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r 4 . _ 31 The Appropriation Committee held a meeting at 7:30 P .M., on Monday, November 29, 1971, in Room 111, Town Office Building, Lexington. Pre- sent were Edward E . Furash, Chairman, Jack L. Mitchell, Vice Chairman, Elizabeth M. Flynn, Secretary, J. Harper Blaisdell, Levi G. Burnell, Howard L. Levingston and Donald B. White and Richard M. Perry, Comp- troller. The Chairman read to the Committee a letter from Governor Sargent in reply to our telegram of October 26th to the Governor with respect to SB 909 . The letter is attached to the original copy of the Minutes . After discussion on the Conservation Commissions report to the Plan- ning Board, it was decided to invite the Conservation Commission to m our next meeting. • In discussing the letter of the Planning Board to the Capital Expen- U ditures Committee it was determined that with respect to Recreation • budgets the break-up between the DPW and Recreation accounting masks the real amount spent for recreation. Comptroller Perry will ask the Town Manager if it would be possible to have all recreation ex- penses in both Departments lumped into one Account. Users fees were also discussed. - - RFSFRVF FUND BALANCE: 599,247.00 RESERVE FUND TRANSFERS: 1. Acct. #4150 - Fire Exp. $4,000. Repairs to engines Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was VOTED to transfer the amount requested. The meeting was adjourned to the Ward Room of the Police Station due to the failure of electrical power at the Town Office Building. Meeting was held at 9:15 P.M. with Library Trustees F. Bailey and I . Mabee, Library Advisor S . Stolz, Library Director R. Hilton and Assistant Library Director S . Nialet. With respect to the proposed expansion of the Library building, Chairman Furash stated that the relationship between users and the amount of money requested, the size and cost of the facility and the Trustees' concept 6T what a library should be and what it should provide need to be determined to persuade the Committee that the amount of money requested for the expansion is justified. It was suggested that, perhaps, a ran- dom sampling of users could provide a picture of the most popular sections of library usage . - President Bailey said that at their meeting on November 30th, the Library Truatees would discuss the questions and points brought out at this meeting . Phases of library expansion will also be discussed. The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Elizabeth M. Flynn Secretary