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(Adjourned Session - 1987 Annual Town Meeting - April 1, 1987, cont.)102 John Eddison stated the support of the Selectmen in order to arrive at a compromise solution. The Selectmen are taking $50,000 from Article 17, Water Mains, and $100,000 from Article 23, Street Improvements. The School Committee is asked to find another $150,000 from their budget. 8:34 p.m. Edith Sandy, Precinct 6, expressed concern not with the cost but with how the money was being used. She asked for ways for productivity to be improved. 8:36 p.m. Richard Michelson, Capitol Expenditures Committee, voiced support for the Appropriations Committee motion. 8:36 p.m. Robert Rotberg, Precinct 3, urged defeat of the motion. 8:38 p.m. Florence Koplow, School Committee, spoke of a chipping away which would lead to a problem with each succeeding year. She expressed regret that the School Committee was not getting the support it was seeking. 8:43 p.m. Sam Silverman, Precinct 5, rose for a Point of Clarification on the Code of Conduct stating the moral obligation to prevent personal bias from interfering. 8:45 p.m. William Welch, Precinct 2, stated that although he works for the School Department, he also represents the people of his precinct. He asked if he might vote on the line item. 8:46 p.m. William Spencer, Precinct 6, rose to pursue the same issue with the Town Counsel. 8:49 p.m. Norman Cohen, Town Counsel, replied that the words are there, that the Moderator had explained the concern, and that if an off-the-record opinion were to be given on Article 4, then Mr. Spencer could vote on the entire Article 4 as a whole. 8:51 p.m. Sam Silverman rose for further clarification: When your interest is the same as any other citizens, then you may vote. 8:53 p.m. Sheldon Spector, Precinct 8, asked for a Rollcall Vote. 8:54 p.m. The clerks reported 57 members standing to request a Rollcall Vote. 8:55 p.m. The Moderator repeated the motion. 8:56 p.m. The following is the tally of the Rollcall Vote. PRECINCT 1 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT Joel A. Adler Nancy M. Adler James E. Barry Lois J. Barry Nathan M. Becker David A. Bell Francis V. Busa Chang Chih Chao Nancy C. Gordon Frederick H. Hagedorn Ronald Levy John W. Maloney William H. McAlduff,Jr. David Radlo Barry E. Sampson Edward P. Shannon James M. Shaw Ellen Doyle Sullivan James S. Wilson Albert P. Zabin