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9Y . Meeting of Appropriation Committee, Jan. 16, 1967, 7:30 p.m. Present: John Blaisdell, Acting Chairman; A. Gary; G. Kolovson; A. Kenney; R. Perry, Comptroller; L. Zehner; A. Souza. Board of Selectmen. All Selectmen present Town Meetina Motions John 1iiaisdeii asked for a ruling by Town Counsel as to whether motions read at Town Meeting should be those of the committee making the request or figure as recommended by Appropriation Committee. Selectmen asked for a ryling by Town Counsel as to whether inserting a separate Article for kindergartens was within their rig-t. Torn Counsel sai.- he would give rulings on the above two questions in writing within t__e .reel:. Counsel's opinion on kindergarten expenses was that "failure to appropriate would not ae against the law". Selectmen Ln • have asked for a division of sc..00l expenses into expenses with and without kindergartens. They Favor a separate Article for kindergartens. Mr. Cataldo is getting together figares on the total cost of kindergartens. lie estivatea that, ii kindergarten.:, are not established, two schools could be closed and only t.:e larger schools used., +rit_ savings in building cost and maintenance, Principals' salaries, rental of Old Belfry Club for Hancock gyu progrnu. Question was asked whether Sc ool Committee has jurisdiction to use a building now under their jurisdiction as an Administrative Building, (e.g. convert Monroe to Admin. use) or whether Town has control of such non-teaching uses. No ansn.:er was given, but Selectmen thought that Town could only vote on any neves.;a,; renovations. School Committee: Lembei s of School Commit:,ee present: A. Viano, Ohair=.ian; E. Clarke; A. Farwell; later L. Clarke. Superintendent robert and members of his staff also attended. Frahk Parrish's letter requesting information on the following points formed the basis for mst of the discussion: 1. Job descriptions of the ten top administr..;,ive people in the school department were provided for the committee. Correlation between school administrators' and similar Town administrators' salaries could not be determined until job descri_,tions of Town administrators' duties are provided. Mr. Alaisdell agreed to find or draw up job description of Comptroller's duties to compare with School Business officer. School Business Service administrator is paid x;15,534 (1967), Town executives are paid 12-13,000. Mr. -.Cobert stated that the Dir. of Bus. Serv. , auong other duties, recruits and supervises all t..e non-certified personnel, a.,out 150 people. A partially completed list comparing admin. personnel in Lex. and some neighboring towns was given the Committee; the completedilist will be sent us when the data are available. Some of these Towns use different names for the positions, e.g. A_st. Supt. for Guidance in place of our Dir, of Pupil Personnel Services, but generally tae number of administrators and the job descriptions are similar. 2. Amount of office equipment being purchased in 1967 and possibility of putting non-teaching office machinery under Comptroller's control was discussed. Informal cooperation now exists ax between Comptroller and Dir. of Bus. Serv. Mr. Blaisdell requested official recognition and School Committee Cooperation in instructing administration to implement this next year. Why equipment being purcased for new schools was not included in the Construction Article was discussed briefly. They ran out of money.