torical and cultural environment of the four towns,
Lexington adopted the Sustainable Hanscom policy which
calls for a moratorium on scheduled commercial and cargo
flights as well as a limit on noise equivalent to the 2000
level. These two limits are consistent with the definition of
a general aviation facility and will permit economically
viable operation of the airport.
Base Relocating and Closing Process Concluded
HATS worked on two fronts to manage the Base
Realignment and Closure Process (BRAC). HATS allied
with state officials and agencies, in particular the Defense
Technology Initiative MassDTI, to demonstrate the impor-
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HATS and HFAC continued from previous page
tance of the air base to the local economy and to ensure that
the base be evaluated as a highly - specialized technical facil-
ity, not as a traditional military base. Concurrently, under a
grant from the Department of Defense Office of Economic
Adjustment (EOA), the HATS communities worked with
Sasaki Associates and attorney David Knisely to develop a
re -use plan and prepare for the transfer process by contem-
plating formation of a local redevelopment authority (LRA)
to ensure an avenue for local control should the Pentagon
designate base closure. Hanscom Air Force Base passed the
May cut list and was ultimately declared in September to
remain open. However, about 200 civilian research jobs
were transferred from the base with the move of the Sensors
Directorate of Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to
Wright- Patterson Air Base in Ohio.
Civilian Airfield
HFAC continues to monitor a number of developments
affecting the capacity and utilization of the civilian side of
the airfield. Massport hired Rannoch Associates to replace
their Noise Monitoring System. A subset of the former
Noise working group, a collection of technical experts of
national stature, undertook to work with Massport and
Rannoch to relocate the noise monitors, and to specify the
type of data that should be taken and how it should be pre-
sented to the communities.
Expansion of the Runway Safety Areas (RSA) will require
sufficient wetland — filling to trigger both a State and Federal
review. In commenting on the scope of the review, the ES
noted that the Airport Layout Plan, essentially the zoning
plan for the airfield, should be renewed to identify develop-
ments that occurred over the past decade and to specify
future planned developments.
Projects underway include construction of a prefab building
for sand storage and renovations of the Civil Air Terminal
(CAT). Projects planned include a rebuild of Hanger 10 and
proposals to be issued for development on the North Parcel
and a Pine Hill hanger.
The DRI will monitor a proposal from the Division of Capital
Asset Management (DCAM) to lease space for cell towers on
MassHighway land at the intersections of Routes 2A and 128
to ensure that the proposed towers do not intrude on the
views of Minute Man National Historical Park.
Lexington Center Committee
ROLE: To advise the Selectmen and business community on
managing change in the Center to ensure its long -term via-
bility while preserving its historical significance and the
integrity of adjacent neighborhoods.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen: Chair Sheila
Watson, Vice Chair Jerome Smith; Kathryn Fields, Elizabeth
Harvey, Frederic Johnson, Howard Levin, Jerold
Michelson, Daphne Politis, Gant Redmon, Joan Zahka.
Selectman Liaison Richard Pagett. Planning Board Liaison
Wendy Manz.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Initiated the Center Collaborative Summit Meeting of
Center Stakeholders and hosted the Center Collaborative,
a 100 - person public meeting, to build consensus for action
on prioritized Center projects. Developed summary report
of findings.
• Initiated Center Stakeholder meeting to determine that all
plans for Meriam Street /CVS lot for tree planting, Depot
landscaping, connectivity corridors, and Center Connectivity
Walkway Plan were understood and well coordinated.
• Brought forth Connectivity Plan to connect Meriam Street
lot with well landscaped walkways and pocket park
through the Bank of America and Carlson RE alleyway.
Currently working with all Center parties and landowners
to try to make this happen.
• Continued to work with Planning Board to bring recom-
mendations to Board of Selectmen and Town Meeting on
resolution of short- and long -term parking issues.
Front L -R: Howard Levin, Sheila Watson, Francine Stieglitz,
Anne Cuervo. Rear L -R: Bill Hadley, Fred Johnson, Richard
Pagett, Kathy Fields, Joan Zahka, Gant Redmon.
• Continued to work with Department of Public Works to
most effectively utilize two part -time DPW employees to
keep the Center clean and attractive.
• Continued to work on economic development in the
Center by acting as focal point for new, existing, and
potential businesses.
• To maintain a vital town center, continued to encourage
citizens to support Lexington's businesses.
• Continued work with Doran's Greenhouses and the DPW
to plant and maintain the flower barrels in the center of
Town.
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LexHAB - Lexington Housing Assistance Board
ROLE: To provide affordable housing for low- and moder-
ate- income families; to administer the Muzzey
Condominium resale restrictions; and to consult with other
town boards on privately constructed residential develop-
ments containing affordable units. LexHAB has 49 dwelling
units that are rented under one -year leases: 35 attached
units (10 one - bedroom, 22 two - bedroom, and 3 three -bed-
room units in four developments) and 14 scattered site
dwelling units (1 two - bedroom, 3 three - bedroom and 8
four - bedroom single family homes plus a two - family three -
bedroom duplex). Rental income covers the operating
expenses and capital requirements. No funds come from the
town budget.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen for overlapping 3-
year terms: Chair Marshall Derby, David Eagle, William
Hays, Gerry Howell, Donald Wilson, and Martha Wood.
Selectmen Liaison Norman Cohen. Office manager Joan Wall.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Continued construction of a two - family house on
Rangeway Street after obtaining a rezoning at Town
Meeting in 2004. It is being constructed by the Lexington
Rotary Club and Minuteman Regional High School stu-
dents and staff. All funding for construction comes from
LexHAB.
• Purchased a one - bedroom unit at the Muzzey
Condominium.
Lexington Housing Authority
ROLE: To provide decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable
housing for low- moderate income individuals and families:
to work with residents and the community to improve liv-
ing standards for the poor.
ELECTED to 5 -year terms: Chair Nicholas Santosuosso,
Vice Chair Robert Cohen, Treasurer Melinda Walker,
Assistant Treasurer Leona Martin, and Commissioner Leo
McSweeney.
APPOINTED: by the Board of Commissioners Executive
Director Ann Whitney and appointed by the Governor
Commissioner Robert Cohen.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Administered 340 units of affordable and low- income
housing for elderly, family, handicapped, Section 8 Choice
vouchers, and MRVP project -based vouchers.
• Designated a High Performer by the Department of
Housing and Urban Development.
• Participated in the statewide centralized Section 8 Housing
Choice voucher waiting list which gives applicants oppor-
tunity to receive vouchers from other communities.
• Local residents are encouraged to apply for affordable hous-
ing. Applications and locations of the LHA developments
can be found at www .lexingtonhousingauthority.org.
Front L -R: Leona Martin, Melinda Walker. Rear L -R: Ann
Whitney, Nicholas Santosuosso, Leo McSweeney.
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Front L -R: Jeri Foutter, Martha Wood, Bob Bicknell. Rear L -R: Winifred McGowan, Julia Duncan, Ken Kreutziger, Iris
Wheaton, Harriet Cohen, Bill Carlson, Inky MacDougall, Mary Haskell, Betsy Weiss.
ROLE: To promote and support affordable housing activi-
ties and to recommend appropriate actions to the Board of
Selectmen and the Planning Board. No funds come from the
Town's budget.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen for overlapping 3-
year terms: Chair Bob Bicknell, Vice Chair David Burns,
Secretary Harriet Cohen (Fair Housing and Human
Relations Committee); Jeri Foutter, Bill Carlson, Julia
Duncan, Florence Baturin, Mary Haskell, Ken Kreutziger,
Gay Godfrey, Arthur Katz, Betsey Weiss, Iris Wheaton, Inky
MacDougall, Winifred McGowan, Paul Linton, Martha
Wood (LexHAB), Robert Cohen (Lexington Housing
Authority), Tom Harden (Planning Board). Selectmen
Liaison Norm Cohen, Conservation Commission Liaison
Dick Wolk, Council on Aging Liaison Paul Lapointe.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Provided input to Town Meeting in support of Article 10,
Zoning By -law, Accessory Apartments.
• Prepared and supported the Community Preservation Act
(CPA) Warrant Articles for Town Meeting.
• Supported the Planning staff to provide funds allocated
from the WestMetro HOME Consortium for the proposed
Supportive Living, Inc. (SLI) project for survivors of brain
injury on the Lexington Press property.
• Began collecting funds for the Lexington Housing
Foundation, a non - profit tax - exempt housing trust, and
applied them in support of the efforts to create an
Inclusionary Zoning bylaw.
• Worked with a consultant and the Planning staff and
Board to adapt the Town's affordable housing guidelines
to produce an Inclusionary Zoning bylaw.
• Provided input to the Special Town Meeting in support of
Article 2, the Battle Green Inn conversion, with its three
affordable units for sale at 70% of area median income.
• Performed independent analyses of various methods that
could produce more affordable housing in Lexington.
These studies are ongoing and will hopefully result in
viable initiatives that can be pursued once resources are
available to support them.
• Participated in workshops on educating citizens about
affordable housing and funding sources for affordable
housing development.
• Participated in the Lexington Center Collaborative on the
Land Use sub -panel to explore permitting affordable resi-
dential use in the Center.
• With the support of Rep. Jay Kaufman and his office, par-
ticipated in a meeting with the Department of Housing
and Community Development (DHCD) to determine if the
AvalonBay at Lexington Square project could be qualified
under 40R, the Commonwealth's Smart Growth law.
DHCD determined that the development did not meet the
"as of right" criteria and would not qualify under 40R.
• Provided materials to the Town explaining the Mass
Housing Municipal Mortgage Program, which is specifi-
cally designed to help town employees purchase a home,
with no down payment, in the town where they work.
• Promoted awareness of the need for affordable housing in
Lexington through posters, presentations, and print media.
• Began development of a website with support from a stu-
dent at Minuteman Regional High School.
• Formed the CPA for the Lexington ballot question com-
mittee and prepared a website, materials, and presenta-
tions to educate Lexington citizens about CPA in anticipa-
tion of their voting on the question on the March 2006
ballot.
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Conservation Commission
ROLE: To admin-
ister and enforce
the Massachusetts
Wetlands Protec-
tion Act (M.G.L.
Ch. 131, s.40) and
the Wetland Pro-
tection Code of
the Town of Lex-
ington (Chapter
130; formerly Lex-
ington General By-
law Article XXXII); to promote and develop natural
resources, to protect the Town's three watersheds and associ-
ated waterways and wetlands; to acquire and manage open
land for passive recreation; to create buffers and to provide
corridors for wildlife. The Commission's responsibilities
include performing site visits; holding hearings and meetings
with applicants, abutters, property managers, state and town
boards, committees and subcommittees; issuing permits; man-
aging conservation areas; protecting waterways and wetlands,
and educating the public.
APPOINTED by the Town Manager with the approval of
the Selectmen for overlapping 3 -year terms: Chair Joyce
Miller, Vice Chair Philip Hamilton, Duke Bitsko, Angela
Frick, David Langseth, Richard Wolk, and Stewart
Kennedy. Associate Commissioners: Paul Riffin,
Community Gardens; David Williams, Land Acquisition;
Susan Solomon, Tree Bylaw Committee (all former com-
missioners); and Kay Tiffany, HATS. Karen Mullins is
Director of Community Development /Conservation
Administrator. Ery Largay resigned as Conservation
Assistant in June and was replaced by Michelle
Boissoneault in December.
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$82,585 $88,524
Community Development Budget
Personnel
Full Time
2"
1
Part Time
0
1
Due to maternity leave and hiring lag,
there were only 2 full -time staff for 3
months in 2005.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Reviewed and acted on 36 Notices of Intent, 2
Abbreviated Notices of Resource Area Delineation, 31
Requests for Determinations, 11 Requests for
Amendments to Orders of Conditions, 2 Emergency
Certifications, 11 Enforcement Orders/Violations (18 Lois
Lane, 57 Bedford Street, 271 Lincoln Street, 60 Sherburne
Road, 14 Ridge Road, 5 Solomon Pierce Road, 440
Bedford Street, 38 Adams Street, 23 Bedford Street, 34
Allen Street, 102 Grove Street), 20 Certificates of
Compliance, 5 Extension Permits, and 4 Conservation
Restriction drafts; held 131 public hearings, and per-
formed on -site inspections and monitoring for these and
all other on -going projects.
• Adopted revisions to the Code of the Town of Lexington
Regulations Fee Schedule on January 11, which resulted in
the ability to hire a full -time Conservation Assistant.
• Participated in meetings and provided comments to the
State regarding revisions to the Wetland Protection Act
Regulations (310 CMR 10.00).
• Assisted Engineering in the second year of implementation
of the Town's NPDES Stormwater General Permit Notice
of Intent for Discharges from Small Municipal Separate
Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) to comply with Federal per-
mit requirements under the NPDES Storm Water Program.
The key elements of the Notice of Intent include incorpo-
rating best management practices for six minimum con-
trols: public education /outreach, public participation/
involvement, illicit discharge detection /elimination, con-
struction site runoff control, post- construction stormwater
management, and pollution prevention /good housekeep-
ing for municipal operations; establishing measurable
goals and a 5 -year schedule for achieving goals, and des-
ignating responsible party(ies).
• Monitored permit compliance at the following major sites
(on- going): Former Metropolitan State Hospital (solid
waste remediation, parkway construction, and Avalon Bay
Communities), Brookhaven, Arlington Reservoir Dam,
Route 128/2A Service Area, Fiske School, MIT Lincoln
Labs, and 125 Hartwell Avenue.
• Members represented the Conservation Commission to
the following committees: Lexington Housing Partnership
Committee, Minuteman Bicycle Advisory Committee,
Metropolitan Hospital Land Use Task Force, Tree Bylaw
Committee, Middlesex County Land Use Task Force,
Planning Board Comprehensive Planning Committee, and
Hanscom Field Task Force.
• Managed over 1340 acres of conservation land with the
help of volunteer land stewards, Eagle Scouts, and the
Department of Public Works. Coordinated a core group of
active land stewards referred to as Land Steward Directors
to provide assistance in managing conservation areas and
promoting conservation areas. Sponsored Walkin' Jim
Stoltz to present his Forever Wild program at the Annual
Fall Land Stewardship meeting and held Conservation
Area Work Days at Hayden Woods and Dunback
Meadows which resulted in new boardwalks and bridges,
and improved trails.
• Continued to provide an increased level of service pur-
suant to State and Town wetland. Increased development,
including additions and major "tear downs, " usually has
a severe impact on adjacent brooks and streams. Runoff
from roofs, driveways, and fertilized lawns are the major
causes of stream pollution and flooding issues as all
drainage is directed to the nearest waterway. To help min-
imize development impacts especially in environmentally
sensitive areas, the Commission encouraged landowners
to preserve their open land by donating or selling it to the
Town or by placing it under a conservation restriction.
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Conservation Land Inventory
Summary 1964 - 2005 Year(s) Voted /Given Acres Total Cost Fed. Reimb. State Reimb. Net Cost to Town
Total Land Acquisition 1345.1 $5,382,786 $335,406 $1,199,031 $3,843,349
Cataldo Reservation '74'84* 5.4 6,150 6,150
Great Meadow Expansion '74'82 1.9 3,857 3, 857
Lillian Road at Munroe Brook `92 1.1 transfer
Orchard Crossing '88'89# 8.5 gift
Whipple Hill `63'66 - 7'74'77"'94 #'95# 121.0 142,489 47,487 35,020 59,982
Bowman Park Expansion `75 1.2 18,000 9,000 9,000
Daisy Wilson `78 8.0 75,995 37,997 37,998
Dunback Meadow `65- 6'72'77 -8- 9'80 -1 "# 170.5 374,147 87,100 87,050 199,997
Liberty Heights `74" 5.5 9,596 4,618 4,978
West Farm '66'76'77'85* 12.8 323,000 12,100 310,900
Brookhaven `89# 3.3 gift
Concord Avenue Area `71'79 #'94# 30.7 102,890 49,534 53,356
Hayden Woods 69'77-8'81"'03 79.2 157,598 68,304 38,540 45,754
Juniper Hill `70'72'74# 28.4 120,413 56,872 63,541
Metropolitan State Hospital `73# 6.2 gift
Philbrook Terrace `89# 2.0 gift
Waltham Line `77" 12.0 transfer
Waltham Street Farms '72'76-7# 41.5 300,450 154,225 146,225
Upper Vine Brook 72'75 - 6'95''03" 48.7 121,443 55,803 65,640
Lower Vine Brook /Pinard Woods '68-9'75'78-9'81'85"# 98.5 339,235 42,069 147,200 149,966
Munroe Brook Pond `85# 3.1 gift
Pheasant Brook Estates I `85'89# 4.6 gift
Pheasant Brook Estates II `90# 29.7 gift
Shaker Glen `73 16.8 85,636 41,143 44,493
Tower Park Expansion `87 2.3 180,000 180,000
Chiesa Farm `76'85 23.1 1,592,500 46,125 1,546,375
Hammer Hill `79 0.9 gift
Parker Meadow `76'79'80 17.7 237,000 60,000 177,000
Willard's Woods Expansion 64'66'67'79"'95"'02# 104.2 116,786 32,906 17,997 65,883
Woodland Bird Sanctuary `89# 7.2 gift
Burlington Strip `71'77" 8.6 106,097 106,097
Paint Mine '75'77* 35.5 8,811 2,000 6, 811
Simonds Brook North `70'76 -7'82# 57.7 291,736 38,526 131,600 121,610
Simonds Brook South `68'70'79 20.7 49,028 19,014 12,006 18,008
Turning Mill Pond `77'78'85# 9.7 5,000 5,000
Turning Mill Road `89# 4.4 gift
Hastings Sanctuary `71 1.7 6,000 6,000
Meagherville /Pine Meadow `66'77" #95 " 90.0 gift /transfer
Meagherville Lots `91 #'93 #'94# 0.5 gift
Poor Farm `83" 10.7 transfer
Valley Road `82'' 3.2 transfer
128 Greenbelt `78" 11.7 transfer
Bates Road '91* 9.3 transfer
Cranberry Hill `77 24.6 73,929 15,201 58,728
Fiske Hill `78'84" 10.2 transfer
Idylwilde `75 9.4 200,000 100,000 100,000
Katandin Woods `77'80'89# 37.5 185,000 85,000 100,000
Tophet Swamp '81* 25.5 transfer
Sutherland Woods `95" 24.9 transfer
Brown Homestead '95* 6.0 trade
Augusta Land `96 8.0 150,000 150,000
Hennessy's Field 99'' 10.0 transfer
Hartwell Avenue 03# 4.1 gift
Myrna Road 03# 0.8 gift
North Street 05" 24.4 transfer
" All /part Town -owned transfer # All /part gift
Another 150 acres are protected by restrictions and easements given to the Town by residents. The largest are: Munroe Brook, 65.7 acres; Tophet
Swamp/Kiln Brook, 34.3 acres; Potter's Pond, 15.1 acres; and Vine Brook, 9 acres.The others are as small as 0.1 acre. Boston Edison Company
licenses 26.4 acres.
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
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Bicycle Advisory Committee
ROLE: To advise the Selectmen and other Town boards and
departments on issues that concern bicycling and related
forms of human - powered transportation; to work with sur-
rounding communities in developing a regional network of
safe and efficient interconnections; and to promote these
modes of travel as safe and healthful alternatives to the
automobile.
APPOINTED by the Selectmen: Chair Stew Kennedy,
Harvey Bingham, John Frey, Erna Greene, Marita
Hartshorn, Abe Shenker, Mike Tabaczynski, Jerry Van
Hook and Jim Wichman. Liaisons: Hank Manz, Selectmen;
Angela Frick, Conservation; Sandra Shaw, Recreation; and
Tony Galaitsis, Planning. Lifetime member: Betty Eddison.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Organized volunteer help and conducted spring clean -up
along the Lexington stretch of the Minuteman Bikeway
and the Lower Vinebrook bikepath. Continued light prun-
ing and brush removal along the Bikeway and on the
Town's other bike paths, as needed, throughout the year.
Divided the Bikeway into sections with a volunteer moni-
tor for each — a "point person" keeping close watch over
each section.
• Working with the DPW, identified and prioritized Bikeway
maintenance needs for DPW attention to be carried out as
staff availability permits. As part of this, updated for DPW
a prioritized list of recommended safety signage and pave-
ment painting needs for all the Bikeway / roadway inter-
sections in Town. Also fielded citizens' concerns about vis-
ibility for motorists and Bikeway users at several of the
roadway intersections and coordinated with DPW to
trim /remove vegetation to correct problems.
