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i 'JL' SELECTMEN'S MEETING April 28, 1982 r FM A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Wednesday, April 28, 1982 at oo P.M. Chairman Busa , Mrs. Batt in , Mr. Crain and Mr. Po l it i , Mr. Hut- chinson, Town Manager; Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel; Miss.Adl r, Assistant to the Town Manager and Miss Casey, Executive Clerk,were present. The Transportation Advisory Committee met with the Board to discuss Trans. the Committee's annual report and revisment of .the Article in the Warrant. Adv. . Com. The Committee has been considering the possibility of purchasing vehicle's and having them operated by a eontraotor.or have the Town lease vehicles to be operated by a contractor. The Committee requested that in- stead of the $176,000 appropriation in the Motion, that . 19, o be for- warded from this year l s - budget and add an additional $6,000 (from the tax rate) which would equal $25,000, the approximate cost of a new vehicle so that the money would be available for the purchase of a vehicle if it was determined that this would be the right direction in which'to proceed. Mr. Bu a expressed concern relative to lack of information regarding costs of leasing, operating, and maintenance of busses. He felt that the Town should not get involved in the transportation, business. The Manager pointed out that it has not been decided whether or not LEXPRESS is going to be a. permanent part of the Town and that there are too many areas needing clarification before implementing this concept. He ex- pressed concern about adding a. vehicle to the ' .own fleet and perhaps in the next year end up with no Town transportation system. He recommended stay- ing with the current appropriation, in the - motion. Mr. Crain stated that he was inclined to approve the recommendation of the Transportation Advisory Committee in this matter. He felt that it would give time to explore the proposal and would not necessarily mean that the money would be spent. It was agreed that the Committee would consult with Mr. - Cohen rela- tive to chang.ing the present motion and also pursue the legislation allowing for multi - year contracts by municipalities and report back to the Board, The Appropriation Committee met with the Board and Mr. Ba.rnert ex- Approp. plained five options to the Board for the acquisition of a. new ladder truck Committee for the Fire Department. Questions from the Board were answered by r, - Barnert and the Chair- man expressed appreciation for the information stating that the Board would look into the matter farther. Mr. Barnert and the Committee retired from the meeting. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve a tempor- Boston ry grant of location to the Boston Edison Company to - install 16 feet + of Edison conduit and necessary wires in Dowell Street to provide service to the Har- Lowell rington park Office Condominium, This temporary grant of Location is granted with the stipulation that the public hearing required will be scheduled no later than 30 days from today.