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61-335 Selectmen's Meeting - March 15, 1999 One place to turn to is a $55,559 surplus after the latest cut and two other places that we should look at is the $480,000 the schools are going to need for FY99. We could take $80,000 from the Reserve Fund and the rest from Free Cash. The School Department hopes that the number is going to be somewhat lower. If so, we could add that to the appropriation we are recommending for the schools. The second place is the $122,000 set aside for Town and school liabilities for Y2K costs. The Manager feels that we can comfortably reduce the $122,000. There is one other piece we have not accommodated and that is the Historical Commission article requesting $12,000 to be matched with $18,000 of State funds.It probably would be prudent for us to take that $12,000 out of the $122,000 and another $70,000 for the schools leaving $40,000 for Y2K contingencies. Mrs. McKenna expressed concern about the level of cuts in the DPW and School budgets. She recommended that $90,000 go back to the schools combined with the $55,559 surplus. Mrs. Krieger felt she would prefer to leave $40,000 available for Y2K. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 3-2, Mrs. Krieger and Mr. Enrich opposed to take $90,000 out of 1999 State Aid and add the $55,559 surplus and restore $145,559 to the school department line item. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adopt the Town Manager's budget with the adjustments previously voted and including the $12,000 for the Historical Commission article as well as the adjustments listed by the Town Manager. Article Positions Special Town Meeting Article - Portable Classrooms - all in favor. Article 4 Historic Preservation Incentives - all in favor. Article 5 to be indefinitely postponed. Article 7 Procedures, Section 8, Special Zoning District - all in favor. Article 8 Automatic Teller Machines - all in favor. Article 10 16 Hayden Ave., Amendment to CD District #8 - all in favor. Article 11 to be indefinitely postponed. Article 12 to be indefinitely postponed. Article 14 Mansionization - 4-1 in favor, McKenna opposed. Article 15 Wetlands Protection By-Law Revisions - all in favor. Article 16 Transfer of Hennessy Field to Conservation - all in favor. Article 19 By-law Amendment, Budget - all in favor. Article 20 Board of Health Fines for Non-Criminal Disposition - all in favor. Article 22 Operating Budget - adopted. Article 24 Prior Years' Unpaid Bills to be indefinitely postponed. Article 25 Supplementary Capital to be indefinitely postponed. Article 26 Capital Projects and Equipment - all in favor.