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Meeting of the Appropriation Committee, Monday, March 6, 1967,7:30 p.m. Present: Frank Parrish, Chairman; J. Blaisdell; R. Gary; D. Grant; G. Kolovson; D. Noyes; R. Perry, Comptroller; L. Zehner; R. - Souza Buckman Tavern. Bob Gary, speaking for the Historical Society, requested that the Committee recommend appropriation of about $20,000 - $25,000 for repairs to Buckman Tavern which is owned by the Town and leased to the Historical Society. A survey by Don Muirhead which was com- pleted last Friday showed that wood rot and beetle and termite damage have dangerously weakened the supporting beams to such an extent that the building cannot be opened until it has been repaired. Work needed includes: chemical application to kill beetles, additional girders d 'J and supports, some new Lally columns, repair and strengthening of beams, eaa replacement of some supports, and a new sill in back where the building aao has been found to be resting on the ground. Don Grant was of the opinion that an act of the legislature would be required before the Town could pay for such repairs because the terms of the lease require the Society to repair and maintain the building as long as it is repairable and, when the building can no longer be repaired, to give up the lease. An Act of the legislature was required in 1951 to allow the Town to pay $10,000 to reroof the building. It was learned later in the evening that the Selectmen had decided against including this money in their Article 4 budget on advice of Town Counsel, who brought up this point. Sewer Bonding - Recommend bonding for 20 years. Planning Board: Messrs. Greeley, Campbell, Worrell, Fowle and Mrs. Riffin came to discuss the following items: Salary Schedule as applied to Planning Director. They had requested an upgrading of the position of the Salary Study Committee but the chairman had never returned their call or given them an appointment. The job of Planning Director has been left at 5-25, against their recommendation, while the jobs of Executive Secretary and Supt.of Public Works have been changed from 5-26 to S-27. Mr. Greeley states that it is their opinion that the relationship between these positions should have been maintained; their relative responsibilities have remained the same. As for status of the positions, the Planning Director is a technical position, as is the Supt.of Public Works, whereas the Exec. Clerk is non-technical; he suggests that the technical positions are workh more than the general positions. Art. 57 - Emerson Rd. layout through Lidberg property to Adams St. Planning hoard urged the Committee to reconsider its recommendation against this article. This is proposed as a street betterment as a result of a joint meeting with the Selectmen. If proposed as a land purchase it would have required a 2/3 vote of Town Mtg. Selectmen were to get ak options, but nothing has been done yet. They think it will cost about $4,000, assuming the rest of the property will not be greatly damaged but will be usable as a house lot. If they had proposed buying the whole piece instead of just the portion needed to lay out the road, it might have cost about $15,000 and we would have more tand than we want. This is the last lot left unbuilt on which can be used to connect Emerson Road. If this is not purchased, the Town will have to take a house if it should ever want to extend and connect Emerson Road. Reconsideration - Committee voted to recommend purchase. Art. 36 - Traffic study of Bedford St. - Planning Board favors.