• Continued efforts to get approval for changes to lane
markings on Hartwell Ave. to improve safety for bicyclists
and pedestrians as well as for motorists. Continued to
liaise with interested parties at Lincoln Lab who are advo-
cating this. Interest remains high within the committee to
get resolution for this safety problem.
• Continued researching maps and doing site -walks in town
land and over easements leading to town land, particular-
ly near schools, as part of on -going efforts to identify and
develop safe walking and bicycling routes for parents and
school children.
• Conducted a large trail improvement project in Dunback
Meadow. In cooperation with the Conservation Stewards
and, as the next in a series of projects to improve connec-
tions between schools and neighborhoods, 11 bridges and
boardwalks were built totaling over 750 feet in length on
trails through Dunback Meadow that connect Bowman
and Clarke schools. Also relocated a trail to drier ground.
Funds for materials came from a state Recreational Trails
Program grant. All labor was from volunteers including
this committee, the Conservation Stewards, and many
high school students. The result of this project is an all -
season trail system.
• Participated in the Center Collaborative, representing the
bicycling community and Bikeway users in conceptualizing
improvements for Lexington Center. Provided a list of rec-
ommendations for access, safety, amenity, and aesthetic
improvements.
• Continued coordinating with the Center Committee and
the Historical Society to work out mutually compatible
plans for improvements in the Depot area. Continued dis-
cussion of the idea to develop miniparks with bicycling
themes and amenities along the Bikeway in the Town
Center, one between the Grant Street bridge and the
Center parking lot, and the other across Station Way from
the Depot building.
• Continued outreach to other communities and groups
working to establish bikeways and rails -to- trails conver-
sions, leveraging lessons learned from the hugely success-
ful Minuteman Commuter Bikeway. Continued participa-
tion in the State legislature's Rails / Trails, Bicycle,
Pedestrian caucus.
• Fielded and helped resolve Bikeway users' complaints
about realty signage on the Bikeway.
• Worked with abutters, the MWRA, the DPW and the Tree
Committee to ameliorate several abutters' concerns about
loss of screening plants as a result of the 2004 MWRA
sewer line repair work near the Hancock Avenue crossing
of the Bikeway.
• Supported the Sidewalk Committee by providing an active
member as liaison. Also contributed to the town -wide
sidewalk survey that committee conducted.
• Supported the Tree Committee in tree - planting project
between the Bikeway and the CVS parking lot.
• Through several members' active participation, provided
close liaison with Conservation Stewards' work.
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SOCIAL SERVICES
Expenditures
COA Payroll
COA Expenses
Youth Services
Developmentally Disabled
Veterans' Payroll
Veterans' Expenses
FY05
FY04
$128,960
$164,441
$ 36,888
$ 14,839
$ 33,853
$ 18,381
$139,806
$179,525
$ 6,173
$ 0
$ 28,093
$ 16,511
Personnel
Full Time
7
7
Part Time
4
3
ROLE: To ensure the provision of core social services,
including direct services, promoting health and well being,
advocacy, financial support, educational and support pro-
grams, cultural outreach, and recreational programs for res-
idents of all ages and backgrounds. In collaboration with
other town and school departments, community groups,
and government agencies, the Lexington Social Services
Department is committed to providing leadership in identi-
fying unmet needs and working to provide appropriate pro-
grams and services, and delivering these services in a pro-
fessional manner that respects the dignity of all individuals
served.
APPOINTED by the Town Manager: Director Lauren
MacNeil, March 2004.
The Social Services Department is located in the Senior
Center at 1475 Massachusetts Avenue in the Muzzey
Condominium building. The location has been advanta-
geous for both the user of the Senior Center and the Social
Workers, considering that the majority of the services pro-
vided by the department are for senior citizens. With the
2004 addition of a Youth and Family Services Coordinator
to the staff, the department is now able to provide services
to resident of all ages. The building is totally accessible for
persons with disabilities.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Hired a Social Services Nurse which allowed for the
development of the Senior Health Monitor team, consist-
ing of the Social Services Nurse, the Social Services
Coordinator and the Supportive Day Care Director.
Together they provided health assessments and appropri-
ate referrals, developed in -home care plans, made regular
visits to people in their homes, and provided nursing ser-
vices, as appropriate.
• Provided information, referral and /or case management
for over 422 residents.
• Provided general and /or mental health screenings to 267
individuals.
• The Adult Supportive Day Care program provided sup-
port to 66 individuals and respite for their families.
• Participation in the Senior Tax Work Program increased
from 31 to 44 eligible homeowners, with departments
across the organization utilizing the expertise of partici-
pating seniors. Seniors gave 4532 hours of service to the
municipality in exchange for a reduction in their real
estate tax bill.
• Continued as supporting participants of Central
Middlesex Association for Retarded Citizens.
Approximately 26 people from Lexington are employed
and receive services from this program.
• Worked in cooperation with Minuteman Senior Services
to provide 17,106 Meals on Wheels and 3797 congregate
meals at the Senior Center.
• As coordinator of a Friend to Friend program, provided
1019 volunteer hours of services to Lexington seniors by
way of friendly visits and shopping assistance.
• Provided over 350 hours to seniors in need of assistance
preparing their tax returns, with volunteers trained by
AARP.
• With volunteers trained through Minuteman Senior
Services, provided health benefit counseling to 132 indi-
viduals through the SHINE program.
• Managed Senior Center programs and operations.
Professionals and volunteers led groups organized around
finance, health, physical fitness, fine and applied arts,
poetry, local, national and international government inter-
est groups, current events, dance, music, travel, day trips,
computers, film, history, spirituality, and games.
• Mailed 47,300 newsletters, collated monthly by Senior
Center volunteers.
• Continued to recommend families in need of financial
assistance to the Trustees of Public Trusts through the
Human Services Fund and the Fund for Lexington.
• Assisted veterans to obtain financial support through the
Massachusetts Department of Veteran's Services. Requests
for benefits are submitted to the agency through the
Town's Veteran's Agent, and benefits granted help those in
need with living expenses and health insurance costs.
• Provided staff support and coordination to the Council on
Aging Board, the Human Services Committee, the Fair
Housing and Human Relations Committee, the
Commission of Disability, the Friends of the Council on
Aging, the No Place For Hate committee, and the Youth
Services Council.
• Presented Donald Graham with the Minuteman Cane
Award for his many years of outstanding dedication and
service to Lexington. A reception was held in his honor at
the Senior Center.
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 71
Council on Aging
Or
Front L -R: Shirley Buck, Lauren MacNeil, Marian Cohen, Jane Trudeau. Rear L -R: Tom Griffiths; Paul Lapointe, Bob
Edwards, Betty Borghesani, Leo McSweeney, Don Graham, Freida Oliner, Richard Pagett.
ROLE: As an advisory committee to the Department of
Social Services, to recommend policies to support and advo-
cate for seniors with regard to their changing social, educa-
tional, and health - related needs.
APPOINTED by the Town Manager: Chair Marian Cohen,
Betty Borghesani, Bob Edwards, Dan Fenn, Donald
Graham, Paul Lapointe, Leo McSweeney, Frieda Oliner,
Jane Trudeau.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Presented to the Board of Selectmen a request to create a
Senior Center Action Plan Committee, with the charge of
presenting to the Selectmen and the 2006 Town Meeting
an action plan that designates a site and establishes a bud-
get and timeline for the design and construction of a new
Senior Center.
• Changing the program name from Adult Day Care to
Supportive Day Care, continued assessment of the pro-
gram operated at the Mill Street site in Lincoln, in partic-
ular the benefits of increasing hours of operation.
Recommendations were made in a report prepared for the
Board of Selectmen. Implementation of the increased ser-
vice, going from 4 to 5 days per week, is planned for July
2006.
• Continued to coordinate efforts with the Friends of the
Council on Aging and the Director of Social Services to
develop short and long term goals for the Senior Center
and the Social Services Department.
• Long time Board member and senior services advocate
Don Chisholm passed away in November 2005. He had
brought a high level of passion and advocacy to the
Council on Aging Board. He will be missed.
Human Services Committee
ROLE: To review the provision of social services to citizens
of Lexington and to assess their adequacy, and to make pol-
icy and program recommendations to the Board of
Selectmen about new or amended services.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen: Chair Robert
Dentler, William Blout, Matthew Cohen, Sarah Conklin,
Pamela Joshi, Ellen McDonald, Russell Schutt, Selectmen
Liaison Norman Cohen. Staffed by Social Services
Coordinator Kelly Magee.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Focused on a collaborative study of the services available
to assist "Disconnected Persons in Lexington," those indi-
viduals or households who lack supportive connections
with relatives and friends. Collected data from town
departments and charitable agencies and interviewed
agencies and charities based in Waltham, Bedford, and
Arlington who provide help to Lexington residents.
• A draft of the study will be completed during January
2006 with the final report to be submitted to the
Selectmen in February 2006.
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Commission on Disability
ROLE: to ensure that people with disabilities
are fully integrated into all aspects of the
Town and that all can fully participate with-
out barriers. The Commission makes recom-
mendations concerning the implementation
of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
within the Town. Members review and rec-
ommend town policies as they affect those
with disabilities, and provide information,
guidance, and technical assistance to individ-
uals and agencies.
APPOINTED by the Town Manager: Chair
Victoria Buckley, Susan Cusack, Charles Burt
Cole, Michael Martignetti, Leonard Morse -
Fortier, Daniel Perez, and Francine Stieglitz.
Selectmen Liaison Hank Manz replaced Bill
Kennedy. Staffed by ADA Coordinator Kelly
Magee.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Assisted the Sidewalk Committee in review-
ing sidewalk safety and accessibility, espe-
cially as related to the Safe Routes to School
project. Requested that sidewalk inventory
include where curb cuts are missing and where there are
impediments for safe access (such as utility poles and trees
placed in the center of sidewalks).
• Continued to address safety problems for pedestrians in
the Center, specifically the need to enforce the ordinance
that prohibits bicycle riding on the sidewalks, and worked
with other committees and the Police Department to find
resolutions.
• Reviewed the need to find a suitable substitute for brick
sidewalks that is user- friendlier for disabled citizens.
Continue to investigate how to balance disabled needs
with historical preservation concerns.
• Worked with other town committees on projects concern-
ing access issues, such as the Planning Board regarding
improved access in the Battle Green Inn plans, the Tourism
Committee regarding the Liberty Ride, the Lexington
Center Collaborative as part of the town -wide charrette.
• Presented plans to improve access at Cary Hall at Town
Meeting.
Front L -R: Victoria Buckley, Kelly Magee.
Cole, Francine Stieglitz, Susan Cusack.
Back
L -R: Hank Manz,
Chuck
• Continued to develop plans for future changes to make
Town public buildings fully accessible by prioritizing the
list of public buildings that still need to be renovated for
ADA compliance, focusing first on safe entry and paths of
travel as well as on functional need.
• Met with Capital Expenditures Committee to plan pro-
jects within the capital building envelope budget.
• Attended meetings of the newly re- organized DRT group
(Design Review Team) to be more pro- active in ensuring
that new programs and buildings are seamlessly accessible.
• Participated at LexFest with representative from
Commission for the Deaf.
• Held discussions with new Town Manager Carl Valente
about the need for the Commission on Disability to be
involved earlier in the project planning process and how to
best facilitate this.
• Discussed the need to become part of the approval check-
off process for allocations for Common Victualler Licenses
and building permits.
• Defined the Commission's challenge for the future as being
disability advocacy and education in order to raise
Lexington's consciousness about the rights of the disabled
to ensure full and seamless inclusion for all citizens in
town events, programs, and projects.
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Fair Housing and Human Relations Committee
Front L -R: Kelly Magee, Jean Hibino.
Rear L -R: Chang S. Ting, Tom
Montanari.
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ROLE: To serve as an advisory committee to the Board of Selectmen in order to
achieve community enrichment as contributed by citizens with diverse backgrounds
and heritages. The Committee seeks to prevent discrimination in housing on the
basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, income, marital status,
children, gender, or sexual orientation. The Committee's human relations agenda
calls for the fair and equitable treatment of all citizens, regardless of group mem-
bership.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen: Chair Thomas Montanari, Harriet
Cohen, Jean Hibino, and Chang -Sheng Ting. Selectmen Liaison Henry Manz. Social
Service Coordinator Kelly Magee.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Members promoted affordable housing by participating in the Lexington Housing
Partnership, the Met State Planning Task Force, the DPW /Senior Center Task
Force, and attending MAPC regional planning meetings.
• Committee member assigned as a liaison to the Incident Response Team.
• Supported the Community Preservation Act for Lexington.
• Participated in No Place for Hate and Quality Circles.
• Worked with LexFest assisting with planning and organizing.
Lexington Youth Commission
ROLE: To provide and promote
community service activities for
the Town's high school students.
APPOINTED by the Town Man-
ager: Chair Nancy Lee Barter; Adult
Advisors: Beverly Kelley, Maria
Kostorizos, Kathy Litchfield,
Douglas Lucente, and Sean Maloney.
APPOINTED By LYC Chair:
President Kirsten DiFronzo, Co-
Vice Presidents Josh McBride and
Drew Smith, Secretary Katie
Cerundolo, Team Captains Kelly
Harvell, Melissa Lehman, Haley
Busa, and Kristina Hankins;
Fundraiser Kate Wilson, Publicity
Devin Shaw, Youth members:
John Bienkowski, Luke Dilillo, Jason Fishman, Kaitlin
Foley, Ryan Gelnaw, Joey Hankins, Patrick Hogen, Freddy
Janney, Julie Langsett, Alicia Maestri, Seth Politi, Lauren
Schuler, Kevin Schuster, Eric Simmons, David Smoot, Alex
Sullivan, Amanda Ting, Rachel Villari, Olivia Wilson, and
Bryan Woodward.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Cared for the LYC Island by planting flowers and shrubs
in spring and fall.
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Front L -R: Kristina Hankins, Eric Simmons, Josh McBride, Kirsten DiFronzo, Katie
Cerundolo, Drew Smith, Alicia Maestri, Kevin Schuster, Joey Hankins, Bryan
Woodward. Middle L -R: Amanda Ting, Kate Wilson, Melissa Lehman, Kelly Harvell,
Julie Langseth, Rachel Villari, Kaitlin Foley. Rear L -R: Maria Kostorizos, Haley Busa,
Lauren Schuler, David Smoot, Jason Fishman, Sean Maloney, Alex Sullivan, Devin Shaw,
John Bienkowski, Freddy Janney, Ryan Gelnaw, Luke Dilillo.
• Served Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's dinners to the
Council on Aging.
• Delivered turkeys for Thanksgiving Day to Lexington
families in need.
• Held December Toy Drive for children in need in Lexington.
• Visited elementary schools in fall and winter to read to
children and help with classroom activities.
• Sold refreshments to Town Meeting members with pro-
ceeds sent to the Red Cross in aid of hurricane victims.
• Participated in Patriots' Day parade winning first prize for
a float in the youth division. Gave out 5000 American
flags to children along the parade route.
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CULTURE AND LEISURE
Cary Memorial Library
ROLE: To provide the Lexington
community with materials, resources,
and services that promote lifelong
learning and cultural enrichment; to
provide collections in a variety of for-
mats to a culturally and educationally
diverse population; and to provide a
knowledgeable, responsible staff to
facilitate the retrieval of information
and use of the Library's resources.
Expenditures
FY05
FY04
Payroll
$1,400,313
$1,289,480
Expenses
$ 276,859
$ 255,297
Personnel
Full Time
25
25
Part Time
23
15
Circulation
651,592
456,202
The governing body of the Library, established by the will
of Maria Hastings Cary, is the Board of Library Trustees
consisting of the Town's settled ministers, principal clergy
of each congregation in Town, and Selectmen and School
Committee members.
APPOINTED by the Trustees: Director Connie Rawson as
of July 1.
The Trustees elect an Executive Committee: Chair Scott
Burson, Jeanne Krieger, Helen Cohen, Rev. Dr. Peter Meek,
Richard Pagett. In October, Tom Diaz and Rabbi Howard
Jaffe were elected to replace Helen Cohen and Rev. Dr.
Peter Meek.
The Executive Committee appoints the Advisory
Committee: Chair Stephen Krensky, Edwin Cox, Betty
Clark, Audrey Friend, Ione Garing, Isabel Jankleson, and
Walter Pierce.
State Certification and Library Funding
After obtaining a waiver in 2004 for failing to meet the
Total Appropriated Municipal Income standards set by the
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the
Library came to comply with these standards in 2005.
However, retaining the Library's certification remained a
serious challenge for the Town.
By Massachusetts law, public libraries must spend 13% of
their total budgets on their collections or risk losing their cer-
tification and State funding. In FY05, Cary Library spent
only 11% or $214,466 of its total operating budget on the
Library's collections. Of that amount, the Town contributed
$53,370. The remainder came from private sources and fines.
This failure to meet the State standard resulted in a 25%
reduction in State aid. When the total spent drops below
10.4 %, a library becomes uncertified and usually cannot
offer their patrons interlibrary loan services, and their card-
holders may lose borrowing privileges in other towns. There
is no waiver for this component of State compliance.
In Lexington, the Town relies substantially on private fund-
ing to meet its 13% obligation to the collections. This year,
these sources accounted for $161,096. A most significant
private source of funding is the Trustees' endowment,
ultimate
which now stands at $852,159. That
is down from $2,082,000 before the
building renovation. With the endow-
ment less robust than it used to be, the
Library's ability to generate non -tax
revenue to meet the 13% standard has
become increasingly difficult. Al-
though private contributions includ-
ing gifts from the Friends and the Cary
Memorial Library Foundation have
become of growing importance, the
responsibility to meet certification requirements
rests with the Town.
Reference, Adult, and Young Adult Services
• Reference librarians answered over 3000 questions per
month, with the busiest time being Sunday afternoon.
• Over 4000 people per month use the Library's Internet
connections.
• A new monthly mystery book group, "Death by the
Book," boasts over 20 members.
• Young Adult programming has continued to grow and
expand. There are 38 Teen Advisory Board members rang-
ing in age from 13 to 18.
• Two notable gifts increased the gardening /horticultural
collection and made possible the creation of a "Teen
Issues" collection in the Young Adult area.
• Under the direction of the Board of Trustees, an Exhibit
Policy was written and an Art Selection Committee was
formed. In December, the committee began accepting sub-
missions from local artists.
Circulation Department
• 322,952 items from the adult collection were circulated,
an increase of 23% over last year.
• Resource sharing, made possible between area libraries
through the Minuteman Library Network, has become a
huge part of library service. Patrons have been utilizing
this service to great advantage. According to the
Metrowest December Newsletter, delivery has increased
19% from October 2004. There has been a 42% increase
in delivery since the installation of the new software sys-
tem in 2003. This year Lexington loaned 26,204 items to
the network and borrowed 58,525.
• From August to late November, the Minuteman Library
Network temporarily suspended the placement of requests
on audiovisual materials due to a tremendous backlog. A
committee has been formed to develop "best practices" for
all libraries within the consortium, with Lexington playing
a vital role.
• Registered 2770 new library patrons.
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 75
Cary Memorial Library continued from previous page
Children's Services Holdings Information
• Circulated 276,779 items,
45% of the Library's total cir-
culation. Circulation of chil-
dren's items is at 110% of the
2000 juvenile circulation
before the move to temporary
quarters at Cary Hall, and
105.3% of the 2004 juvenile
circulation. Children's Room
staff answered 6294 reference
questions, and registered 724
new borrowers. 1185 patrons
used the Children's Room
Internet terminal, and 924
used the Children's CD -ROM
terminal. 4226 items were
added to the Children's Room collection.
• 12,907 patrons attended 246 children's programs. This
figure includes the 1391 participants in the summer read-
ing program, which encouraged children and their families
to spend a total of 21,210 hours reading.
• A wide range of special events served infants through ele-
mentary school -age students, including movies, sing -a-
long programs, theater presentations, story sessions, and
the fourth annual Library Truck Day. Several programs
were offered cooperatively with the Lexington Recreation
Department and the Lexington Youth Commission.
• Staff offered an in- service program to Lexington preschool
teachers and home childcare providers.
Technology
• New technology installed in the Meeting Room permits the
use of a laptop Internet connection along with
integrated /projector /screen, microphones, assistive listening
devices, and a video /DVD player. Staff trained 43 persons
from 32 organizations in the use of the Library's audiovisu-
al equipment. There were 133 meetings or events in the
Library at which this equipment was used.
• The Lexington Lions Club generously donated funds to be
used for a PC, scanner, large- screen LCD monitor and
Kurzweil software (text -to- speech) for use by patrons living
with temporary or permanently reduced vision. Patrons
who have learning preferences for the spoken word, ESL
students, and patrons learning foreign languages also bene-
fit from this technology.
