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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - MARCH 20, 1978 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Lincoln P_ Cole, Jr., at 8 P.M. in Cary Memorial Hall. There were 190 Town Meeting Members present. The invocation was offered by Rev. Harold T. Handley, Rector Emeritus of the Church of Our Redeemer. 8:01 P.M. The Town Clerk, Mary R. McDonough, read the warrant for the meeting until further reading was waived. 8:02 P.M. The Town Clerk read the Constable's Return of the warrant. 8:03 P.M. The Moderator read the Resolution adopted under Article 81 at the Adjourned Town Meeting held April 7, 1976 which is the Code of Ethics for Town Meeting Members. 8:04 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. Carried Unanimously. 8:05 P.M. William J. Scouler moved that the Report of the Permanent Building Committee on the Town Bandstand be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously. 8 :05 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. 8:10 P.M. Margery M. Battin, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, moved that the Town Manager's 1977 Status Report on Open Money Articles be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously. 8:10 P.M. Donald B. White, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, stated that the projected tax rate, if all of the recommendations of his committee were adhered to, is $90.60. 8:14 P.M. The Moderator stated that Article 2 would be open throughout the meeting. 8:14 P.M. Article 3. Presented by Margery M. Battin. MOTION: That a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to have the charge of the lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Suzanna E. Cary for the current year. Carried Unanimously. 8:15 P.M. Article 4. Presented by Margery M. Battin. 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. 8:15 P.M. 3