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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE APPROPRIATION COM"TITTEE FELD AT T E TO?rT OFFICE TTILDTNG, =AY ESTE'. r-ar ., Febr ary 1S. 1946. The meeting was opened in the office of the Superintendent of Public works at 8:00 P.M. , by Chairman Lewis T . Hoyt, With the following members in attendance : Lewis L. royt, Chairman Jasper A. Lane Harvey P. `"?inlock Michael J. T'opkins C-eorge Thacher Jenney Ronald D. Brown Fred C. TTewhall J. Milton Brown Raymond L. Mice, Torn Accountant This is to he a point meeting with the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of once again going over the Budgets. In the meantime the Preamble was read and corrected. At 8:40 P.TT. , the Appropriation Committee was invited to meet ri th the Board of Selectmen. The Secretary of the Aporonriat' on Committee read fi -° ares available, nertai n7 nc, to the tax rate, which amm'nted to a 38.20 rate. In this calculation, '4.20 was the estimated amount for State Tax and Estimated Receipts. There -as some aue^tion with regards to the State Tax, and the Secretary stated that this is only an estimate and posslhly the case rill be that i_t will really amount to about 11.50 on the tax rate. This would make a tax rate of ';35.70. °;r. Rowse, a member of the Boy rd of Selectmen, suggested that the first thin ; that sh-'uld be done is to go over the T»dgets to see ,'here e could cut down the tax rate. The first Budget reconsidered was Town offices 9- Cary Memorial '?azi..ldi n - Expenses. The f,';30r,.0o requested for curtains in the Selectmen's Room was eliminated. The Budget was reduced from $3,000.00 to $7,700.00. This was previously approved by the Aporonriati on Committee on January 21, 1946 for ;;8,000.00.