• There were 9733 public logins from patrons' own laptops
and PDAs to the Internet through the Library's wireless
and wired "guest" service network. The average daily and
weekly logins (28 and 187, respectively) represent a 60%
increase in usage over 2004.
• There were 10,386 visits to the Library's website,
www.carylibrary.org, from PCs outside the Library.
• The Library received nearly 22,000 telephone calls (1833
per month). Of these, calls to the three public service desks
averaged 1630 per month.
East Lexington Branch Library
• Children's book circulation increased by 20%, returning
to the level it was before the Main Library moved to the
new building; adult circulation rates remain the same.
Personnel
• With the departure of Director Carol Mahoney in
December 2004, the Town's MIS Coordinator Connie
Rawson became Acting Director while the Trustees con-
ducted a search for a replacement. After a selection process,
Connie Rawson was appointed Library Director on July 1.
• Two part -time Library Assistant positions were added,
and two part -time vacancies were filled in the Circulation
Department.
Friends of Cary Memorial Library
• Contributed $10,000 to the adult book and audiovisual
budget, $3200 to Children's Room programs, and pur-
chased benches for both library entrances. These moneys
were raised through the sale of gently used books.
• Sponsored five evening events featuring a wide variety of
speakers and entertainment.
• Purchased museum passes and discounts.
• Supplied volunteers to help keep the Library running
smoothly. 2005 saw the sad loss of Volunteer Coordinator
Helen Cravis. Linda Cohen and Betsy Allen have taken over
as Volunteer Coordinators.
Cary Memorial Library Foundation
• Worked with the Director to seek community opinions about
the Library through April's Community Conversations pro-
gram, and a summertime Adult Services Survey, which
received over 400 responses.
• Sponsored November's "A Long Weekend in Bhutan" pro-
gram showcasing the world's largest published book,
speakers, and a film.
• Transferred final payment to the Town fulfilling a pledge
to raise $4 million in private funds for the building reno-
vation project.
• Fundraising activities enabled the transfer of almost
$37,000 to fund materials and programs. Additional distri-
butions will be made when the FY05 audit is completed.
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Adult
FY05 FY04
Children's Total
FY05 FY04 FY05 FY04
Books
130,140
127,577
71653
69,871
201,793
197,448
Print Periodicals
663
712
119
28
782
740
Audio
6,729
6,359
2065
2,593
8794
8,952
Videocassettes /DVDs
5,774
4,861
2136
2,031
7910
6,892
Materials in Electronic
Format
15
7
466
303
481
310
Materials in Microform
7,306
7,143
0
0
7306
7,143
Miscellaneous (kits,
framed art work,
slide sets, films
0
0
164
164
164
164
Totals
150,627
146,659
76,603
74,990
227,230
221,649
added to the Children's Room collection.
• 12,907 patrons attended 246 children's programs. This
figure includes the 1391 participants in the summer read-
ing program, which encouraged children and their families
to spend a total of 21,210 hours reading.
• A wide range of special events served infants through ele-
mentary school -age students, including movies, sing -a-
long programs, theater presentations, story sessions, and
the fourth annual Library Truck Day. Several programs
were offered cooperatively with the Lexington Recreation
Department and the Lexington Youth Commission.
• Staff offered an in- service program to Lexington preschool
teachers and home childcare providers.
Technology
• New technology installed in the Meeting Room permits the
use of a laptop Internet connection along with
integrated /projector /screen, microphones, assistive listening
devices, and a video /DVD player. Staff trained 43 persons
from 32 organizations in the use of the Library's audiovisu-
al equipment. There were 133 meetings or events in the
Library at which this equipment was used.
• The Lexington Lions Club generously donated funds to be
used for a PC, scanner, large- screen LCD monitor and
Kurzweil software (text -to- speech) for use by patrons living
with temporary or permanently reduced vision. Patrons
who have learning preferences for the spoken word, ESL
students, and patrons learning foreign languages also bene-
fit from this technology.
• There were 9733 public logins from patrons' own laptops
and PDAs to the Internet through the Library's wireless
and wired "guest" service network. The average daily and
weekly logins (28 and 187, respectively) represent a 60%
increase in usage over 2004.
• There were 10,386 visits to the Library's website,
www.carylibrary.org, from PCs outside the Library.
• The Library received nearly 22,000 telephone calls (1833
per month). Of these, calls to the three public service desks
averaged 1630 per month.
East Lexington Branch Library
• Children's book circulation increased by 20%, returning
to the level it was before the Main Library moved to the
new building; adult circulation rates remain the same.
Personnel
• With the departure of Director Carol Mahoney in
December 2004, the Town's MIS Coordinator Connie
Rawson became Acting Director while the Trustees con-
ducted a search for a replacement. After a selection process,
Connie Rawson was appointed Library Director on July 1.
• Two part -time Library Assistant positions were added,
and two part -time vacancies were filled in the Circulation
Department.
Friends of Cary Memorial Library
• Contributed $10,000 to the adult book and audiovisual
budget, $3200 to Children's Room programs, and pur-
chased benches for both library entrances. These moneys
were raised through the sale of gently used books.
• Sponsored five evening events featuring a wide variety of
speakers and entertainment.
• Purchased museum passes and discounts.
• Supplied volunteers to help keep the Library running
smoothly. 2005 saw the sad loss of Volunteer Coordinator
Helen Cravis. Linda Cohen and Betsy Allen have taken over
as Volunteer Coordinators.
Cary Memorial Library Foundation
• Worked with the Director to seek community opinions about
the Library through April's Community Conversations pro-
gram, and a summertime Adult Services Survey, which
received over 400 responses.
• Sponsored November's "A Long Weekend in Bhutan" pro-
gram showcasing the world's largest published book,
speakers, and a film.
• Transferred final payment to the Town fulfilling a pledge
to raise $4 million in private funds for the building reno-
vation project.
• Fundraising activities enabled the transfer of almost
$37,000 to fund materials and programs. Additional distri-
butions will be made when the FY05 audit is completed.
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Recreation
ROLE: To plan
and administer
public play-
grounds and recre-
ational facilities in
the Town and to
expand and pro-
mote recreation,
leisure activities,
play, sport, physi-
cal fitness, and
education for all
citizens.
APPOINTED by
the Town
Manager: Chair
Sandra Shaw,
Vice Chair
Pamela Varrin,
Rick DeAngelis
and Richard Thuma. Staff Director Karen Simmons,
Assistant Director Sheila Butts, and Superintendent of
Public Grounds David Pinsonneault.
Expenditures'
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$484,084
$844,761
$461,607
$807,645
Personnel
Full Time
5
5
Seasonal/
175
200
Part Time
Financed by the Recreation Enterprise
Fund through user fees (including Pine
Meadows Golf Course). Indirect trans-
fers are not included. In addition, the
Recreation Enterprise Fund contributes
$100,000 per year toward the Lincoln
Park debt service, $75,000 for services
provided by the Parks Department, and
approximately $22,000 towards
employee benefits.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Recreational programs and Pine Meadow Golf Course
served a total of 144,690 participants.
• Increased numbers of participants in Youth and Teen pro-
grams, Adult Gym, Kindergarten Soccer, Moms Softball
League, Adult Aquasize and Aquajog programs, Summer
Camp and Clinic programs, and increased swimming
hours at pool and Old Res.
• Permitted 39,262 hours on ball
fields, and updated Field Use
and Permitting Policy for all user
groups.
• Playground rehabilitation at
Kineen and Rindge Playgrounds
was completed; also, reconstruc-
tion of the Adams tennis and
basketball courts was complet-
ed.
• Aerator installed at the Old Res
resulted in improved water qual-
ity and increased attendance.
• Lincoln Park Fitness Path
upgrade completed, tree planti-
ng at the Worthen Road
entrance and ongoing work on
the Cattail Marsh Overlook, in
collaboration with the Lincoln
Park Subcommittee.
• Partnerships with Cary Memorial Library included a
Scrabble Club, storytelling, and sculpting programs.
• Coordinated "Mass Shape Up," a town employee wellness
program, in partnership with town departments and
Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
• Received grants to promote community tennis programs,
and to promote sun safety and skin cancer awareness.
• Partnered with Special Olympics and LABBB at special
track & field event at Center Track.
• Sponsored weekly adult indoor soccer program at LHS, and
the summertime Nike Field Hockey Camp at Lincoln Park.
• Received Design of Facility Award for Lincoln Park from
Massachusetts Recreation & Park Association.
The Recreation Committee expressed sadness with the
death in 2005 of long -time colleague Don Chisholm. His
significant contributions to Recreation and the Town of
Lexington are sincerely appreciated and will continue to
inspire the future service of recreation advocates.
Also appreciated are the many partnerships that have been
developed to better serve the recreational needs of our citi-
zens: Lexington Youth Lacrosse, Lexington United Soccer
Club, Lexington Little League and Babe Ruth League, Boy
Scouts and Eagle Scouts, Skate Park Committee, Sutherland
Park Committee, Lincoln Park Subcommittee, Friends of
Rindge Park, Bicycle Advisory Committee, LHS Helping
Hands, Minute Man Regional High, and other town
departments, such as the Schools, Library, Conservation
and DPW.
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L -R: Hank Manz, Karen Simmons, David Pinsonneault, Sandra Shaw, Don Chisolm,
Richard Thuma, Sheila Butts.
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Tourism Committee
ROLE: To improve
the quality of the
Lexington tourist
experience for both
visitors and the
Town by coordi-
nating the efforts
of State, regional,
and local organiza-
tions.
APPOINTED by
the Board of
Selectmen: Chair
Kerry Brandin, Dawn McKenna, Susan Bennett, Richard
Canale, Bill Scouler, Bebe Fallick, Chuck French, John Ott,
Paul O'Shaughnessy, and Lou Sideris. Mary Jo Bohart was
appointed in the fall to represent the Chamber of
Commerce. Dawn McKenna, the former Selectmen Liaison,
was appointed and elected to chair the Committee in
October, a position held for the previous three years by
Kerry Brandin who will continue as a member. Selectmen
Liaison Richard Pagett. Liberty Ride Program Coordinator
and Director of Battle Green Guides Masha Traber.
Expenditures
Liberty Ride
FY05
FY04
Payroll
$26,167"
$20,490"
Expenses
$52,100"
$47,702'
Personnel
Seasonal
6
6
Note: All expenses for the Liberty
Ride were covered by operating rev-
enue, grants, and donations. Net cost
to the Town was zero.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Operated the third season of the Liberty Ride at no
expense to the Town. The FY05 operating deficit of
$24,844 was covered by donations.
• After the success of last April's pilot
operation, the Liberty Ride operated
for three days over Patriots' Day week-
end.
• Launched the fourth season of the
Liberty Ride, expanding operations into
June with the program running from
June 18 through October 16. The char-
ter business of the Liberty Ride expand-
ed tremendously generating revenues of
$14,775. The Liberty Ride hosted more
than 3900 passengers from throughout
the United States and abroad. England
continues to send many visitors, as do
the states of California and Texas.
Several experienced guides returned for
the season and a pay differential was
established between new and experi-
enced guides. The Ride had an substan-
tially smaller operating deficit as of
December than in previous years.
Remaining gift funds and fundraising
will offset any deficit and provide a base
for operations in the spring.
• The Liberty Ride trademark application was approved by
the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Both the
logo, which was designed by Lexington resident and illus-
trator Christopher Bing, as well as the words are now pro-
tected.
• Management of the Battle Green Guides by the Liberty
Ride coordinator Masha Traber has provided an addition-
al consistency to the tourism experience in Lexington.
Guides covered the Battle Green on weekends during
April, May and June and daily from mid -June through
October. These guides are a wonderful resource to visitors
and help encourage tourists to visit the historic houses and
shop in Lexington. These paid guides provided tours from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week.
• The Committee continued designing directional signs to
help guide visitors to the Town's historic sites and attrac-
tions and determining appropriate locations for place-
ment. The Historical Society is also working to integrate
their house signs into this new signage system which has
approval from the Historic Districts Commission.
• Grace Watson, a volunteer at the Visitor's Center, was
honored by the Massachusetts Office of Travel and
Tourism as an extraordinary volunteer supporting tourism
in Massachusetts. She was presented with a plaque at a
statewide dinner by Lieutenant Governor Healy.
Front L -R: Susan Bennett, Marsha Traber, Bebe Fallick, Mary Jo Bohart. Rear L-
R: Dawn McKenna,
Sideris, John Ott.
Richard Pagett, Charles French, Richard Canale, Lou
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Cary Lecture Series Committee
ROLE: To provide a variety of free, educational, and enter-
taining events open to all Lexington residents in accordance
with the wills of the Cary sisters by bringing to Lexington a
range of cultural experiences that might not otherwise be
available. Suggestions for future programming are wel-
come.
APPOINTED by the Moderator: Chair Nancy Shepard,
Barbara Palant, Joseph Brain, and associate member
Lawrence Kernan.
HIGHLIGHTS
• For the 2004 -2005 season, the first program was held in
January at the National Heritage Museum. Dance Asia
presented two afternoon performances geared for family
entertainment. Dance Asia is a professional troupe of four
Peking Opera performers and a narrator that features
ancient Chinese tales as told through dance, acrobatics,
martial arts, and mime.
• The March program featured Dr. Maria Zuber, a
Lexington resident and the E. A. Griswold Professor of
Geophysics and Head of the Department of Earth,
Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT. The topic was
Water on Mars: From Past to Present.
• The first program of the 2005 -2006 season was held at
Cary Hall in September and covered Civil Liberties in a
Time of War, a lecture by Anthony Lewis, Pulitzer Prize
winner and former New York Times columnist.
• In October, Laura Shapiro, noted author and critic, spoke
at Cary Hall on Men, Women and Julia: How Americans
Changed the Gender of French Cooking.
• The final lecture held in December at the National
Heritage Museum, featured Sir Tim Berners -Lee, a
Lexington resident, discussing The World Wide Web: Its
Birth and Future Directions.
Lexington Council for the Arts
ROLE: To assess grant applications for arts project
funding and make grant awards from funds allocated
by the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC); to
encourage and subsidize attendance by students in
Lexington schools at a wide range of regional arts
events; to raise funds from private sources to promote
the arts in Lexington.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen: Chair Joan
Reddy, Alan Adolph, Ella Bayliss, Barbara Ciampa, and
Marion Kilson.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Supported the Munroe Center for the Arts in a special
project for LABBB, the New Rep Theatre in a pro-
duction in Lexington, and PASS grants to students in
the Estabrook and Bridge schools.
• Continued to converse with Cary Library about a
pending gift.
• Raised Patrons' Funds in the spring for the next town
project.
• Presented the Ella Lou Dimmock Award to a
Lexington High student chosen by the music faculty.
• Joan Reddy attended the Selectmen's breakfast for the
town chairs.
• Marion Kilson and Barbara Ciampa attended the
25th Anniversary Celebration for MCC at the State
House.
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Town Celebrations Committee
ROLE: To plan
and carry out
proper obser-
vances of
Expenditures
FY05
FY04
Expenses
$24,300
$23,411
Patriots' Day, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and all such
holidays and special events as the Board of Selectmen may
designate.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen for overlapping 3-
year terms: Chair Robert Tracey, Suzanne Barry, Sally
Fisher, Mary Gillespie, Jo -Anne Granger, Sondra Lucente,
Henry Murphy, Sandra Podgorski, Charles Price, Jr.
Subcommittee: Paul Jenkins, Julie Miller, William Mix,
John Rossi, and James Shaw. Honorary Members: C. Jean
Coates, Raymond Flynn and Marion Snow. Selectmen
Liaison Norman Cohen.
Patriots' Day — Monday, April 18, 2005
Taleen Nazarian, Lexington High School Senior Class
President, led the Youth Parade and served as M.C. for the
ceremonies on the Battle Green following the parade. Rev.
Andrew Mahalares, Pastor at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox
Church gave the invocation and benediction. Lexington
High School student Katya Dryer -Oren sang the National
Anthem. The following awards were presented:
• Jacqueline Hai received the Cecil K. Harris Award from
the Lexington Minute Men Company.
• Dr. Lisa Neal was presented the Dan H. Fenn,
Jr. /Lexington Minute Men Company award.
• Jim and Don Wilson of Wilson Farm accepted the William
P. Fitzgerald Appreciation award. The award is in honor
of Fitzgerald who served on the Town Celebrations
Committee for 20 years.
• Casey McAlduff, Youth Commission President, was pre-
sented with the 2005 Youth Recognition Award.
• Donald Graham was the recipient of the 2005 Minuteman
Cane Award.
• Elsa Sullivan was presented the 2005 White Tricorn Hat
by Lexington Lions Club President Doug Lucente.
The 2005 afternoon Parade theme was "Support Our
Troops." Serving as Chief Marshal for the afternoon parade
was Winston Flynn, Captain, US Army (Ret) Green Beret.
His Chief of Staff was Charles Grossimon, USCG Auxiliary,
CDR Flotilla 38, supported by Aides LTC Barry Cunha,
USAF(R), SPC David Andre, Massachusetts National
Guard, A1C Jason Esposito, USAF, and Joyce Massello,
Capt. USAF(R). Serving as the Spirit of '76 in both parades
were: Emily Lenhart, fife; Hannah Margulies, fife; Andrew
Crocker drummer; and Jeff Gilbert, flag bearer.
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Front L -R: Sally Fisher, Jo -Anne Grainger, Sonda Lucente, Jean Coates, Sandy Podgorski. Rear L -R: Henry Murphy, Mary
Gillespie, Charles Price.
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The float winners were:
• Commercial Division
1st — Wagon Wheel Nursery
2nd — Wilson Farm and Mahoney's Garden Center
• Civic Division
1st — Charles River Sail and Power Squadron
• Youth Division
1st — Pop Warner Football
2nd — Dance Inn
Thanks to the Lexington Chamber of Commerce, local
businesses, and those organizations who contributed
toward the success of the parade.
Memorial Day — Monday, May 30, 2005
The Memorial Day parade was led by Chief Marshal LTC
Russell Lachance, US Army, and his aides: CSM Robert
Lachance, US Army (Ret), and members of Lexington VFW
Post #3007. Members of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
assisted with wreath laying at Westview Cemetery, Munroe
Cemetery, Lexington Police Department Memorial in front
of the Police Department, Korean/Vietnam War Memorial
at Cary Hall, the VFW/WWII Memorial and the Soldiers'
Monument near the Visitors Center, the Old Burying
Ground, and at the Revolutionary War Monument on the
Battle Green. Taleen Nazarian, LHS Senior Class President,
read General Logan's Orders of the Day and recited the
Gettysburg Address at Munroe Cemetery. Rev. Gary
Underwood, Chaplain, Hanscom Air Force Base, 66th Air
Base Wing, gave the invocation and benediction on the
Battle Green. Jeanne Krieger, Chair of the Board of
Selectmen, read Greetings from the State. TCC Chair
Tracey introduced Col. Gary S. Connor, USAF Commander,
Electronics Systems Center, HAFB, who gave the address of
the day.
Veterans Day - Friday, November 11, 2005
Chief Marshal was Robert Cataldo. His Aides were
Lexington VFW Post #3007 members: Thomas Driscoll,
Edward Fitzgerald, David Hamblen, William Hooper,
Aurio Pierro, Frank Samuel and William Simmons.
Members of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts assisted with
wreath laying at the Korean/Vietnam War Memorial at
Cary Hall, the VFW /WWII Memorials and the Soldiers'
Monument near the Visitors Center, the Revolutionary War
Monument, and the POW /MIA Memorial on the Battle
Green. First Lt. Jeremy Bastian, Chaplain, Hanscom Air
Force Base, offered the invocation and benediction.
Lexington High student Allie Whitfield, accompanied by
the LHS Band, sang the National Anthem. Jeanne Krieger,
Chair of the Board of Selectmen, read the Proclamation for
Veterans Day.
This year, in order to engage Lexington youth and the com-
munity in honoring veterans, an essay contest was conduct-
ed for grades 4 through 12 on the subjects of "History of
Armistice Day/Veterans Day" and "Thank you for your
Service." Forty -one entries were received. TCC member
Mary Gillespie introduced the four contest winners who
read their essays: "History of Armistice Day" by Jessica
Zhu and Juhee Park and "Thank You for your Service" by
Vikas Pydah and Ben Johnson. All entries are in a memori-
al book given to the Board of Selectmen for preservation in
the Town Archives.
