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157 Meeting of the Appropriation Committee, October 23, 1967, 7:30 p.m. Present: D. Grant, Acting Chairman; J. Blaisdell; A. Gary; G. Kolovson; E. Furash; R. Perry; Comptroller; R. Souza; L. 'Lehner; later, F. Parrish, Chairman Letter from Mr. Legro was received by Don Grant. He suggested. that Don Grant and Frank Parrish meet with the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, the Moderator and Mr. Legro to discuss presentation of the budget at the Town Meeting. The Committee agreed this was desirable. Don Grant will write a letter requesting such a meeti. g, preferably some Monday night. Letter to accompany budget forms has been drafted by Don Grant. This states that Ch. 41, sec. 9 of the general laws as amended provides that the Selectmen and all other departments are required to estiiaate the amounts required to run their departments for the coming year, and to give an explarsion of amounts differing from those of the previous year; it also requires them to estimate i_ come to be received during the year and capital outlays and permanent improvements which they wish to undertake. Dick Perry will send his budget forms with this let,:er. Al Grey has already sent a letter to all department heads and committees asking that the operating budget forms be returned to him by Nov. 20. Reserve Fund lte uq csts Cemetery Commissioners have sent no further information; they will come in next week. Veterans Benefits $11,000 was originally requested. Mr. Beloastro has sent the following breakdown of his requirements for October: $2,503.04 for Hospital bills 471.00 for Doctors bills 1,719.00 for ordi..ary benefits $4,693.04 Total Voted to transfer $4,700. from Reserve Fund to Veterans Benefits and ask him to submit his requests for November and December only after applying to the Trustees of Public Trusts for assistance for any cases which might qualify as "needy poor" for whom the Trustees have funds available. There is some question whether money paid by the Trustees will qualify for state reimbursement of 50%. Historic Districts Commission requested $425. They had anticipated 51 applications (an increase of 25% over last year) ; they now revise their estimate to 70 applications. Balance in expense budget is 353.00 Voted to transfer $425. from Reserve Fund. health Dept. $3,100 was originally requested. They expect to spend x$4100 for premature babies and TB hospitalization; $750 was budgeted. This leaves a deficit of $3350. There is a possibility that the premature infant cases may qualify as needy. Therefore Frank will request that they apply to the Trustees of Public Trusts. Voted to transfer $2100 from the Reserve Fund; this amount was agreed upon by Frank and Mr. Mc ?uillen as the minimum necessary now. Reserve Fund Balance after these transfers $20,195. Data Processing Cen er By—Law requested by Dick Perry last year. No `-` action has been taken by Selectmen. After discussion of the advisability of pro osinf�- a by—law or a studycommittee, it was decided that Frank Parrish wily notify other deparments that we are thinking of submitting