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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - MARCH 19, 1979 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., at 8:04 P.M. in Cary Memorial Hall. There were 185 Town Meeting Members present. The invocation was offered by Rev. Harold T. Handley, Pastor Emeritus of the Church of Our Redeemer. 8:05 P.M. The Town Clerk, Mary R. McDonough, read the warrant for the meeting until further reading was waived. 8:06 P.M. The Town Clerk read the Constable's Return of the warrant. 8:07 P.M. The Moderator introduced the newly elected Town Meeting Members. 8:10 P.M. The Moderator read the Resolution adopted under Article 81 at the Adjourned Session of the 1976 Annual Town Meeting held April 7, 1976 which is the Code of Ethics for Town Meeting Members. 8:12 P.M. Article 2. Donald B. White, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, moved that the report of the Appropriation Committee be accepted and placed on file. 8:12 P.M. After a short explanation of the town financial position, Mr. white's motion was declared adopted by voice vote unanimously. 8:17 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. 8:19 P.M. The Moderator stated that Article 2 would remain open during this Annual Town Meeting. 8:19 P.M. Article 3. Presented by Margery M. Battin. MOTION: That this article be indefinitely postponed. Carried Unanimously. 8:20 P.M. Article 2. Margery M. Battin moved that the report of the Town Manager be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously. 8:21 P.M. Margery M. Battin, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, listed the following schedule of proposed presentations of the various articles: Article 4. Line Items 5450, 5800 and 5850 to be divided from Article 4 and taken up after Article 38. Article 5. To be tabled until contracts are completed. Articles 24, 28 and 38. To be taken up no sooner than Monday, April 9. Also, any article will be tabled if and when the Selectman that is to present the article is absent. 8:24 P.M. Article 4. Presented by Margery M. Battin. (Read by the Moderator.) MOTION: That the following amounts be appropriated for the ensuing fiscal year and be raised in the tax levy except where a transfer is indicated they shall be provided by such a transfer. 8:24 P.M. Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., Richard M. Perry and Mary R. McDonough gave notice that they would abstain from voting on Articles 4 and 5.