Dolores Hidalgo Sister City Committee
ROLE: To continue cultural exchanges between Lexington
residents and the town of Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico which
began in 1966. These cities were linked because each has
the distinction of being the birthplace of their country's
independence.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Chair Ellie Noz, Gloria
Holland, Cheryl Ricci, Marion Snow, Carroll Ann Bottino,
Bill Noz, Alma MacDonald, Mike MacDonald, and Eva
Gil.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• In July, four guests from Dolores Hidalgo visited
Lexington. Activities included a tour of Lexington Center
including Cary Library, Wilson Farm and the Minute Man
National Historical Park, a day in Rockport, a day in
Boston, and a traditional July 4th barbeque.
• In September, Bill and Ellie Noz and Steve and Linda
Curran visited Dolores Hidalgo for Mexico's
Independence Day festivities. They attended the "Grito,"
a re- enactment of the "shout" for independence given on
the steps of the original church in 1810, complete with
fireworks and mariachi music. The Governor of the State
of Guanajuato led this year's ceremony. Other activities
included a concert by the U. of Guanajuato Symphony, a
folkloric group performing traditional Mexican songs,
and various fiestas with demonstrations of dancing and
lasso handling.
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Communications Advisory Committee
ROLE: To advise the Board of Selectmen on all aspects of
wired and wireless communication and data services to and
within the Town; to serve as ombudsman for Town users of
such services; when stipulated by the Selectmen, to repre-
sent the Town in negotiations and during
contractual /license relationships with providers of those ser-
vices; when stipulated by the Selectmen, to monitor and
evaluate compliance of any Lexington contracted Public,
Education, and Government Access Corporation; to oversee
any network which includes municipal and /or school build-
ings; to help set Town regulations and review applications
to the Town for wired and wireless communications and
data services; and to advise the Selectmen and other Town
officials on managing the Town's growing information-han -
dling needs and any supporting networks.
APPOINTED by the Selectmen: Chair Jeanne Canale
(administrative operations), Stephen Ellis (network opera-
tions and negotiation strategy), David Becker (technology
and Access Initiative), Connie Rawson (Cary Memorial
Library Director, liaison to schools, town & library), David
Buczkowski (legal and regulations), Edmond Vail III (wire-
less and business), Miriam Boucher (wireless, information
technology and Access Corporation planning), Maria
Kieslich (marketing and project planning), James Akimchuk
( access, production and business operations), James Baker
(news media, network columnist, writer and editor).
Selectmen Liaison Jeanne Krieger.
Lexington Studio Operations /Phase 11 Access
Corporation for Local Cable and PEG Programming
• Appointed Transition Subcommittee to facilitate the tran-
sition of Lexington Studio from Comcast Corporation to
the Town.
• Managed Lexington Studio operations during interim
(April— September). Oversaw personal, financial and phys-
ical resources.
• Worked with consultant on Phase II of contract to estab-
lish an Access Corporation. Identified tasks: Establish
Board of Conveners to develop bylaws and select an initial
Board of Directors for the Access Corporation.
• Developed RFP for Programming, Operations and
Management of Access Corporation.
• Worked with Town Procurement Officer for competitive
bidding and procurement for Access Corporation.
• Worked on bidder selection process evaluating proposals
and making recommendation to the Town.
• Worked with LexMedia on cable and I -Net related issues.
• Oversee LexMedia contract obligations to the Town for
PEG programming.
• Oversee PEG Revolving Fund.
Wireless Telecommunication
• Updated inventory of town -wide wireless facilities.
• Reviewed three wireless provider antenna applications for
compliance with the bylaws and made recommendations
to the Selectmen.
RCN Contract/Build -Out Obligations
• Coordinated efforts with Town and RCN to issue
Notification of Public Hearing, to complete network
build -out, and to provide relief to 655 Lexington homes
via partial payment by customers for RCN hook -up.
Comcast
• Worked with Comcast to reconfigure I -Net to meet the
future needs of the Town; including real -time broadcasting
from Lexington Community TV (LCTV).
• Facilitated the designation of a third -party payment center
in the Town for Comcast business transactions.
Verizon Cable TV License
• Began Initial Cable TV licensing process with Verizon.
• Created Issuing Authority Report Specifications and
Formal Request for Cable TV License.
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FINANCES
Appropriation Committee
ROLE: To advise
the Town and
Town Meeting on
all fiscal matters.
Expenditures
FY05
FY04
Expenses
$1,000
$1,000
APPOINTED by the Moderator for overlapping 3 -year
terms: Chair Alan Levine, Vice Chair Deborah Brown, John
Bartenstein, Rod Cole, Richard Eurich, Paul Hamburger,
David Kanter, and Eric Michelson. Ronald Pawliczek served
until June and was replaced by Pam Hoffman as of July.
2005 Annual Town Meeting
Supported the following:
• Art. 14. Municipal Lighting Plant resolution reconfirming
and renewing votes taken by prior Town Meetings support-
ing the enactment of legislation confirming that a munici-
pality can purchase electric assets to form a municipal light-
ing plant in accordance with M.G.L. c. 164; and authoriz-
ing the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court of
Massachusetts for an act enabling the Town itself to do so.
• Art. 15. Property Tax Exemption, expanding property
tax relief available to lower- income senior citizens.
• Art. 18. The establishment of a revolving fund, to be
called the Lexington Tree Fund, to fund, up to a maximum
amount of $75,000, the planting, transplanting, mainte-
nance and care of trees from
private contributions and
mitigation contributions
paid under the Town's Tree
Bylaw.
• Art. 22. Fast Track Auction
Law resolution, expressing
the Town's concern about the
adverse effect of the fast
track auction law, enacted in
Outside Section 548 of the
State FY 2004 Budget, on the
Town's ability to influence
the disposition or use of sur-
plus state property located
within the Town; and
requesting that Town offi-
cials and legislative represen-
tatives work to restore the
Town's ability to guide the
future use of such property.
• Art. 26. Appropriation of
$65,000 for playground and
recreation facility improve- L -R: Michael Young, Alan
ments at Rindge Playground Kanter
and the Center Recreation
Complex.
• Art. 28. By a vote of 8 -1, the appropriation of $50,000 to
complete a hydrology study at Pine Meadows Golf Club
to address drainage issues.
• Art. 29. Supplementary appropriation of $1,948,000 for
previously authorized capital improvement projects,
including the completion of work begun in the Town
Office building and the Police Station, repairs to various
school buildings, and the furnishing of two new elemen-
tary schools to replace the Fiske and Harrington
Elementary Schools. However, the Committee unanimous-
ly opposed an amendment proposing that any debt issued
to fund the appropriation not be issued as exempt debt.
Town Meeting did not adopt the amendment.
• Art. 30. School Capital Projects and Equipment, to
remodel, reconstruct and make extraordinary repairs to,
and to purchase equipment for, school buildings
($1,100,000), and for architectural and design services for
the renovation of the School Administration Building at
1557 Massachusetts Avenue ($240,000).
• Art 31. School Technology Program ($270,000) for the
purchase and upgrading of computer hardware, software
and support.
• Art. 32. Capital expenditures for projects and equipment
totaling $2,680,000, including town buildings, street
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improvements, traffic and sidewalk improvements, new
public works equipment, new ambulance, the design of a
new DPW Operations facility, and a needs - analysis study
for updated and integrated Police, Fire, Dispatch, Public
Works, and other Town communications systems.
• Art. 35. Supplementary appropriation of $150,000 to the
Reserve Fund of the FY05 budget.
• Art. 36. Appropriation of $603,647 to stabilization fund.
• Art. 37. Operating Budget for school and town opera-
tions, including the Town's assessment for the Minuteman
Regional High School 2005 -2006 school year. The
Committee unanimously opposed an amendment propos-
ing to increase the budget by $10,000 for the planting and
care of trees, and an amendment proposing to decrease the
Education portion of the budget by $10,000 pending
implementation of energy conservation measures. Town
meeting did not adopt either amendment.
Opposed the following:
• Art. 7. Adoption of Community Preservation Act,
approving a surcharge on real property of 3% of the annu-
al real estate tax levy to be first imposed, if approved by
Town voters at the next general Town election, in fiscal
year 2007. Town Meeting approved the article.
• Art. 17. By a vote of 8 -1, the appropriation of $15,000
for the planting and maintenance of trees on Town -owned
land. Town Meeting did not approve the article.
2005 Special Town Meeting
Supported the following:
• Art. 4. Appropriation of $528,178 to pay unpaid bills for
goods and services rendered to the School Department in
FY05.
• Art. 5, Part A. Supplementary appropriation of $847,396
for the Lexington Public Schools FY06 budget, in addition
to the amount previously appropriated at the 2005 annu-
al Town Meeting but unanimously opposed an amend-
ment proposing to increase the supplementary appropria-
tion by $75,000 to fund a Drug Free Community Support
Program. Town Meeting did not adopt the amendment.
• Art. 5, Part B. Appropriation and transfer of $425,000
from the Overlay Surplus to reduce the tax levy for FY06.
This appropriation was a housekeeping measure, designed
to conform to and implement the intent of the 2005
Annual Town Meeting. It does not increase the size of the
FY06 operating budget.
Planning and Budgeting for Future Years
In conjunction with the Selectmen, School Committee,
Capital Expenditures Committee, and municipal and school
staff, the Appropriation Committee evaluates and supports
the Town's long -range financial planning processes. Its
efforts include assessing the Town's current financial condi-
tion and projecting free cash, expenses and revenues for
future years. Currently, these projections encompass FY07
and FY08. The Committee believes that this work, and the
information these projections provide to the Town, are
informative and crucial if the Town is to achieve and main-
tain a proper, workable balance among operating expenses,
capital projects, and affordable tax rates.
Although the Town continues to face considerable fiscal
challenges and problems, there are positive developments.
In April, Moody's Investors Service removed the negative
outlook it had placed on the Town's bond rating.
Consequently, Lexington's Aaa bond rating, the highest
Moody's accords, is unblemished. Additionally, the
appointments of Paul Ash as Superintendent of Schools by
the School Committee and of Carl Valente as Town
Manager by the Board of Selectmen will impart continuity
and consistency to the ever on -going budget development
and assessment process. The Committee will continue to
work with the Town's elected and appointed boards, and
with staff, to address and respond to the myriad challenges,
problems and concerns involved in that process. As noted in
past years, the importance of minimizing increases to annu-
ally recurring expenditure items when there is little evidence
of new or increased recurring revenues to pay for them can-
not be emphasized too strongly.
Staff Recognition
The Committee is especially appreciative of the extensive
and dedicated efforts of the Town's municipal and school
staff. Despite, indeed because of, the severe constraints
placed upon them by these difficult economic times, they
nonetheless unfailingly perform far beyond the call of duty.
They fulfill their assigned duties, they interact with and
respond to town citizens, and they assist and support, in
effort and time far in excess of "regular working hours,"
the Town's elected and appointed bodies. The
Appropriation Committee is deeply indebted and grateful to
these employees for their invaluable counsel, service and
assistance.
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Capital Expenditures Committee
ROLE: To receive from town boards and departments a list of
all capital expenditures that may be required within the ensu-
ing 5 -year period, and to prompt them to undertake appro-
priate planning for required future capital expenditures; to
consider the relative need, timing, and cost of these projects,
the adequacy thereof, and the effect these expenditures might
have on the financial position of the Town; and to make rec-
ommendations thereon to the Town Meeting.
APPOINTED by the Moderator to overlapping 3 -year
terms: Chair Charles Lamb, Vice Chair Ted Edson, Roger
Borghesani, William Hurley, and Shirley Stolz. In July,
William Hurley succeeded John Rosenberg, who had com-
pleted one term on the Committee. In November, Roger
Borghesani succeeded George Burnell who resigned upon
announcing his candidacy for the Board of Selectmen.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Major School Construction: The new Harrington school
was completed and is now occupied. Fiske students were
moved to the old Harrington school building and construc-
tion of the new Fiske school was started with planned occu-
pancy in early 2007. Both schools are being constructed
under a debt - exclusion override of $32,150,000 approved
by the voters in 2002 and a supplemental appropriation of
$1,575,000 approved by the 2005 Annual Town meeting
(approximately 40% to be reimbursed by the State) .
• Streets: Major neighborhood street reconstruction contin-
ues with funds from the $7,000,000 debt - exclusion over-
ride approved in 2002; during the 2005 summer -fall con-
struction season, the third quadrant of roads scheduled
for work was repaved. This program, which is in addition
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L -R: Charles Lamb, Shirley Stolz, Roger Borghesani, Ted
Edson, Bill Hurley.
Capital Appropriations for the 2005 Town Meeting
Article 26
Article 28
Article 29
Article 30
Article 31
Article 32a
Article 32b
Article 32c
Article 32d
Article 32e
Article 32f
Article 32g
Article 32h
Title
Playgrounds and Recreation Facilities Improvement
Rindge Park Playground
Center Tennis Court Backboard
Pine Meadows Improvement
Supplementary FY05 Appropriation
LPD Generator /Town Office Bldg HVAC
Fiske School Rebuild
School Capital Projects
School Technology
Town Building Envelope
Street Related Improvements
Traffic Improvements
Sidewalk Improvements
DPW Equipment
DPW Operations Facility
Fire /Rescue Equipment
Public Safety Communications
Amount
$35,000
$30,000
$50,000
$165,000
$1,575,000
$1,340,000
$270,000
$150,000
$460,000
$500,000
$100,000
$50,000
$485,000
$720,000
$165,000
$50,000
Funding Source
Tax Levy (Bond)
Recreation Enterprise
Recreation Enterprise
Tax Levy (Bond)
Tax Levy (Exempt)
Tax Levy (Bond & Cash)
Tax Levy (Bond & Cash)
Tax Levy (Bond & Cash)
Chapter 90
Tax Levy (Cash)
Tax Levy (Bond)
Tax Levy (Bond)
Tax Levy (Bond)
Tax Levy (Bond)
Tax Levy (Cash)
Tax Levy (Cash)
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
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bilagEl s pinEa :ologd
Capital Expenditures Committee continued from previous page
to the annual street resurfacing funded with Chapter 90
and tax levy revenues, remains on track for its planned 4-
year construction schedule, with obvious improvements
in road quality, performance, and appearance.
• School Administration Building ( "White House ") and
DPW Facility Reconstruction: Annual Town Meeting
approved $300,000 and $720,000 for Design and
Engineering studies in anticipation eventual reconstruction
of the School Administration Building and DPW Facility
(respectively). Funding for reconstruction is anticipated to
be requested in spring 2006 through a voter debt exclusion.
• Capital Stewardship and Planning for the Future: The
Town has an extensive infrastructure requiring constant
attention, repair, upgrading, or replacement. Failure to
attend to these assets results in unsafe conditions, undue
repair costs, reduced productivity by employees who must
operate from substandard facilities or offices, impaired
quality of service (as in school or recreational facilities), and
other costs, which tend to increase when maintenance and
necessary investments and updating are deferred. High -pri-
ority concerns include the Department of Public Works
equipment storage and maintenance facility and associated
offices at 201 Bedford Street; and the "White House," next
to the police station, now used as School Administration
offices. Longer term, four additional elementary schools
require upgrading as well as possible additional space. The
water and sewer department must continually renew
Lexington's underground infrastructure. Roofs, electrical,
and HVAC equipment must be periodically replaced in all
school and /or municipal buildings. Playgrounds need safe
equipment, the pool complex requires periodic restoration,
athletic fields need constant attention, tennis courts need
resurfacing, and the golf course must be professionally
maintained. Vehicles from fire trucks and ambulances to
snow plows and dump trucks need to be replaced. The
Committee also considers the future use and condition of
such important Lexington assets as East Lexington Library,
Munroe School (now in use as the arts center), the future
reuse of the old Harrington School, and the desire of the
Council on Aging for facilities suitable for its future needs.
The Town must stay the course, responsibly funding the
support and maintenance of Lexington's infrastructure.
Revenue Officer
ROLE: To per-
form the duties of
Treasurer and
Collector as out-
lined in Mass-
achusetts General
Laws (M.G.L.),
Chapter 41. As
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$171,648
$ 40,738
$193,576
$ 48,599
Personnel
Full Time
4
4
Part Time
1
1
Treasurer, responsible for the receipt and disbursement of all
town funds as well as the management of investment policies,
debt, and, in conjunction with the Town Manager, employee
benefits. As Collector, issues and collects all Real Estate,
Motor Vehicle, Personal Property, and Water /Sewer bills, as
assessed.
APPOINTED by the Town Manager: Rosemary Ducharme,
2003.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Real Estate taxes totaled $87,852,415, including collec-
tion of prior year taxes. Outstanding accounts were either
put in payment plans or subjected to tax title and the asso-
ciated foreclosure process.
• Personal Property tax collection totaled $2,566,468.
• Motor Vehicle Excise bills totaled $4,179,205. These bills
were based upon information provided by the Registry of
Motor Vehicles. Overdue accounts were committed to the
Deputy Collector, who, under M.G.L, marked these
accounts for license and registration non - renewal.
• Water /Sewer collections totaled $10,702,975.
• Investment income for all town accounts was
$677,532.14, of which $449,669 was credited to the
General Fund. All investments are made according to
Massachusetts General Laws. When investing the Town's
money, safety, liquidity, and yield, in that order, are the
considerations.
• Issued $11,802,685 in BANS (Bond Anticipation Notes)
for the following purposes:
School $7,152,685
School $500,000
School $2,800,000
School $950,000
School $150,000
Computer $250,000
• Issued $2,620,000 in BANS (Bond Anticipation Notes) for
the following purposes:
School Remodeling
School
Water
Public Works Equipment
Fire Department Equipment
Building
Computer Hardware
Computer Software
Sidewalk
Street
Outdoor Recreational Facilities
$635,000
$55,000
$450,000
$370,000
$345,000
$340,000
$216,000
$33,600
$100,000
$40,000
$35,000
• Issued $1,440,000 in BANS (Bond Anticipation Notes) for
the Library.
Page 86 2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Board of Assessors
ROLE: to assess
the valuation of
Lexington's real
and personal
property. Efforts
are focused on
the maintenance
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$198,601
$ 38,307
$ 187,631
$ 69,819
Personnel
Full Time
3.5
4.5
of an extensive database for valuation purposes according
to Massachusetts General Laws.
APPOINTED by the Town Manager: Chair William
Jackson, Steven Foster and Edmund Grant. Town Assessor
Joseph Nugent.
HIGHLIGHTS
• The Assessing Department was fully staffed during FY06
resulting in a return to an actual third quarter billing cycle.
• Residential values remained strong during calendar 2004
(year of analysis). However, commercial and industrial
values continued to decrease for the third consecutive year.
• Total growth was up over FY05. Residential was stronger
in FY06, while commercial and industrial dropped.
Personal property also increased.
Assessments for Fiscal 2006
Property Class
No. of
Parcels
Assessed
Value
Single - Family
8,910
$6,206,172,000
Condominiums
819
$333,800,000
Two - Family
184
$105,394,000
Three - Family
14
$8,995,000
Multi -Unit
12
$75,013,000
Land
577
$40,040,500
Misc. Residential
40
$42,094,000
Commercial
419
$609,654,000
Industrial
39
$116,982,000
Agricultural (61A)
5
$85,000
Recreation (61B)
7
$4,562,000
Mixed Use Residential/
22
$18,700,500
Commercial
Personal Property /Utilities
916
$124,776,530
Total
11,964
$7,686,268,530
TAX LEVY AND TAX RATES: FISCAL YEAR 2006
Class Levy % Valuation Tax Rate Tax Levy $
Residential 80.0146% $6,823,275,250.00 $11.11 $75,806,588.03
$0.00
Open Space 0.0000% $0.00
Commercial 14.3867% $621,234,750.00
Industrial 2.7090% $116,9 82,000.00
Personal
2.8897% $124,776,530.00
$21.94
$21.94
$21.94
$13,629,890.42
$2,566,585.08
Total
100.0000% $7,686,268,530.00
$2,737,597.07
$94,740,660.60
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Page 87
Fiscal Year 2005 Recapitulation
Amount to be Raised
Appropriations $129,434,268.00
Other amounts to be raised
Amounts certified for tax title purposes $0.00
Debt and interest charges 265,200.00
Final court judgments 0.00
Total overlay deficits of prior years 0.00
Total cherry sheet offsets 1,363,589.00
Revenue deficits 0.00
Offset receipts deficits Ch. 44, Sec. 53E 0.00
Authorized deferral of teachers' pay 0.00
Snow and ice deficit Ch. 44 Sec. 31D 646,688.00
Other (specify on separate letter) 0.00
Total $2,275,477.00
State and county cherry sheet charges $633,266.00
Allowance for abatements and exemptions $504,779.60
Total amount to be raised $132,847,790.60
Estimated Receipts and Other Revenue Sources
Estimated receipts - State
Cherry sheet estimated receipts $8,415,828.00
Massachusetts School Building Authority Payments 187,696.00
Total $ 8,603,524.00
Estimated receipts - Local
Local receipts not allocated $9,746,050.00
Offset receipts 0.00
Enterprise funds 17,156,934.00
Community preservation funds 0.00
Total $26,902,984.00
Revenue sources appropriated for particular purposes
Free cash $1,112,465.00
Other available funds 1,063,157.00
Total $2,175,622.00
Other revenue sources appropriated specifically to
reduce the tax rate
Free cash...appropriated on or before June 30, 2005 $0.00
Free cash...appropriated on or after July 1, 2005 0.00
Municipal light source 0.00
Teachers' pay deferral 0.00
Other source : Overlay surplus 425,000.00
Total
$425,000.00
Total estimated receipts and other revenue sources $38,107,130.00
Summary of Total Amount to be Raised and Total Receipts from all Sources
Total amount to be raised $132,847,790.60
Total estimated receipts and other $38,107,130.00
revenue sources
Total real and personal property tax levy $94,740,660.60
Total receipts from all sources $132,847,790.60
Page 88
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Tax Deferral and Exemption Study Committee
ROLE: To study, understand, and evaluate options for help-
ing lower income citizens, particularly seniors, with their
property taxes. To research existing state legislation that
enables local tax exemptions and deferrals, estimate the
probable cost to the town budget, and advise the Selectmen
on the costs and benefits, pros and cons of each option. In
addition, to track new legislation currently under develop-
ment by the State and to encourage legislation beneficial to
town interests.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen: Chair Vicki Blier,
Marilyn Campbell, Patricia Costello, William Kennedy, and
Thomas Taylor. Board Liaison Norman Cohen.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Advised the Selectmen regarding a motion before Town
Meeting to add an annually increasing Cost of Living
Adjustment to the $750 Senior Tax Exemption and to seek
a Home Rule Petition to lower the State - mandated inter-
est rate charged on Senior Tax Deferrals. The motion
passed unanimously. This year 48 seniors received $750
tax exemptions.
