Lynnfield Town Meeting highlights

VOTE ON YOUTH DIRECTOR COMING - The Board of Selectmen on Monday will schedule a Special Town Meeting to vote on a citizens’ petition to fund a youth service director’s position, said Greg Balukonis, town administrator. The position, which pays $48,000 annually plus benefits, has been funded over the past 2 1/2 years through North Reading Youth Services Support Association, a nonprofit parent volunteer group. The group at the Oct. 5 Town Meeting asked for an amendment to allow for a vote to fund the job, but the town moderator did not allow it. The town clerk certified the 200 votes collected by the group necessary to hold a Special Town Meeting, said Balukonis.- Bella Travaglini

CAR-SHARING SUGGESTED - At the Oct. 8 Board of Aldermen meeting, Davis Square alderman Rebekah Gewirtz proposed studying the feasibility of a car-sharing program for city workers. “We need to be thinking as much as we can . . . about innovative ways to offset some of these [budget] cuts,’’ Gewirtz said. Shared cars would be “newer, cleaner, greener . . . all the costs go down and down and down.’’ Cities such as Berkeley, Calif., Portland, Ore., and Minneapolis already have car-share programs. According to www.phillycarshare.org, the Philadelphia program eliminated 330 vehicles and saved $6 million in its first three years. Somerville has about 140 municipal vehicles, not counting police and fire, Gewirtz said. The local board was unsure of the specifics of such a plan, but willing to give it a look. Alderwoman Maryann Heuston did note that the city eliminated a number of cars a few years ago and replaced them with a handful with tiny Smart Cars, one of which won Best in Show at the 2008 Municipal Truck Day. - Danielle Dreilinger

TOWN SERVICES FORUM - Town officials are inviting residents to a public forum Tuesday on the delivery of town services. Town administrator Jim McKenna and town department heads will be present, and Town Council members also will be on hand. Some of the department heads will offer presentations on their services and residents will have the opportunity to ask questions and offer comments. Residents who speak will be allotted up to five minutes. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. at the senior center on Harvard Street. Winthrop’s charter requires the town to hold two forums a year, one in March on town finances, and the other in October on town services.- John Laidler

JOIN THE CHORUS - The Wilmington-based Merrimack Valley Chorus is scheduled to host a performance opportunity program for four consecutive Thursdays, beginning Oct. 29. Each program will run from 6:45 to 9 p.m. at the Wilmington Arts Council Building on Route 62. Women and girls of any age are invited to participate. They will be asked to learn four holiday songs in a four-part a cappella harmony, then perform with the group at the Wilmington Congregational Church on Nov. 30 and at the chorus’s annual show in Andover on Dec. 6. No singing experience is necessary, and there is no audition involved. For more information, visit www.merrimackvalleychorus.org.- Brenda J. Buote