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Minutes of Meeting held on March 8, 1971 - page 2 2. Move to refer the budgets back to the Committee for _ them to return to the Meeting with recommended cuts . 3. Present a Resolution to the Town Meeting, with a $ num- ber, which would be a sense of the Meeting as to what the Town Meeting' s thoughts were as to it' s role in making reductions. A poll of the Committee favored the use of suggestion #2 . 10 Meeting was held at 8:40 P.M. with the Board of Selectmen, Town Counsel and the Town Manager. VRepresentative Lincoln P . Cole, Jr. explained the Tax Program pre- sently before the House. He feels that Lexington gives more per capita and that they are not receiving back a fair amount. The pre- sent Bill may not improve this condition. Treasurer Louis Zehner presented a comparison between 5, 10 and 15 year Bonding of 4,300,000. for the Junior High School. Capital Expenditures recommend a 10 year Maturity. The Appropriation Com- mittee will Vote at a later time, and will inform the Treasurer of their recommendation. Review of the Warrant Articles involving funds was made by Chairman Cataldo . Areas of difference in amounts recommended are: Articles #16, #17, #18, #19, #24, #27, #31, #32, #33 , #34, #46, #47 and #57. With respect to Article 4, Chairman Furash informed the Selectmen, that, if the School Committee remains in their present position and does not reduce their requests by Town Meeting, his Committee will use one of three proposals,, on the floor. Town Counsel Legro will advise the Committee as to legal procedures and .Motions . The Modera- tor will, also, be consulted. On the M schedule, Chairman Cataldo advised that the range is 0 to 81 in increases, but that the over-all figure is closer to 6 . Chairman Furash said that he would prefer a 52/ to 60, figure . The W schedule, the Fire Department, and the lower range of the Clerical are using the step system. -In every other range the merit system is being used. Town Manager O'Connell informed the Committee that the Recommended P.S. Budget is: p2,733,043 . 1971-this includes 4 new people and about 50 increase. Some may be in excess of 864, however. 80 people are under merit review. Town Manager O'Connell, also, reported changes in the following: Acct. #1700-Group Ins. - has been raised from $135,000 to $115,000. because of an increase in rates as of 4/1/71. Acct. #3750-PD-P.S. - has been raised from $622,833. to N6S8,958. Merit increases account for $30,000. and $6,700. for 2 new men.