• Seniors with incomes under $40K may defer paying any
part of their property tax until they choose to sell their
house or the house is otherwise conveyed. The total
amount deferred can be up to half the value of the house.
The homeowner can never be forced to sell the house due
to the deferred property tax amounts. The state - mandated
interest rate on the deferred property tax is 8%. The
Town's Home Rule Petition seeking the power to lower
the interest rate was rendered moot by an amendment to
the State law giving Town Meeting the authority to set any
interest rate below 8%. This year 16 seniors deferred a
total of almost $75,000 in property tax.
Debt Service Summary
(Note: Figures are rounded to the closest dollar.)
FY06
FY07
FY08
FY09
FY10
FY11 -23
TOTAL
Library
$ 738,387
$ 724,262
$ 710,137
$ 694,042
$ 677,902
$ 5,673,842
$ 9,218,572
Augusta Land Acquisition
16,617
15,975
15,327
0
0
0
47,919
General Government
199,280
142,804
0
0
0
0
342,084
Public Works
793,111
607,608
383,000
203,388
52,575
0
2,039,682
Schools
1,463,355
1,080,148
600,420
547,625
330,600
649,125
4,671,273
Exempt (school & town)
4,683,313
4,366,213
3,839,138
3,558,913
3,159,800
30,680,841
50,288,218
Sub Total
$ 7,894,063
$6,937,010
$ 5,548,022
$5,003,968
$ 4,220,877
$37,003,808
$66,607,748
Enterprise Fund Debt:
Water
$ 228,546
$ 224,296
$ 215,046
$ 210,096
$ 205,146
$ 548,759
$ 1,631,889
Sewer
275,951
267,168
207,283
119,988
89,378
0
959,768
Sub Total
$ 504,497
$ 491,464
$ 422,329
$ 330,084
$ 294,524
$ 548,759
$ 2,591,657
Totals
$ 8,398,560
$7,428,474
$ 5,970,351
$5,334,052
$ 4,515,401
$37,552,567
$69,199,405
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Page 89
Comptroller
ROLE: To over-
see all financial
operations of the
Town, which
includes the
assessing of prop-
erty, collecting all
accounts receivable, payment of all accounts payable,
investment of town funds, maintaining accounting records,
preparation of financial statements, annual audit, adminis-
tration of the retirement system, and support to the
Appropriation Committee.
Expenditures
Payroll
Expenses
FY05
FY04
$276,28
$115,717
$327,896
$110,879
Personnel
Full Time
6
6
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen: Town Accountant
Laurie Dell'Olio served as Acting Comptroller in 2005.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Issued approximately $15,800,000 in bond anticipation
notes for various capital projects.
• In April, Moody's Investors Service restored the Town's
Aaa rating by lifting the "Negative Outlook" warning.
The Town's commitment to building reserves, striving
towards a structurally balanced budget, and stable man-
agement contributed to the rating.
Comptroller Schedule of Appropriations -June 30, 2005
NOTE: The figures below are rounded to the closest dollar.
Account
Revised Budget
Expended
Encumbrances
Total Expended
Balance
Selectmen
Personal Services
$ 61,983
$ 55,515
$ 0
$ 55,515
$ 6,468
Expenses
77,933
78,131
0
78,131
(198)
Town Manager
Personal Services
326,104
326,104
0
326,104
0
Expenses
14,680
8,981
351
9,331
5,349
Municipal Services
Personal Services
33,976
32,584
0
32,584
1,392
Expenses
103,599
87,775
0
87,775
15,824
Salary Adjustments
Salary Adjustments
0
0
0
0
0
Appropriation Committee
Expenses
1,000
1,000
0
1,000
0
Reserve Fund
Expenses
0
0
0
0
0
Comptroller
Personal Services
280,653
276,218
0
276,218
4,435
Expenses
138,896
104,174
11,542
115,717
23,179
Assessor
Personal Services
198,601
198,601
0
198,601
0
Expenses
39,721
38,307
0
38,307
1,414
Treasurer /Collector
Personal Services
171,648
171,648
0
171,648
0
Expenses
54,741
39,252
1,486
40,738
14,003
Law
Legal Fees
392,100
392,202
7,412
399,614
(7,514)
Human Resources
Personal Services
42,258
42,258
0
42,258
0
Expenses
2,667
2,071
0
2,071
596
Web Development
Expenses
16,072
12,845
0
12,845
3,228
Management Information
System
Personal Services
154,565
152,713
0
152,713
1,852
Expenses
195,402
189,490
500
189,990
5,412
Town Network
5,000
3,277
0
3,277
1,723
NOTE: The above amounts include carry forward activity
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Account
Revised Budget
Expended
Encumbrances
Total Expended
Balance
Town Clerk
Personal Services
$ 135,194
$ 135,194
$ 0
$ 135,194
$ 0
Expenses
7,576
7,056
496
7,551
24
Elections
Personal Services
58,232
58,232
0
58,232
0
Expenses
29,238
28,375
770
29,145
93
Registration
Personal Services
1,756
1,756
0
1,756
0
Expenses
23,292
11,328
10,752
22,080
1,212
Records Management
Expenses
4,125
2,000
2,125
4,125
0
Conservation Commission
Personal Services
82,585
82,585
0
82,585
0
Planning Board
Personal Services
178,997
167,224
0
167,224
11,773
Expenses
8,450
8,188
0
8,188
262
Regulatory Support
Personal Services
32,766
32,766
0
32,766
0
Board of Appeals
Personal Services
0
0
0
0
0
Expenses
0
0
0
0
0
Economic Development
Personal Services
6,000
4,532
0
4,532
1,468
Expenses
0
0
0
0
0
Liberty Ride
Personal Services
0
0
0
0
0
Expenses
0
0
0
0
0
Public Building
Maintenance
Personal Services
320,129
320,129
0
320,129
0
Expenses
473,963
468,263
5,700
473,963
0
Town Reports
Expenses
6,000
5,936
0
5,936
64
Misc Boards &
Commissions
Expenses
10,755
10,350
0
10,350
405
Police
Personal Services
3,414,330
3,408,371
0
3,408,371
5,959
Expenses
392,736
382,191
9,847
392,038
698
Parking Meter Maintenance
Personal Services
32,494
32,494
0
32,494
0
Expenses
22,000
20,886
1,044
21,930
70
Fire
Personal Services
3,734,413
3,724,570
0
3,724,570
9,843
Expenses
388,813
372,548
16,265
388,812
1
Dispatch
Personal Services
408,807
408,807
0
408,807
0
Expenses
24,780
24,723
0
24,723
57
Building & Zoning Officer
Personal Services
287,316
287,316
0
287,316
0
Expenses
45,357
37,413
4,718
42,131
3,226
Dog Officzer
Personal Services
16,501
10,857
0
10,857
5,644
Expenses
1,591
1,446
0
1,446
145
Forestry
Personal Services
177,218
177,218
0
177,218
0
Expenses
28,792
28,792
0
28,792
0
NOTE: The above amounts include carry forward activity
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Account
Revised Budget
Expended
Encumbrances
Total Expended
Balance
School
Personal Services &
$66,414,975
$66,324,108
$ 87,167
$66,411,274
$ 3,701
Expenses
Minuteman
928,474
833,267
0
833,267
95,207
Town Engineer
Personal Services
245,478
245,478
0
245,478
0
Expenses
8,203
8,203
0
8,203
0
DPW Administration
Personal Services
266,748
266,748
0
266,748
0
Expenses
28,153
27,876
278
28,153
0
Snow Removal
Personal Services
274,483
575,041
0
575,041
(300,558)
Expenses
672,976
1,019,106
0
1,019,106
(346,130)
Highway
Personal Services
531,182
531,182
0
531,182
0
Expenses
228,931
228,861
70
228,931
0
Road Machinery
Personal Services
130,483
130,483
0
130,483
0
Expenses
256,315
254,071
2,244
256,315
0
Street Lighting
Personal Services
0
0
0
0
0
Expenses
242,158
241,013
1,145
242,158
0
Lexpress
Personal Services
65,230
65,230
0
65,230
0
Expenses
225,689
225,689
0
225,689
0
Chair Car Services
Personal Services
0
0
0
0
0
Expenses
0
0
0
0
0
Refuse Collection
Expenses
727,408
727,408
0
727,408
0
Recycling
Personal Services
63,443
63,443
0
63,443
0
Expenses
754,280
752,081
2,199
754,280
0
Refuse Disposal
Expenses
541,133
541,133
0
541,133
0
Cemetery
Personal Services
135,952
135,952
0
135,952
0
Expenses
31,552
31,472
80
31,552
0
Parking Lot Maintenance
Personal Services
42,266
42,266
0
42,266
0
Expenses
20,947
20,947
0
20,947
0
Board of Health
Personal Services
157,309
136,262
0
136,262
21,047
Expenses
20,000
19,355
200
19,555
445
Youth Services
Personal Services
44,650
36,888
0
36,888
7,762
Expenses
0
0
0
0
0
Veterans Services
Personal Services
33,853
33,853
0
33,853
0
Expenses
18,381
18,031
350
18,381
0
Developmentally Disabled
Expenses
14,839
14,839
0
14,839
0
Council on Aging
Personal Services
128,961
128,960
0
128,960
1
Expenses
165,940
150,889
13,552
164,441
1,499
Library
Personal Services
1,400,313
1,372,783
0
1,372,783
27,530
Expenses
354,159
331,047
23,108
354,155
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Account
Revised Budget
Expended
Encumbrances
Total Expended
Balance
Parks
Personal Services
$ 614,330
$ 614,330
$ 0
$ 614,330
$ 0
Expenses
89,786
88,029
1,756
89,786
0
Historical Commission
Personal Services
0
0
0
0
0
Public Celebration
Expenses
25,000
24,300
0
24,300
700
Debt Service
Principal
7,686,000
7,686,000
0
7,686,000
0
Interest
2,013,095
2,013,093
0
2,013,093
2
Interest Short Term
235,262
173,238
0
173,238
62,024
Interest Short Term(exempt)
923,820
923,820
0
923,820
0
Other
State Assessment & Chgs
0
6 79,13 7
0
679 13 679,137
(679,137)
Contributory Retirement
3,015,532
3,015,532
0
3,015,532
0
Noncontributory Retirement
85,000
80,544
0
80,544
4,456
Unemployment
58,849
57,170
280
57,450
1,399
Police & Fire Medical
53,965
72,858
0
72,858
(18,893)
Insurance
4,691,839
4,671,872
1,639
4,673,511
18,328
Total General Fund
$107,333,147
$108,108,575
$ 207,076
$108,315,651
($982,503)
Enterprise Funds
Sewer Fund
Personal Services
$ 232,759
$ 208,440
$ 0
$ 208,440
$ 24,319
Expenses
972,025
979,363
5,807
985,170
(13,145)
MWRA
5,531,976
5,062,751
0
5,062,751
469,225
Art 27 of 99
300,000
0
0
0
300,000
Art 9 of 97
0
0
0
0
0
Art 9 of 98
151,683
0
0
0
151,683
Art 10 of 98
824,849
39,470
35,465
74,936
749,914
Art 8F of 02
0
0
0
0
0
Art 8F of 03
150,000
4,111
70,715
74,826
75,174
Art 8H of 03
11,831
3,120
8,711
11,831
0
Art 18E of 04
150,000
0
0
0
150,000
Art 20 of 04
600,000
0
0
0
600,000
Debt Service
649,646
422,713
0
422,713
226,934
Total Sewer Fund
$ 9,574,769
$ 6,719,968
$ 120,699
$ 6,840,667
$ 2,734,102
Water Fund
Personal Services
$ 562,231
$ 527,379
$ 0
$ 527,379
$ 34,852
Expenses
1,311,671
1,275,038
10,356
1,285,394
26,277
MWRA
3,535,122
3,303,339
18,000
3,321,339
213,784
Art 9 of 03
900,000
5,854
193,850
199,705
700,295
Art 9 of 02
850,199
50,559
117,766
168,326
681,873
Art 11 of 01
56,756
0
51,530
51,530
5,226
Art 19 of 04
850,000
0
0
0
850,000
Debt Service
309,984
237,483
0
237,483
72,501
Total Water Fund
$ 8,375,963
$ 5,399,653
$ 391,503
$ 5,791,155
$ 2,584,808
Recreation Fund
Personal Services
$ 517,795
$ 484,084
$ 0
$ 484,084
$ 33,711
Recreation Pine Meadows
582,437
473,188
36,649
509,836
72,601
Expense
Expenses
339,702
320,268
14,657
334,925
4,777
Art 8I of 00
7,902
7,902
0
7,902
0
Art 8H of 01
10,956
334
2,450
2,784
8,172
Art 18H of 04 Playground Improv
35,000
32,090
0
32,090
2,910
Art 18I of 04 Tennis Court Improv
130,000
8,118
112,525
120,643
9,357
Art 8E of 02
0
0
0
0
0
Art 16 of 03
18,438
1,071
0
1,071
17,367
Art 12 of 00
10,846
7,526
0
7,526
3,320
Art 8B of 02
657
550
0
550
107
Art 30 of 99
130,817
28,525
7,700
36,225
94,592
Art 8B of 03
1,681
0
0
0
1,681
Total Recreation Fund
$ 1,786,231
$ 1,363,655
$ 173,981
$ 1,537,636
$ 248,595
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NOTE: The above amounts include carry forward activity
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General
Fund
Special
Revenue
Capital
Projects
Enterprise
Funds
Trust &
Agency
Long -Term
Debt
Total
ASSETS
Cash and Investments:
Cash
$28,276,554
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$28,276,554
Temporary Investments
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
$28,276,554
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$ 28,276,554
Receivables:
Property Taxes
$ 2,114,553
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$ 2,114,553
Motor Vehicle Excise
493,156
0
0
0
0
0$
493,156
User Charges & Liens
0
0
0
2,924,060
0
0
$ 2,924,060
Special Assessment
597
0
0
0
0
0$
597
Departmentals
265,394
0
0
0
0
0$
265,394
Tax Title
507,843
0
0
0
0
0$
507,843
Due from Other Governments
0
0
0
0
0
0$
0
Due to /Due from other funds
(19,148,898)
4,002,199
3,653,332
7,444,715
4,048,652
0
$ 0
Other
0
0
0
0
1,153,046
0$
1,153,046
Total
($15,767,355)
$4,002,199
$3,653,332
$10,368,775
$ 5,201,698
$ 0
$ 7,458,649
Property and Equipment - Net
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$44,326,978
$ 0
$ 0
$44,326,978
Amount to be Provided For:
Repayment of Long Term
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
Obligations
Retirement of Bonds
0
0
0
0
0
50,800,000
$50,800,000
Repayment of Anticipation
0
195,000
15,412,685
0
0
0
$15,607,685
Notes
Total
$ 0
$ 195,000
$15,412,685
$ 0
$ 0
$50,800,000
$ 66,407,685
TOTAL ASSETS
$12,509,199
$4,197,199
$19,066,017
$54,695,753
$ 5,201,698
$50,800,000
$146,469,867
LIABILITIES & FUND BALANCES
Liabilities:
Warrants Payable
$ 947,328
$ 468,794
$ 19,270
$ 96,949
$ 457,034
$ 0
$ 1,989,375
Accrued Payroll
765,378
55,336
9,371
45,749
2,291
0
$ 878,124
Reserve for Abatements
1,977,818
0
0
0
0
0$
1,977,818
Deferred Revenues
1,403,725
0
0
0
0
0$
1,403,725
Deposits & Other Liabilities
201,834
0
0
0
1,177,875
0
$ 1,379,709
Bond and Grant Anticipation
0
195,000
15,412,685
0
0
0
$ 5,607,685
Notes
Bonds Payable
0
0
0
2,737,374
0
50,800,000
$53,537,374
Total Liabilities
$ 5,296,082
$ 719,130
$15,441,326
$ 2,880,072
$1,637,199
$50,800,000
$ 76,773,809
Fund Balances:
Retained Earnings
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$48,128,029
$ 0
$ 0
$48,128,029
Retained Earnings Appropriated
0
0
0
0
0
0$
0
Fund Balances:
0
0
0
0
0
0$
0
Unreserved
7,502,729
1,515,240
2,089,107
3,139,605
0
$14,246,681
Reserved for Expenditures
150,000
0
0
3,001,470
0
0
$ 3,151,470
Reserved for Encumbrances
207,076
1,962,829
1,535,584
686,182
424,895
0
$ 4,816,566
Reserve for Future Year Tax Levy
0
0
0
0
0
0$
0
Overlay Deficit
0
0
0
0
0
0$
0
Snow & Ice Deficit
(646,688)
0
0
0
0
0
$ (646,688)
Reserved for Debt Exempt
0
0
0
0
0
0$
0
Premium
Reserved for Debt Service
0
0
0
0
0
0$
0
Total Fund Balances
$ 7,213,117
$3,478,069
$ 3,624,691
$51,815,681
$ 3,564,500
$ 0
$69,696,058
TOTAL LIABILITIES &
FUND BALANCES
$12,509,199
$4,197,199
$19,066,017
$54,695,753
$ 5,201,699
$50,800,000
$146,469,867
NOTE: The above amounts include carry forward activity
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FUND TYPES
General
Governmental
Special
Revenue
Capital
Projects
Fiduciary
Expendable
Trust
Combined Totals
Memorandum Only
2005
REVENUE:
Property Taxes
$90,460,961
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$ 90,460,961
Intergovernmental
6,906,818
5,755,535
26,282,315
10,645
38,955,313
Motor Vehicle & Other Excise Tax
4,563,548
0
0
0
4,563,548
Departmental Fees & Charges
2,080,203
5,251,666
0
12,248
7,344,117
Investment Income
537,480
0
0
135,498
672,978
Special Assessments
29,408
0
0
0
29,408
Payments in Lieu of Tax
993,372
0
0
0
993,372
Penalties & Interest
249,544
0
0
0
249,544
Licenses & Permits
1,565,913
0
0
0
1,565,913
Fines & Forfeits
315,296
0
0
0
315,296
Total Revenues
$107,702,543
$11,007,201
$ 26,282,315
$ 158,391
$ 145,150,450
EXPENDITURES:
General Government
$ 3,557,058
$ 408,036
$ 20,480
$ 3,319
$ 3,988,893
Public Safety
8,917,632
1,203,503
336,648
545
10,458,328
Education
67,157,375
7,442,157
8,070,243
0
82,669,775
Public Works
6,133,682
2,788,458
910,043
20,025
9,852,208
Health & Human Services
539,077
0
0
0
539,077
Culture & Recreation
2,430,489
265,200
523,509
5,424
3,224,622
State & County Assessments
679,137
0
0
0
679,137
Debt Service
10,796,151
0
0
0
10,796,151
Pension
3,096,076
0
0
0
3,096,076
Insurance
4,801,899
0
0
0
4,801,899
Total Expenditures
$108,108,576
$12,107,354
$ 9,860,923
$ 29,313
$ 130,106,166
Excess (Deficiency) of Rev. over Exp.
