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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - MARCH 17, 1980 The meeting was called to order by Moderator Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. at 8:10 P.M. in Cary Memorial IIall. There were 187 Town Meeting Members present. The invocation was offered by Rev. Martin U. McCabe, Pastor of the Sacred Heart Church. The Moderator asked that the meeting remain standing for a moment of silence for past Town Meeting Members who had died since our last meeting - especially Rev. Harold T. Handley and Charles J. Code, Jr. 8:13 P.M. Town Clerk Mary R. McDonough read the warrant for the meeting until further reading was waived by the meeting. 8:13 P.M. The Town Clerk read the Constable's Return of the warrant. 8:13 P.M. Article 2. Mary W. Miley, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, reported to the town meeting on procedural motions that were to be presented as follows: 1. Articles 3, 5 and 7 should be postponed for consideration or tabled until after Article 49 because of additional appropria- tions that may be necessary for this year's budget based upon inflation /fuel costs and a current impasse with the Police Union on the contract while bargaining is still continuing. 2. Motion should be made to divide from Article 4 Accounts 3770 (Patrolmen and Sergeants personal services) and 3800 (expenses) - to be brought up after Article 49 with the hopes that a Police settlement might take place by that time. 3. Motion should be made to divide from Article 4 Accounts 4900 (DPW Collective Bargaining) and 5800 (Garbage Collection) and 5850 (Sanitary Landfill) - to be taken up after Article 27 (Solid Waste Collection System). 4. Just after Article 10 a motion should be made to accept under Article 2 the report on Sewer Policy and Plans. It is anti- cipated that a motion will be made then to indefinitely postpone Article 11 as all questions have been answered in that report. 8:17 P.M. Donald B. White, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, moved that the report of the Appropriation Committee be accepted and placed on file. 8:18 P.M. Mr. White gave a short explanation of the report and stated that, if all recommendations were adhered to, that the estimated tax rate would be $91.30. 8:22 P.M. Mr. White's motion that the Appropriation Committee Report be accepted and placed on file was declared carried unanimously. 8:22 P.M. Nyles Nathan Barnert, Chairman of the Capital Expenditures Committee, moved that the report of the Capital Expenditures Committee be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously. 8:26 P.M.