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472 APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE DATE: Monday, December 18 , 1972 PLACE: Town Office Building, Room 111 TIME: 700 P.M. PRESENT: Edward E. Furash, Chairman, Jack L. Mitchell, Vice Chairman, Elizabeth M. Flynn, Secretary, J. Blaisdell, Levi G. Burnell, Howard L. Levingston, H. Bigelow Moore, Richard M. Perry, Comptroller, Donald B. White OBSERVER: Mrs. Carol Caro, League of Women Voters I . MEETING WITH CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE Messrs. Robert Kingston, Chairman, George Silverman and Lee Whitman met to discuss various items in the proposed Capital Expenditures budget. The "sewer program" and how it has fallen behind was discussed briefly. Vice Chairman Mitchell suggested that the study should be updated and that the drains should be included in this study. GRS Funds and how they may be applied were discussed in a brief manner. II . MEETING WITH BI-CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE Messrs. Kingston Howard, Chairman, Richard Michelson, Warren Butters, Frederick James were present at this preliminary meeting merely to explain the difficulties that the Committee has been confronted with thus far: financial, trying to arrive at an estimated cost; what would be gross expenses for activities; what, if any, assistance for outside funding will be available . Mr. Howard stated that at the present time there is a fourteen member committee with one youth member working on the plans. Every established organization has been invited to meet with. the committee and so far specific commitments have been very few. These commitments, Mr. Howard said, will help to reduce the cost to the town. A 'Program of Events' were presented to the Appropriation Committee with an estimated budget of $100,000. Chairman Furash and members of the Committee felt very strongly that this presentation was both vague and very sketchy. It was suggested that before the Bi-Centennial Committee comes to Town Meeting, they must be very sure as to what the citizens want in relation to a celebration. For example , it was the feeling of the Chairman that the magnitude of people anticipated would warrant the National Guard, and should the President be invited, this would be too many people for the Town to handle.