($406,033)
($1,100,153)
$ 16,421,392
$ 129,078
$ 15,044,284
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES):
Proceeds of BANS /GANS /Refundings
$ 0
$ 335,000
$15,272,685
$ 0
$15,607,685
Repayment of BANS /GANS/Refundings
0
(195,000)
(38,135,000)
0
(38,330,000)
Transfer from Reserve for Abatements
0
0
0
0
0
Transfer from other Funds
2,442,062
500,000
0
807,322
3,749,384
Transfer to other Funds
(1,307,322)
(293,665)
0
(100,000)
(1,700,987)
Total Other (Uses)
$ 1,134,740
$ 346,335
($22,862,315)
$ 707,322
($20,673,918)
Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues
Over Expenditures
$ 728,706
($753,819)
($6,440,923)
$ 836,401
($5,629,634)
Fund Balance, Beg. of Year
$ 6,484,409
$ 4,231,887
$10,065,614
$ 516,258
$ 21,298,168
Fund Balance, End of Year
$ 7,213,115
$ 3,478,068
$ 3,624,691
$1,352,659
$15,668,535
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Balance
July 1, 2004
Transfers/
Adjustments
Revenues
Expenditures
Encumbrances
Balance
June 30, 2005
School Lunch
$ 111,307
$ 0
$ 1,407,818
$ 1,526,223
$ 0
($7,098)
School Lunch Total
$ 111,307
$ 0
$ 1,407,818
$ 1,526,223
$ 0
($7,098)
Highway
Art 18G of 04 Sidewalk Improv
$ 0
$ 100,000
$ 0
$ 2,459
$ 80,053
$ 17,488
Art 1/02 STM Street Improv
4,423,540
1,496,593
$ 0
1,507,995
1,617,673
2,794,465
Exempt
Art 8C of 02 Traffic Improv
27,607
4,478
$ 0
5,751
0
26,334
Art 8D of 02 Street Improv
82,022
22,784
$ 0
102,382
0
2,424
MA 13246155
0
164,351
$ 0
164,351
0
1
Art 8D of 03 Street Improv
342,661
90,602
$ 0
173,359
0
259,904
Art 18D of 04 Street Improv
0
540,000
$ 0
955
2,125
536,920
Art 24 of 04 Street Improv
0
335,000
$ 0
0
0
335,000
Lanconia
MA 38053
0
6,838
$ 0
6,838
0
0
MA 38454
3,236
0
$ 0
3,236
0
0
MA 235150
0
1,747
$ 0
1,747
0
0
MA 4246158
0
478,184
$ 0
229
31,835
446,120
Highway Total
$4,879,067
$ 3,240,577
$ 0
$ 1,969,302
$1,731,686
$ 4,418,656
Other Special Revenue
Hanscom /Massport Litigation
$ 15,216
$ 0
$ 25,784
$ 0
$ 0
$ 40,999
CMARC Gifts
2, 815
0
0
0
0
2,815
H.A.T.S.
0
0
12,993
12,703
0
291
Sale of RE - Receipts Reserved
12,855
0
0
0
0
12,855
Verizon
38,459
0
31,449
57,620
2,380
9,908
Lexington Center Benches
34,936
0
2,990
4,445
0
33,481
Massport Intern Grant
0
0
4,170
4,170
0
0
Bikeway
238
0
25
90
0
172
Arch Comm /MWRA - Water
18,625
2,096
144,442
45,604
23,084
96,475
Tower Gift
Nextel Communications
86,765
8,418
29,029
17,942
3,704
102,565
Cable TV Account
13,040
33,977
22,037
11,707
26,095
31,252
Peg TV Revolving Acct
238,070
0
188,169
37,625
0
388,615
Flexible Spending
80,745
0
5,442
973
0
85,214
Sch Project Earnings
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sprint Communications
96,694
0
0
37,300
0
59,394
Documenting Lex Heritage 6/04
1 000
0
0
1,000
0
0
N.O.I. Fees
17,354
0
11,878
16,486
0
12,745
Hardy Pond Brook
17,740
0
0
0
0
17,740
Lexington Center Committee
2,013
0
0
0
0
2,013
Gifts
Liberty Ride Gifts
1,357
0
24,250
24,720
0
887
Liberty Ride - Revolving
0
0
78,266
78,266
0
0
Tourism Gift Account /DNC
0
0
57,500
57,384
0
116
Off Duty Detail - Police
(152,261)
0
1,063,862
1,069,750
0
(158,148)
Police Dept Gift Fund
(1)
0
3,830
3,681
0
148
Firearms Record Keeping Fund
195
0
7,550
7,550
0
195
Cops in School 7/05
(23,474)
0
83,915
60,441
0
0
Local Preparedness Grant 6/05
0
0
12,820
12,820
0
0
Violence Against Women 9/05
0
0
10,748
12,668
6,832
(8,752)
Community Policing 04
0
5,310
0
5,310
0
0
Violence Against Women 9/04
(10,000)
4,997
10,000
4,997
0
0
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Balance
July 1, 2004
Transfers/
Adjustments
Revenues
Expenditures
Encumbrances
Balance
June 30, 2005
Click it or Ticket 03
$ 2,871
$ 0
$ 0
$ 2,871
$ 0
$ 0
Cops Homeland Sec OT
(12,475)
0
14,707
2,232
0
0
Prog 2/05
Off Duty Detail - Fire
9,744
0
6,353
12,163
0
3,934
Wellness 8c Fitness Grant 4/05
0
0
47,467
576
35,585
11,306
MEMA Grant 6/05
6,545
0
0
3,281
0
3,264
Fire Dept. Gifts
4,612
0
550
486
0
4,676
Fire PS Equipment FY 05
0
0
41,000
711
38,239
2,050
Safe 12/05
0
0
4,739
3,966
0
773
Firefighter Exam
0
0
1,064
0
0
1,064
Cingular Gift Account
0
0
30,900
0
0
30,900
DPW Revolving
23,356
9,000
186,512
161,034
3,895
53,939
Lexpress Fare /Passes
5,767
0
56,747
58,075
0
4,439
MBTA Grant
0
0
80,000
80,000
0
0
Lexpress - Gift
26,650
0
30,322
26,612
0
30,360
Lexington Transit Guide
224
0
0
0
0
224
Urban Forest Plan 8c Edu Grant
2,185
0
52
1,351
0
886
Traffic Mitigation - Gift
0
0
33,333
12,464
829
20,040
Sale of Cemetery Lots
116,636
0
61,740
0
0
178,376
DPW Recycling /Composting
813
0
2,081
550
0
2,344
Bins
Off Duty Custodian
2,003
0
3,335
2,521
0
2,817
Recycling Assistance Grants
12,386
0
115
1,925
0
10,577
Parking Receipts
415,902
0
377,216
275,000
0
518,117
Minuteman Hazardous Products
44,838
4,450
107,362
102,006
30,384
24,260
Off Duty Detail - DPW
17,354
0
34,910
46,454
0
5,810
Selectmens Tree Gift Account
4,501
0
400
2,385
0
2,516
Emergency Preparedness 6/04
5,347
393
0
5,739
0
0
Receipt Res - MWPAT Loan
6,035
0
0
2,321
0
3,714
Repaymts
Skin Cancer Mini -Grant 05
0
0
1,658
1,658
0
0
Emergency Preparedness 06/05
0
0
3,845
3,845
0
0
Recreational Trails 6/06
0
0
0
2,165
0
(2,165)
COA- Social Day Care -
16,210
0
169,809
165,941
0
20,078
Revolving
COA Transportation Grant
0
0
7,000
7,000
0
0
C.O.A. Gift Fund
7,976
0
4,314
1,737
0
10,554
DEA Formula Grant
0
0
39,357
17,271
22,086
0
Library Development Officer
577
0
342,764
340,213
0
3,129
State Aid to Libraries
0
0
32,312
32,312
0
0
Recreation Gift Account
37,313
0
272
288
0
37,296
Insurance Reimbursment < 20K
17,366
0
29,913
27,156
0
20,123
Other Special Revenue Total
$1,267,118
$ 68,641
$ 3,583,295
$ 2,989,559
$ 193,113
$ 1,736,383
School Special Revenue
Off Duty Custodian
($5,447)
$ 0
$ 18,962
$ 62,459
$ 0
($48,944)
Driver Ed - Revolving
22,252
1,477
61,270
74,241
2,144
8,613
Lost Books - Revolving
106
1,130
25,390
25,663
830
132
Drama Foundation - Revolving
24,845
0
0
1,408
0
23,437
Athletics - Revolving
0
0
39,782
39,045
736
1
Adult Education - Revolving
310,287
9,555
337,419
335,099
2,335
319,827
Early Childhood - Revoloving
4,003
1,854
39,371
42,767
1,550
912
Competitve Speech - Revolving
0
791
20,760
21,551
0
0
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Balance
July 1, 2004
Transfers/
Adjustments
Revenues
Expenditures
Encumbrances
Balance
June 30, 2005
School Special Revenue (continued)
Debate - Revolving
$ 0
$ 2,870
$ 30,135
$ 32,505
$ 500
$ 1
METCO Fee Support - Revolving
22,895
0
0
5,250
0
17,645
J Benton Prof Dev Revolving
0
0
3,000
0
0
3,000
Gary Dickinson Teach Excel AWD
0
0
1,000
0
0
1,000
Biology from the Groud Up 8/04
1,275
1,125
0
2,400
0
0
Bowman Library
1,100
0
1,000
200
0
1,900
Elementary Gift
0
500
0
500
School Gift
77,867
0
11,378
72,456
460
16,328
Bridge School Gift
3,540
0
1,210
1,020
0
3,730
Diamond School gift
2,101
2,229
4,500
4,499
3,946
384
Fiske Sch. Gift Account
6,044
50
500
581
0
6,013
C.A.S.IT Italian Lang Gift
0
0
20,000
20,000
0
0
Athletic Gift Account
0
3,400
10,790
12,335
0
1,855
Hastings Gift Account
7,747
500
2,500
6,208
7
4,531
Vivian Burns Fiske Memorial
4,696
0
0
0
0
4,696
Fund
Estabrook Gift
7,019
1,004
3,107
4,424
529
6,178
CHNA Mini Grant 6/04
2,498
11
0
2,509
0
0
Clarke School Gift Account
115
220
5,100
1,731
3,500
204
Academic Support 6/04
1,600
798
0
2,398
0
0
METCO 8/04
24,848
7,348
0
32,196
0
0
Circuit Breaker -Sch Special Ed
(113,719)
0
1,720,217
1,606,498
0
0
SPED Elec Portfolios MCAS 8/04
900
0
0
0
0
900
Essential School Health 6/05
0
0
116,282
116,282
0
0
METCO FY 05
0
0
1,253,350
1,245,687
2,668
4,995
Academic Support 6/05
0
0
3,879
3,083
0
796
Title 1 8/04
61,320
9,259
0
70,579
0
0
Title IIA 8/04
9,128
525
0
9,653
0
0
Title IID 8/04
8,930
4,883
0
13,813
0
0
Title III 8/04
2,343
0
0
2,343
0
0
Title IV 8/04
432
507
0
939
0
0
Title V 8/04
4,050
2,480
0
6,530
0
0
SPED: Idea 8/04
39,520
5,545
0
45,065
0
0
SPED: Early Childhood 8/04
23
72
0
95
0
0
SPED: Prof Development 8/04
22,923
11,696
0
34,619
0
0
Drug Free Community 8/04
(11,166)
7,299
0
16,133
0
(20,000)
Drug Free Community 9/05
0
0
95,000
68,592
0
26,408
SPED: Prof Development 8/05
0
0
32,851
23,965
199
8,687
SPED 8/05
0
0
1,250,458
1,166,483
6,240
77,735
Title V 8/05
0
0
11,395
11,388
0
7
Title IV 8/05
0
0
22,212
20,468
0
1,744
Title III 8/05
0
0
43,710
43,710
0
0
Title IID 8/05
0
0
11,886
6,387
411
5,088
Title II A Educator Qual 8/05
0
0
109,313
107,694
0
1,619
Title I 8/05
0
0
278,397
254,045
11,975
12,377
Early Childhook Spec Ed 8/05
0
0
41,691
45,263
0
(3,572)
SPED Early Childhood 8/03
0
0
0
0
0
0
School Special Revenue Total
$ 544,075
$ 77,128
$ 5,627,815
$ 5,722,260
$ 38,031
$ 488,727
Lexington Education Foundation
$ 0
$ 0
$ 193,674
$ 193,674
$ 0
$ 0
L.E.F. Total
$ 0
$ 0
$ 193,674
$ 193,674
$ 0
$ 0
Special Revenue Fund Total
$6,801,567
$ 3,386,346
$10,812,602
$12,401,018
$1,962,829
$ 6,636,668
Page 98
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Retirement Board
ROLE: To oversee, guide, monitor, and enforce the
Massachusetts Pension Laws governing the Town's retire-
ment system; to invest the system's assets prudently for the
purpose of providing the benefits guaranteed to the public
employees qualifying under the plan.
ELECTED: Chair Robert W. Cunha and Joseph Foley by
the members of the retirement system to 3 -year terms end-
ing 2008.
APPOINTED: Michael McNabb by the Board of Selectmen
to a 3 -year term ending 2008. Alan Fields by the Retirement
Board for a term ending 2009. The ex officio position, to be
named by the Board of Selectmen, remains vacant.
John Ryan decided to leave the Board after serving as a
member for 18 years. The Board valued his leadership and
dedication and wishes him a happy and healthy retirement.
HIGHLIGHTS
The system consists of a combination of 389 Retirees plus
5 Non - Contributory Retirees and 589 Active and 187 inac-
tive members.
• This year the system had 16 town employees retire; the
withdrawal of 34 members and the transfer of 26 mem-
bers to another system; the transfer in of 23 members; 100
new members, and 13 members deceased. Currently there
are 37 disability retirements; four new disability retire-
ments were granted this year.
• Under Chapter 17, the Retirement Board can grant a cost
of living adjustment (COLA) up to 3% on the first
$12,000 in a year when the Consumer Price Index is less
than 3%. The Board granted a 3% cost of living increase
this year.
• The Board continued the process of broadening the sys-
tem's asset allocation to include several new asset strate-
gies and new managers. The Board voted to fund three
new international investments with the following firms:
Acadian Non -U.S. All Cap International Equity fund, the
Julius Baer International Equity 11 fund, and the
Wellington Pacific Basin fund. Additionally the Board
engaged Wellington Emerging Companies for a microcap
strategy. Finally, the Board voted to hire The Hartford and
Earnest Partners. The Hartford is slated to invest an all
cap equity strategy for the system, while Earnest will man-
age a dedicated midcap strategy
These new managers were selected to work with
Wellington Trust Company, which manages the
Intermediate Bond Portfolio, TIPS Portfolio, and the
Opportunistic Equity Portfolio. Fidelity Institutional
Retirement Services Company manages the Contrafund,
Golden Tree Asset Management manages the complemen-
tary high -yield bond portfolio, and PIMCO manages the
tactical allocation strategy. State Street Bank and Trust
Company handles the Board's Institutional Custodian
Banking.
• As fiduciaries, the Board carefully established an asset -
allocation policy using a mixture of stocks, bonds, inter-
national funds, and cash equivalents. With the assistance
of the Board's investment consultant, Meketa Investment
Group, the asset - allocation policy is reviewed annually
and adjustments are made as necessary. The success of the
investment program will continue to be determined by the
extent of portfolio diversification among and within asset
classes as well as skill in hiring, and diligence in monitor-
ing, strong investment managers. The Board is committed
to long -term investment strategies, asset allocations, and
diversification of investments
• The Public Employee Retirement Administration
Commission completed an examination of the retirement
system which covered the period from January 1, 2001, to
December 31, 2004. The audit found the financial records
and management functions are being performed in con-
formity with the standards established by the commission
with the exception of two findings which the Board has
addressed.
Contributory Retirement System 12/31/05
12/31/05 12/31/04
Cash & Equivalents
Fixed Income Securities
Well. Intermediated Bonds
MW Post High Yield
GoldenTree High Yield
Wellington TIPS
Total Fixed Income
Equities
Fidelity Contrafund
Fidelity Eq. Income Fund
Wellington International
Wellington Pacific Basin
Wellington Opportunistic
Wellington Emerging Co.
Acadian Int'l All Cap Fund
Julius Baer Int'l Eq. Fund II
David L. Babson & Co.
PIMCO All Asset Fund
Earnest Partners
Hartford Cap. App.
Total Equities
Total Assets
$ 215,436 $ 209,304
$ 4,168,431
0
4,109,899
4,312,467
$ 12,590,797
$ 21,569,989
0
0
4,814,060
12,164,349
5,157,277
7,986,137
7,776,160
0
11,400,714
6,258,966
6,296,673
$ 83,424,325
$ 96,230,558
$ 4,081,228
5,619,812
2,899,606
4,220,672
$ 16,821,318
$ 19,471,544
13,718,036
13,565,077
4,080,751
8,513,539
0
0
0
4,924,536
8,549,029
0
0
$ 72,822,512
$ 89,853,134
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Page 99
LEGAL & TRUSTS
Trustees of Public Trusts
ROLE: To administer, invest, and disburse funds of 106
trusts, 2 cemetery funds, and moneys bequeathed or donat-
ed to the Town for specific public purposes. The Trustees
purpose is to encourage and facilitate local giving by
Lexington citizens.
APPOINTED by the Board of Selectmen: Chairman Alan
Fields, Thomas Taylor, and David Williams.
HIGHLIGHTS
The total market value of the 106 trusts and two Cemetery
Funds as of 6/30/05 was $7,630,383.30.
• Trustees distributed a total of $367,408 to the following
specific areas of need:
All Purpose $ 28,104
Beautification $102,688
Human Services $27,538
Recognition $ 5,927
Scholarship ®... A ... A $ 70,011
Perpetual Care $133,140
• Established six additional trusts in 2005:
— Pauline Briggs Memorial Scholarship Fund
— James Cataldo Scholarship Fund
— George Jansen Scholarship Fund
— Gladys & Arthur Katz Scholarship Fund
— Lexington High School Class of 1996 Scholarship Fund
— Robert & Mary McNamara Family Scholarship Fund
in memory of Edward Joseph McNamara, Jr.
These trusts represent the love the donors and individuals
being honored have for Lexington and its citizens and their
wish to contribute to the Town's betterment. Knowing that
a trust is in perpetuity, that gifts will be used locally, and are
tax - deductible, is most satisfying to donors.
Community foundations make giving very attractive. Any
person or organization may create a named trust with a
minimum gift of $5000. Additions may also be made to any
existing trust at any time. The Trustees can accept a wide
variety of assets and can accommodate a donor's financial
and estate planning objectives. Establishing a fund in the
Trust is a simple, quick, and economical procedure. The
Trustees take care of all the necessary paperwork at no cost.
A brief description of each trust and a financial statement
follow. "Principal Balance" refers to the original gift and
additions plus realized capital gains. "Income Balance"
refers to unspent interest and dividends. Disbursements are
the money disbursed in fiscal 2005.
2004 -2005
ALL - PURPOSE FUNDS
Fund for Lexington Established 1995, the income to be
used in three areas: assisting those in need, beautification,
and providing seed money for innovative ideas and projects.
Donations can be earmarked for any of the three areas.
Disbursements $ 26,759
Principal balance $ 14,684
Income balance $ 12,146
Genesis Community Fund Established 1998, three -quar-
ters of the income will be used for scholarships and human
services.
Disbursements $ 2,229
Principal balance $ 41,974
Income balance $ 298
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Fund for Lexington
ROLE: To foster a sense of community by encouraging
all citizens to contribute for three purposes: to assist
Lexington residents in need, to support beautification
projects, and to seed innovative projects for community
betterment.
APPOINTED by the Selectmen: Chair Norman Cohen,
Richard Pagett, Rev. Arnold Colletti, Daniel Lucas,
David Walsh, and Alan Fields.
HIGHLIGHTS
• More than 438 residents contributed over $28,468 in
2005 to the Fund
• Aided residents with utility bills that exceeded their
resources and replenished the Human Services Fund to
enable the Town's Human Services Department to
assist residents in need.
• Joined with the Rotary Club to distribute winter cloth-
ing gift certificates to over 50 children in Town.
• Provided money for landscaping around the High
School, for flower barrels in Lexington Center and
East Lexington, and for holiday decorating in East
Lexington.
• Granted seed money to the local Global Warming
Action Coalition.
