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i SELECTMEN MEET January 6 1 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the S lect- men t s Meeting Room, Town Office Building on Wednesday - , JATWary 6, 1982 at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Busa, Mrs. Battin, Mrs'. Miley , � Mi, Crain and Mr, Politi; Mr. Hutchinson, Town Manager Miss Adler, Assistant to the Town Manager and Miss Casey, Executive Clerk were present. The Chairman convened the meeting at 7: P.M. and the Town Manager presented his proposed budget submission for the Fiscal Year 1983. He informed the Board that the budget was consistent with Town goals that complies with the guidelines of Preposastion 2 1/ limiting the fixed growth to $640,000. The proposed total budget of $37,006,320, with a tax levy of $27,083,320 exceeding the limit by $596,604. He ex- plained that this problem will be remedied by new construction growth and the institution of certain user fees. He explained that, presuming that Proposition 2 1/2 will be amended to allow new construction growth to off- set expenses, will allow for basically the sane level of service within the community and take care of exceeding the fixed growth limit. H e stated that the estimated total spending and payments will be $37,006,320, an increase of 2.6% or $36,065,935 over last year budget. Significant items deleted by the Manager are as follows: Budget MUNICIPAL SPENDIN C a p al New Road Construction S ide w a l k s Cemetery Development Conservation Acquisitions Year Round Track $100,000 40 24 250 60,000 Articles Mystic Valley $ CM RC 5,000 He explained that LEXPRESS will be level funded while rejecting a request to institute chair car services. Increases in the budget are as follows: Expansion of meals program for 6 the Council on Aging RePlace 10 Storm Drains 100 Payroll 440 Future Planning 100 (unfunded pension liability) 9