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington
Trustees of Public Trusts continued from previous page
George L. Gilmore Fund Established 1950, the income to
be used as the Town may from time to time vote; and if at
any time special use arises to which in the opinion of the
Selectmen the principal of said fund may be applied, then it
may be applied upon the vote of the Town Meeting.
Disbursements $ 1,345
Principal balance $ 83,744
Income balance $ 6,802
BEAUTIFICATION FUNDS
B 0 L T (Backers of Lexington Track) Established 2000,
the principal is to be expended to resurface, reconstruct,
repair, and maintain the indoor track and related projects at
the Lexington High School field house.
Disbursement $ 48,552
Principal balance $ 5,633
Income balance $ 247
Geneva M. Brown Fund Established 1947, the income is
to be used for improving and beautifying the common and
triangular parcel of land in front of the Masonic Temple.
Principal balance $ 16,466
Income balance $ 526
Chiesa Farm Conservation Land Trust Fund Established
2000, after notification three - quarters of the net annual
income may be spent for plantings, signage, maintenance
projects, and land acquisition of abutting land, to help pre-
serve the character of the Chiesa farm conservation area.
Principal balance $ 49,672
Income balance $ 1,600
Dunback Meadow Conservation Fund Established 2000,
three - quarters of the net income may be used to help pre-
serve the character of the Dunback Meadow conservation
area.
Principal balance $ 6,529
Income balance $ 432
Jack Eddison Blossom Fund Established 1993, three -
quarters of the annual net income to be used to help pre-
serve the character and green spaces of Lexington and its
Bikeway, through maintenance, new projects, and the plant-
ing of flowers and trees.
Disbursements $ 1,928
Principal balance $ 61,021
Income balance $ 7,494
Frederick L. Emery Fund Established 1936, the income is
to be used by the Lexington Field and Garden Club for the
work of grading, grassing, and keeping in order grass bor-
ders lying between sidewalks or footpaths and the drive-
ways on public streets; and in otherwise beautifying the
public streets, ways, and places in said Town, preference be
given to said objects in order stated.
Disbursement $ 339
Principal balance $ 8,426
Income balance $ 31
Orin W. Fiske - Battle Green Fund Established 1899, the
income is to be used for the maintenance of the Lexington
Battle Green or the monuments erected thereon
Principal balance $ 1,441
Income balance $ 10
Charles E. French Colonial Cemetery Fund Established
1905, the annual income to be devoted to the care of the
older part of the cemetery in which repose the remains of
Rev. John Hancock and wife.
Principal balance $ 16,925
Income balance $ 1,377
Gordon /Souza Juniper Hill Fund Established 1993, three -
quarters of the annual net income shall be used to help pre-
serve the character of Juniper Hill Conservation Land; such
income may be spent for plantings, signs, maintenance pro-
jects, and land acquisition.
Principal balance $ 30,638
Income balance $ 1,815
Hayden Woods Conservation Fund Established 1998,
three - quarters of the annual net income shall be used to
help preserve the character of the Hayden Woods conserva-
tion land; such income may be used for plantings, signs,
maintenance projects and land acquisitions.
Disbursement $ 1,165
Principal balance $ 32,188
Income balance $ 1,165
Hayes Fountain Fund Established 1895, the income is to
be used for the perpetual care of the fountain and grounds
immediately around it.
Principal balance $ 4,302
Income balance $ 31
Richard and Jeanne Kirk Fund Established 2000, up to
three - quarters of the net income earned each year may be
used for the maintenance, support, and improvement of the
Theresa and Roberta Lee Fitness /Nature Path.
Disbursements $ 50,661
Principal balance $ 1,470,566
Income balance $ 36,830
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 101
Trustees of Public Trusts continued from previous page
Tereasa and Roberta Lee Fitness Nature Path Established
1990, the income, and, if necessary, the principal, are to be
used by the Town of Lexington Recreation Committee
through the Lincoln Park Committee for the work of grad-
ing, planting, beautifying, and maintaining the Teresa and
Roberta Lee Fitness Nature Path.
Principal balance $ 77,875
Income balance $ 2,453
Lexington Community Playground Fund Established
1991, the income and, if necessary, the principal are to be
used by the Lexington Recreation Committee for the work
of repairing and maintaining the Lexington Community
Playground.
Principal balance $ 9,996
Income balance $ 828
Lexington Nature Trust Fund Established 1992, the
income and, if necessary, the principal, are to be used by the
Town of Lexington Conservation Commission for the
acquisition, promotion, and management of its properties.
Principal balance $ 33,963
Income balance $ 1,824
David G. Miller Conservation Trust Established 2004, up
to three - quarters of the net income earned shall be used,
when requested by the Conservation Commission, for the
promotion, beautification, and management of the conser-
vation land in Lexington.
Principal balance $ 9,714
Income balance $ 199
Everet M. Mulliken Fund Established 1948, the income is
to be used under the supervision of the proper town author-
ities, for the care of Hastings Park.
Principal balance $ 35,343
Income balance $ 1,810
Edith C. Redman Trust--Established 1928, the income
only is to be used and applied for the care and maintenance
of the Lexington Common; known as the "Battle Green."
Principal balance $ 2,559
Income balance $ 18
George 0. Smith Fund Established 1903, the income is to
be expended by the Field and Garden Club in setting out
and keeping in order shade and ornamental trees and
shrubs on the streets and highways in Lexington, or the
beautifying of unsightly places in the highways.
Principal balance $ 3,608
Income balance $ 26
George W. Taylor Flag Fund Established 1931, the
income is to be used for the care, preservation, and replace-
ment of the flagpole on the Battle Green, or for the purchase
of new flags; any balance of income is to be used for the
care of Lexington Common.
Disbursement $ 44
Principal balance $ 6,446
Income balance $ 418
George W. Taylor Tree Fund Established 1931, the
income is to be used for the care, purchase, and preserva-
tion of trees for the adornment of the Town.
Principal balance $ 13,162
Income balance $ 1,150
Albert Ball Tenney Memorial Fund Established 1950, the
income is to be used to provide nightly illumination of the
Lexington Minute Man statue.
Principal balance $ 19,541
Income balance $ 1,733
William Tower Memorial Park Fund Established 1913,
the income is to be applied by the Town, in each and every
year for the care, maintenance, and improvements of Tower
Park.
Principal balance $ 102,712
Income balance $ 4,931
Willards Woods Conservation Fund Established 2000,
three - quarters of the income may be used for plantings, sig-
nage, maintenance projects, and land acquisition costs for
the Willards Woods conservation area.
Principal balance $ 7,153
Income balance $ 542
CELEBRATION FUNDS
American Legion Celebrations Fund Established 1982,
three - quarters of the annual net income is to be used
towards defraying the Town's cost for the Patriots' Day,
Memorial Day, and Veterans Day celebrations.
Principal balance $ 12,877
Income balance $ 91
Leroy S. Brown Fund Established 1940, the income is to
be used towards defraying the expense of an appropriate
and dignified celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of
Lexington.
Principal balance $ 14,620
Income balance $ 104
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Trustees of Public Trusts continued from previous page
HUMAN SERVICES FUNDS
Beals Fund Established 1891, the income is to be expend-
ed for the benefit of worthy, indigent, American -born men
and women over 60 years of age.
Principal balance $ 8,032
Income balance $ 541
Bridge Charitable Fund Established 1880, the income is
to be annually distributed among the deserving poor of
Lexington without distinction of sex or religion
Disbursements $ 508
Principal balance $ 44,188
Income balance $ 4,574
Friends of the Lexington Council on Aging, Inc.
Established 1992, the income, when requested, shall be
used to provide programs and services to benefit older
adults in Lexington. Principal may also be used for pro-
grams and services as well as for capital improvements to
the Senior Center.
Disbursement $ 22,023
Principal balance $ 290,865
Income balance $ 7,440
Jonas Gammell Trust Established 1873, the income is to
be used by the Board of Public Welfare and by two women
appointed annually for the purpose by the Selectmen in pur-
chasing such luxuries or delicacies for the town poor, wher-
ever located, as are not usually furnished them, and shall
tend to promote their health and comfort.
Principal balance $ 1,459
Income balance $ 11
Jack and Sally Gardner Fund Established 2000, up to
three - quarters of the annual income may be used to support
activities endorsed by the Friends of the Council on Aging.
Principal balance $ 32,915
Income balance $ 1,238
Elizabeth Bridge Gerry Fund Established 1885, the
income is to be distributed to the deserving poor of
Lexington without distinction of sex or religion
Principal balance $ 5,808
Income balance $ 1,044
Harriet R. Gilmore Fund Established 1892, the income is
to be used for the benefit of poor people in Lexington.
Principal balance $ 3,323
Income balance $ 24
Lexington Human Services Fund Established 1990, to be
funded by transfers from other funds administered by the
Trustees as well as private contributions, to provide funds
for the Lexington Human Services Committee in its mission
to help individuals in need.
Disbursement $ 5,008
Principal balance $ 13,790
Income balance $ 1,711
RECOGNITION FUNDS
Matt Allen Memorial Fund Established 1944, reestab-
lished 2004, to be used by the Athletic Dept. of Lexington
High School for annual awards to boys who have shown
unusual faithfulness, effort, and sportsmanship in each of
five major sports and also for a tablet to be kept in the
school as a record of these awards.
Disbursement $ 1,008
Principal balance $ 5,351
Income balance $ 146
EllaLou Dimmock Prize for Vocal Excellence Fund
Established 1997 by the Lexington Council for the Arts. The
award recognizes a LHS student, selected by the LHS music
faculty, who demonstrates promising vocal ability and /or
promotes vocal musical performance in the community.
Disbursements $ 258
Principal balance $ 7,014
Income balance $ 44
Dan H. Fenn, Jr. Minuteman Fund Established 1998,
three - quarters of the annual net income is to be used to fund
a grant or award to an individual or group pursuing the
study of colonial history, primarily Lexington.
Disbursements $ 1,515
Principal balance $ 16,548
Income balance $ 91
Charles E. Ferguson Youth Recognition Award Fund
Established 1997, to fund monetary awards to the LHS stu-
dents receiving the Lexington Youth Award at each Patriots'
Day celebration. The recipients are selected by the Youth
Commission. The fund was established with moneys left to
the town by Charles E. Ferguson, Town Moderator from
1949 -1969.
Disbursement $ 258
Principal balance $ 15,861
Income balance $ 368
Paul Foley Leadership Fund Established 1990, this award
is made periodically to a member of the administration, fac-
ulty, staff, or a volunteer in the Lexington Public School
System to recognize and reward his /her outstanding leader-
ship in facilitating a team approach to meeting the educa-
tional needs of students, individually or as a group.
Principal balance $ 5,078
Income balance $ 36
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2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 103
Trustees of Public Trusts continued from previous page
Alice Hinkle- Prince Estabrook Award Fund Established
2004 to place and maintain a physical memorial honoring
Prince Estabrook, the African - American soldier and slave
who fought as a Patriot on the Battle Green and to fund
periodically the Alice Hinkle- Prince Estabrook Award.
Principal balance $ 5,335
Income balance $ 208
Lexington Education Foundation Established 1989, to
promote sound, innovative approaches to enhance excel-
lence in education by funding projects in Lexington Public
Schools in areas of creative program development, innova-
tive materials, and instructional resources.
Disbursement $ 923
Principal balance $ 25,390
Income balance $ 5,884
Millennium Arts Fund Established 2000, three - quarters of
the net income shall be paid from time to time to the
Lexington Education Foundation to fund a grant as appro-
priate.
Principal balance $ 8,132
Income balance $ 140
Jacquelyn R. Smith Memorial Internship Fund
Established 1993, three - quarters of the annual net income is
to be used to help professionals gain valuable work experi-
ence and explore career options within local government.
Disbursement $ 1,710
Principal balance $ 122,849
Income balance $ 1,435
Michael Wagner Technology Education Fund Established
1999, three - quarters of the annual net income shall be
awarded to a teacher at Lexington High School who has
done much to promote the art of technology by students
and /or in the classroom, or has aided others in the system
to effectively utilize computer technology.
Disbursements $ 258
Principal balance $ 9,217
Income balance $ 82
SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
Sangwook Ahn Memorial Scholarship Fund Established
1998, three - quarters of the annual net income is to be
awarded to a Lexington High School senior whose life
encompasses a joyful display of zest, a respect for all, a
striving for excellence, and service towards others.
Disbursements $ 500
Principal balance $ 24,115
Income balance $ 228
Charles D. Aker Family Memorial Scholarship Fund
Established 1998, three - quarters of the annual net income
to be awarded to a Lexington High School senior who must
have held a responsible position on a sports team (other
than a player) for at least two years.
Disbursements $ 171
Principal balance $ 6,705
Income balance $ 49
Bass DiDomenico Scholarship Fund Established 2002, an
award is to be made each year to a graduate of LHS who
plans to major in music or music education.
Disbursements $ 3,000
Principal balance $ 16,854
Income balance $ 1,396
Hallie C. Blake Fund Established 1920, the income is to
be used annually in cash prizes to two seniors (a boy and a
girl) of Lexington High School, who by example and influ-
ence have shown the highest qulaities of leadership, con-
duct, and character and who possess, in the largest measure,
the good will of the student body.
Disbursements $ 239
Principal balance $ 7,670
Income balance $ 56
Anne E. Borghesani Memorial Prize Established 1990,
three - quarters of the annual net income is to be awarded to
a woman in the senior class of Lexington High School who
has demonstrated a commitment to the community.
Disbursements $ 1,800
Principal balance $ 74,203
Income balance $ 552
Pauline Briggs Memorial Scholarship Fund Established
2004, three - quarters of the income may be used to fund
need -based scholarship to graduates of Minuteman
Regional High School.
Disbursements $ 22
Principal balance $ 8,155
Income balance $ 52
James Cataldo Scholarship Fund Established 2005, three -
quarters of the income may be used to fund need -based
scholarships to children of Lexington town employees who
have graduated from either Lexington High School or
Minuteman Regional High School.
Disbursements $ 144
Principal balance $ 9,844
Income balance $ 64
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Trustees of Public Trusts continued from previous page
Robert and Edith Cataldo Family Scholarship Fund in
Memory of Jerie Cataldo DeAngelis Established 2004, up
to three - quarters of the set income shall fund scholarships
for a graduate of Lexington High School who demonstrates
financial need and is committed to teaching, especially
those with learning disabilities.
Disbursements $ 972
Principal balance $ 13,723
Income balance $ 95
Robert P. Clapp Fund Income is to provide two prizes for
pupils of Lexington High School, one for excellence in
speaking and the other for excellence in composition, for
scholarships.
Principal balance $ 1,937
Income balance $ 14
Bettie Clarke Scholarship Fund Established 1993, three -
quarters of the annual net income to be awarded to a
Lexington senior at Lexington High School or Minuteman
Regional High School, who joyously, intelligently, and cre-
atively participates in community public service, and has
demonstrated a respect for all points of view.
Disbursements $ 1,403
Principal balance $ 20,355
Income balance $ 148
Norman P. Cohen Scholarship Fund Established 2002,
three - quarters of the annual net income is to be awarded to
a Lexington resident who is a graduate of either Lexington
High School or Minuteman Regional High School and has
shown evidence of financial need.
Disbursements $ 255
Principal balance $ 9,973
Income balance- $ 67
Millerd Chandler Crocker Family Scholarship Established
1973, three - quarters of the annual net income is to be award-
ed to a Lexington High School senior, preferably one who
graduated from Bridge School, has financial need, loves fam-
ily, and is involved in community and school activities.
Disbursements $ 207
Principal balance $ 6,672
Income balance $ 48
Nan and Ray Culler Scholarship Fund Established 1998,
three - quarters of the annual net income is to be awarded to
graduating senior(s) who are residents of Lexington, and
who have participated in community public service, includ-
ing volunteer activities in town.
Disbursements $ 735
Principal balance $ 30,291
Income balance $ 214
June Denk Fund Established 1994, three - quarters of the
annual net income is to be used to award a scholarship and
book selected by the Principal of Lexington High School to
a graduating senior who either volunteered in the Student
Library or made extensive use of the Student Library.
Disbursements $ 1,360
Principal balance $ 34,493
Income balance $ 250
Earl and Elsie Dooks Scholarship Fund Established 2000,
three - quarters of the income shall fund a scholarship (s) to a
Lexington High School graduate who is planning to study
and enter the field of teaching.
Disbursements $ 218
Principal balance $ 8,341
Income balance $ 60
Mickey Finn Scholarship Fund Established 1996 by the
family and friends of Mickey Finn who was a President of
the Lexington Little League, a coach, and mentor of many
Lexington youth. The scholarship is to be awarded to a
graduating senior who participated in Lexington Little
League or Girls' Softball.
Disbursements $ 400
Principal balance $ 11,457
Income balance $ 68
William P. Fitzgerald Memorial Athletic Scholarship
Fund Established 1998, to be awarded to a Lexington
High School senior who has shown positive growth in his
or her athletic abilities and is recognized as a good person.
Principal balance $ 18,862
Income balance $ 818
Charles E. French Medal Fund Established 1905, the
income is to be used annually to purchase silver medals (or
scholarship) to be distributed to pupils in the senior high
school for the best scholarship.
Disbursements $ 184
Principal balance $ 5,976
Income balance $ 44
Nancy Gordon Memorial Scholarship Fund Established
2002, three - quarters of the annual net income shall be
awarded to a graduate of either Lexington High School or
Minuteman Regional High School who demonstrates finan-
cial need and is going to pursue a degree in education.
Disbursements $ 143
Principal balance $ 5,503
Income balance $ 40
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Mary P. Grace Scholarship Fund Established 1998, three -
quarters of the annual net income is to fund scholarships.
Disbursements $ 359
Principal balance $ 13,983
Income balance $ 100
Harrington Memorial Fund To be used by the school
committee of Lexington for scholarships for needy children.
Disbursements $ 1,854
Principal balance $ 68,842
Income balance $ 497
Heritage Scholarship Fund Established 1999, three -quar-
ters of the annual net income is to be awarded to a
Lexington High School graduate(s) who is a resident of
Lexington, has demonstrated financial need, has done his or
her work conscientiously while not necessarily being in the
top ten percent of the class
Disbursements $ 1,868
Principal balance $ 73,286
Income balance $ 529
Jacqueline Toye Hoiriis Scholarship Fund Established 2001,
three - quarters of the annual net income is to be awarded
annually to a Lexington High School or Minuteman Regional
High School graduate who is a resident of Lexington, has been
a member of the Haydenette Precision Skating Team, and has
been accepted at a college or university.
Disbursements $ 298
Principal balance $ 11,178
Income balance $ 81
Richard Isenberg Scholarship Fund Established 1986, three -
quarters of the annual net income is to be awarded annually
to a member of the junior or senior class of Lexington High
School who has demonstrated excellence in sports writing.
Disbursements $ 500
Principal balance $ 25,507
Income balance $ 331
George E. Jansen Scholarship Fund Established 2005,
three - quarters of the income may be used to fund need -
based scholarships to graduates of Minuteman Regional
High School.
Principal balance $ 5,850
Income balance $ 12
Gladys & Arthur Katz Scholarship Established 2005,
three - quarters of the income may be used to fund need -
based scholarships to graduates of Lexington High School
or Minuteman Regional High School.
Principal balance $ 5,050
LHS Class of 1938 Established 1998, three - quarters of
the annual net income is to be awarded annually to two
seniors of LHS, (a boy and a girl) with financial need who
have shown high quality of leadership and character.
Disbursements $ 209
Principal balance $ 8,391
Income balance $ 61
LHS Class of 1953 /June Wilson Kennedy Fund
Established 2000. Beginning in 2003, three - quarters of the
annual net income shall be awarded to a student who has
demonstrated financial need and worked conscientiously
and to the best of his or her ability without necessarily
achieving a high level of academic standing.
Disbursements $ 1,056
Principal balance $ 44,278
Income balance $ 317
Lexington High School Class of 1954 /Lawrence G.
Movsessian Memorial Scholarship Fund Established
2000, up to three - quarters of the income shall fund need -
based scholarships to graduates of Lexington High School.
Disbursements $ 302
Principal balance $ 18,460
Income balance $ 134
Lexington High School Class of 1996 Scholarship Fund
Established 1996, three - quarters of the income may be used
to fund need -based scholarships to graduates of Lexington
High School.
Principal balance $ 5,227
Income balance $ 37
Lexington Outlook Club /Bessie and Gabriel Baker
Scholarship Fund Established 1989, three - quarters of the
annual net income is to be awarded to women in the senior
class of Lexington High School who are going to college.
Disbursements $ 427
Principal balance $ 16,404
Income balance $ 118
Lexington Outlook Club Scholarship Fund Established
1902, three - quarters of the annual net income is to be
awarded to women in the senior class of Lexington High
School who are going to college.
Disbursements $ 539
Principal balance $ 20,886
Income balance $ 151
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Lexington Outlook Club /Maxine Francis Warnecke
Scholarship Fund Established 1986, three - quarters of the
annual net income is to be awarded to women in the senior
class of Lexington High School who are going to junior
college or college, who need financial assistance, and who
have made a commitment to pursue a career in medicine or
science.
Disbursements $ 5,874
Principal balance $ 251,279
Income balance $ 1,813
Lexington PTA Council Scholarship Fund Established
1966, to gives financial awards to deserving Lexington stu-
dents to be applied to the cost of their post- secondary
undergraduate education.
Disbursements $ 20,696
Principal balance $ 147,154
Income balance $ 46,171
Lexington Police Children's Scholarship Fund Established
2000, three - quarters of the income is to fund scholarship(s)
for children of currently active Lexington Police officers.
Principal balance $ 5,929
Income balance $ 3,348
Lexington Police Scholarship Fund Established 1966,
three - quarters of the income may be used to fund need -
based scholarship(s) to a graduate(s) of Lexington High
School, preferably those planning to enter the field of law
enforcement.
Disbursements $ 171
Principal balance $ 5,563
Income balance $ 40
Christine Martin Scholarship Fund Established 1999,
three - quarters of the annual net income is to be awarded to
a senior at Lexington High School who plans to pursue a
career working with children and has a history of volunteer
work and /or has been active in the fight to prevent drinking
and driving.
Disbursements $ 500
Principal balance $ 20,789
Income balance $ 243
Carolyn M. McCabe Memorial Scholarship Fund
Established 1986, three - quarters of the annual net income is
to be awarded to a woman in the senior class of Lexington
High School who was a varsity athlete and who demon-
strated aspects of Carolyn's character, i.e. good sportsman-
ship, inspired competition, spirit, and fun. Nominations
must be made by a teammate or coach.
Disbursements $ 1,000
Principal balance $ 41,082
Income balance $ 1,529
Robert & Mary McNamara Family Scholarship Fund in
Memory of Edward Joseph McNamara, Jr. Established
2004, three - quarters of the income may be used to fund
need -based scholarships to graduates of Lexington High
School who was a member of the football team and a resi-
dent of Lexington.
Disbursements $ 1,000
Principal balance $ 5,000
Leo P. McSweeney Scholarship Fund Established 2004 to
fund scholarships to a graduate of LHS. Graduate must be
a current resident of Lexington, have demonstrated com-
munity involvement, and be a direct descendent of an elect-
ed Town official, preferably a Selectman. Up to three -quar-
ters of the annual net income may be spent.
Disbursements $ 104
Principal balance $ 5,707
Income balance $ 42
Srinivasu Meka Scholarship Fund Established 1996 by
the family and friends of Srinivasu Meka, a member of the
LHS Class of 1991 who died in 1994. The recipient must
have at least a 3.0 average, have been involved in student
council or sports, and is planning to attend a 4 -year college
or university.
Disbursements $ 800
Principal balance $ 28,112
Income balance $ 274
Dominic and Assunta Modoono Family Scholarship
Fund Established 2000, up to three - quarters of the
income earned shall fund scholarship(s) on a need -based
basis to graduate(s) of Lexington High School or
Minuteman Regional High School. Recipients should have
selflessly, enthusiastically, and creatively served their school
and community.
Disbursements $ 1,805
Principal balance $ 58,992
Income balance $ 423
Amanda Payson Scholarship Fund Established 1933,
three - quarters of the annual net income shall be awarded to
female graduates of LHS who demonstrate financial need.
Disbursements $ 8,675
Principal balance $ 331,061
Income balance $ 2,383
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Trustees of Public Trusts continued from previous page
Virginia M. Powers Scholarship Fund Established 1995,
three - quarters of the annual net income is to be awarded to
a woman student with financial need who evidences a seri-
ousness of purpose, a clear sense on responsibility, coupled
with humility and respect for others.
Disbursements $ 429
Principal balance $ 16,567
Income balance $ 120
Elsa W. Regestein Award Fund Established 1933 by
Marcia Dane, the income to be used for awards to a mem-
ber of the senior class of the Lexington High School who
has done school work conscientiously and creditably and
who, in the judgment of the faculty, deserves public com-
mendation for carrying on at the same time, either in or out
of school, a worthwhile activity or employment which has
not been given other recognition. No scholarship will be
awarded until the principal balance reaches $5,000.
Principal balance $ 3,404
Income balance $ 24
Morton L. Salter Scholarship Fund Established 2000,
three - quarters of the income shall fund need -based scholar-
ships.
Disbursements $ 6,150
Principal balance $ 59,490
Income balance $ 5,371
Dorothea Schmidt -Penta Memorial Scholarship Fund
Established 1980, three - quarters of the income to be award-
ed to a Lexington High School senior planning to enter the
field of health service.
Disbursements $ 210
Principal balance $ 6,743
Income balance $ 49
Mary and August Schumacher Trust Fund Established
1988, three - quarters of the income is to be used annually to
fund two scholarships, of equal value, to seniors at
Lexington High School who have been accepted to an
accredited college, have worked diligently on academic
studies while perhaps not being in the top ten percent of the
class, and who have a need for funds to obtain a college
education.
Disbursements $ 2,519
Principal balance $ 91,957
Income balance $ 661
Foster Sherburne and Tenney Sherburne Fund Established
1956, the net income is to be awarded annually to assist in
the education of deserving young men or women living in
Lexington.
Disbursements $ 1,172
Principal balance $ 37,131
Income balance $ 269
George 0. Smith Scholarship Fund Established 1905, to
be used for "furnishing of a technical education to gradu-
ates of the high school in Lexington, who were born in that
town." The scholarship has been modified to those whose
parents were living in Lexington at time of birth and fields
of study broadened to engineering, physical science or relat-
ed fields.
Disbursements $ 9,000
Principal balance $ 401,828
Income balance $ 12,041
Mary Sorenson Memorial Fund Established 1969, three -
quarters of the annual net income to be awarded to gradu-
ating seniors in need of financial assistance.
Disbursements $ 184
Principal balance $ 7,137
Income balance $ 52
J. Stavenhagen Family Scholarship Fund Established
2000, up to three - quarters of the income earned shall fund
need based scholarship(s) to student(s) who have worked
conscientiously to the best of their ability without necessar-
ily achieving high academic standing
Disbursement $ 144
Principal balance $ 5,592
Income balance $ 40
Ellen A. Stone Fund Established 1890, the accrued inter-
est to be paid to the school committee who are to employ it
in aiding needy and deserving young women of Lexington
in obtaining a higher education.
Disbursements $ 239
Principal balance $ 7,738
Income balance $ 56
Steven Teitelbaum Memorial Scholarship Fund —
Established 2000, three - quarters of the annual net income
to be awarded to a male senior, graduating from LHS plan-
ning to attend a two- or four -year college or university, and
planning to participate in post -High School athletics.
Recipient must have been a member of varsity athletic
teams in at least two different sports, one of which must
have been football or hockey.
Disbursements $ 1,015
Principal balance $ 14,903
Income balance $ 581
Richard S. Townsend Scholarship Fund — Established 1997
to fund scholarships for male graduates of Lexington High
School who have financial needs.
Disbursements $ 100
Principal balance $ 5,226
Income balance $ 37
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Charles Lyman Weld Fund Established 1946, the entire
fund, both principal and income are available upon a vote
of the Town, for educational purposes, a chapel at
Westview Cemetery, or scholarships.
Disbursements $ 395
Principal balance $ 14,964
Income balance $ 108
S. Lawrence Whipple History Established 1996 by his
many friends in honor of "Larry" Whipple, the scholarship
will be awarded to a Lexington resident currently attending
a public or private secondary school or college, who has
demonstrated a genuine affinity for this community and has
made a significant contribution to a better understanding of
Lexington's past.
Disbursements $ 829
Principal balance $ 11,675
Income balance $ 356
Edward & Virginia Williams Scholarship Fund
Established 2002, up to three - quarters of the income earned
shall fund need -based scholarships to students who have
worked diligently and demonstrated excellent community
involvement and /or service.
Disbursements $ 250
Principal balance $ 22,871
Income balance $ 158
Sevag Yazijian Memorial Scholarship Fund Established
1995, three - quarters of the annual net income is to be
awarded to a Lexington High School senior planning to
become a physician, who has demonstrated consistent aca-
demic improvement, possessed aspects of Sevag's easy -going
personality, is dedicated to family, friends, and community,
evidences a desire to see others happy, and shows pride in
an ethnic heritage.
Disbursements $ 415
Principal balance $ 7,241
Income balance $ 63
CEMETERY FUND
Munroe Cemetery Fund Income is to be used in the main-
tenance of Munroe Cemetery.
Disbursements $ 19,633
Principal balance $ 381,686
Income balance $ 10,272
Westview Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Income is to be
used in the maintenance of Westview Cemetery.
Disbursements $ 113,507
Principal balance $ 2,199,246
Income balance $ 76,395
Town Counsel
APPOINTED by
the Board of
Selectmen:
William Lahey of
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP since December 2001.
Expenditures
FY05
FY04
Legal Fees
$399,614
$350,392
Pursuant to Section 5 of Article XXI of the General By-
Laws of the Town of Lexington, this report was submitted
in writing by Town Counsel for the period from January 1,
2005 to December 31, 2005. The report is divided into the
several sections required by the By -Laws.
All actions by or against the Town which were
pending on January 1, 2005.
1. Jerome & Ruth Berg, et al. v. Town of Lexington, et al.,
Land Court No. 264514. Appeal from a decision of the
Planning Board approving a subdivision on Grandview
Avenue.
2. Grandview Realty, LLC v. Lexington Zoning Board of
Appeals, Housing Appeals Committee (HAC) No. 05-
11. Appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals
granting with conditions a Comprehensive Permit on
Grandview Avenue pursuant to G.L. c. 40B.
3. Lawrence G. Trebino, Trustee v. Lexington Planning
Board, et al., Land Court No. 266945. Appeal from a
decision of the Planning Board disapproving a subdivi-
sion.
4. Steven M. Raskind, et al. v. Town of Lexington et al.,
Land Court No. 269183. Appeal from a decision of the
Board of Appeals reversing a decision of the zoning
enforcement officer that a lot was not buildable.
5. Robert W. Adams, et al. v. Lexington Zoning Board of
Appeals, et al., Land Court No. 276627. Appeal of
Zoning Board of Appeals decision granting variance.
6. Rising Tide Development LLC v. Lexington Zoning
Board of Appeals, Housing Appeals Committee (HAC)
No. 03 -0521. Appeal of grant by the Lexington Board
of Zoning Appeals of a Comprehensive Permit with
conditions pursuant to G.L. c. 40B. (HAC decision
against Town appealed by abutters.)
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Town Counsel continued from previous page
7. William Taylor, et al., v. Lexington Zoning Board of
Appeals, et al., Middlesex Superior Court No. 03 -0746.
Appeal of grant by Board of Appeals of Comprehensive
Permit pursuant to G.L. c. 40B.
8. James R. Raymond, et al. v. Lexington Planning Board,
et al., Land Court No. 292408. Appeal of decision of
the Planning Board concerning 29 Rangeway Road.
9. Town of Lexington v. Massachusetts Highway
Department, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
and Modern Continental Construction Company,
Middlesex Superior Court No. 03 -3228. Action by
Town in Superior Court for injunctive relief and a
declaratory judgment relating to MHD's failure to con-
sider noise and other environmental impacts as part of
the Route 3 /Route 128 interchange construction pro-
ject in Lexington.
10. Lexington Historic Districts Commission v. Ranne P.
Warner, Middlesex Superior Court No. 04 -0292.
Action to enforce non - compliance with HDC Order
and continued nonpayment of fines regarding property
at 30 Hancock Street.
11. Ranne P. Warner v. Lexington Historic District
Commission, Middlesex Superior Court No. 01 -0397.
Appeal from a decision of the Historic Districts
Commission denying a certificate of appropriateness.
12. Lexington Historic Districts Commission v. Thomas
and Laura Sheedy, Middlesex Superior Court No. 04-
293. Action to enforce non - compliance with HDC
Order and continued nonpayment of fines regarding
property at 11 Harrington Road.
13. Katherine F. Conroy v. Lexington Conservation
Commission, et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 03-
1956. Appeal from denial by Conservation
Commission of order of conditions at property at
Lincoln Street. Being handled by Counsel appointed by
insurance company.
14. Quinn Bros. of Essex, Inc. v. Town of Lexington, et al.
v. Stephen Hale Architects, Middlesex Superior Court
C.A. No. 04 -2233B and other related cases. Claims by
general contractor and subcontractors on Cary
Memorial Library project to recover payments alleged-
ly owed by general contractor and claim by Lexington
against architect for the project.
15. Hartman v. Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals, Land
Court Case No. 300320. Appeal of decision by Zoning
Board of Appeals regarding property at 131 Shade
Street.
16. Casella v. Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals, Land
Court Case No. 279910. Appeal of a decision by
Zoning Board of Appeals regarding property on
Steadman Road.
17. Castoldi v. Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals, Land
Court No. 300892. Appeal of Zoning Board decision
concerning 43A North Street.
18. Daniel Taylor and Taylor Made Carpentry, Inc. v. Town
of Lexington Planning Board, Land Court No. 282120.
Summary judgment granted to Town on appeal from a
decision of the Planning Board denying a definitive sub-
division.
All actions brought by or against the Town dur-
ing 2005.
1. Jane C. Mack v. Town of Lexington, Concord District
Court Small Claims Session No. 0547SC -0799. Claim
in estimated amount of $1,000 against Town for
alleged damage to house from public shade tree.
2. Katherine F. Conroy v. Town of Lexington, et al.,
Middlesex Superior Court No. 05 -3535. Claim for
alleged regulatory taking as a result of Conservation
Commission action. Being handled by counsel appoint-
ed by insurance company.
3. Capital Carpet and Flooring Specialists v. Peabody
Construction Co., Inc. v. Town of Lexington,
Middlesex Superior Court No. 05- 05066. Action by
flooring subcontractor to recover disputed payment
estimated in amount of $52,000 for work performed at
Lexington High School.
All actions settled or disposed of during 2005.
1. City of Waltham, et al. v. Lexington Zoning Board of
Appeals and Conservation Commission and Symmes
Life Care, Inc., Middlesex Superior Court No. 04-
4311. Action involving a special permit at 1010
Waltham Street. Case dismissed with prejudice.
2. Castoldi v. Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals, Land
Court No. 300892. Case dismissed with prejudice.
3. Daniel Taylor and Taylor Made Carpentry, Inc. v. Town
of Lexington Planning Board, Land Court No. 282120.
Summary judgment granted to Town on appeal from a
decision of the Planning Board denying a definitive sub-
division.
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Lexington by the Numbers
Settled 1642, incorporated as Town of Lexington 1713
Latitude: 42.26N
Longitude: 71.13W
Area of town in acres 10, 650.42
Area of town in square miles 16.64
Extreme length in miles 5 80
Extreme width in miles 4 85
Highest elevation, feet above m.s.I. 374
Lowest elevation, feet above m s I. 110
2005 2004
Population 30,765 30,949
Public School Student Enrollment 6196 6133
Town -owned conservation land, acres 1345.1 1320.7
Total Revenue Sources (FY) $126,443,036 . . $1 17,651,167
Total Operating Expenses (FY) $122,776,030 . . $1 13,501,072
Average single - family tax bill (FY) $7246 $6429
Typical annual residential water /sewer bill (FY) $1162 $915
Solid Waste Trash (tons) 9361 9404
Recycled Materials (tons) 5444 5582
Average selling price of single - family home* $862,040 $832,005
Single- family homes sold* 333 354
Single- family homes demolished 82 63
Permits issued for new single - family homes 80 76
Town of Lexington Moody's Credit Rating Aaa Aaa
Town of Lexington
Mailing Address:
1625 Massachusetts Avenue
Lexington, MA 02420
Telephone: 781- 862 -0500
Web Site address: http: / /ci.lexington.ma.us
* Based on data supplied by M. L. S. Property Information Network, Inc. Data maintained by
the Realtor Board or its MLS may not reflect all real estate activity.
2005 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 111
A
Appeals 53 -55
Appropriation Committee 83 -84
Arts Council 79
Assessors 87-88
B
Battle Green Guides (see Tourism Committee)
Bicycle Advisory Committee 70
Biosafety Committee 27
BOA 53 -55
Board of Appeals 53 -55
Board of Assessors 8 7 -8 8
Board of Health 27 -28
Board of Registrars 10 -11
Board of Selectmen 4 -6
Building Division/Office of
Community Development 63
C
Capital Expenditures Committee ... 85 -86
Cary Lecture Series 79
Cary Memorial Library 75 -76
Celebrations Committee 80
Cemetery Division 35
Center Committee 65
Clerk 10 -11
COA 72
Combined Balance Sheet 94
Commission on Disability 73
Communications Advisory Committee82
Community Development 63
Community Education 51
Comptroller 90
Comptroller Schedule
of Appropriations 90 -93
Conservation Commission 68 -69
Conservation Land Inventory 69
Council on Aging 72
Council for the Arts 79
D
DAC 62
Debt Service Summary 89
Department of Public Works 29 -38
Design Advisory Committee 62
Dolores Hidalgo Sister City Committee81
DPW 29 -38
E
Elected Officials 11
Election 12
Electric Utility Ad Hoc Committee 41
Engineering Division 30
F
Fair Housing and Human
Relations Committee 74
Fire Department 25 -27
Forestry Division 34 -35
Fund for Lexington 100
H
Hanscom Area Town Committee 64 -65
Hanscom Field Advisory 64 -65
Commission
HATS 64 -65
HDC 57 -61
Health Benefits Review Committee . . . . 17
Health Department 27 -28
HFAC 64 -65
Highway Division 31
Historic Districts Commission 57 -61
Historical Commission 62
Housing Authority 62
Human Services Committee 72
L
LexHAB 66
Lexington 2020 Vision 8
Lexington Center Committee 65
Lexington Community Education 51
Lexington Council for the Arts 79
Lexington Historical Commission 62
Lexington Housing Assistance Board . 66
Lexington Housing Authority 66
Lexington Housing Partnership 67
Lexington Public Schools 43 -51
Lexington School Committee 43 -44
Lexington Tree Committee 39 -40
Lexington Youth Commission 74
Lexington- Dolores Hidalgo
Sister City Committee 81
LEXPRESS 36 -37
Library 75 -76
LYC 74
M
MAGIC 56 -57
Management Information Systems 7
MAPC 56 -57
Minuteman Regional High School 50 -51
MIS 7
Moderator 11
MPO 56 -57
N
No Place for Hate Committee 8 -9
0
Office of Community Development.... 63
Operating Expenses 3
P
Parking Operation 36
Parks Division 34
PBC 40
Permanent Building Committee 40
Personnel Advisory Board 9
Planning 52 -53
Police Department 22 -24
Police Manual Committee 24
Public Building Maintenance 30 -31
Public Grounds 34 -36
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Town of Lexington, Massachusetts
R
Recreation 77
Regional Planning 56 -57
Regional Transportation
Advisory Council 56 -57
Registrars 10 -11
Retirement Board 99
Revenue Officer 86
Revenue Sources 2
Revenues/Expenditures /Fund Balances . . 95
Road Machinery Division 32
5
Schedule of Appropriations 90 -93
School Committee 43 -44
School Expenditures 47 -49
Selectmen 4 -6
Senior Center 71 -72
Sister Cities 81
Sidewalk Committee 41 -42
Snow Removal Operations 31
Social Services 71
Solid Waste Management 32 -34
Special Revenue 96 -98
Special Town Meeting 21
Street Light Maintenance 35 -36
Superintendent of Schools 45 -46
T
Tax Deferral and Exception Study 89
TMMA 16
Tourism Committee 78
Town Celebrations Committee 80
Town ClerkBoard of Registrars .... 10 -11
Town Counsel 109 -110
Town Election 12
Town Manager 6 -7
Town Meeting Members 13 -15
Town Meeting Members Association . . 16
Town Meeting 18-21
Traffic Safety Advisory Committee .... 28
Transportation Advisory Committee . 36 -37
Transportation Services 3 6 -3 7
Treasurer 86
Tree Committee 39 -40
Trustees of Public Trust 100 -109
V
Veterans' Services 71
w
Waste Management 32 -34
Water /Sewer Divisions 3 7 -3 8
Water and Sewer Rate Study 38
Y
Youth Commission 74
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